Times are so though fortune cookies now come with a can opener — Even the fortune cookies have changed their tune lately. Could it be a telling tale of the times we’re living in? I don’t know. You tell me. Here is a random sample of fortune cookie predictions and wisdom I compiled recently as an investigative person by eating more sweet and…

Some of the best boxing matches take place at 33,000 feet — Here is what I read the other day in social media, obviously written by someone who had severe diarrhea on his last flight: “Air travel is just another name for getting kidnapped temporarily in a metal tube.” Ouch! A wild exaggeration no doubt but doesn’t it have in it some…

Watch for want you want lest you get it — We’ll call him PX to protect his anonymity. He was the richest man in the world, due to an accidental early investment in the stocks of Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Apple, and Amazon. Yet, preliminaries first. What is Wealth? When you can’t tell how much money you’ve got, that’s wealth. When IRS sends a…

Move sideways instead of reinventing the wheel — Buddhists have a saying: “Whatever has a beginning, also has a middle and an end.” Careers are like that. You start one. You grow into it. Perhaps make a few course corrections along the way. …

All that they won’t teach you in schools and then some — Introduction: What is a Beard? A beard is God’s gift to humans, sports stars, and celebrities who can’t give birth to babies. It starts as a faint rumor during puberty and then grows into a problem during the later years — until the owner starts to make a lot of money. …

One of the world’s oldest text editors is used by 48% of the respondents in 2022 — Did you have any questions about whether technical communication professionals are still using the ubiquitous Microsoft Word? Adobe corporation has answered that question for you in their Adobe Technical Communication Industry Survey 2022. The answer is a clear YES. According to this survey conducted with 715 industry professionals from 56…

Yes, it’s not what you think — When you say “European Vacation,” most people think of taking selfies in front of the Eiffel Tower, leaning against the Leaning Tower of Pizza, visiting the Louvre, or dipping into the beautiful waters of Majorca. Not me. For more than a decade, me and my wife are dreaming about a…

Be comfortable with being uncomfortable — Alison is a nice looking woman. Her Whatsapp message read: “Hey Kevin! I’m at the airport, waiting. Where you’ve been?” I’m not Kevin and I wasn’t expecting to pick a woman half my age from the airport at all. Next day, I receive another, this one from Susan: “Hey Kevin…

Difficult questions with difficult answers persist — When my cousin called me four years ago to let me know that my mother has passed away (on a Valentine's Day no less) my knees buckled. I was at work, trying to solve a document review issue in office. And all of a sudden nothing I knew or could…