Steve Burke, CEO of NBC Universal, on what he views as the role of a leader.1. The first role of a leader is to determine the truth, not what you want the truth to be.2. Once you have a clear picture of reality, you have to work with your team to figure out what the… Continue reading True leadership
Category: Variegated
Posts that have to do with everything and nothing, but don’t pidgeonhole into one of the others well either.
Repurposing
Well, since I’m a fan of repurposing, I feel obligated to tell you that I’ve decided to repurpose this blog. Or revive it. Or broaden it a bit. Basically, I don’t know what I’m doing here!New background. New title. Hopefully, a new post more than once every 6 months.More on all that later. Now I… Continue reading Repurposing
Leftovers….
What does one do with a laundry basket over half full of yarn waiting to be repurposed?I was able to save a lot of the yarn from the dog-eaten afghan, except the center 3x3’ square. It was going to be more weaving in ends than it was worth. Now… What to do?!
Karma update & Tupper-where?
First, an update on our newest family member, Karma. Karma has made so much progress in the last few weeks. She is starting to act like a dog again, using her nose, showing and accepting affection, and best of all, she has developed a ‘tell’ when she needs to go outside! Woo hoo! No more… Continue reading Karma update & Tupper-where?
Insom-Nita
Recently, my fiance and I adopted a rescue dog named Karma. I think she’s really a sweet dog, deep down, but her past experiences have caused her quite a lot of distress and she has deep issues that we now have to deal with (none of which we realized, or were made aware of at… Continue reading Insom-Nita
Ten things I never thought I’d do. Or I have a blog. Weird.
Possibly the last thing I thought I would do on the Internet was have a blog. I mean, I’m not a techie, I don’t consider myself to be philosophical in the least. But here I am. The guy at the Apple store swears that everyone has a blog these days and it would be another… Continue reading Ten things I never thought I’d do. Or I have a blog. Weird.
Donita Westman 