Passing the equinox
I’ve totally had my head in the sand about the weather the past few weeks (although I did take the car for a drive with the top down on Tuesday when it hit 11C), but was just watching the news/weather and saw that tomorrow’s sunrise is at 6am, and sunset is 6:45pm. Yep, spring is [...]
Tulips for Spring
I love tulips this time of year. We’re still ranging between below-freezing temperatures and more moderate days, but I have the most beautiful bouquet of orange and yellow tulips on my table. On Queen West near where I live, there are several little markets that all carry tulips beginning in February and lasting until May [...]
How not to network
I’ve been thinking a lot about professional networking lately, mostly due to the issues discussed in my previous post. Today, I had a reminder of ways that I don’t like to network. I was on my way out of the house headed for a wine tasting, and received a call from someone who used to [...]
Reconnecting
I’ve been in a frenzy of reconnecting with people, due to two events: first, I changed my corporate domain, and hence my email address, and secondly, a friend introduced me to LinkedIn. The first is a bigger boon that you might realize, in spite of the work involved. I needed a bit of a corporate [...]
Cleaning House
I’m a terrible housekeeper. Maybe it’s because I was the youngest of four with a stay-at-home mom so never had to clean much except for my own room. Maybe I missed that day in home economics class. Maybe I got lazy by being married to a complete anal retentive who literally vacuumed around houseguests. Whatever [...]
Whither the rant?
The day after my last posting, and after several more emails to other Bell departments, I awoke, looked outside and saw a Bell Sympatico truck. Instant paranoia swept me: were they going to punish me by cutting off my internet access? I laughed it off, until two days later when Damir’s Sympatico access died… After [...]
