When I was seven, my favorite joke went like this: Two guys sitting on a fence, Pete + Repeat. Pete falls off. Who’s left?Repeat.Two guys sitting on a fence, Pete + Repeat. Pete falls off. Who’s left? Repeat For a seven year old, this was a joyous loop of giggling. For my friends and family, […]
How does this thing work? Isn’t it intuitive? Can we break this down so I don’t have to think about it, read a manual, reference a tool tip or a watch a canned on-boarding slideshow? Can you explain it to me like I’m five – like they do on reddit-sometimes with a side of mansplaining? […]
I used to own a Bouvier, a dog that is about 120 pounds of powerful fluff. When I first inherited him, he was about 3 years old, and pretty well trained, but not yet neutered. Other dog owners scolded me and told me his enthusiasm for play and full body contact with other dogs of […]
I miss my commute friend. We’d spend 30 minutes some mornings just chit-chatting, getting to know each other. We both sat in the same 2 adjacent seats each day, and there is a certain intimacy that develops when you see the same stranger do the same things that you do everyday for a while. You […]
So, by now everyone has seen the new Barbies. They’ve released a curvy Barbie, a tall Barbie, a petite Barbie and a a few others that I will look up later. The point is that Barbie is trying to be a little bit more realistic with the body measurements of real women. It seems as […]
I’m working for myself now and I have to admit I am THE WORST boss I have ever had. I don’t plan ahead strategically, I expect the work to be stellar but I don’t ask for help or provide the time for proper training. I sit down and I expect myself to just shit it […]
I’ve got a side gig that I do for fun at Shoreline Amphitheater. I’ve been doing it for about 15 years now because I love music, get to see free shows and …. I do backstage catering and dressing rooms. (I think it would be cool in this part to talk about different riders for […]
I can get pretty fired up sometimes, so I’ve been told. Back when I was a young whipper-snapper I worked at a company called Wall Data. This was back before the Internet was used as a business application and Wall Data was a software company that provided desktop PC connection back to the Mainframe or […]
One of the best bosses I ever had was fired from Stubhub, six months after the new CMO was brought in. He suddenly found himself working for a cape wearing fashionista, who wanted to take the marketing budget and peanut butter spread it out evenly throughout the year. He was pretty shocked and was devastated […]
When I start a new job I like to find a work husband. A work husband is a person that I can eat lunch with, someone I can ask about other things not related to my job that are none of my business but I am curious and need to know. Ideally this man sits […]