My sister’s choices have taken an interesting — and rather unexpected — turn lately.  After years of an ambitious career at one of our nation’s top banks, in which she earned serious promotions before ever getting her bachelor’s and then received financial help getting her MBA, this summer my sister got married, quit her job, [...]

Today is a gorgeous day, and it’s supposed to be like this tomorrow, too.  As a result my husband and I were talking about outdoorsy things to do this weekend.
Both of us sometimes regret having careers that keep us inside at our desks all day — especially living in Colorado, where we often have gorgeous [...]

It’s something I’ve been thinking about for years, but now I’m finally going to do it. I’m going back to school! That’s right; at age 45, yours truly will be attending college.
Why am I doing it? Well, aside from the fact that it’s something I’ve always wanted to do, this economy just really makes it [...]

The field of information technology and computers is an interesting field.  While many experts who had succeeded in the IT field had been formally educated, there are also those who succeeded with experience and passion alone.  It is not like in other fields like medicine and psychology wherein professionals have to go through rigorous university [...]

Last night I was out with some friends doing the usual thing. We were at a place that had pool tables, so we had set up camp back there. At the table next to us were a couple of chicks who were shooting, and pretty well. I’m kind of shy, so even though I wanted [...]