You can learn a lot about life from volunteering at a race. I recently joined a local running club, and have started volunteering at races. Today I learned an incredibly powerful truth, well a couple actually.
I learned (again) that appearances can be deceiving. Of the 800 people running, not all the folks who were skinny and looked good in spandex were fast runners. Many of the front runners, true, looked like runners. But when it came to the middle of the pack….there were quite a few people my size and …

Over the past month or so I’ve applied to dozens of jobs - thinking they would be a great fit or opportunity for me. In the past I’ve always taken the first job I was offered, usually glad to have any kind of job. Then, six months into the job it became very obvious that what I wanted, and what they expected weren’t anywhere near the same thing and we parted ways. Sometimes we parted amicably, like adults, and remained friends after the pain of the separation passed. …

United Breaks Guitars

Ever wanted to really stick it to an airline or company who screwed you over, broke something, or caused you undue grief? This band did - writing a VERY catchy song after United AIrlines broke their guitars, then passed the buck in admitting they were wrong. I’m sure the resulting viral song will be around a long time. Lesson? DO THE RIGHT THING.

A friend of mine just fell in love - with her new kitten. We were emailing back and forth about how to deal with *making a cat allergy proof (for the human, not the cat!), and other care and feeding, snuggling tips when it hit me that all new relationships (and even old ones) require “care and feeding” tips and attention.
Young kittens cry, and miss their siblings and their mom. So they need extra care and feeding to get the relationship off on the right foot. The fact is, …