Tag Archives: life

Apple Employee Engagement Workshop

Posted on April 1, 2013 by pegoleg

Rejected t-shirt logo for an upcoming employee engagement/team-building workshop at Apple headquarters: What other mottos might they consider?

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Heads You Win, Tails You Lose

Posted on March 25, 2013 by pegoleg

* Oh, God!  We’re slowing to a crawl.  Look at those taillights, stretching ahead as far as the eye can see.   Damn!  I’m going to be late for work for SURE.  And will my jerk-wad boss care that it is … Continue reading →

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Yew City Slickers Is Luckier ‘N Cold Spit On A Greased Pig In A China Shop

Posted on March 21, 2013 by pegoleg

Urbanites are always complaining about how tough life is in the big city.  I say, crime? – bah! smog? – ha! traffic jams? – don’t make me laugh. You don’t know what tough IS until you’ve stared down the gaping … Continue reading →

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True Crime – Playing Musical Blogs

Posted on March 15, 2013 by pegoleg

Renée A. Schuls-Jacobson has a blog with her name on it.  I wish it had my name on it.  She blogs about teaching, family, writing, books and a host of life experiences that “don’t fit in a file folder”.  The … Continue reading →

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A Single, Burning Question

Posted on March 7, 2013 by pegoleg

Another snowstorm just blanketed the Midwest.  Our souls yearn for Sprightly Spring, but Wooly Winter shows no sign of slackening her icy grip.  Punxsutawney Phil has gone back into hibernation and so have I. That little vestige of prehistoric brain … Continue reading →

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When It Says Loco, Lazy, Loser On The Label, Label, Label

Posted on January 31, 2013 by pegoleg

Do you have lovely eyes?  A noble nose?  An infectious smile?  Sometimes it’s hard to see our own outstanding features, even if they are obvious to everyone else.  That’s because some of us can’t see beyond the big, invisible labels … Continue reading →

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Becoming The Guardians At The Door; Gone Visiting

Posted on January 21, 2013 by pegoleg

Renee at Life In The Boomer Lane  is one of the funniest writers on the interwebz.  Her preferred topic of choice, as you may guess from the title of her blog, is life from the perspective of a Woman Of … Continue reading →

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Pavlov’s Wayne Newton

Posted on January 15, 2013 by pegoleg

I’m a serial singer of songs. I’m not talking about great songs necessarily, and I don’t perform them well, either.   I’m no Wayne Newton.  It’s just that my brain is wired for song stimulus and I respond like one of … Continue reading →

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Skipping Stones In the Pond Of Life & Death

Posted on January 3, 2013 by pegoleg

They say that even when someone dies, they aren’t fully gone; they live on in the memories of those who knew them.  I think that the opposite is also true.  When someone dies, they take some of our memories with … Continue reading →

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The REAL Sounds of The Season

Posted on December 18, 2012 by pegoleg

My favorite classic rock radio station switched to an all-Christmas-music-format the day after Thanksgiving.  They call it “The Sounds of The Season”.  This annoys me for two reasons. 1) Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer instead of Another Brick … Continue reading →

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