Finally cool
Posted By : Mitch TobolIt's been awhile since I've slept with the windows open. I love sleeping in the cold, fresh air :)
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A Friday afternoon laugh
Posted By : Mitch TobolDriving home I swung into the drive-through at Starbucks to get my favorite summer drink. This is the actual conversation: Starbucks employee: Hi...welcome to Starbucks what can I get started for you? Me: I'd like an iced grande black tea lemonade, No sugar please Starbucks employee: With sugar? Me: No...noooo sugar please Starbucks employee: …
I see you
Posted By : Mitch TobolI recently attended an outdoor networking event and had the experience of meeting someone in person I've only met on Zoom. It was quite strange. Being in their physical presence is a totally different kind of energy. You're meeting the entire person, not just a Hollywood Square on your computer screen. It felt a bit awkward at first then it see …
Frustrations
Posted By : Mitch TobolEveryone seems to be on edge. On the road and in the stores as I experienced. I recently had to replace my phone and dutifully went to the Verizon store near me and patiently waited my turn for 20 minutes. Once at the counter, shrouded by plexiglass, I strained to listen to a young man with a heavy accent. He detailed my options which I had to ge …
SpaceX needs you
Posted By : Mitch TobolHere's a new twist for employment and a really cool job title...Spaceport Mixologist. Interested? You will most likely be working at a small house next to the incredible spaceport in Boca Chica, TX. Elon Musk calls it the Starbase Tiki Bar and it sounds like you would be serving drinks like the Test Pilot or Jet Pilot. “Experience pairing drink …
Mask - no mask
Posted By : Mitch TobolI'm confused. Do I wear a mask or not? Friday night I attended what was, I believe, the first Gotham meeting in a very long time. I walked in with a mask on but out of the 35 or so people attending, i was one of three who wore one. It was outdoors, but personally, I was a bit nervous. I am vaccinated but still carry some fear with me whereever …
Consideration
Posted By : Mitch TobolDo you do things for other people without them knowing? I found myself thinking about that when a friend made a point of what he did for me. Did he need acknowledgement? Is he self promoting so I'll think better of him? IMHO being considerate to another fellow human being is part of being human. If it is acknowedged, that's nice but isn't that be …
New goal
Posted By : Mitch TobolNot sure where this quote came from but I had noted it over 3 years ago yet it presented itself to me this morning. "Effortlessly flowing though life doing what I love to do." Now there's a great state of being :) These days I find myself feeling pressed, pressured, and resistant for a variety of reasons. I'm going to "shift my weight" and ref …
Out of practice
Posted By : Mitch TobolI went away last week on vacation. No planes, just a stay in an Airbnb about an hour's drive away. Nice place, quiet and on the edge of a perserve so looking out of the back deck there were deer, rabbits and birds doing what they do. It was hard for me to be present and disengaged from work. I tried a bunch of things. This was unusual because fi …
Delaying
Posted By : Mitch TobolI'm reading about the tragic collapse of the building in Surfside, FL and wondering why. It appears that the condo owners kept bickering and fighting over the years delaying a decision, while the building kept exponentially degrading so the cost of repairs skyrocketed and nothing got fixed. We'll eventually learn what technically happened as othe …
The box
Posted By : Mitch TobolLast Sunday I came home to disover a huge box on the porch. There was no return address but it had bar codes like it was sent through UPS. On the site of the box was a phone number. We did not order anything that large so I decided to call the phone number. Here's the conversation: Box#: Hello? Me: Hi, who is this? Box#: Who is this ?! Me: I'm …
It's a lot
Posted By : Mitch TobolTraffic is increasing and we as drivers as well as the roads are struggling to cope. Some say it's because people do not want to take public transportation while a recent report stated that the influx of traffic is directly related to our increase in buying online. Yes. Take a look around (safely) while your driving and you'll notice a tremendous …
One is coming
Posted By : Mitch TobolI know there's an election when I start seeing ads trying to get you to vote for a specific candidate. Right now, they are at a fever pitch because we have one starting today. (The primary Election day is Tuesday, June 22, 2021 but there's an early voting period which is June 12, 2021 — June 20, 2021.) No surprise I'm fascintated by the strategie …
The spuds are coming
Posted By : Mitch Tobol(Yes, this is a true story) In a neighborhood in Jackson, Mississippi, people are finding bowls of mashed potatoes on their cars, porches and mailboxes. It was reported that some residents fear there's a more sinister message behind the potatoes. "Some people were thinking maybe the mashed potatoes were poisoned to kill animals," a local reside …
The routine
Posted By : Mitch TobolWe all have routines. At some level they're comforting and at the same time can cause stress. This morning I observed mine. I woke up at 5A (it's usually around 5 - 5:30A), grabbed my phone to see if there any emergencies like a typo in someone's blog. I sauntered (yes saunter) downstairs, selected and ground some beans to make coffee in my frenc …
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