May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I’ve talked about mental health on my blogs before, especially in relation to stress and the pandemic. COVID-19 and the attempts to deal with it have added extra stress to all of our lives … Continued
This has been more effective than anything else. Like a lot of middle-aged men, I’ve put on a few pounds, and the pandemic lock-down, which had me working literally steps from my kitchen, hasn’t helped either. When I was younger, … Continued
To be clear, I haven’t been in a fight since high school. And, I haven’t even been close, really, since college. That being said, I have been threatened more than once in the past thirty years since leaving the safe, … Continued
I need to get back into some kind of better shape. I mean, I’m always in some kind of shape, but I really need to get into better shape than I’ve been. I’m weeks away from turning fifty-two and my … Continued
At least for this year. Well, it’s over. Another season of writing and aspiration, or in my case writing and recrimination, is over for the year. On the plus side for me, while I didn’t attempt NaNoWriMo this year, I … Continued
I always seem to have more expenses than money. The other day I was working from home and my wife came to get me in a little bit of a panic. There was a considerable amount of standing water in … Continued
Everyone’s IT budgets are shrinking this year, and probably next year, too. This isn’t the first time I’ve been through a down-turn in the economy. And, every single time, no matter what the industry I’m in, IT and software purchases … Continued