Posts from ‘October, 2008’

I am doing my bit to preserve democracy today. I have either a great record or a poor one when it comes to Jury Duty. I have been selected two out of three times I have been called. Once in an aggravated asssault trial that lasted nearly two weeks, and once for an afternoon in [...]

I was working this morning in Starbucks, and overheard a conversation between and a young woman and an older one. Possibly a mentor relationship, but what struck me was the older woman’s comments about working with a travel agent: “…she works for you… ask for a breakdown… itemized… you are in charge…” etc. All of [...]

We were all taught as youngsters that honesty is the best policy. I remember walking through M.E. Moses Department Store when I was five or six years old. I grabbed a piece of Double Bubble chewing gum from a display and popped it into my mouth. It wasn’t a minute later that Dad asked me [...]