Tag: friends

  • Life Cycle of a Career

    04 May 2021 » 2 min read

    A friend of mine is retiring on Friday. He is about 10 years ahead of me in the career life cycle. He started at the company about 2 years after I did, and he is now retiring after 25 years. It has been a long time coming for him. His wife retired about a year…

  • MySpace may have paid off!

    04 Mar 2007 » 1 min read

    I was browsing myspace when I woke up this morning and decided to put in the names of some people that I haven’t seen in a long time. I put in 4 or 5 names and none had any matches. Then I put in the name “brent zoba” and got a hit. It’s 34 year-old…

  • The Cleveland Crew: Then and Now

    03 Mar 2007 » 1 min read

    I came across my high school year book while doing my spring cleaning. It’s one of the things that I decided not to get rid of and, in fact, I got side-tracked skimming through it, reading what people wrote and looking at pictures. Hilarious pictures. Riotous pictures. Keep in mind, this was nearly 17 years…

  • Transition to middle age, redux

    29 Mar 2006 » 1 min read

    Another indication of middle age is the ability to write the sentence: Did you happen to attend Junior High Scool at Porter Junior High from 1985-1987–roughly twenty years ago? On Sunday, evening, I was browsing online, and did some searches for some old friends with whom I’ve lost contact. Normally, I don’t come up with…