Well the conference is in full swing, despite the fact that a big percentage of folks who registered either had to stay home or go back home to deal with the wrath of Sandy. Others couldn't get here because flights were canceled. Some may have to stay a day or two longer because they cannot get [...]
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In the land of Mickey and Minnie…
The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) hosts it's conference every three years in Orlando, Florida. The locations for the years in-between vary, but all roads lead back to Florida. This is my third time attending the IAEM Conference in Florida. The weather is typically nice in Florida and there are many great attractions and [...]
Travel weary…
Travel is great fun when done in moderation. I am always fairly optimistic about business travel when it is a few months away and is a singular trip surrounded on either side of it by long periods at home. Of course that is not how it tends to end up. One lone trip sandwiched between [...]
My holiday gift to you…
If you shop online and you are not searching for coupons on retailmenot.com I can bet you are spending more money than you need to for the items you are buying. RetaiMeNot is a site that captures savings codes for an incredible number of sites. When I shop online I always check on RetailMeNot to see if [...]
Here’s a thought – let’s go dollar for dollar.
Every single day for the past couple of weeks I have received numerous big color glossy political advertisements in the mail. Yesterday, I received eight from an assortment of folks promoting both republicans and democrats running in North Dakota-based elections. I estimate that over the past two weeks I have received more than 50 of these [...]
What my mother left with me…
When we lose people in our lives it is interesting the things we hold on to. We may hold on to old photos, personal belongings, or mementos. Things that matter much more to us now than they ever did when the person was alive. It is because they are the things we have left - the [...]
Amen Mary Maxwell!
My friend Katherine Tweed sent me a great video that I want to share with the readers of my blog. It is a video of Mary Maxwell, a lovely woman who was asked to deliver the invocation at a Home Instead Senior Care event. She starts off her prayer session in a traditional way, but [...]
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