Where you will find my (documented) thoughts, worries, concerns, and issues
Recent writing
Part of my severance is outplacement services, which I am genuinely thankful for, if for no other reason than I haven’t been without work for quite a long time. And as happens to all of us, I’ve gotten older, …
Let me make one thing very clear: I am not a fan of lawyers. In my experience, they use up precious funds to provide vacuous information. It’s never a full recommendation (eg. “you should do X”), …
You’re being let go, your department’s being downsized, you’re part of an outplacement, we’re going in a different direction, we’re not picking up your option… - Emperor Kuzco and …
Janice had a cat. I say “had” because she is no longer with us. But the cat remains. His name is Ceyx. It’s pronounced “KAY-ix”. It’s the name from a minor Greek myth, apparently. …
How full is a life well-lived? Can it be judged by the things it collects? Books. Trinkets. Pets. Paintings. Clothes. Boxes. Dust. When life turns to dust, what then? The packing begins. Life is messy unorganized random …
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to. - Bilbo Baggins, Fellowship of the Ring …
Well, it’s vise grips for pliers, and pliers for a wrench A wrench for a hammer, hammer’s everything else It just don’t seem to make much difference I sure do like him but he’s hard on equipment …
One of the challenges when someone dies is having to prepare an obituary. Being a writer and story-teller, I felt compelled to put together one for Janice. It’s too wordy and would never be used in a newspaper. But …
Today, my mother-in-law, Janice Aicken, died. Janice has been unwell for months … years, really. But the last four months have been especially hard, a result of illness that brought forth the underlying issues. …
When you were younger, it was so much easier to see the changes from one year to the next. But in the last couple of years, the only significant changes are … well, hair colour. I wouldn’t say you’re …