Looking at the back of my hands, I peer closely – seeing the lines, crinkles, freckles (oh yes…those are really called age spots, huh?), veins and scarred knuckles. Now how the hell did I get scars on my knuckles over the past 50 years? Weird…I know I’ve not been in a knock-down-drag-out fight ever, so [...]
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Hands
Posted in On Growing Older - For Good or Bad, tagged aging, hands, old, patti redd, plastic surgery, wrinkles on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you want to be a boss or an employee?
Posted in Employers and Employees, tagged bad bosses, bad employees, boss, employee, employer, las vegas, patti, patti redd, redd, work, working, working employers in Las Vegas Nevada on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having worked all my life (and sometimes just pretending), I’ve had the opportunity to be both a boss and an employee.
But as an employee, there are some terrific benefits.
For instance, as an advertising designer in the late ’70’s and early ’80’s, if a rush ad campaign was assigned to all of us worker-bee employees, the [...]
Working for a Living (or just pretending)
Posted in Employers and Employees, tagged bad customer service, customer service, employers, las vegas, lazy employees, nevada, patti, patti redd, redd, uncaring workers, work, working on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If You Wake Up One Day Feeling Kinda’ Stupid, Please Don’t Come into Work…and other bad ideas for beginning an employee motivation talk…
Year 2009.
We run a small business with 10 or less workers. We let them call themselves workers or employees. But, there are day s that is just not true.
In fact, nothing is further [...]
Childhood and Crimes
Posted in Childhood Experiences, tagged adopted, child, childhood, crimes, foster, foster child growing up, foster homes, growing up, patti, patti redd, punishment, redd on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Theft and lying. Those are the top two crimes of childhood.
Where it all begins is taking someone else’s shit. And, then deny it. Often the first attempt at this childhood crime is quite juvenile.
Well, what’s to be expected of an unpracticed adolescent?
Improvement begins immediately after the first beating or measureable and memorable punishment.
Elevation in my [...]
Getting Older Sucks Wind
Posted in On Growing Older - For Good or Bad, tagged age, aging, hiding wrinkles, looks, makeup, patti, patti redd, redd on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday at 2:00 p.m. I looked in the mirror with horror…my makeup was streaked, caked, and blotched up – – I looked like a really slutty barbie doll (only perhaps like Barbie’s grandmother to be perfectly truthful).
I shrieked at my husband, “who the hell did my make up today?!” He laughed his ass off.
We had [...]
And Let the Games Begin
Posted in Writing a Book? Let's see what we can throw in there...., tagged cynical, cynical humor, It's a Rat's Nest, patti, patti redd, redd, sense of humor, writing a book on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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