You gotta land sooner or later

I have been looking forward to it for a long time, reading to the kids at the local library. I did a very abridged Cinderella for the wee ones a few months ago and today was secondary school kids, so I went with an abridged version of Gulliver’s Travels. And yes, in the original 1660’s…

And then, the anesthesia wears off and you wake up. They might have taken out your spleen, or maybe you were just in for a tune-up. It is odd how quickly life can change. This of course can include many things: Where you are… what you do for fun… what you do for money… how…

I have recently been hospitalized in my own mind from a condition known as Moving Syndrome. This psychiatric condition is caused by packing up all your stuff and loading it in a truck and trailer, followed by lots of driving, unpacking all your worldly possessions and depositing yourself in a brand new place, leaving the…

This Valentine’s day, consider providing great customer service. Anyone who has ever worked in a job-job has the basic concepts of customer service down. When we encounter a customer or a boss we apply these rules and techniques. We always try to exceed expectations, we deliver our best selves, we actively listen and carefully respond.…

My second job after high school was as a service station attendant. For those of you born after about 1989, we referred to ourselves as “grease monkeys” and there were two sets of pumps at filling stations. One was self-service and the other full-service. Grease monkeys worked the full service isle and washed the windows,…

You cat lovers know who you are. I see your Facebook pictures, you can’t hide. And one weird phenomenon that we all share in common is the hole in the doughnut. Every morning our cat Sissy Ree knocks on my office door. She looks up waiting for me to get my shit together then heads…

“Tell me about yourself” is an interview question. Here’s a better one: “What’s it like to be you?” The first one has a simple answer, “Well, I like long walks on the beach…” The second question is one we don’t ponder, much less ask. It’s almost a question that words can’t answer. You could create…

I’ve waited before, this is nothing new. Waited for service, waited for grades, waited for puberty, waited for the check to clear. But today I’m waiting for Corona virus. I recon the only reason I got a test this morning is because I am scheduled for the regular periodic scans of my innerds. But here…

Enough has been said about him. Enough has been written about him. I was waiting for the day after when when we would wake to a new world. We did, for a moment, but a day later the media was all over it again like a dog on a bone. Not because there was some…

Stop reading if you’re expecting Don’s diet tips. Have you ever done weight training? If you have, you know there’s a right way and a wrong way. The wrong way is to lift a weight and let gravity take over on the way down. The right way is to “Manage the Weight” making sure that…