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Apollo 11 – Missed the recovery by >that< much…

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small step for Neil, but that’s a long one for me.”
– Charles Conrad, Jr. (first on the moon from Apollo 12)
There are millions of words being said around the world as we mark the fortieth anniversary of man’s first setting foot on the moon in 1969. A lot [...]

Passings: Ed McMahon, Gale Storm, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Mary Lee McCutchen

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
– Psalm 73:26
June was a sad month for celebrity followers, with the passing of Ed McMahon, Gale Storm, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Each gained a measure of reknown in their time, and their personal lives became [...]

Goodbye Kodachrome

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

The Eastman Kodak company announced today that production would cease for the last member of their famed family of Kodachrome camera films, Kodachrome 64. The last of a line of superior films originating in 1935, Kodachrome 64, in 35 mm format, was first released in 1974.”
Kodak’s Kodachrome line of films proudly served in a wide [...]

Are You a Desert Flower or a Mesquite Tree?

Friday, June 5th, 2009

In my 18 years of following the staffing and recruiting industry, two cliches have come up now and again.
Two and out or in for a lifetime.”
This term relates to the penchant of staffing and recruiting companies to hire freshly graduated college kids with limited experience and/or no job prespects in their chosen field. Often these young [...]

Ruminating On A Milestone

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

When you are older you will know that life is a long lesson in humility.”
- James M. Barrie
Today’s economy has been tough for all age groups, but it can be argued that it has been toughest on older workers, the “boomer generation”. Yes, according to the Labor Department, the jobless rate right now IS lower [...]

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