Archive for June 2016
What happens when your company moves to a Managed Services Model
We got the news at our annual All-Hands Dept Meeting that we had been expecting for some time now. My company TopFive has discovered that it is an accounting firm, not an IT firm and as such, it has decided to explore Outsourcing the IT Dept. We are of course using the current buzz... Read more »
When History repeats itself, it's an opportunity to take the other path
Like most people, I periodically clean out the friends list on the ole Book of Faces, removing people who don’t interact with me, log in very often or not make one of the Bucket Criteria. In general I’m unfriending people that don’t fit one of the criteria for being a friend/connection on FB. I discovered... Read more »
The Stages of Facebook Unfriending
So the day comes and you find out that someone unfriended you on the Social Media Merry-go-Round that is Facebook. Maybe you figured it out because you watch your friend’s list count. Or maybe Facebook’s On This Day reminder pointed out someone you hadn’t thought of in a while. Or perhaps you have some software... Read more »
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Father's Day finally has some meaning in my life
Today is Father’s Day and I get to partake in it, as much or as little as I want. Father’s Day never really meant much to me, especially when I was a child. My father was not a part of my life and that’s just how it was. It wasn’t really that odd when I... Read more »
That Time I missed Qualifying for the Boston Marathon by 15 minutes
It’s the 2nd/4th Wednesday of the month and that means Blogapalooza where we are challenged to write a post and publish it in one hour. Here is this month’s challenge: “Write about a period or moment in your life when you were at your best.” Here’s my take: Ten years (and a few months) ago,... Read more »
It's okay that my twins haven't started talking yet
I’m a really bad parent. For one thing, when someone asks me how old my rug rats are, I hesitate. It takes me a minute to remember what freaking day and month it is because they are all the freaking same. I also don’t speak Parentese very well because I will round up or down... Read more »
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Things to Consider When Selecting a Marathon Training Program
The following is a revamp of an email I wrote for one of my running groups when I led a marathon training groups for CARA. This content is Chicago Marathon centered but could easily be applied to any marathon. So you’ve decided to train for a marathon. You got your shoes and your running clothes... Read more »
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I am a Chicago native who grew up in Humboldt Park and now lives in Portage Park. If Nikola Tesla and Ernest Hemingway had a love child, I'm the Polish version of him with a little Dave Barry thrown in for spice. I went to two colleges for undergrad: I started at NMSU as a pre-engineering major and finished at UIC with a degree in communications which was as close to Journalism as they offered. I was editor of a student newspaper at UIC in the early days of the internet. I have successfully run 22 marathons and may be reached at therunninggod@gmail.com, on twitter @MysteriesOLife or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MysteriesOfLifeblog
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