After Thanksgiving, New Years Day is my favorite holiday. It’s a day of high possibility as many reflect, take stock, and plot out the year ahead (or longer) often by including some New Years Resolutions. Sadly, most of these resolutions stop in just a couple of weeks. Why is this? You can quickly Google and […]
Christmas Wish List – 2017 – No More Lin-Manuel Miranda
Let’s get right to it, Jim Stalker’s Christmas Wish List for 2017 – what I want. People are dying to know, and after all, it’s all about me, all the time anyway! More political posts on Facebook! Missing all the divisiveness caused by the election. Let’s rekindle and keep it going! While we’re at it, […]
Rudeness Creep – Put Away that Smartphone!
We all know that smartphones can provide maps and directions, a quick shot of information on virtually any topic (in the nick of time), and in most cities, they can hail you an Uber. They can take professional quality pictures. They can text. Most importantly, they can receive and deliver email, all the time, from […]
Merry Christmas from the Stalker Family 2015 – No More Inserts!
You’ve seen them. The folded piece of paper inside the Holiday card providing updates on all that is notable from the sender and their family in their Holiday Message. Maybe you’ve even written one yourself. Initially, these were a bit of a novelty, and as such, kind of fun. Then, they became a bit institutionalized as […]
The New Simplicity – Alacrity with Complexity
The Craving for Simplicity 150 years ago, in a shack he built-in the woods, Henry David Thoreau wrote, “Simplify, simplify, simplify!” In saying this, the Harvard grad and one-time pencil maker tapped into a seemingly perennial human yearning for simplicity in all things. This wish for simplicity remains today in full force. Look no further than […]