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COMPLAINING COMPLAINER EXPLAINED

July 15, 2023 by

How does a complaining complainer solve problems? First they complain. Then they complain some more. To wrap things up they add a little more complaining. There you go, problem solved. Or is it?

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PASSED OVER? TAKE ANOTHER LOOK

February 21, 2023 by

Getting passed over on the job is a sign, but for what? A new job? Where else does it happen with sad results? Any time it happens to you, and it’s happened whether you admit it or not. Try on not default to bitterness and blame right away.

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SEATTLE FREEZE WARMS TACOMA

February 4, 2023 by

The Seattle Freeze in February isn’t about the weather. It’s not about the weather in July or August, either. If it’s not freezing weather, then what is it? Attitude, a chilly attitude.

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HARD TRUTH FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE

August 17, 2022 by

Hard truth comes in one flavor, and it’s not sweet. It’s more of a gag-reflex flavor. You listen, want to disagree, but you keep listening instead. Then you go to the ICU? Maybe.

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PROBLEM CHILD GETS ALL OF THE ATTENTION

November 4, 2021 by

The problem child is only a problem if they grow up to be problems for others. And themselves. Who wants to be a Problem Adult? No one. And yet, here we are.

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PERSONAL IDENTITY: WHAT TO LOOK FOR

November 3, 2021 by

Personal identity starts the moment you meet someone. You’ve got yours, they’ve got theirs, and the games begin. Maybe you go first and talk about the love you feel for where you grew up. Or they go first and talk about why they left where they grew up as fast as they could. After that […]

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HOMEWARD: THE DREAM AND THE REALITY

September 6, 2021 by

Homeward bound isn’t so much a destination as it is a memory. Sure you can go home, but is it really home if you’re gone a while? Yes it is, and it’s the memory that defines your relationship to where you are. Are you home? Close to home? Check your look in the mirror to […]

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CONSISTENCY HABIT? WHAT YOU DO IS WHO YOU ARE

August 21, 2021 by

If a consistency habit sounds like one step away from living in a rut, then you’re doing it wrong. A rut, or living in a rut, is the hole you’ve been digging. When life said ‘Dig in’ you started and never stopped, never asked why. That’s a rut you’ve been plowing, my friends, and I’m […]

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PERSONAL IDENTITY BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST

July 19, 2019 by

Meeting new people who roll out their personal identity is a thrill when it works out. I’ve learned so much by listening. (No matter what people who know me say, I do listen, just not to them.) An American family tradition, maybe your family tradition, is being kind to strangers, of giving others the benefit […]

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Google Blog Search, Lessons Learned And Ignored, But Maybe It Was Me?

August 29, 2018 by

    What do you get when ‘mayan calendar’ is the number 1 search term on any blog that isn’t related to the Mayan Calandar?   I don’t want to talk about it. Yes, I do.   How about ‘sniper equipment’ in the number two spot? Must be a military site, or a kook site, […]

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