Sad Day – for Rudy

Sad day for Rudy – am anxious to hear what he does next.  My vote is that he is someone’s VP, at least I hope so.

More on the balancing act

Another good post by Nataly over at Work It, Mom! and some good links.  She links to the NYT column called Shifting Careers by Marci Alboher which points to a series of posts by Marc Andreessen.  Good reads if you have the time.  And I am with both Nataly and Marci – I think you can have an impact on your career/at work and have a “normal” work life balance.

Thoughts on the balance

I started this post earlier in the week and then got sid-tracked, but since then I have done some more thinking about it.  Good post in Washington Post’s On Balance this week about the surprises ife throws you.  Most of us start out with a dream somewhere in our 20s and then in our 30s reality sets in.    Life does change.  Really, if you think about it, change is the only constant.  So, at some point in life you have to figure out how to roll with it.  In the post Leslie talks about parenthood and the effect it can have on your career – the effect it has when making career choices.   To date, I have been fortunate.  I truly love what I do and have an immense passion for the industry, so it makes working much easier.  I didn’t say less stressful mind you, but easier.  And I have to admit I am new to the parenting thing – I truly don’t think it’s been long enough for me to be able to draw any hard conclusions about how being a parent has or will effect my career.  Right now all is good and that is all I have the capacity to really worry about.  Sure, the every day stresses can get under my skin, like a last week when the daycare called to tell me my son had to get picked up because he was sick and I had a conference call in 30 minutes.  That is stressful and not so fun.  But,  you know what?  We figured it out – I thankfully have a great husband who understands I can not do it all alone and he is always supportive and we try our best to divide up these types of things.   Anyway, those are some profound thoughts for a Friday.  Busy day ahead, but maybe more to follow.

IS Business Personal?

Nataly has yet another good post today.  This time it’s about work being personal.    Her thoughts are here.  What do you think?

Today – some thoughts

So, typically, outside of the regular news outlets running coverage on MLK, I don’t pay too much attention, even though I should.  Then I came across this post on today’s The Juggle about a father hearing his daughter say the word “black” to describe someone, and his reaction to it.  In his explanation he describes her own make-up, which is for lack of a better term, mulit-racial, perhaps.  And he goes on to say that they (parents) have taught her that people come in all different shades, etc. and it got me to thinking.  My son is bi-racial – and even though he is too young to really understand that, what will it mean for him?  Anything?  Unlike the Juggle poster’s situation, my son is part Korean, so there isn’t really a “skin” issue per se, but a difference nontheless.  But, what I ask is, a difference of what?  Aren’t we all different in some way and isn’t that the beauty of being human?  Am I being too idealistic to believe that one day we will all think like this and it simply won’t matter what our skin or eyes looks like?

Update – Pay Gap

Awhile back I blogged about Cathy Arnst’s post on the pay gap between men and women.  She offers a bit of an update here, although nothing earth shattering.

Good Comments

There are some good comments over on The WSJ’s The Juggle about yesterday’s Mommy Brigade article and then deabte.  Check them out if you are interested.

Two good points in one post!

Meredity O’Brien over at the Boston Herald Boston Mommy Blog has a great post here on two awesome topics.  One where she references an article in New York Magazine (which I need to read in its entirety) entitled “The Bad Mommy Brigade” and another where she references a RedBook article about telling children no.  Both topics are of interest.  First off – don’t judge – yourself or others – and yes, it’s OK to tell your kids NO, without adding and saying “no thank you” or anything else.  No is sufficient 99% of the time.

Blogs and Money

Interesting read in the WSJ, found here.  I agree for the most part, but not in all.  Not all blogs are out to make money – but for those that are, this does look like a good year to do it.

Comcast AGAIN

“For some reason the normal checks for that phone number don’t work”.  No kidding.  I really don’t understand this situation and apparently neither does the guy at Comcast.  How refreshing.

 Then he says, “This is really strange”.  Gee, you think?!!?!?