Family Time

Light a Candle or Curse the Darkness: The Escalator Clause Experienced while walking past a delayed elevator with a working escalator a few feet away: A person was pounding on the “up” button and swearing…
Here’s the drill. Why do we really buy drills? You don’t buy it simply to own it, as a symbol of your personality or to gain status. The marketing textbooks all agree, you don’t buy…
How do you do your to-do? Yesterday I wrote about my positive attitude toward summer ending and the workload increasing. And it’s true, I do have a positive attitude toward almost everything. And then I…
Just cut it out Writing tip of the day. If you are struggling with a particular sentence or paragraph, consider just deleting it. The reasons for this extra effort that’s getting you nowhere could be…
Your Voice What, MY voice? Thanks for asking. My voice has been favorably compared to an insurance commercial voice-over, a funeral home director, and Mel Tormé (while he was speaking, not singing. I think.). The…