6 Types of People

Which Are You?
By Robert J. Ottaviani
I believe that there are six types of people who interact with each other on this earth. They are as follows:

THE ONE UPPERS:
We have all encountered these types along the way. Your telling a story and when you are finished with your story it pales in comparison to the story [...]

THIS IS NOT THE DREAM

The Working From Home Lifestyle Revolution

By Jim Calder
My wife woke up recently and said, “Wouldn’t it be great if we just had to wake up and walk downstairs to work? Think of all the time we would save, we could shower at lunch and wouldn’t have to spend an hour getting ready in the morning,” [...]

Are You Listening

The Lost Art of Opening Your Ears

By Robert J. Ottaviani

The bald eagle, the bog turtle, the African elephant, the blue whales, the gorillas, the lynx, the snow leopard, the giant panda, the black rhino, the whooping crane and the rarest of all sightings … the listener. All of the these aforementioned items share a common [...]

The Technologically Overstimulated Army

Another Way To Look At Things
By Jim Calder

Do you have trouble focusing? Find that you are staying up later and later on the computer? Feel like you can never just focus your attention on one thing or project? The solution is simple, turn all your shit off permanently and go see a doctor. However, [...]

Join The “Construction People”

By Jim Calder
I am in the construction business, and have been for several years now. I don’t physically build houses, buildings, roads, etc. What I have been trying to build—or better yet to help build—are people. On our team, the “construction people” we believe that the more people that do well increases our chances for [...]

Dealing With Bad Neighbors … Why I Now Own a Shotgun

By Mike McGovern

A gun range has a certain je ne sais quoi about it. Maybe it’s the imminence of severe injury or possible death—it’s at once exhilarating and stress relieving, and is the main reason for my recent shotgun purchase. A secondary reason is for home protection.
Living in a townhome community for 4 years—the [...]

The New Day

The Age of the Worker

By Jim Calder

We live in a new age. An age where the worker is valued above all else. For years companies have devalued you as the employee by cutting your pay, increasing your hours, freezing your salary all in the name of the economy and more. That day is over friends. [...]

Respect for the Race

And Drinking On Sunday
By Jim Calder

As I am writing this I just watched the completion of the Pro Cycling Tour TD Bank North Philadelphia International Cycling Championship. This year I was a little busy with some other projects and didn’t make it out to Manayunk nor a quick walk down the the Ben Franklin Parkway [...]

Choose Your Words and More Importantly Your “Type” Wisely

Robert J. Ottaviani
We should all be serving a sentence for committing a heinous crime on the English language. We have blatantly over used, over exaggerated and over indulged ourselves with a misappropriation of words, phrases, and slang. We are guilty as charged. All of us! Let’s take a look at some misguided verbiage we have [...]

7 Things That I Learned From A Bad Boss

By Jim Calder

Have you ever had a bad boss? No, I mean a really bad boss. A boss that would micromanage you because she didn’t know how to run the department. A boss who whispers, whines and talks in circles. A boss who only cares about how many hours you spend in the office and [...]

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