Do you think I’m under a bit of stress lately? I’ve certainly been talking about it a lot, haven’t I?
To relieve stress, I usually cook a ginourmous pot of stew or pasta sauce — which of couse is in itself a form of stress…the prep work, the chopping and especially the clean up. There […]
Taking a mental health day is probably not officially listed in your employee manual, but it should be. Stress-related illnesses probably lead to about as many sick days as the flu (or a hang-over).How can you tell if what you are feeling lately is more than not having taken a vacation in two years or […]
Oh please, just admit it — you know who you are, and you know what your problem is — you or someone you know has a very specific electroninc dependency…and it’s got to stop.
Sneaking around, checking potentially IMPORTANT e-mails, leaving that stupid blinking light on 24/7, even in the blackness your room as you sleep […]
I truely believe that the more creative, visionary or intelligent a person is, the less likely he or she is to be firmly grounded to the planet earth. (Same goes for Aquarians).
These types of folks can recite “The Illiad”, understand Quantum physics, are great inventors…but for some reason, a salad spinner confuses them.
A StartUp […]
I think we should all apllaud the 50 young students whose essays were selected out of 50,000 entries to Oprah’s essay contest, the objective of which was to verbalize why Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Prize winning book Night is relevant today.
It is hard for most adults to articulate with clarity the horrors that took place […]
If you’re running a business at home as I do, you can’t pick up the phone and call in sick (or mentally challenged). You have to drag your sorry, sick behind into your office and try to get work done.
But here’s the thing…I thought that when I became my “own boss”, that those old feelings […]
Within the last month I have seen article after article on what has been referred to as “a generation gap” in the work place, notably in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today and More Magazine.
As Baby Boomers and generations X and Y continue to inhabit and compete for the same positions, promotions and benefits […]
The Pet Set was honored by the International Greeting Card Association with a special award last night. As I got ready to go to the ceremony, I thought — gosh I wish I had a tan — so I applied Jergens’ new Natural Glow lotion as a desperate effort to improve the look of my […]
Next week is Memorial Day already, and soon you will be thinking about the beach (if you haven’t been doing so since January). Beach time is book time and I have one that I think should be mandatory reading.
I am not much of a “chic lit” gal, nor am I a Da Vinci Code kind […]
As is often the case with the internet, certain ideas start out small and then become huge deals. (When did you first lean about blogging?) Without sounding like “duh, how last week”, I think podcasts are the new huge deal.
In case you knew they existed, but didn’t quite get the true definition, here’s a refresher […]
I am a self-described foodie and Food Network junkie. I have special affection toward chefs Bobby Flay and Mario Batali.
Recently, I’ve been following Ina Garten, pretty closely. The other night I made her “Perfect Chicken” recipie…and let me tell you…utter heaven. I am not really a big fan of chicken, especially, the wretched boneless, […]
Can you say, truthfully, that you’ve never told a lie? Oh really…What about the time you told your family you couldn’t come to dinner because the dog was sick? Or, the time you hid your new dress in the back of your closet so your husband wouldn’t see that you’d been shopping on-line, again. Harmless?
How […]
I wanted this be a light-hearted piece about one of my favorite office observations: the difference between how men and women talk at work. You know, men say things like: Boil the frog (ask your boyfriend what that means) or Get a leg up or Sh**ts and giggles…and women say things like do me a […]
I found out that that The Pet Set was mentioned in Rachel’s new magazine. Yay us, right? Somehow, as I always do, I shifted the focus of my little bit of success story away from myself, and in this case, to her success.
Friends and family wished me congratulations, but also seemed compelled to mention that […]
Or, how to feel and look fabulous traveling from home to work.
It’s 6:30am, you’re standing at your train stop, it’s freezing, your monthly ticket is somewhere at the bottom of your purse.
Instead of muttering how much you hate commuting and that you’re going to start looking for a job in your home town, here’s my […]
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