Handicapped by Handicaps: Understanding Golf Culture

Golf culture. Can someone please explain this to me? When winter thaws, and spring begins to transform branches into buds, another metamorphosis happens in the workplace. My male co-workers adopt a new language, their conversations turn from fantasy football into a whole new dialect. Just when I think I'll be able to hack it and …

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The Importance Of Being Average Looking

In sixth grade, Seth H called me "ugly" on the back of the school bus. Before that, I had no idea. With my thick, developing body, my frizzy, brushed out curls, and my silver studded buck-tooth smile, I actually thought I was kinda pretty.  In high school I was a wingman before the term existed. …

And now, a message from a nine year old boy….

I'm not a baby anymore, but I'm not exactly grown up either, am I? I might be the first born, and maybe I'm supposed to be a role model to my younger siblings, but it's not always easy to live up to your high expectations. You talk to other grown ups about wanting to tame …

To The Mom Whose Child Bit Mine- Thank You

This is not an emergency, everything is ok, but.... By the third kid, you tend to become a bit desensitized to the various alerts and phone calls from teachers, school nurses, and administrators. Did I forget to send lunch (again)? Does his tummy hurt during gym class (again)? Is he the last kid without a …

Is Honesty Really The Best Policy? My Panel Predicament

Get this: They asked me to sit on a panel!  A work life balance panel. I am not sure I'm the expert on anything really, but I sure as heck am not an authority on work life balance!  My firm wants to support its people in all the textbook ways. It has a bunch of …

Sleepaway Camp Controversy: Who is Really Roughing It?

We're going to need more socks and underwear. It's June, which means it's time to start packing my son for his second summer at sleep away camp. This year, there's less nerves, but more bittersweetness, as I know he will again have the time of his life, but I now know also the hollowness of …