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…

50 Signs of Entrepreneurs?

I wrote about successful traits of entrepreneurs the last couple weeks and in that process, I ran across another article about entrepreneurs – 50 Signs You Might Be an Entrepreneur. As I read through the list, I alternated between disbelief and satisfaction – satisfaction that I possessed quite a few of the (serious, business oriented)…

How My Grandmother Got to College

My grandmother Frances Eloy Flora Sigler is 95, almost 96. Visiting her, I learned how she ended up at college, which was very unusual for the time. When she graduated from high school at 17, most girls went straight to work and worked until they married. My grandmother graduated from Frankton High School in 1935.…

Gratuitous C-Section or Not?

As a veteran of three C-Section surgeries, I was surprised and disheartened to read this article on the Top 10 Signs Your Doctor is Planning to Perform an Unnecessary Cesarean Section On You. I wouldn’t wish a C-Section on anyone. It’s major surgery, there is a long recovery period, and there can be serious complications…