Author Archives: JGB

Disclaimer – this entry isn’t funny, or even marginally amusing.  If you’re not in the mood, don’t read.  I won’t be offended.  Have you ever counted the number of people you meet, and then forget?  Or that you meet, think about fondly for a few moments and then forget?  There must be hundreds.  I sometimes catchContinueContinue reading “The people we meet”

Jeez.  7 days in NYC – I really should have paced myself better and spent some time blogging during the trip. Then I wouldn’t have cast my tired brain back over the craziness of our journey to the Big Apple, which began two Thursdays ago.Anyway, 6 of my colleagues and I spent a week (giveContinueContinue reading “Why didn’t I blog more last week????”

This year, I wish I could resolve to:Sleep until I want to wake up…every day.Cease all saving and increase my spending exponentially. Eat nothing but bagels, Thai food and pizza.Drive 10 miles above the speed limit…always…and see if I’m on time more.Always say what I think, no matter how snarky-New-England-sarcastic-inappropriate-guaranteed-to-get-me-fired the thought is.Buy a 100-acreContinueContinue reading “The New Year’s resolutions I wish I could make…”

On this, the last day of the year twenty thousand and ten, there are three things to be done:1. Make resolutions for next year, that more often than not, won’t be realized.2. Look back on the year and realize what was, or was not, accomplished.  3. Don’t have “big plans” since any big plans willContinueContinue reading “I have to blog today…it is New Years Eve, after all…”

Once in a while, in the midst of my usual cynical inner ranting about the general selfishness of humans, I hear a story that rocks my world.  Today’s came from a friend in Madison, who posted on her facebook page that a man (dare I say gentleman?) after receiving free tickets to Four Seasons Theatre’sContinueContinue reading “Paying for things we get for free, or "one comment = one canned good"…”