Author: Maureen Carruthers
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Not a Millennial
Still Love me some avocado toast And photographing my food for the internet evidently.
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Their Zoom meeting is cooler than yours
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Leadership Lessons from the Age of Covid-19
I read this article sometime last week and my original take away was the intended one: testing is important, we didn’t do it when we needed to, and we aren’t really catching up. What stuck with me, and prompted me to go back and find the article again was Dr. Helen Y Chu. The TL;DR…
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On Inefficiency
Today’s meandering pontification is brought to you by my inability to consistently meet my step goal and my gift for turning the mundane into an opportunity for over thought. Generally speaking, I hate it. Why would you take 20 minutes to do something that could be done in eight? Why take two trips when you…
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Quick trip to Detroit
One of John’s favorite musicians, Mike Watt, was playing the El Club and he (John, not Mike) just had a birthday so we got tickets to the show and a hotel room at one of the Casinos. A good time was had and I remembered to take some photos. We also went to the Casino…
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At least it’s Green
Who knew rinsing green hair dye out in the shower would result in a green shower? Please don’t say “everyone”.
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Pro Tip
Don’t check Facebook in the office when you are cooking in the kitchen.
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The little things
I turned my desk around last week so I can look out the window (and not look like I’m in the witness protection program on Zoom calls) and it has totally changed how I feel about my office. It was always fine, but now it’s cozy and delightful. Never underestimate the power even small changes…
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Happiness is. . .
My favorite cereal in my favorite color.
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How many cats is too many cats?
I only have 5 cats and I’m more than ten years older than Anna. Totally in the clear 🙂 Is this post another excuse to make you look at photos of my cats? Uh, yes.
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Swift Playground
I went to WordCamp Cincinnati last weekend*, and while I was there overheard one of my co-workers talking about a “learn to code” program for iPad geared towards kids. Using Swift, the program has you write little bits of code to help an alien solve puzzles. It’s totally made for kids, and I’m totally hooked. More…
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Trash kitty
Paige thinks the trash can is her toy box 😕