Would you like a day off from work? Say, a Friday all to yourself, in which to do anything you’d like? The only catch is that you’re not paid for your day off. As an employee of the state of Oregon, I had my first furlough day last week. Like most of my coworkers, I [...]
Entries from October 25th, 2009
About Furloughs And Household Finances
October 25th, 2009 · No Comments · community, lifestyle, money, work
Slashing Your Heating Bill = Fighting Global Warming
October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · energy, global warming and climate change
Today is Blog Action Day, which means that hallelujah, thousands of bloggers worldwide are posting today on the topic of global warming. I am reprinting here my popular post on how to cut your heating bill. The most significant thing we can all do to address global warming (besides voting for the right political candidates [...]
Dancing Around The Mad King
October 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · work
Long ago in a state far away I worked in a nonprofit for an executive director, Sam, whom we will also call the Mad King. He had humor and energy and that prized quality among bosses of being not at all a nitpicker or micromanager. (I can picture half my readers saying at this point: [...]
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The Pacing Of Passion
October 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments · community, sustainability, work
I’m in the thick of an excellent three-day training on interpersonal communication here in the verdant town of Eugene, Oregon. Yesterday when Susan and Peter Glaser asked which participant would like to kick off the introductions, of course my hand hyperactively shot up. A few hours later when we were to choose partners, I happily [...]
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