I came across two related articles about congress members and telecommuting today… Why Can’t Congress Telecommute? Tom Delay Makes Plans to Telecommute from Texas Jail! Yes they are satire. Yes, I do enjoy making fun of our political leaders. Yes, it is generally more fun to mock the party in power, but I believe taking …
There once was a woman who was very good. She was completely selfless. She volunteered. She went to church every day. She was a fine upstanding member of the community. Even though she was so good, she was very poor. She always thought that if she had more money she could do more good. So each night she …
Remember, you heard it here first… It is now perfectly acceptable to use Super Bowl commercial breaks as bathroom breaks again. For many years, commercials aired during the Super Bowl represented the best and most interesting advertising pieces of the year. In many cases, the advertisements would be a bigger draw than the game. Now, …
This year I didn’t get an invitation to the office Christmas party. Apparently since I telecommute, I didn’t merit an invitation. The only reason I even heard of it was because of a stray email that happened to land in my inbox. Of course that was on the Monday after the event. Just because you …
Nothing serious here. I just saw this article on Yahoo that says a new species of Lemur was named after British comedian and Monty Python alum, John Cleese. They will call the critters “avahi cleesei”. Why? Well if you remember the movie Fierce Creatures, you’ll recall a most hilarious scene involving these tiny Madagascar-dwelling creatures. …
The good people over at Office2share.com are holding a contest to find the top 10 reasons to escape the home office from hell. Office 2 Share is a company that helps small businesses and startups find and lease small amounts of shared ready to use professional office space for short periods of time. Now we …