I have been told many times over the years that I have "spunk". I like that attribute - I take it as a compliment. Yesterday in the Minneapolis Airport I went to one of my favorite stores - Zozo - and picked up a little book entitled simply Moxie. Moxie is defined as such (according [...]
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Managing my risk with a nap…
Well, here I am again...ready to set out for my annual trek to FEMA's Higher Education Conference. As is typical I have had virtually no sleep as I there were at least a 150 things to accomplish before getting on the plane. I probably accomplished about 75 of those 150 things, but I am counting [...]
The official position on PDA is…
So, what is your position on PDA? Oh, and for my emergency management friends I am not talking Preliminary Damage Assessments...I am talking Public Displays of Affection (although some displays of PDA may need a PDA). I have vacillated on this topic over the years. I have never been against PDA, but some times in [...]
Intensity does not desperation equal…
My cousin Scott and I are having a discussion via email about the way some people interpret intensity as desperation or other less desirable things. My cousin Scott is intense. I am intense. My cousin Scott is fabulous. I am fabulous. My cousin Scott is not desperate. I am not desperate. Yet, our intensity apparently [...]
I don’t want to be anything other than me
I have a new favorite mantra...it comes from Gavin DeGraw's song - I Don't Want To Be. I don't totally subscribe to all the words in the song, but the lines that resonate with me are: "I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately All I have to [...]
Theory #129 on sex
I have a theory about sex and the seasons. I actually have many theories that relate to sex, but since theorizing takes great time and effort, today I am just going to elaborate on this one - Theory #129 - sex and the seasons. As theories go, this is a fairly simple one: the season [...]
The depth of the wound…
I have a soft spot...okay...so I have a few soft spots, but let's not go there today. Today I want to talk about soldiers (probably my number one soft spot) and the impact their service can have on them (beyond the extended separation from family - which I think is, in-and-of-itself, tough). Specifically, I want [...]
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