Archive for November, 2007
Roadmap of boredom
I had a few minutes to kill today and I hadn’t taken my lunch yet so I said “hey let’s check on the news.” I opened up CNN, remembered how stupid CNN is, and promptly proceeded along the following path:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Faberge egg sells at auction for £9m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faberg%C3%A9_egg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%27s_Twelve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faberg%C3%A9_egg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Hammer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occidental_Petroleum_Company
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Hammer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Museum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Leicester
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke%2C_1st_Earl_of_Leicester_%28fifth_creation%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Beatty_Library
Then I realize it’s 20 minutes later and I forgot […]
My thoughts on transparency, honesty
Transparency
Peter Knox sparked this off with his own monologue on transparency:
“This is my website. If you don’t want to hire me for this transparency, maybe I don’t want to work for you. If you don’t want to date me for this exposure, maybe I don’t want to date you … anonymous just isn’t for me […]
Finding your calling
Many of us often wonder “what is it I really want to be doing?” I know that I’ve had a fun time trying to determine what I’m good at, what I’m not, what I enjoy doing, and what I don’t. A little background: I’ve never had just one job at a time since the end […]
My Holiday Wishlist?
Cross posted at Employee Evolution
Tis the season where family and friends start asking the dreaded: what do you want for Christmas? My parents finally dropped it on me. I was actually talking to Rachel about this and she made a very excellent point:
At this stage in my life I don’t need more “things.” I’m at […]
Excellent Thanksgiving tips
From Keith Ferrazzi:
I do try to consciously practice gratitude every day, but certainly Thanksgiving is a reminder to us all. I recall driving up to Santa Barbara to meet some friends for the holiday one year and just scrolling through my cell phone and dialing people to say how grateful I was at that very […]
