This weekend, we hosted a baby shower for a very good friend from school. In a last pre-baby hurrah, the mom-to-be finagled a day off and declared the shower would continue in the desert. It was the kind of spontaneous trip we used to do quite a bit, but haven’t in ages. We tossed our […]
This week I helped facilitate a leadership seminar for a group of visual merchandisers from my company. We employ one “designer” per store; about forty from our region attended. They are a hip and enthusiastic group who enjoy their jobs, in spite of working in what seems a constant frame of paradox.
Their job is to […]
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Palm Springs is a town of low, flat roofs. It is a white and brown and green and orange town with washed watery sky. There are perfectly square neighborhood blocks where you can get lost on your bike. Palm Springs has entirely too many golf courses. It is a place to have drinks by the […]
A few months ago, moved by the common sentiments of the season, I publicly vowed to get into decent shape, learn to play my pedal steel, and get a career, all before the end of 2007. How am I doing?
The get-into-shape part is actually, surprising, going fairly well. I joined a gym a month and […]