Four Myths About Women in the Workplace
Outdated thinking often points to two explanations for the broken rung: women are not asking for promotions, and they’re more likely to step away from work. Neither is true.
Adopt, Don’t Shop
Please, please: if you want to add a pet to your family, please consider adoption rather than buying the new loved one.
Getting to Fall, Y’all!
It is hot here today, but I am not complaining. Okay, maybe a little, but the air conditioning is working, and it is cool (literally and figuratively). Still, I can tell Fall is coming, and I am looking forward to the change of seasons! I love the colors of autumn, the scents, the crispness in the air, the foods…
Feeling Stuck?
Try looking at your situation from this perspective. You may find a respite is not so bad right now, and hopefully you will get a burst of energy or the winds will shift direction in your favor.
The Ultimate Touchstone of Friendship
I am doing some design work for a client and it involves the poetry of David Whyte, whose poetry was new to me at the start of this project. The more I get into the project the more I find myself catching my breath as his words are just so exquisite and the meanings so penetrating.
We Need Libraries!
Neil Gaiman is a treasure.
East Bound and Down, Loaded Up and Truckin’!
The 1977 comedy movie classic Smokey and the Bandit is leaving Netflix on August 1, so now is the time to watch one of my all-time favorite movies! Even if you have seen it before, it is worth watching at least one more time this summer. If you have not ever seen it, read on and then decide.
Science is Cool!!
What is this? Well, it is a picture the James Webb Space Telescope took of the nearest star-forming region to us. The region, which is called Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, is about 390 light-years from here, which makes it the closest star nursery known to us Earthlings so far.
Just Sayin’
June has turned out to be a stormy month here in the section of the Northeast where I live. Last night, for example, we had more than six hours of thunderstorms and pouring rain!
Trust Violations
This image (below) is from today’s issue of a newsletter I subscribe to, published by ClassAction.org. This snippet underscores for me why people do not trust Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Smart Home technology or doctors or politicians (the list goes on and on, right?). It is not the technology doing the harm; it is the people behind the technology who are doing the harm.