In a simpler place, at a simpler time, a parade. Every day at rush hours, the work parade. Nature’s parade (a duck mother and ducklings). Greedy for a show, the people goad the fire department into leading an extended, loud procession. A parade of fire fighters, along with anyone who wants to follow them down the …
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Work vs. Sleep
You have work, but you want to sleep. What are you going to do? Today, I suggest the sleep. Sleep in. Go back to sleep. Whatever. Skip work. Unless you’re the garbage man. The garbage truck driver has to work even on the day after Christmas. He doesn’t get to skip work just because there’s …
Not The Image
Driving your business bus 24×7, you might realize you’ve gone too long. You kept driving when you should have pulled over and slept. Maybe you find yourself driving down routes you don’t recognize. Possibly you find yourself driving on the walkways. A couple of unexpected bumps in the road and you’re forced to stop the …
To Turn a Phrase
Hyperbole is embedded so deeply in everyday language, we can’t possibly extricate it. No one ever wants to see what it looks like when skin crawls. It’s a phrase with a meaning beyond the norm when you say, “My skin is crawling.” Sort of like when you say you can feel it in your bones. …
Noise
Noise is everywhere. It’s in your left ear. It’s in your right ear. At work, in your house, at the zoo, on the street, at the movie theater, at the store, in the deli, at the fish market, in your shoes, on the train, at grandma’s house, at the library, even in your mind—noise is …
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