Monday, August 7, 2006
Chief Operating Officer turned soldier
I read this very moving column about a COO who gave up his civilian life to return to active duty and is currently serving in Iraq. I had to share it with you: Our Soldier Tom Deierlein by Dave Morgan, Thursday, Aug 3, 2006 1:03 PM ET Late last year, I wrote a column about a good friend and one of...
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Sunday, August 6, 2006
The Indiscriminant Illness
Lately, it seems everyone knows someone with cancer. A colleague at work just discovered that her father received this diagnosis; another is trying to help her best friend’s mother’s last leg of this disease and this morning we received news that a childhood friend died of brain tumor. I have so...
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Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Where are our priorities?
Israel continues to be pounded by rockets as Israeli troops are moving deeper into Lebanon. Civil war in Sri Lanka has erupted again. Our troops are dying in Iraq. Castro's illness apparantely surprised U.S. intelligence!!! There is obviously no lack of big news around the world so why has the talk...
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Monday, July 31, 2006
Working for a small company 101!
Companies don't have to follow the rates set by the government? So, I have learned yet another expense of working for a small company. If you have to drive somewhere for a work-related event, one expects your employer will reimburse you according to the mileage rate set by the IRS. It turns out, the...
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Saturday, July 29, 2006
Some good news in the midst of all the bad news in the world,
This hopeful story made me feel good today. Wish more of us were doing stuff like this...I know I wish I did more to help my community. School district creates refuge for homeless students MAPLEWOOD, Missouri (AP) -- When a friend of Randi Miller's daughter started coming around to do laundry and...
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