Thursday, September 8, 2011

Thoughts on: Staying Classy

So, Carol Bartz, ex-CEO of Yahoo, was apparently unceremoniously fired earlier this week by Chairman Roy Bostock. Over the phone. In an interview with Fortune, Bartz says she told Bostock about his method for firing her, "I thought you were classier."

If you read that interview with Fortune, you'll note Bartz takes an almost belligerent tone, blames everyone but herself, and even drops the f-bomb.

I'm not sure Bartz's post-firing behavior puts her in a position to criticize someone else's class. Perhaps it doesn't mean what she thinks it means.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Thoughts on: Stupid Retailers

The Internet discovered that retailer JC Penney was selling a girls' shirt emblazoned with, "I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me."



Really? REALLY?

My thoughts are pretty much the same as everyone else on the Internet. But I'm mostly wondering what was JC Penney thinking?!?

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Thoughts on: Happy Extroverts

I'm an introvert. I'm a PROUD introvert. I embrace it; I own it.

I'm also, admittedly, not the happiest person on the planet. Don't get me wrong! I'm by no means depressed or sad, as a rule. Pessimistic, yes. Maybe that's a better way to put it.

In any event, the fact that I find happiness elusive and fleeting made me very interested in this post by Sophia Dembling to The Introvert's Corner, "Is Hyperbole Really Happiness?" Basically, new research and clinical observations show that when given choice based on scales, extroverts are more likely to select the extremes. For example, when asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 5, extroverts will select 1 or 5; when asked to choose between hot and sweltering, extroverts pick sweltering.

Is this because extroverts really feel in extremes? Or is this because extroverts--by nature--crave stimulation, which extremes may offer? I don't know. What I do know is that I never choose extremes when rating on scales. Between 1 and 10, my go-to responses are 3 and 7.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Thoughts on: Random Acts of Kindness

I just read Random act of kindness bonds two families and my first thought was, "AWWW!" As I read further, my next thought was, "Um. Stalker much?"

BUT! This isn't about my second thought. It's about my first thought. AWWW!

Random acts of kindness are so simple to do, yet the payoff is incredibly huge. Think about how you feel when you give one; how you feel when you get one.

It makes me wonder why they seem so rare.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Thoughts on: Hot What?

So, it's a new year and we all know what that means!


*crickets*


Another try at the whole "I'ma be fit" thing! Duh.

I'm using SparkPeople, again. I've tried Livestrong and actually preferred it to SparkPeople, but neither has an Android app and SparkPeople is giving away prizes, so...

But I'm not sure if I'll be able to consistently track my nutrition with SparkPeople if when I search for "hot chocolate," it responds with this:


Um...hot dog buns? Chocolate chip cookies? What?