I was lucky enough to get a contract with a company in Boston, a very good company in fact, with a long-standing and distinguished reputation in web development and design.
Community Profiles
Boston.com has an interesting and useful online tool that allows one to compare a number of statistics, side by side, about cities and towns in Massachusetts.
Crawling Along
According to a professor at UMass/Boston, the Massachusetts economy has slowed to a standstill due to factors other than a normal business cycle downside.
Good Judge, Bad Judge
Ten points to Judge Doyet Early of South Carolina and a slap in the face (or maybe a throttling with a two by four) to Judge Edward Cashman of Vermont for their decisions this week on criminal cases involving assaults on innocent citizens.
Great Book
The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy.
Makes you not begrudge the folks in India who are taking American jobs, at least for 15 minutes, maybe longer.
Teacher Absences
The local paper published a table of Mashpee public school teacher sick days through November.
The (annualized) average number of sick days increases from less than one/teacher to over two/teacher as you progress through the grades.
In other words, teachers of K-2 have less than half the sick day usage of teachers at the High School.
Now, what does that tell you?
Says lousy management to me.
2005 YTD Savings at Stop & Shop
$255.65
A Strange Word
So, where is the connection in the alternate meanings of the word “profession”:
An occupation or career
An avowal of faith or belief
Does this strike you as odd? I think it is.
The Long and Mostly Short of It
I am NOT interested in being Joan of Arc, leader of young men, aka Team Lead, Group Leader or any other designation hinting of management, indirect or otherwise.
A Cautionary Tale
In the ’70’s, author/housewife Terry Martin Hekker made quite a stir on the talk show circuit with her anti-feminist, pro-homemaker/stay-at-home-Mom opinions.