Being An Ex

In the Tech Industry, more than two years at any one firm is considered an eternity

All Hail The Little Guy

Talked to a buddy of mine the other day who owns and runs a digital media agency, and they just hit their eight year anniversary in May of 2020, coming up on nine years this May. I asked him how the pandemic was affecting business. He admitted that they were struggling, but keeping their heads […]

Takes One To Know One

You know the phrase, “you can’t bullshit a bullshitter?” I’ve always understood this, being a self-proclaimed bullshitter. The only person who can really tell if I am lying is my mother, and even though she thinks she knows, she doesn’t always.  In the world of business, I contend that in leadership and bosshood, there is […]

YCTTJASI*- part II

Another friend of mine told me about her quitting her part time job in West Oakland, back in the day. This was when she was in her twenties, ahead-of-her-time progressive, and worked in a well-lit, educational, safe and friendly Sex Shoppe in the late 1990s/early 2000s. This shop sold sex toys, porn videos, how-to advice […]

On Friendly Bullying…

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 […]

My Work Husband

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 […]