Grandma Studies Sports Page to Connect to Grandson We were sitting at the dinner table at Fitz’s in St. Louis last week. While my husband, son and I chatted at one end of the table, I overheard my mom getting a momentary-oh-so-cherished-one-on-one with her grandson, my 15 year old nephew, an avid St. Louis Blues hockey…
DetailsI read this morning that the Declaration of Independence was signed today… August 2nd. Which I don’t get because we celebrate Independence Day on the 4th of July…the day the Declaration of Independence was signed, right? Apparently no. Congress did adopt it on July 4, but it took nearly a month longer to actually prepare…
DetailsHey…here’s a post to accompany my 22 for 22…22 push-ups for 22 days Why am I doing it? I took an ethics class when I was completing my masters at DePaul’s School for New Learning. A question discussed was if you see a problem in society and you know you are able to help, are…
DetailsRemember that shampoo commercial from the 80’s “don’t hate me because I’m beautiful?” It reminds me of the undeniably stunning women in Brazil. And how I myself feel after about 10 minutes every time I go there. Attitude Leads in Brazilian Body Image My first visit, about the same time that commercial came out,…
DetailsFinding a Father’s Day Playlist for Aerobics was much harder than I thought. Unlike searching for mom songs, which offered a variety of songs in different genres, many upbeat and full of happiness (think Paul Simon’s “Loves Me Like a Rock” or the classic Smokey Robinson “Shop Around”), dad song playlists were all mostly slow…
DetailsThis article was written by my dad in 2012 for the agency blog at R & S Marketing where he was Senior Vice President at the time…just after his 81st birthday. So much for “old people” not getting social media! It’s more that some get so caught up in the tools of what can be…
DetailsNow that I’m back from Brazil, the biggest question I get is “will Brazil be ready for the Summer 2016 Olympics?” The question is spawned by talks of impeachment. Yes, the house voted to impeach President Dilma while we were there, but very democratically-it still has to pass the Senate (for context—the US has had two…
DetailsDear Inner voice, Your employment with me, as discussed during the termination meeting earlier today, is terminated, effective immediately, because you are a complete f#%king a$$h*le. As your employment file reflects, you were originally hired as an entry level Internal Risk Management and Communications Adviser, primarily to protect me from danger, to help me with…
DetailsWant to get people talking to you? Find a subject that they’re interested in. This is as old (or older, but at least made popular by) as Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. Say their name a lot. Get people to talk about themselves or things they know. Take my sister…please! This is…
DetailsYou wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do. – Eleanor Roosevelt My son is always positive his teachers don’t like him. The feeling comes from his nature to be contrary…to espouse the contrary idea to the majority discussion. (Think most teenagers, although for him it pre-dated…
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