Just for the Fun of It

I've been having a blast playing with a new Flip camcorder. It's about the size of a pack of cards and makes creating and uploading video extremely easy. I love the immediacy of online video, a way to document something that strikes me as funny or interesting in the normal course of my day. So…

A kindred spirit from my work on A Bigger Voice wanted her staff to push through barriers in the workplace. She had this saying printed on stickers, for distribution to her team: "Proceed until apprehended." I can’t help but smile when I run across this kind of spirit. What’s your favorite saying at work to…

It’s been almost two weeks since my computer died–a victim of my eagerness to "get it done." I was notified that a new Microsoft Service Pack was ready for installation. This was an hour before leaving on a business trip for three days, so mixed in with the installation was last minute packing. I made…

This week, I was in the car, listening to the radio, and just happened to catch Garrison Keillor hosting The Writer’s Almanac. He always reads a poem, in addition to giving tidbits about writer’s lives. Sometimes I find that I have to concentrate too hard to enjoy the poem while I’m driving. But on this…