Musings of an HR Guy…Connecting the Dots
The sight of a plane coming in to land almost always sends chills down my spine. Though it’s one of the most common sights, and the world has been blasé about air travel for over a century now, I still find the idea of hundreds of tons of metal, materials and people floating in the... Continue Reading →
Settling in is a long and painstaking process. Here I was thinking that once our container gets delivered and the boxes get opened we’ll just be a hop, skip and jump away from getting back into gear, after five months of floating in transit. It’s now six weeks in the new place, and there’s still... Continue Reading →
1. The artist I'd commissioned to do a sketch for B's farewell in 2000 coming charging down the passage in my office to deliver the drawing which he had delayed. At first I could hear his regular tread from afar, but as he realized he was within earshot of my office he literally started sprinting,... Continue Reading →
There’s nothing dignified about a scuffle, no matter how putatively superior the position of one of the actors. The photo of a dust-up between police and protestors has the effect of a distorting funny-mirror, turning any righteous indignation (real or fake) into slapstick comedy. It is hard to feel anything but amusement at the image of pot-bellied... Continue Reading →
Quite a significant day today. Got a call from SH about him and his people being quite interested in the idea, generally making me feel chuffed. I didn't think I would be mentally prepared to confront a fork in the road quite so soon, or have the decisiveness to flip open my Swiss-knife and cut... Continue Reading →
Notes to Self 