525,600
8,760
365.
The number of seconds, the number of minutes, the number of hours.
The number of days since my father died.
The number of days I’ve been out of the sandwich generation.
The number of days I haven’t received a frantic phone call about my father falling, feeling ill, being rushed to the hospital.
The number of days I haven’t […]

I find myself getting somewhat saddened by the upcoming holiday on Sunday.  I’ve always thought Father’s Day was something I celebrated with my dad, not necessarily something my son’s share with me.  I know that sounds weird, but for this holiday, it has always been more important for me to be the “son”, not the […]

Yes, I took a week of writing my blog.  After my trip to Ecuador and Peru, and the twenty-two hour return trip (seven of those hours hanging out in Lima Airport), sleep… perhaps to dream, felt real good.  Plus, I had to catch up on all of the things I didn’t do during my vacation, […]

650,000+ job losses in a month
4,400,000 jobs gone since the recession started, a drop of 2,600,000 in the last four months alone.
8.1% unemployment rate in February, highest in 25 years.  Rates up in every sub-category, 21% for teens.
Long term unemployment up to nearly 3 million.
Poverty up
Foreclosures up
Food stamp needs up
Those without insurance up
Stock market plummeting
401-k’s […]

I got into a fb (Facebook) argument with one of my best friends in the world the other night on the mortgage bailout proposed by President Obama.  My friend Marc (yes, he also spells it with a “C”) is one of my oldest friends, perhaps because his dad owned a deli in Cincinnati when I […]

Yes, I am a facebooker.  It’s fun, and mildly addictive.  OK, perhaps a little more than addictive.  One of the most recent phenomenons on facebook is “25 Random Things”, you might have read about it in USA Today this week, or worse yet, you might have been “tagged”.
So, in the spirit of openness, and since […]

Our new employee starts today.
OUR employee
We had a two year job search, interviewed over 30 candidates of every shape, color, and gender.
OUR employee
We conducted behavioral interviews, time and time again.
OUR employee
We wondered if the job candidates had the skills, knowledge, competencies, and skills to perform in this critical role.
OUR employee
We vetted, we caucused, we voted, […]

What a three weeks.  What a three months.  What a three years.
In Jerry Maguire, there is a scene at the end of the movie, in which Winnie Holzman, creator of My So-Called Life, appears as part of the divorced women’s group. She’s the one who says, “these holidays make me feel more divorced”.  I always […]

I just finished a 90 minute webinar with my co-author Stephen Hundley and my friends at World at Work. I laughed, I made jokes, I wrote down a couple of new things Doc. Hundley said (I tend to steal his material while forgetting to give him credit… go figure).
My son flew in from Wyoming to […]

Some things happen so quickly.
Others feel like an eternity.
And for the last 31 months, I have been squarely stuck in the middle.  Cursing when things happen too fast, and cursing just as loud when they don’t occur quickly enough.  Angry at my mother for putting the daily burden of responsibility of my father on me […]