For several years, I thought I had it made. I was working for a large hi-tech corporation making good money and good benefits. I worked hard, earned the respect of my coworkers and bosses and was rewarded for my hard work and dedication. I earned enough so that my husband didn’t… Read full post »

I saw Avatar over the weekend, along with a few million of my closest friends. I had been aware of the controversy surrounding the movie’s supposed “anti-military” message going in, so as I watched I was looking out for that message. I didn’t see it. What I did see was an/… Read full post »

To be unemployed is to know fear and uncertainty with a healthy dash of paranoia thrown in for good measure. You live in a constant state of unsettled restlessness and near panic.

You can’t sit down a simply read a good book or enjoy a good TV program without feeling a… Read full post »

Well, here I am, wallowing in one of those moments that every mom dreads. We all know it’s coming, but deep down we hope it never does. I’m talking about my son’s first real heartbreak.

He has been dating The Girl In Question, henceforth referred to as TGI… Read full post »

It has now been a week since my work group was laid off. As I type, I am sitting in a nearly empty row of cubicles, like some bad Dilbert cartoon. I used to find Dilbert hysterical, but since my life started running parallel to it, all I’m missing is the/… Read full post »

A couple of days ago my entire work group was laid off except for myself and one other person. As I type this, 9 very good engineers are joining the job hunting multitudes.

My group took the fall for some very bad management decisions that set us up for failure. A… Read full post »

One of the things I wanted to do when I started this blogging thing was to spend some time discussing Green Living, and some things the ‘Fly family was doing to get greener and get ideas and tips from others.  When it comes to being green, none of us are in… Read full post »

Recently over 100 presidents of universities and colleges, apparently tired of being surrounded by a bunch of underage lushes, have come out in favor of lowering the drinking age to 18. Their reasoning is that the lure of “forbidden fruit” was creating a culture of binge drinking.

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This post is inspired by today's column by King Kaufman on China’s full-scale retreat from their promise of being open and free for the Olympics, and the IOC’s Clintonian definition of the word “freedom”. (Less emphasis on the “free”, and more on the “dom&rdq/… Read full post »