This month, I moved into a single-family home in my new city of Erie, Pennsylvania. That may not sound like much, but it’s a change of course in what I’ve been doing for the past seven years. When I returned to the US in 2018, I decided to go with Read more
I read an interesting article about Target Corporation and their recent revenue hit due to people boycotting them over their roll-back of DEI initiatives, including ceasing their support for black owned businesses. In their infinite wisdom, the leadership of the company decided that the way to get shoppers back in Read more
Here’s a journal entry I created in March 2021. Good to look back sometimes. This weekend, I traveled to West Sacramento to spend time with a friend. The plan was loosely based on drinking – beer, wine, Gin & Tonics, and maybe watching a movie or two. While places are Read more
What a year this has been so far. While I thought 2018 was difficult – a year of many endings and chapters closing; 2024 has been a ‘hold my beer’ kind of year. Recovering from TKR and dealing with being laid off without much of a parachute is tough enough, Read more
From Wikipedia: “The Eurovision Song Contest, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed live and transmitted to national broadcasters via the Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries’ songs to determine a winner.” The Read more
What have I been up to since March, as I prepared to leave Quotient Sciences and look for my next opportunity? I have taken advantage of this transition to take care of some things and set myself up for the future. While these times can be stressful, I’ve been through Read more
Last I wrote about my knee, it was to report my retirement from running. The knee specialist had prescribed an ‘unloader’ brace that would shift my weight from the inside of the knee (where the bone-on-bone arthritis was the worst) to the outside of the knee, and informed me that Read more
There was recently a post on LinkedIn asking about things that had happened in the careers of HR professionals that the Human Resources certification didn’t cover. It got me thinking and I started to think back over my nearly 30-year career and come up with some (by no means, all) Read more
The one constant in my life since I was 16 years old is my running – the longer the distance, the better. Though, I am not by any means an ultra-runner or marathoner, my preferred race distance being 10 miles, through thick and thin, running has been there for me. Read more
23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Read more