"UpWork has determined you are a bot. Please complete the CAPTCHA to prove you're a human." Ok, so that set off quite the cascade of thoughts at 6:17 pm on a Tuesday. I was hunting around for a job description that we wrote so I could share it with a client. If only clicking a checkbox …
Something in Return
For the last two weeks I've helped my Mom get into her Zoom exercise classes. On Tuesday or so she said, "This week is the last week they're doing classes. They can't keep paying their instructors without collecting membership fees." I asked her, "Did they even ASK you guys if you would pay …
What Now?
Hi! It's Friday, and if you're reading this, you've made it through a challenging week. (I think the only person not experiencing an entire life upheaval is probably one living on a no-contact island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.) I'm not even gonna …
We’ve Been Training for This
Is it the end of the world as we know it? Probably. What's happened in the United States (not to mention, the world) over the last 7 days is, as the news anchors incessantly say, "unprecedented." Mainly because the last time there was a pandemic (well, I'm …
The Trump Card
"So if clubs are trump (the winning suit), then the jack of spades becomes a jack of clubs." My best friend from first grade lives a block from my parents and while I've been awaiting home renovation to be complete, we've been hanging out. One gray Saturday, she, her …
Change or [REDACTED]
A friend of mine shared something on Facebook that read like a punch in the face. Well, that's not new! Plenty of Facebook reads like a punch in the face. But this was one of those little phrases — callouts, quotes, motivational mantras — that made me gasp. Once I absorbed it (but …
Can’t Live Without It
Hey there! It's time for Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for a lot. Harry Styles. Tree. A warm coat . Wonderful clients. Fantastic team members. Loving family. Books. Books. Books. Chocolate peanut butter ice cream. I mean really, I could go on forever. I'm a lucky …
Who’s Your Caddy?
"When your golfer asks if he should use a 3 iron or a 4 iron, you'd better have the right answer." You'd really only enjoy the movie, "Loopers," about the history of golf and golf caddies if you have a) played golf, b) are into sports documentaries, or c) like to go deep on …
Something Smells
Mold was the first thing that came to mind. My living room smelled like a wet towel left on the bathroom floor. So I started to determine the cause of the smell and what to do about it. "This is not normal," I thought. I did one test and the results came back within acceptable …
Earworm Inside
You could feel the collective intake of breath as the music swelled. From the very back of the Disneyland Hyperion theater to the front row, the audience prepared to belt out the words along with the cast. Let it gooooooooooooo! Let it gooooooooooooooo... Obviously the song …