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  • If I had a Billion Dollars

    August 8th, 2022


    If I had a Billion Dollars

    Recently, the stakes got raised a bit as the Mega Millions jackpot went over 1 billion dollars. Despite a 1 in 320 million chance of winning, people flocked to the store to purchase tickets for what is clearly, for most of us, “life changing money”.

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  • Right in Your Own Backyard

    July 28th, 2022


    Right in Your Own Backyard

    Spring has come and gone. Graduations for the class of 2022 are a distant memory, 4th of July cookouts are in the rearview mirror, and Kohl’s, Staples, and others are already running those back to school adds. Summer may feel like it is almost over, but we still have plenty of warm nights and sunny days ahead of us. There are several weeks until we must face the reality of being back in the classroom, so let’s make the most of it.

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  • Do you know what words/phrases are considered offensive?

    July 25th, 2022


    Do you know what words/phrases are considered offensive?

    Recently, a co-worker sent several of us in the office an article that they received from one of the professional organizations that they are part of. It is a list of words or phrases that you shouldn’t say and why.

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  • So, You’ve Graduated College… Now What? Adulting “101”

    July 19th, 2022


    So, You’ve Graduated College… Now What? Adulting “101”

    After 4 or more years of college, you finally graduate. Congratulations! Be proud, you’ve worked hard. After all the excitement and celebrations are over, you’ll probably ask yourself the question “Now what?”

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  • Work from Home versus Work from Office

    July 11th, 2022


    Work from Home versus Work from Office

    August 4th, 2021 was going to be my return date to the office. It was going to be time to pack up my home office and head back to 63 Tosca Drive to set my desk back up and return to full time work from our “World Headquarters”. Unlike many, I was actually excited about the prospect. Truthfully, there was a lot I missed about the office that I was looking forward to.

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  • What will make them stop?

    July 5th, 2022


    What will make them stop?

    If they came to life, they would be Zombies, attacking in wave after wave. You can run but you can’t hide. They are relentless, filled with jargon that most people neither understand nor care about. After a while you feel like it might be easier to just stop fighting and succumb to the pressure. No, they aren’t Zombies, they are emails from SEO marketers and web designers.

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  • Will this be the Summer of Our Discontent?

    June 27th, 2022


     Will this be the Summer of Our Discontent?

    Summer 2022 was supposed to be our bounce back Summer. After pretty much losing all of 2020 to COVID and 2021 still being far from “normal” amid fears of a spike or new variant, 2022 was going to be an awesome summer.

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  • Why I Believe Social Media is Affecting our Mental Health

    June 20th, 2022


    Why I Believe Social Media is Affecting our Mental Health

    I still remember the day I downloaded Instagram for the first time, I was only in 7th grade. Everyone from my school was creating accounts and posting pictures/videos so I decided to make an account myself. Little did I know, social media would make a huge impact on the mental health of my generation, over the years.

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  • Is there still nothing to do on campus?

    June 13th, 2022


    Is there still nothing to do on campus?

    There are a lot of reasons that a student will tell their parents there was nothing to do on campus. Perhaps, it had been a long week and they just needed some quiet alone time to recharge their batteries. Maybe they went to visit a friend at another campus, and they would rather not tell Mom and Dad what they were doing. Not that this ever was the case with me or my kids but maybe they over indulged and they want to keep that info away from their parents.

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  • Congrats Graduates!

    June 6th, 2022


    Congrats Graduates!

    During the past few weeks, we have participated in several senior week and commencement activities. It was great to see the Class of 2022 celebrate in a fashion that was similar to what seniors got to experience before the pandemic. This year, I worked some of those events and it made me realize what the Classes of 2020 and of 2021 lost.

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