April 2013
1 post
“Cell phone Deception - when your phone is showing you it has “full...”
– Moi
March 2013
2 posts
Toby Keith has it right
One of my favorite Toby Keith lines is “a little less talk and a lot more action.” Having lived in the DC area for the past 15+ years, Toby’s words have become a mantra. And the problem seems to be getting worse and worse. I have been in the software and IT services industry for many years and worn many hats with clients in just about every industry there is. In business school...
A Comeback - just in time for Women's History...
Tumblr I have missed you! I have missed the incredible catharsis of expressing myself on your pages. I have missed reading your wonderful posts. Apparently, I have even missed my own password.
I am on a brief hiatus from my work as a mercenary (a Consultant in large corporate bureaucracies). I have been inspired to write again — the Sequester, Women’s History Month, Sheryl...
February 2012
2 posts
“Sidestepping the expectation and ensuing disappointment when you’re not listened...”
The ultimate hubris: paying a rock star (marginal) to play at your birthday bash “I don’t know who the f** Michael Saylor is but happy birthday and thanks for the free drinks” Courtney Love kicking off her gig at Saylor’s birthday bash in Manhattan. Happy birthday Mr. President indeed.
January 2012
3 posts
“In the back offices of the Senate, many longtime aides were amazed at how...”
– David Farenthold, “Web sites go dark to highlight protest” Washington Post, jan 18,2012
Occupation: Any activity in which a person is...
I received some pushback to my post (rant) on the Occupy movement. There are many educated, productive, thoughtful, smart folks who believe there is something important underlying this movement — that it cannot be ignored and should be respected and understood. Rather than look for new friends, I decided to change my perspective and take on a different view.
The first step was to move away...
“There’s a difference between the kind of problems that companies,...”
– Dev Patnaik, CEO of Jump Associates from the Fast Company article “This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers Of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier Of Business”
December 2011
6 posts
“Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own...”
– Thomas Jefferson
Occupy: To fill or take up (a space or time)
That definition (Dictionary.com) rings pretty true for the current Occupy movements around the country. I have genuinely sought to understand the Occupy movement - I am certainly not in the wealthiest 1% so maybe this is my movement, too. As I was sitting in a heinous traffic jam on Sunday caused by the Occupy DC folks trying to erect a wooden structure and resisting police’s efforts to...
Privacy Paradigm Shift
I mega-heart people who tell it like it is and pull us up short from our delusional musings about social justice bla bla. While I am waiting for a snarky Truth About Occupy series, I came across an excellent article about privacy on any social networking site, specifically Facebook. (The article was written by Farhad Manjoo for Slate and appears in the Washington Post Sunday Business section on...
“Don’t sell yourself short Judge — you’re a tremendous slouch”
– Caddyshack
Confessions of a Crackberry Addict
I tried to love the iPhone. I really did. All my iFriends with their iPhones and their iPads. Why — they were starting social networks and Occupy movements during lunch! And Siri — that seductress — how did we live without her?
It was time to upgrade my semi-muerto old Crackberry (the kind with the roller trackball). It was time to kick that dinosaur RIM to the curb and join...
