Is there anything more painful than buying a car? Apart from your house or condo, it is one of our largest expenditures. When we were thinking of buying our Toyota I looked at Consumer Reports. There was an article answering the question, which car if you buy today will you likely be still driving in…
Category: thoughts
To tip or not to tip
When and how much to tip for service? I have traditionally been pretty sympathetic to those who work in the industry, but lately with escalating prices on everything, reduced service, and, at least in Edmonton, being required to bring my own takeout bag, well I’m thinking that I am only going to tip for real…
Women in leadership
As I am listening to Barack Obama’s A Promised Land, now 31 hours into it out of 40 hours, he spends some time talking about the personal cost of serving as a staffer in the White House. He spells out the family separation, the long hours, the constant weight of the work, the consistent criticism…
Hybrid Thoughts 