Author Archives: JGB

I might have hit a turning point in my life this past week.  It’s nothing I can talk about in this public forum, but it might be that something has begun that will change things.  But really, I say that almost every few weeks.  Whether it’s thinking something really good is about to happen onContinueContinue reading “The way a weekend should be…sort of”

At the National Arts Marketing Project Conference a few months back, I learned a few special new words.What these words all had in common was their universal ability to irk me.Here are the culprits:sitch (short for situation, used mostly verbally)sesh (short for session, used in twitter parlance)Prezi (the name of a program that is anContinueContinue reading “Awesomesocks, EL GORDO and other news only fit to blog”

Not old, mind you.  Just older.1. You’re mingling at an office event and realize that the 20-somethings are in that cluster over there, and you’re not with them. 2. The song that was #1 in your birth year is considered an “oldie”.3. You can remember major national events that happened almost 20 years ago.4. ItContinueContinue reading “10 signs of getting older…”

Let’s face it.  Having Christmas in 80% weather is just…weird.  Oh, sure, for those who didn’t grow up in New England, it’s normal, but for proud Yankees like me, even after many years, it’s still a little strange to see Christmas lights decorating palm trees instead of pines, and sprawling stone houses instead of neat,ContinueContinue reading “Christmas in Florida, and other paradoxes”