In October, my team created a tongue-in-cheek video called “Reman vs Rebuilt” in the spirit of Halloween and Frankenstein. A little over a month passed with nothing of interest to note, until a shop owner stumbled upon it a few days ago and took to the internet to share his feelings on his blog. We […]
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Read MoreWith the holiday season just around the corner, I’ve begun my yearly ritual of shopping for friends and family, most of which I do online now. Heck, I even go as far as keeping an Excel spreadsheet with names and gift ideas for the people I am shopping for – my own naughty or nice […]
Read MoreIn the wake of the sequel to one of my top 5 movies of all time about to be released (Dumb and Dumber To), I couldn’t help but make the association between a recent experience with a Dodge Sprinter and the Mutt Cutts van. While browsing the interwebs, checking updates to the ETE Facebook page, […]
Read MoreSpectrophobia – the irrational fear of mirrors. Maybe I watched too many horror movies as a kid, but there is something about mirrors that I just don’t enjoy. But this past week, I decided to take one for the team – and place a mirror right at my desk. There’s a theory that you might […]
Read MoreBoss’s Day: The one day of the year when employees are supposed to thank their boss for all the things they do. Today especially, I find it hard to not think of some of the most iconic “boss types”: “The Bill Lumbergh” Lumbergh is a micromanager with awful motivational skills. He doles out loads of […]
Read MoreRecently, I was asked about my definition of success. I’ll be honest, it caught me off guard. Not because of who or how it was asked, but because I’d never really thought about it. What is success? At 29, I’m just now getting the hang of being an adult. I have a stable job, an […]
Read MoreLet me show you what I’m working with. Hold on there – get your head out of the gutter. But seriously, have you ever taken a personality test? There are all different kinds of quizzes out there that speak to the inner you. Some are used to qualify candidates for job interviews, and others sneak […]
Read MoreGrowing up, my dad was very much like Clark Griswold in the National Lampoon’s Vacation series. He’d let the work and home and life stress build up for a full year and let it all out in a hail of going and doing and seeing: The Family Vacation. I used to think that he just […]
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again. You know, the time when the kids go back to school, and you’re supposed to go back to work. Not that you weren’t working all summer, but odds are you slacked off a bit because the weather was too tempting and your kids too demanding. So what’s your plan? […]
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