Archive for April, 2006

(originally published May 4th, 2005) How do you welcome new employees to the fold, whether you’re management or a co-worker? Are you sincerely friendly and helpful, or a little weary of what you might be getting? I ask this question because I’ve recently experienced the tale of two cities, so to speak. As a consultant, […]

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(originally published April 24th, 2005) My wife went away for a conference this weekend; she left Thursday afternoon, and won’t be back until late Sunday evening. One would think that, as a grown man, I would treat this time as if it were any other day. However, we have no children, I work for myself, […]

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(originally published April 25th, 2005) My wife went to a conference this weekend, and because of circumstances she ended up taking the train. When we had looked it up online, it said that the trip should take 5 1/2 hours to NYC each way. However, it seems that the rail system has periods of construction, […]

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(originally published April 21st, 2005) Early this morning, I had to take my wife to the emergency room. The process that had to be performed eventually worked, and she was fine. However, having to go through such a process as the family member as opposed to being a patient or working in the emergency room […]

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(originally published February 27th, 2006) Over the past few days I’ve had a few friends who’ve had epiphanies in their lives. The odd thing about each of them is that I knew what was coming, and felt that I could have told each person what was going on, but didn’t think they’d listen to me. […]

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