Here are some lists to simplify over 400 articles — In my five and a half months reign of terror on Medium.com I’m humbled to have almost 900 fans. I’m pleased that there are those who enjoy my almost daily musing on this platform. You’re the fire that keeps me engaged and in constant improvement mode. As I approach 400…

It’s that first impression. — Regular readers will remember that at one time in my life I was a personnel manager for a 10-store chain in San Diego. Hiring and firing people always seemed like a coin flip. If I hire this person, will they do great or will they fail to make it past…

Everything in Montana is big — Even our snow — We’ve all heard the old saying, “It’s not the heat; it’s the humidity.” As of this writing, most of the US is experiencing warmer than usual temperatures. Ninety degrees is a ho-hum temp in most parts of our nation. Being almost a mile above sea level, and a somewhat arid…

What’s Real and What’s Fake? Inquiring Minds Want To Know — I moved to Bozeman, Montana in 1993. At that time Bozeman was about 12,000. Not big not small. Kissing the smog layer of San Diego goodbye for the clean clear Big Skies of Montana. Today the Bozeman population is over 50,000. Median homes in the Gallatin Valley are priced right…

How valuable have you made yourself? — Sixty-four percent of all wage earners in the United States earn less than a welder. This statistic would be very telling if it meant anything. It doesn’t. What it tells me is that someone learned to weld, which made themselves more valuable to the right people than someone who has…

Not so well, as it turns out. — There’s been a lot of conversation about the so-called Medium summer slump. I’ve been a victim, if “summer slump” is a fact. I started writing on Medium on January 8, 2022. I made the MPP in mid-February. The graph below shows my “summer slump” experience — June, July, August, and…

Why Do We Keep Tolerating This Unbridled Spending? — Look around you. Do you feel the pain? What pain, you might ask? Why the misery of government, of course? We all feel the pain of inflation. At the pump in the stores, even at work. But here are some things that make that inflation pain worse you don’t feel. Did You Get a Bill for That? …

How responsible are you with credit cards? — Credit cards always get a workout this time of year. There’s the danger of overspending and living beyond your means. As Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas approach, the average credit card will get a lot of use. Here are some fun facts you need to know about your credit cards. 13…

Hate, Fear, and Love Are Four Letter Words — There are times that friends, family, or co-workers’ remarks make us uneasy. No, that’s too mild. Angry? Still not enough. WE GO POSTAL. These rude and insensitive people are the genesis of road rage, workplace shootings, and the mean girls in high school. Our emotional self-worth is unceremoniously kicked to…