I stayed up last night to watch President Obama on Leno.  It was probably the first time I watched The Tonight Show in 5 or 6 years.  I really don’t like Leno.  But I wanted to see Obama and so I made myself stay up and watch  (even though I really wasn’t feeling well and should have [...]

I had a pretty awesome post all thought out for today with a link and all kinds of astute observations about people and the strange ways we act.   But that’s going to have to wait, at least a day or two, maybe more.  Truth is, my health has gotten a little funky again and that [...]

There’s this Seinfeld episode where Jerry gets dumped by his girlfriend after she goes to see his act and doesn’t think he’s funny.  She tells him that she can’t date anyone who’s work she doesn’t respect.  His response is, “but you’re a cashier”.  I think the funniest line in the episode is his reply, “but you’re a [...]

I don’t have a point system for dates.  Really I don’t.  But if I did he would’ve been picking up lots of points in advance of the actual date.  Which I know can be problematic in its own weird way because then I was predisposed to like him. He asked me out with certainty.  No, “gee, maybe [...]

One of the totally random things I’ve done a lot of in my working life, both pre and post career transition, is recruiting.  Recruiting, hiring, whatever you call it, basically I spend a lot of time looking at dozens or maybe even hundreds of resumes trying to figure out who I’d like to interview.  And then, I [...]