Welcome back…to Me! Wow…who knew that it’d been three months? Three months of Me not subjecting you to my thoughts. (You’re welcome) I’ve been busy at work (more on that in a later post) and doing a lot of pleasure…
Dear AT&T…
To: AT&T, Uverse Division Fr: Gary Szabo, a loyal but disgruntled customer Dear AT&T: I’m writing to recommend some changes to your next version of the Pace 5031NV DSL modem, aka “the 2WIRE Uverse modem.” I UNDERSTAND…
“Have Fun Storming the Castle!”
Dear Teachers, Friends of Teachers, and Champions of Education: I don’t have to tell you that the road to getting the State of Oklahoma to single out your issue for funding is going to be hard. But I almost pity…
My Day at the Capitol: #oklahomateacherwalkout
April 4, 2018 Today Karen, Miss P and I drove down to Oklahoma City, adding our voice to the thousands of educators who, for almost all of my daughter’s life, have that their salary buying power reduced by over 10%,…
Thank God I Work for People, Not a Company
“Man, the world ain’t supposed to work like this. I mean, maybe you don’t know that yet. I’m supposed to be able to do my job without having to ask you if I can. That dude is supposed to be…
Meet day at the Nadia Invitational
Friday our Jenks girls will complete at the Nadia Invitational in OKC. Go Jenks!
“Would You Rather…”
December 29, 2017 Gather round, kiddies — we’re going to talk about business ethics. Wait! Don’t run away! When my wife worked at Group Health Cooperative in Seattle, one of her coworkers used to ask interesting interview questions to get…
Pining for PINE
Every now and again, I have a technology-themed “Marcel Proust Moment”… In the first volume of Marcel Proust’s ‘Remembrance of Things Past,’ he dunks a cookie into his tea and immediately he’s transported back, into a reverie and remembrance of his…
Riding that White Stag, all the way to the DNA Sequencer…
November 29, 2017 This year and last, thanks to Ancestry.com, Google searching and Google translate, I’ve been able to fill in many bits and pieces in my wacky and far-ranging family genealogy. I’ve written here about some of the discoveries…
Laboratories of Democracy
Back in the mid-90s, I worked at Centralia College in Centralia, Washington. It was my second time moving away from Oklahoma, and the first time where the experience changed me and helped me develop into the leader I try to be…