My son Jacob is starting to work long division in his Math class in 4th grade. It is a source of some painful memories as I remember how much I struggled with it. In retrospect, this is funny because I went on to get a degree in Math. However, I rediscovered a critical tool in [...]
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Looking Forward to 2012
Posted in Management and Leadership Topics, Rants on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here I am on the Monday night before returning to work after a great break to end a successful 2011. I just read an email from my boss reminding me of the challenges ahead in the coming year. Like most companies, there are still a number of uncertainties in the business environment that is influencing [...]
Cold Streak Ending
Posted in Rants, tagged 2010, Bell's Palsy, Cold streak, Health on January 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been on a cold streak over the past month. The streak started with a car accident on December 15th, 2010. I was rear-ended on my way to work that morning causing damage to both the front and rear ends of my Explorer. At the speed at which I was struck, I was fortunate to [...]
Have we gone soft?
Posted in Rants, tagged rant, snowmaggedon, snownami on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not normally one who rants, but this is getting beyond silly. It’s Minnesota. It’s December. It’s going to snow. Sometimes a lot. Come on, surely we know how to deal with this. I don’t ever remember a time when school or other events got cancelled before it even starts snowing when I was growing up. We [...]
