Category: Improvement

‘I Love Spikes’ by Manny the Grouch

"I love spikes!  Anything dirty or dingy or dusty! "Welcome to my trash can!  I am Manny the Grouch.  Many of you know my brother as the negative, pseudo-mean, and sarcastic hoarder of Sesame Street.  I, on the other hand, am a team member on a scrum team at a local development company.  Recently, my company decided … Continue reading ‘I Love Spikes’ by Manny the Grouch

Experimentation: Play with Fire, Get Burned, Repeat with Fireproof Gloves

I have this image in my head of a cartoon character mixing chemicals in different test tubes and beakers.  Around him (generic pronoun folks) is a lab of glass bendy tubes, Bunsen burners, and the like.  Chemistry "do nots" abound.  The character slowly pours some green liquid into some boiling pink liquid and KABOOM!  Another … Continue reading Experimentation: Play with Fire, Get Burned, Repeat with Fireproof Gloves

We Are Not Defined By Our Struggles

Occasionally I will pay attention to events, trends, and concepts that are developing, especially those items that could explode into the mainstream or media at any time.  For those of you who know me, you know the "occasionally" comment was highly sarcastic.  While what I am about to say technically isn't new, it is becoming … Continue reading We Are Not Defined By Our Struggles

You Know What Else Sucks? Perseverance. . .

I should really start calling these "thought of the month."  Anyway, perseverance sucks.  In its definition even, perseverance is stated as "steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success."  Why would someone even speak of difficulty or delay?  Because of the last two words in the definition - achieving success. Here is … Continue reading You Know What Else Sucks? Perseverance. . .