The Age of Invention

September 21st, 2009

Inventions are alive and well in the world! You can see them everywhere if you are paying attention. Just watching TV on a regular basis exposes you to a whole new line of great products that someone has either thought up from scratch or taken an existing product and made it better. I love the [...]

Mapping Your DNA

September 15th, 2009

I love the cutting edge research that is being done with DNA mapping! Can you imagine being able to treat an illness on such a targeted level as what will and will not work with your own DNA strands? That’s right! The people who are conducting this type of research think doctors will be able [...]

Last week I got an email from my father who is 75 and extremely conservative these days as he only listens to talk radio and my step-mother. It also does not bode well that he lives in Texas where there seems to be a movement these days to just be obstinate when it comes to [...]

Getting Labor Day Off

September 7th, 2009

I guess I have finally reached the brass ring of laborer. For the first time I am one of the people who actually get Labor Day off! Until this past year I have continually worked in the service industries while getting through school. Now that I graduated and have gone to work in the financial [...]

Working in Teams

September 4th, 2009

I recently sat in a meeting with a group of associates and was amazed at the conduct of one of them in relation to the project. I realized at that point that there are some people who have no idea what it means to work in a group or in teams. When there is a [...]

The Luxury of Lawn Care

September 2nd, 2009

For years I did all my own lawn and garden care till I threw my back out and was forced to hire someone to come in a mow and trim my lawn. I had every intent of taking that chore back over after I got better, but I have to tell you, I haven’t. My [...]