Have you heard of Robinhood? The investing app that allows you to very quickly and easily invest? I started out with $120 in my account in 2016. Later, I added $233.32 for a total of $353.32. My account today is…
I don’t know about you, but the process of searching for a job is grueling. You start out maybe a little bit excited – all the possibility! But then when the generic rejection emails start getting into the double digits,…
Over the years, I have enjoyed filling out surveys for companies, reviewing websites, transcribing, and many other feedback-based services. It has always been so that I can earn small amounts of money to use toward groceries, bills, or whatever “perk”…
Before I start talking too much about communication and words and stuff, I want you to look at an image. Take a look Communication for Birdies Some of us are blessed with the power to communicate with nearly anyone with…
I used to live in Florida where the heat and humidity often combined to make life miserable for most people. But not for me. I loved the feeling of swimming through the air as I walked around. That plus the…
You may have heard about companies like UserTesting – they went public in 2021 as $USER. That may have triggered your thinking: what the heck is “user testing?” User testing is the process of observing real, unbiased users perform specific…
Tonight I found a shirt on Etsy that reads, “Beach better have my money.” I laughed for a few minutes and then decided I needed to write about metal detecting. When my sister and I were kids, Dad took us…
We were exploring a crater. It was an ancient site and someone was hoping to develop a housing complex. That is…unless we could find evidence of historical significance. We scoured the perimeter and sloping walls and then I saw a…
I was having a great evening of conversation with friends at a local establishment when my eyes suddenly became incredibly dry and irritated. It could have been the cold air occasionally drafting in from the front door or maybe some…
I visited Butter Restaurant for a late lunch on a weekday – quiet hour – the best time to evaluate service standards and attention. When servers aren’t distracted by hundreds of other guests, you don’t owe them the benefit of…
My primary mission was to rescue a fish. I named him Steve after no one in particular. It was important to move him from drought on one side of a large island to the lush, watery wonder world on the…
I live in a modern home with a modern kitchen and the dishwasher works just fine. So the drying rack sitting in the right basin of my sink often receives a confused glance or two by visitors. “Perhaps the dishwasher…