United Breaks Guitars

Ever wanted to really stick it to an airline or company who screwed you over, broke something, or caused you undue grief? This band did - writing a VERY catchy song after United AIrlines broke their guitars, then passed the buck in admitting they were wrong. I’m sure the resulting viral song will be around a long time. Lesson? DO THE RIGHT THING.

As the old saying goes, a chicken is involved in breakfast, a pig is committed to it. Commitment is something you don’t walk away from, at least not easily - like marriage, having children or giving up an addiction - like sugar, alcohol, tobacco, whatever.
A few weeks ago I committed to a new eating, exercising and health regime. I had to. I felt like I was dying. I had no energy, a deepening depression and constant pain. Today, after a month of giving up sodas, eating NO processed food …

Great headline isn’t it? That’s because it’s actually the title of a book by Dr. Henry Cloud. And while all of us will react to the word “integrity” with a definition of “being honest,” it goes far beyond that. A person with integrity, Cloud writes, “has the ability to pull everything together, to make it all happen, no matter how challenging the circumstances.”
Integrity, he writes, will ultimately determine if a person with brains, talent, competencies, energy, effort and deal making abilities and opportunities will succeed. There are those with …

Have you ever felt out of step? Different? Kind of like the bird in this National Geographic photo? Yeah. Me too. My whole life I’ve been trying to get in step with the different drummer and it’s been exhausting. So I decided a few weeks ago to march to my own drummer. And you know what. I have energy for the first time in a long time. I have energy to go to the gym and workout. I have energy to walk my dog and enjoy it. I have energy …

A friend of mine just fell in love - with her new kitten. We were emailing back and forth about how to deal with *making a cat allergy proof (for the human, not the cat!), and other care and feeding, snuggling tips when it hit me that all new relationships (and even old ones) require “care and feeding” tips and attention.
Young kittens cry, and miss their siblings and their mom. So they need extra care and feeding to get the relationship off on the right foot. The fact is, …