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Father’s Day is approaching. Everywhere you go, grills and hacksaws and cologne are on sale, apparently since fathers everywhere want to smell their best while they saw their grills in half. I’m sure you’ve also run across a smattering of articles and videos espousing the wisdom that the authors acquired from their own fathers, and…
DetailsSo let’s get one thing straight, Baby Boomers – you’re not babies anymore. You’re in your 50s, so stop lying to yourselves. Oh, and in case you forgot, it was your parents that did all the booming. Stop taking credit for their hard work. That said, you’re not quite the dinosaurs that young people sometimes…
DetailsHave you complained recently about download speeds for your streaming video? Wondering how you ever survived the fiery hell that was the Age of Dial-Up? Then you have completely (and blissfully) forgotten the days 80s Internet. Watch this 1981 news report about this new-fangled thing called “The Internet” to see how far we’ve really come. And…
DetailsPhoto Credit: Matthew Hurst First off, I hate the word ‘millennials.’ It make them sound either like they were born on the millennium, which would make them all 14, or on the Millennium Falcon, which would make them imaginary. Fortunately for me, I’m pretty sure you hate the word too. I just put it…
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Over the years, as things age, they tend to become bitter. Delicious grapes turn into wine, succulent plums turn into prunes – and Kevin Bacon turns into a crotchety old man complaining about all those darn kids and their crappy music. If you’ve ever had trouble with someone from a different generation than you, I…
DetailsWe all hate our jobs sometimes. If you’re reading this on a Monday, you might be hating it currently. Did you bruise your hand punching the steering wheel again while you were stuck in traffic? If only people would simply give you money for being awesome and leave you alone, right? Well, until that happens,…
DetailsIf phrases like ‘circle the wagons’ and ‘all hands on deck’ have you wondering whether you’re in the wild west or sailing the seven seas instead of in a conference room, than you might have a problem with business jargon. Never fear! I’ve come up with a handy chart that will tell you what all that…
DetailsEver get trapped by a close talker and wondered if they wanted to talk to you, kiss you, or maybe eat you? Ever try to cheer up a sad mopeypuss (it’s a word now) who seemed determined to suck you into their world of endless sadness? Well I have too, and that’s why we made…
DetailsMy first job was detassling. For those of you who aren’t from the Midwest (and for the 90% of Midwesterners who don’t know what I’m talking about), detassling involves walking up and down rows of corn to remove the pollinating pieces of the cornstalk, so that little corn plants don’t start sprouting up where they’re…
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