I’d love to have a corporate seminar on this. Seriously. I spend 6-8 hours a day on conference calls where the audience is either muted (giving zero feedback) or constantly saying “uh huh” which interrupts the flow of information and, depending on type of phone/headset being used, actually prevents other people from…

To be honest, I think what a lot of “Millenials” are experiencing - and speaking out about - are practices that have always been around. Companies hire people and expect them to miraculously know how everything works. They’re hiring because they need help RIGHT NOW and if you’re not hitting the ground running, you’re…

AGREE! My aunt’s job was transferred to Hawaii and she was so excited about the move and the change of pace, etc. But she ended up moving back to California about 5 years later because the costs were insane (she’d send us money to buy her kids cereal because it was about $3/box cheaper to buy it here and ship than to…

But beware with Mucinex! It doesn’t just thin the mucus in your sinuses — it thins them everywhere. It’s a common cause of diarrhea and “discharge” of all ilks... be forewarned. Since it’s thinning the mucus in your gut, a lot of people will find themselves with upset stomach or general digestion issues and I would…

There was an episode of King of Queens where they talked about this and the wife chose a male movie star (Denzel, I think) and the husband chose the lady who does her nails and then comedy ensued... since the exercise is *supposedly* about people who are out of reach, not “real” people that you might actually have a…

For my own last name, it was an easy choice. My husband’s last name is 4 letters, easy to pronounce and spell! But my poor sister. Okay, well she’s my step sister so she already had a hyphenated last name from childhood (unmarried parents both wanted inclusion and her mom’s last name already was hyphenated, so she was…

I think the key thing here is the quality of the butter. Most of us (myself included) buy inexpensive butter — I’m even partial to my local supermarket’s house brand — which is more water than cream. It has enough cream to taste good but it’s not the same as old-fashioned 100% cream butter. When you buy expensive…

Early September birthdays are awful. Mine is the 10th which meant that it generally fell on the first week of school and several times it was the first DAY of school. That’s a bummer for a lotta reasons but the permanent scar that I carry is never having a class birthday party. You can’t exactly show up on the first…