Tonight, I’m watching the ABC reality dating show, The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love. This episode is especially special because it features all of The Bachelor’s rejected bachelorettes and, of course, the bachelor, Jack Pavelka, a pilot with brawn-perfect chest and arms. Since the season started on January 5, Jake has been sending girls home—the [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Life never ceases to amaze me, and that’s a good thing because I’d hate to cease to exist. Take, for example, a blurb in today’s Washington Post about the discovery of 200 sewing needles in the body of a 2-year-old boy. The brief failed to reveal how the needles got there or what prompted the probe [...]
Saturday, September 5, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: I decided to post the manifesto early given the outpouring of support and response I received from my appearance on the Fox Business Happy Hour yesterday. Tune in to NPR affiliate the Louisiana Radio Network at 10:45 AM EST on Labor Day to hear me speak more about it. Read the manifesto through [...]
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
As I stepped onto the subway platform at the Bethesda Metro stop, I glanced up to read the screen that displays arrival and departure information. “Expect delays…to Glenmont.” I walked to my spot and waited for my train to arrive. And then it hit me. Delays. Life is a continual cycle of delays, involving deliveries, accidents, checkout [...]
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
When I was laid-off seven days before Thanksgiving 2008, I barely had enough time to gather my belongings. My exit was an orchestrated affair that humiliated and labeled me emotionally as a criminal. I had served the organization for 3-1/2 years and even spoke at one of its conferences, earning the highest of evaluation marks from the [...]
Friday, July 10, 2009
My ex spoofed me on Match.com. I knew it when I read his online profile, but I was seduced by the thought of exploring a relationship with a man who shared my passion for sailing. He could have had another passion as long as he wouldn’t take mine away. When I finally confronted him and he admitted [...]
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Dear Martin Luther King: You had a dream, and it came true! We now have a black man in the White House. Mr. King, please come back to life: I have a dream. Get us out of this mess! With two smart black men in the White House (President Obama would find something for you to do [...]
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Okay, who is he? The corporate pirate who’s selling his office furniture on craigslist. Trying to hide this, too, just like Merrill Lynch hid millions in bonuses it paid to its employees right before its merger with Bank of America. Or, is it someone at AIG (American International Group), another bonus-paying scoundrel. We’re not talking Staples-office-style [...]
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Getting fired made me as so angry. You want to stomp your feet and swear your heart out because management done you wrong. But I’ve got to agree with more traditional career-advice columnists: You don’t want to do that, especially not online or on Facebook. The digital breadcrumbs you leave behind your bitching live for what seems to be forever on the Internet.
Friday, March 13, 2009
The HR director was waiting in my office to escort me to the door, and a secretary was waiting by the curb, to hail a cab to send me home. My arms cradled an overflow of personal belongings, and I couldn’t believe this was happening to me. What surprised me the most was being treated like a criminal when I didn’t deserve it. The HR director had acted as if the building was on fire and given me barely a minute to gather my belongings. She promised that I could come back for the rest.
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