Mitch's Blog

This is going to surprise some people, but even though I’ve worked for myself for nearly 12 years, I’ve had a couple of occasions here and there to interview for a regular job. Sometimes you see an opportunity, realize that the money’s not bad and the benefits might be great and, well, if it’s local […]

A couple of weeks ago I had an interesting conversation with someone I know on Facebook, but not all that well. It came about because of a response by a transgendered young lady to President Obama’s inauguration speech where he talked about inclusion of gays and lesbians. She wondered why he didn’t mention transgendered people, […]

For those who don’t know, Cling Wrap is this very thin plastic covering that you can wrap foods in. I didn’t want to assume that everyone who reads this would be familiar with it, though I pretty much think everyone is. Almost every household I know has some kind of cling wrap in their house; […]

Below is a video on the above topic, but I wanted to talk about the genesis of the topic. What happened is that someone on Facebook put up a video with the disclaimer that she wanted to see what people thought about it. I knew what was coming but decided to watch it with my […]

Life can be an interesting thing when you bring up stuff that alters their thinking on a topic or event. Last year I wrote a piece here called Whose Fault Is Perception, where I talked about a company where everyone thought this particular duty was someone else’s and no one, including the person who actually […]