I work in what I deem a service industry. I do mostly phone tech support and in house web support and design for the company I work for.  This means that all day I talk to friendly folks from all around the country, in Canada and in Europe.  Should be fun, fun right?  Well, normally I don’t mind talking to nice people.  I find that 98% of the people I deal with are what I would consider “regulars”, meaning they call...

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state to another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. - Alexandre Dumas quotes (French Novelist and Playwright, 1802-1870) GD Star Ratingloading...

  No doubt, now that the holidays are drawing to a close and the new year is upon us, people will begin spewing out their ridiculous new years resolutions.  I hate resolutions.  I feel they are worthless.  I had a boss at a job I worked long ago that actually gave me a piece of advice that I have quoted and used well for many years.  As a manager, you should never set a person up to fail.  That’s what resolutions mean to me,...

All Hail Peter Paul Rubens! I spend most of my day feeling like the rest of the world has gone loony.  A lot of things make me feel this way.  Today one in particular that irked me pretty good I just had to share with anyone reading this.  As I perused though the latest copy of my MAXIM magazine for men I realized that the world has TRULY lost sight of how utterly beautiful real women are. Fashion and show business are filled with a...

The holiday season is always a double edged sword for me. I am sure I am not alone in what I am about to discuss, but at this time of year I sure feel like I am. No, this is not about my belief system, even though this time of year most definitely brings them to the forefront of my conversations and thoughts.Today I would like to share with anyone reading this how my family celebrates the holidays. Its part of who I am and I thought it...

For those of you that don’t know me or have not yet read my bio page, I do phone support for a software company.  This post is going to be one sided but not the way you might think. Let me start by saying that an individual person by and large is a smart animal.  The human animal possesses the potential for great compassion, great understanding, great learning, great skills.  We can send a man to the moon.  We can land rovers on...