The other day a bunch of the guys were at Pete’s place playing poker. It was Thursday. The same Thursday we’ve been having since we started high school last year. Well, that is until Johnny decided to shift the conversation from basketball to babes. … [Continue reading] about Johnny’s Girl #fastfiction
As a Human Resources professional, I’m often asked about diversity and inclusion programs, work-life balance issues, gender pay practices, and most recently the concept of privilege. Rationale conversations involving both actual data and the … [Continue reading] about Privilege vs. Price
For a person whose bones troubled him so, he had an odd affinity for the rain. He equated the building of a storm to the awkward uncertainty of foreplay with a new partner. In either case he felt tense, twisted, almost oafish in movement, as if he … [Continue reading] about Exhale #fastfiction
Let’s ban the phrases “fake it till you make it” and “act as if.” Thanks to these optimistically inclined utterances, there is a preponderance of posers infiltrating every conceivable profession. I see nothing wrong a healthy dose of ambition, but … [Continue reading] about Don’t Fake It
They say that truth is stranger than fiction, but I’ve always believed them to be on equal footing. Too often, truth is fiction. I learned this long before politicians spoke of fake news and alternative facts. The con isn’t new. It isn’t unique … [Continue reading] about Stop Chasing FADs