Author Archives: Arlan

Dumplings

Today when I got home Deirdre ran over and gave me a hug. If I were a nice, normal older brother I would have hugged her back and that would have been that. Instead I brushed her off and went upstairs and changed out of my work clothes. Then I went back downstairs and stood behind her and said “Dumplings.” Read More


Happy Days Are Here Again

Today I was happy. Yesterday I was too. I think it’s because this latest Giant Annual Project (the third and hopefully the last) has been going quite smoothly now that I actually started it. For once my predecessor’s work is still valid, and I have only to be careful as I input data. This is so much less stressful than Read More


Marketing People With Charts

Today I found out what I wish I had saved when I threw out a bunch of filed papers. I still have three file boxes after eliminating one a few months past. I went through the three several times trying to find the Strong’s Interest Inventory I took some time ago. I am sure I saw it while going through Read More


Halfway

Yesterday I only opened the topic I meant to address. Alan Knox mentioned on his blog some personal difficulty he is going through, commenting, “I’m just trying to share more of myself with you. You may not care, and you may not want to read this kind of post, and that’s fine. But, to me, sharing all of life is Read More