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Have you ever talked to one of those people who, no matter what you say or do, seem to feel the need to 1-Up you? Whether you’re talking about something good or bad, they just have to be better or worse? One of my wife’s friends had an event this weekend to try to raise [...]
Last week there were some spontaneous protests in San Francisco surrounding the BART system. Someone there surmised that protesters were mobilizing themselves by using their cell phones and decided to turn off access to their signal. This generated claims of censorship, with many people saying their freedom of speech rights were being violated. It seems [...]
Many years ago when I was in a position of authority I had an employee that just wasn’t cutting it. Not only was she not able to keep up with the work but she wasn’t even really trying. She’d been there before I got there and pretty much felt that she was untouchable, no matter [...]
When I was young, I had a pretty quick temper. It didn’t take much to get me mad to the point where I wanted to fight someone. Lucky for me, I had learned one major lesson from my dad; never hit anyone first. So I’d shake and I’d threaten but it rarely got physical unless [...]
“I’m frustrated. I have two master’s degrees and I’m working on my doctorate. I started teaching earning $17,000 a year. I’ve paid my dues.” Skaneateles NY Superintendent Philip D’Angelo on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to limit the salaries of superintendents across NY state The question of paying one’s dues sometimes comes up, and it can [...]
Over the past couple of days, the northeast has been pounded by a blizzard. We’ve been hearing reports of mainly snowfall between 8 and 12 inches, although a few places have had more than that. As strange as this might seem to the masses, it’s hard for anyone living in my area to have much [...]
I was having an interesting conversation with a friend of mine. She was complaining because the person she works for had one of her other friends send a text message to her while she was out of town about a work issue. It irked her because she said she’d told everyone she was going out [...]
