The following occurred at 11:20 a.m., today: Steve, a friend of mine and husband of Eunie who works next door to me, stopped by. "I thought of you on the way here! My shoes were making this great squeak! And I thought, 'findyouranswers would make this into a 20 minute story!' So here - follow me. I'll show it to you."

I go, because I imagine this squeak to be ( Read more... )

A story in which many were sacrificed for one....and the one died anyway ( Read more... )

Counseling is an interesting profession. People tell us secrets. People tell us lies. People get pissed when other people tell us secrets. It's just a lot of fun ( Read more... )

1. I think I'm going to do NaNoWriMo again this year.  I'm pretty sure my first sentence is going to be, "All the characters in this story are fat."  Because if I read one more book that describes all of its characters as "chiseled" or "athletic" or "beautiful" or "skinny" or "so handsome she melted" or whytheface ever, I'm going to scream.  So, ( Read more... )

I will forever and ever know that Deep Blue Something sang "Breakfast at Tiffany's."  I think when I am 102 years old and this song were to somehow pop up on my 90s streaming podcast implant in my brain, I will still be able to tell you that and where I was when I first heard it.  I like the song, don't get me wrong, but WHY did it become THE song ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon, I received a phone call from someone asking me a variety of questions regarding teaching in a small town near Winona.

Eight minutes we had been on the phone discussing things.

Then my phone partner says, "Do you speak English?"

It's a unique question to attempt to answer.  The flight of "What the hell language is coming out of my ( Read more... )

All we really have is integrity when it comes to interpersonal relationships.

And if you insist on having none, just assume that those of us who DO like ours will find you out.

And we will not be happy when we've been lied to.

There are about a billion ways to build rapport with clients...and other people in general.  Really, trying to teach rapport building is an awesome thing, but the skills to make it happen are much more influential than a particular trait.  In my opinion ( Read more... )

Two quick realizations ( Read more... )

I love to learn.  It is disgusting how much.  Every day, I can pretty much guarantee I learn at least 24 new things....some days, it's at least 2400.  Most of them are about humanity and human interaction.  Sometimes, it's about accounting.  Sometimes, guppies ( Read more... )