On this morning’s news I head that over the past year some 10,000,000 Americans were victims of identity theft. That’s little over 3% of the U.S. population. Someone might say, well it’s only 3% which is not bad, but when you look at the number it is staggering, frightening even. 10 million people! While there is no guarantee that it …
Obama’s Tag Cloud
Photo Credit: http://www.wordle.net Above is a visual representation of the words most used by Barack Obama in his inauguration speech. “new“, “nation“, “America“, “people“, “every“, “must” and “less” were among the most frequently used words in President Obama’s inauguration speech. Words which were synonymous with his campaign didn’t make a notable appearance. “Hope” was mentioned three times while “change” only …
Happy New Year, again
Tonight we welcome the new year, again. As I mentioned last week, Orthodox haven’t changed their calendar and as such still celebrate New Year on January 13th. Actually, we celebrate both equally as it is nice to have two opportunities to welcome new year and party two weeks apart. Not that we really need any special reason to have fun, …
Shameful side of humanity
I normally stay away from sad news and events on this blog, but at times that simply isn’t possible. Today’s post is about the sad death of a Walmart employee that’s been on my mind since it happened on (in this instance appropriately named) Black Friday. I can’t get over the fact that people have stampeded over another human being …
Managers matter even more?
While I was thinking what I should write today I got a phone call from my boss, which set the theme for today’s post. Coincidentally, it is closely related to my previous post (video), people matter. We ran into several issues while getting some well deserved and a bit over due paperwork through certain channels, but it is nice to …