Perhaps you are familiar with a famous baseball comedy act, known as Who's On First? by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. It highlights what I see as a communication breakdown between the two people involved.

We had a similar experience recently when we crossed the border into the USA from Canada.

Be careful what you wish for, you may get just what you ask...

Not too long ago, I was working in a job that was less than desirable. Things were not going my way. So I put a to-do item in my PDA titled "Exit Plan".

Some years ago I came across a sheet at work, from some communication course. It's title was "Want to show what an up to date modern manager you are?" It had three columns and nine rows of strange business like buzz words.

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This weekend we returned to the cabin. There were a couple more burst pipes since last time, due to a second cold spell we had recently. Pat installed some new light fixtures, and I set up something that I hope will reduce the chance of burst pipes in the future.

This was one of those days where things just clicked togther for me, and I had to share it with you. I was just reading a book called Alpha Project Managers, by Andy Crowe. The first thing the author mentions that distinguishes the best project managers is that they really love their job. They look forward to coming to work and they are less anxious about work when not on the job.

This weekend we proved that a bunk bed can fly, and we did it without FAA certification. It also taught me you can have too much confidence in your abilities, to the point that it blinds you to the obvious.

Rusty Switch

For New Year's weekend, we went to our cabin again. After previously fixing the plumbing, this time we decided to repair a light switch in the carport that was long overdue.