Monthly Archives: October 2010

Two great friends

I just spent the week-end with two great friends, women I have known for 30 years.  We have been there for each other through high school, college, boyfriends, husbands (two each, but only one at a time!), kids (five in … Continue reading

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Month’s mission of abs – really?

I am back to my two classes a week of martial arts.  This week, my instructor announces he will start a “month’s mission of abs”.  I don’t even need him to complete the thought, but of course he does….what he … Continue reading

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Agony list – Managing vendors can be painful

Part of my job involves managing vendors.  These are software vendors who provide some type of software services to the company I work for.  I manage a development team and instead of creating everything ourselves I pay companies to provide … Continue reading

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