Washing & Drying As It Was Meant to Be

Not long after we moved into our new (to us) house, our appliances began breaking down. It wasn't surprising. The previous owners had gutted our 1940 stone house in 1997, replacing all of the house’s systems, infrastructure, and appliances at that time. So it should be no surprise they were waiting to give up the ghost once we moved in 24 years later.

Remember Bonnie Sue

A reflection on the life and death of Bonnie Sue Egerton, my sister, from COVID-19

Written While Wearing Pants

What’s Changed with COVID-19? Workstyles have been forcibly altered under lockdowns that have been in place in the U.S. for many weeks now (and elsewhere in the world as well). I’ve taken note of some of the major changes that have occurred since.

Things You Just Can't Forget

A 1972½ Datsun 620 pickup was my first car (not this actual truck, but it's twin). I bought it in 1977 for $1,295. It was a little battered with a dented passenger side front fender, a badly scraped bed, and a saggy and bent rear bumper.

"No B.S." is No Reality to this Marketer

The communication that marketing professionals create in the B2B world is often labelled “fluff”: content of no true consequence to steely-eyed business people who are savvy enough to recognize and shunt aside such B.S. as they focus unerringly on “hard facts.” (At least, that’s what they want us to think.) But I’ll give you two reasons why that statement is fallacious.