Archive for June, 2009

Walking for a good cause
Monday, June 22nd, 2009

I did a mere four miles in today’s PA Hero Walk. Volunteers for the Wounded Warriors Foundation are going from Philadelphia to New Kensington, PA by foot on business Route 30. They plan to arrive on July 4. I thought I’d enjoy hanging out with these folks for a brief while. 
Their goals include raising money and awareness for our [...]

Songs to aging children*
Friday, June 5th, 2009

“The evil that men do lives on. The good is oft interred with their bones.” Or so says Marc Anthony in the play “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare. Act III, scene II.
I think this is backwards especially when someone spends the lion share of their life doing good, as in, raising a family or a business; [...]

How it’s done.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

What do aging boomers do during their not very busy days? They meet at the common fence and discuss whatever’s on tap. Today it was the missing element of customer service. The stories traded included waiting 90 minutes for an agent to just answer the phone.; sales staff taking calls while talking to them; and [...]