He’s my employee (and spouse)

Would you hire your husband to work at a company you founded? It’s an interesting question, one delved into by the NY Times in a recently published article. With women currently owning (privately) approximately 7.7 million businesses in the US (an increase of 42.3% from 1998), one has to wonder where and if a husband [...]

Share and Share Alike

I just read a piece in Sunday’s New York Times about the theory of completely equal parenting (When Mom and Dad Share it All).
Well, I really didn’t have time to read the whole thing (it’s about 9 pages long) but I did have time to peruse it and get a general idea of what it’s [...]

Pacific Standard Time

I’ve recently started talking to a company about a job that sounds great — good environment, smart people, interesting work — with one small caveat: I have to be in the office at 5:00 am. It has to do with communicating with co-workers on the East coast (I’m on the other coast). I’ve thought about [...]

Playing House

I love the way the tabloids talk about Angelina and Brad “setting up house.” You know — they’re just like the rest of us. They buy a home, move in with their kids and create a life together. Except, they’re not like everyone else — not even close. First of all, have you seen what [...]

Hazy View

So, I’m here in one of the most beautiful parts of the US — northern CA. There are mountains, lots of green, amazing weather and today, loads of smoke. There’s a major forest fire raging in the Santa Cruz mountains — about 3000 acres they say. We are maybe 20 miles away from it and [...]

Word Play

Did you ever notice how parents use certain “safe” words when describing their kids’ behavior? No one ever just comes out and say their child is a brat or spoiled or just plain wrong. It’s always couched in terms like “willful” (codeword for does not listen) or “spirited” (jumps on other people’s couches). I love [...]

Cool Air

So, explain this to me. Why is that people don’t have any air conditioning in their house? I really don’t get it. Do they like to suffer and sweat unnecessarily? We live in a part of the country (northern CA) where we have great weather for the most part. But, occasionally it gets really hot. [...]

Sisters-in-Arms

I always wanted a sister. Younger, older, it didn’t matter. I still wish I had one, at times. I know it’s like any sibling relationship — potentially fraught with competition and petty annoyances. But still, I think it would be awfully nice to have that close bond with someone who could be your best friend [...]

Extracurricular

I spent a good part of my morning looking for classes and other activities of interest for my two kids. I’m not one of those mothers who believes in super-scheduling every minute of my child’s day, but when they proactively ask for something and want to pursue an interest, I kind of think I’m obligated [...]

Hey Jerry, look down here

I am far from a business analyst or stock market expert, but I’ve been following this whole Microsoft/Yahoo purchase with some interest. I have friends who either work at Yahoo or whose husbands do and I was kind of curious as to how the whole thing would play out.
I always thought it seemed like a [...]