Remembering September 11th – Part 1

A ringing phone jolted me awake from a fitful, newborn-interrupted sleep. It took me a few moments to realize who was even on the other end of the phone. When I realized who it was, I was angry; angry that my sleep had been interrupted by a woman who calls me just to tell me I…

Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde Customer Service Experiences

I had two wildly varying customer service experiences this week – one with Land’s End and one with the Esalen Institute. Land’s End was superb and incredibly helpful. Esalen Institute not so much and I don’t care if I ever do business with them, no matter how great a retreat place they have down the…

Foreclosed Properties Crisis for the Government

I read a post on wordpress that asked for solutions to the question – what should the government do with the ~248,000 foreclosed homes it now owns? Lots of opinions (654, the last time I looked) are posted on the article on MSNBC. But the one that intrigued me the most was this one from…

Snow Flurries in August? Or Just Extra Fleece?

It was so cold in August you might have thought there were snow flurries here in the Bay Area. But that wasn’t the case, it just felt like it was so cold that it could have snowed. I used the time in August to complete a few sewing projects around the house. I had a…