Holiday season at work: Stop pounding your chest
Watching Love Actually and KPI-chasing don’t go hand-in-hand. Continue Reading
Christmas
Now begins the time of year where family > work
Ah, Monday. But this is a specific Monday! It’s the Monday of Thanksgiving week! (At least in the United States.) So you probably work today, maybe tomorrow, no more than half of Wednesday, and then you’re likely off for the… Continue Reading
Your Christmas stuff is likely from Yiwu, a small town in China
Read this, then read this, then watch this:
This Trayvon Martin Nativity scene may have gone a little overboard, yes
John Zachary, a 57 year-old artist, does the Nativity installation for Claremont United Methodist Church every year (he’s a parishioner). This year, the scene features a slumped-over, bleeding Trayvon Martin. Here’s what Zachary had to say, via The Los Angeles Times: “He… Continue Reading
The yin and the yang of the holidays: Rion Holcombe and Steve Whitcomb
The holidays are supposed to be a blissful time for family and gatherings and, more often then not, they are. But for all the positives, periodically there are some negatives during this time of year as well. People lose loved… Continue Reading
Surfing Santas event has officially maxed out Cocoa Beach, FL; welcome to our confusing global future
This was the fifth year of “Surfing Santas,” an event down in Cocoa Beach, FL. It benefits Grind for Life, which is a really worthy cause. While there are other “Surfing Santa” events — like this one in Laguna Niguel… Continue Reading
Two groups that benefit immensely from Christmas morning: app developers and the Catholic Church
Ah, Christmas morning. If you have children under 11, you’re probably up at 5am. It’s undoubtedly a magical time, but we hardly associate it with money — in fact, most people are off, most places are closed, and you’re probably… Continue Reading
Well, this is depressing: more people die on Christmas then at any other time of the year
If you study the National Death Index — which is morbid, but some people do it for a living, like this guy — you would learn that Christmas, the day after Christmas and New Year’s Day are some of the… Continue Reading