Monthly Archives December 2025

2025 End of Year Memes – Farm Is Gone, Prom Is On, Calm App Is Balm, I Miss My Mom

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Toured a bee farm.  Made a possibly life and death decision on behalf of my mother not once but twice prior to surgery and then after a serious fall led to a potential brain bleed (luckily, this was not the case.) 2.   Did […]

First Lines of My First Blog Post of Every Month of 2025

January – “We have anger management but we don’t have stupidity management – why?” February – “A different energy and enthusiasm level than the first day of kindergarten…” March – “It’s been a quiet couple weeks with us on holidays and then me busy with a conference for most of last week but time to […]

How Does Pierre Poilievre Sleep At Night?

Music Monday – “The boys of the NYPD choir were singing ‘Galway Bay’/And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day”

“Fairytale of New York” – A Crowded Street in Dublin

Secular Sunday – When Ted Turner Asked Carl Sagan If He Was A “Socialist”

“Socialist” being used as a slur isn’t a recent phenomenon… When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave an answer that redefines what it means to be a civilized society. It isn't about politics or ideology. It is about how we treat the most vulnerable among us. pic.twitter.com/s52TLO42fB — Saganism […]

Saturday Snap – Boxing Day Party With Mom

Friday Fun Link – Krystal Grand Puerto Vallarta

We have a family trip booked to the Cancun area for February but ended up having an opportunity to go again in April so Shea and I have booked to go to Puerto Vallarta for the first time ever!  

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Over The Years (Merry Christmas Everyone!)

Didn’t put a lot of time into editing but got Google AI to whip me up a quick video montage of Christmas Days over the years.

Wisdom Wednesday – “The Company Hired Me To Lead Their ‘Agile’ Transformation (I Don’t Know What ‘Agile’ Means. Nobody Does.)”

Beware those who use language to hide, not to clarify… The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation."I don't know what Agile means.Nobody does.That's why it works. I make $425,000 a year.To move sticky notes.From left to right.On a board.The board is digital now.The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses.… — Peter Girnus […]

Siskel & Ebert 1977 Review of “Star Wars”