The Only Proof You Get
There’s Peggy Olsen, portrayed by Elisabeth Moss, up front and centre in a still from TV’s Mad Men. Were you one of the actors in the background, one of the uncredited workers who helped make…
There’s Peggy Olsen, portrayed by Elisabeth Moss, up front and centre in a still from TV’s Mad Men. Were you one of the actors in the background, one of the uncredited workers who helped make…
Absolutes, preached as gospel, still pushes my buttons. Unhealthy language easily spills over into other parts of our lives if left unchecked. A review of Julian Lennon’s debut album, Valotte sparked these thoughts. First,…
Your first day after the festive parenthesis. Are you ready for it? How stoked or miserable are you today, maybe heading back to work? It might feel exciting, like new doors opening and all that…
I stumbled across this old pic where uhm… Ok, I can’t remember what we were doing, or why. But I’m sure the language, instructing us what to do, was clear, even if our execution wasn’t.…
Disconnection is the big one. The central fracture that creates more misery in the mind than almost anything else in this messy thing called human relationships. It is difficult as hell to understand what people…
Threads explode. Names get mentioned. People defend cyberbullying. Others recount past experiences in painful detail. The outrage moves into the churn. And here’s the thing. Very little action follows. Am I also guilty of…
This photo was taken two days ago. We prepared ourselves.Windows checked.Loose things secured. And then… a few scattered raindrops.Not every dark cloud is a harbinger of doom. But on other days,the wind does arrive.And when…
Some questions cut back. They keep returning, century after century, generation to generation. They will stalk us as long as we are human and still failing at being it. Even when the machines rule, the…
I was in a crowd. We were being herded like sheep. Maybe not. Maybe sheep got better treatment. I remember military intake with a clarity I wish I had for the rest of my life.…
Leadership courses and seminars are absurd inventions of the corporate age. Seriously, for crying out loud, what exactly were these people doing before they signed up for a three-day “transformation” in a hotel ballroom? The…