After all the hype about Monkeypox a few months ago, I am glad to see it is no longer in the news. Which means 1 thing: it’s not so bad after all. The CDC, the news media and public health experts all warned us that this would be a major problem for the US and…
Author: Steve Ainslie
Microaggressions, Microplastics And Misfocus
It is easy to get distracted by the little things – especially when we’re busy, when we don’t have bigger problems or when we don’t take take the time to think and be intentional with our actions. I learned how to focus on the most important thing first as newly promoted sales manager for a…
It’s Beginning To Feel A Lot Like…Nothing
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and Christmas is a few weeks away. If it wasn’t for the disruption to my pool schedule, I would barely even notice this year’s holiday season. For that, I am grateful. Since my wife passed away, this had been a rough time of the year for me. I tried various ways of…
Engrossing
Every night, at dinner, I wind down. Back when my wife was alive, I loved winding down around dinner time. We’d take a leisurely evening stroll with the dog, holding hands, talking, enjoying nature and each other’s company. Then we’d then pickup takeout or cook. We’d feed the pets and then all of us would…
The Weather Report
When I was in high school, my friends and I had an inside joke about conversations with people you didn’t care about. We’d say, “Hi, how’s the weather?” It started because I noticed that many times when someone in a social situation was “forced” to make conversation with me, they’d talk about the weather until…
No Offense Meant
My blog doesn’t have a lot of readers. I don’t use keywords, tags, special formatting or any other search engine optimization techniques to drive more traffic from Google searches. I don’t advertise or promote the site anywhere. This past year, I’ve had 1500 visitors which works out to 4 visitors per day. My most read…
I Don’t Need To Be Told I’m OK
One of the themes of the Solo Podcast, is that it is OK to be single and unconventional. The host and his guests frequently discuss lifestyles of solo people who don’t ride the “relationship escalator” (dating…move in together… engaged…married…have children…have grandchildren…together until death). Peter refers to being solo as being unapologetically single and unconventional. From…
Red, Blue, and Me
When I look at maps of election results for the 2022 midterms and for the 2020 presidential election, I am always surprised that the vast majority of land in colored RED (for Republicans) and that the BLUE (Democrats) are represented primarily by a few patches around the Northeast coast, the West Coast, and several dense…
Professionally Good Looking
On a podcast this week the hosts were talking about TV shows that were “based on real life” that show the actual people whose story was told during the closing credits. The host said, “I hope that’s never me because the actual people always look terrible compared to the actors who played them.” Then his…
None Of My Business
A neighbor told me there were firetrucks and EMTs across the street from my home last night. I slept through the entire incident. They were at the home of a young couple who recently moved here. I introduced myself to the couple a few weeks ago and wave to them when I see them out….