Sexist Pig or Inept Interviewer?

This blog/rant is inspired by Matt Lauer’s non-apology follow up for asking Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, ” Given the pressure of this job at General Motors, can you do both well? (Meaning being a CEO and a good mother?) His non-apology was defensive drivel, IMHO, “If a man had publicly said something similar…

I love the Fair!

I’ve always loved the fair, since I joined 4H when I was 10. We had cattle, so my first introduction to the fair was showing a heifer. Too bad I can’t find a picture of me in my cowboy boots and belt with the Elvis belt buckle and my name burned in to the back…

Win What You Do Enter!

I must have been really hungry when I signed up for culinary arts entries for the San Mateo County Fair because I ended up entering 9 food items (3 of which were brownies). As I perused the fair catalog deciding what to enter, I kept notes as to what I might want to enter and…

You Can’t Win What You Don’t Enter

I’ve told my boys over the last few years when I’ve encouraged them to participate in contests or sports or scouts that they can’t win what they don’t enter. If you don’t participate in archery, you can’t win. If you don’t enter the writing contest, you won’t have any chance of winning. In fact, McKinley…