Recently, I learned that what I had always thought was the right way to dress for an interview was absolutely wrong. And I was given some pretty good reasons for it as well. I had always heard that you should find out how they dress in the company and then dress one step nicer. This [...]

The unemployment rate that is announced each month by the U.S. Department of Labor is actually quite misleading. According to their own website people are only listed as unemployed if they have actually looked for a job in the last 4 weeks. If they have given up on looking for a job for at least [...]

Since I spend most of my days filling Redbox machines with DVDs, I get asked all the time if I have seen this movie or that one or what my opinion is of such and such. People are often shocked if I reveal to them that I’ve probably seen less than five of the hundreds [...]

It has taken me a while but I’m starting to learn that whenever I think everything is hunky-dory in the world, I should check with my wife, because it is probably not. That whole Mars and Venus thing – with women speaking a different language than men – my wife tried to explain it to [...]

In Utah there are LDS themed books in every store. Outside of the Beehive state – not so much. Walk into Walmart in “Happy Valley” and you may be greeted with a display of Gerald N. Lund books. Leave “Zion” and the Brother Lund aisle is replaced with “African American Interests”. For some reason whenever [...]

For the last six months or so Sharee has been randomly fainting. At first she complained of feeling a little dizzy occasionally if she stood up fast and then one day while visiting her parents she turned pale and grabbed onto me. We quickly got her a chair and sat her down. She couldn’t hold [...]

As a kid Valentine’s day is all about candy. A little bit older and it’s giggling, whispering, and pointing. In high school, girls want to feel special and boys are clueless. And as a single adult you just want it to be over. I’ve never cared that much about Valentines day. I still don’t. But [...]

I’m not sure what makes me look like a good candidate to ask for money, but apparently I am. Perhaps it is my designer Walmart clothes, my amazing hair cut, or my rugged good looks. Or maybe that guy I gave $40 to in Houston all those years ago marked me with a piece of [...]

I still can’t believe I got a seat on the overbooked Friday night flight coming home. I was on standby in a busy Denver airport hoping to get home to my injured wife. The lady at the desk told me I had almost no chance of getting on because it was already way over booked. [...]

Occasionally, you meet someone who is just so cool that they make up for 10 or so other people who… aren’t so cool. A few weeks ago I went to a UPS store to pick up some packages. The guy behind the counter was very professional and at the same time very personable. He genuinely [...]