Pg 316 "American agribusiness produces 3,900 calories per person per day, but Americans can only eat 1,800 to 2,000 of them. Where does all the excess food go? The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; also known as food stamps), run by the USDA, is designed to "provide improved levels of...

I saw an interesting video today courtesy of good ol' Tik Tok. Normally I use Tik Tok purely for laughs, but every once in a while I find a gem here or there. I may even send one to abrahamKim , who pretends...

I've worked in the health insurance industry for nearly 20 years. I know more about insurance and the US healthcare (sickcare) delivery system than the average person. Over the last couple of years, I've taken charge of my own health after a type 2 diabetes diagnosis. It's fair to say...

Today I interviewed a candidate on MS Teams, and around the 20-minute mark of our 30-minute call, her phone started ringing loudly. What's more, she pretended that she could not find where it was. She apologized profusely, and it just made me chuckle.

I've had my share of snafus in...

Pg. 299 "The sugar industry is one of the most egregious villains in the bunch. Based on our current recognition of sugar's toxicity and their responses to litigation thus far, one might assume that Big Sugar learned its tricks from Big Tobacco. But it's actually the other way around--the Sugar...

Jim had relatives named Uncle Bob and Aunt Jan who were gracious enough to host us for a couple of days before we settled into a hotel in downtown Phoenix with the rest of the corps members. Why wasn't Jim staying with Rach? Jim and Rach were and are very...

Pg. 288 "Food fraud is literally defined as 'misrepresentation as to the state of the food.'" There are six different forms of it and some engender health risks while others don't, but they all share three things in common--alteration of the food itself, lying to the consumer, and a profit...

Today I participated in two interviews. One was scheduled last week, and the other one came out of the blue today.

First, let me talk about the third interview that I avoided. The Configuration Manager who started at the beginning of July was hired in a "provisional" role. He had to...

I block my calendar for appointments, but that does not stop people from sending me meeting invites when I'm clearly marked as out of the office. I enjoy declining these meetings with the message that I have an appointment. It's just as well because odds are the meeting wouldn't have...

Oh goody. That's exactly what I wanted. One more place where I will get assigned tasks. 

It seems like Go To Meeting and WebEx and Skype are all falling out of favor and MS Teams is the meeting option that companies are moving toward. But MS Teams isn't just about...