There’s a good read by Bret over at Hope to Prosper titled Living on Less is the New Reality for Millions of Americans. The glass ceiling will keep rising, because no company can afford to hire ineffective executives.” I’m not 100% sure I agree with that – seems like a lot of ineffective executives fail [...] Read more »
a brief roundup on tuesday
I missed the roundup this weekend, and I doubt I should apologize for it. We spent a full weekend at the park, playing soccer, making pizza, and then – frankly – cleaning up the house. If that’s not productivity, I don’t know what it is. But I do feel like I should get out the [...] Read more »
happiness and links
I have a bit of cognitive dissonance when I hear that it’s still snowing in parts of these Americas. We’re already knee-deep in summer here, walking in shorts and t-shirts outside all the time. I know that climate isn’t the sole factor of happiness, but it does help greatly, in my opinion. On a related [...] Read more »
the free versus the paid web, and links
I usually feel that I need to apologize when I post a roundup without an extensive analysis of each one of the posts I put up, but this is one such week. A hectic schedule surrounds my son’s birthday and, coincidentally, the birthday of a classmate, making this a hectic week. Add some chores and [...] Read more »
seafood, new experiences and a link roundup
We had a local seafood festival this weekend. One of the highlights was a bluegrass group. My daughter and I went, and we were delighted by the bluegrass group, despite the fact that I could care less about bluegrass and she – being two – had probably never heard bluegrass before. We danced to family-friendly [...] Read more »
365 days and a roundup
I’ve survived another year, apparently – had a birthday on Friday that came and went with little fanfare, but still represented another year in the life of moi. It’s amazing looking at my kids – who look upon birthdays as a high holy day when they, for one brief moment, will be the uncontested center [...] Read more »
