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Day Off

By Laurie on January 12th in Human Resources

I had a post for today. I hated it. It was about drug lords, social media and vacationing in Mexico. Sorta. It wasn’t my best. I started a fresh one, last night, and my blog went down in the middle of writing it. And I caught a cold that I’m categorizing as “allergies” because it [...]

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Homeopathy, Naturopathy, and Chiropractic Have No Business In A Wellness Plan

By Laurie on January 11th in Human Resources

There are so many variations of wellness programs — most of them ineffective and with little ROI. The trend is to pad these programs with access to alternative medical providers who exist outside of expensive health provider networks. Hm. I am bad at math but I am a big fan of science. In that vein, [...]

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Living Intentionally

By Laurie on January 9th in Human Resources

I just had a quick conversation with a friend who said, “My goal for 2012 is to live life more intentionally.” For all of you who wonder if I have a filter, I’m about to prove to you that I do… …because I want to make fun of that so badly but I can’t. I’ve [...]

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Monday Morning HR Humor: Man Card

By Laurie on January 9th in Human Resources

I’m all for feminism but I like a dude who rescues a kitten from a tree. I think ‘change a flat tire’ and ‘knock down beaver dams’ should be on here, too.

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The Week Ahead

By Laurie on January 8th in Human Resources

Today is my birthday and I’m old. How old? Well, old enough to have this conversation with Kris Dunn. Kris: What is Pinterest? Me: Google it. Kris: I did — I don’t get it. I’m old. Get off my lawn. Me: Okay, fine, I told you to google it because I can’t explain it. At [...]

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Day Off

By Laurie on January 7th in Human Resources

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F@%k It Friday: Window Treatments

By Laurie on January 6th in Human Resources

My dream house has big windows with no window treatments. Nothing. Let the sun shine into the windows and wake me up. That’s awesome. I don’t want to sleep too late, anyway. Until I get my dream house, I have Hunter Douglas honeycomb duette shades because I want neutral window treatments that let in light [...]

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You Eat Chick-fil-A Because You Are A Homophobe

By Laurie on January 5th in Human Resources

Why do you hate the gays? That’s what I want to ask every single person in the drive-thru at Chik-fil-A. In fact, I just asked this of an HR colleague of mine. Someone who is in the business of doing the right thing when it matters. Someone who should know better. Yes, I know you [...]

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New Year’s Fitness Resolutions: You Are A Gym Tourist

By Laurie on January 4th in Human Resources

I first became a member of Lifetime Fitness in 2002. I had high expectations. It was near my house, the club had awesome hours, and I really enjoyed the boot camp classes. I weighed about 145 pounds and really appreciated how most of the members looked like me. The building was full of soccer moms, [...]

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The Word of 2012 Is Manifesto

By Laurie on January 3rd in Human Resources

I don’t know if you’re aware of this but the word of the year will be manifesto. That’s right. I have seen it used no less than 12 times in the past two weeks. I have used it myself, too. Why is it so common? Well, Time‘s person of the year is the protester and [...]

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Who Owns Your Twitter Account? #phonedog #2.50

By Laurie on January 2nd in Human Resources

Lots of coverage regarding the dispute between Noah Kravitz and his former employer Phonedog.com……. Noah used his Twitter account for work and left the company with a ton of Twitter followers. Phonedog.com…… worked out a stupid, post-employment deal where they leased Noah’s Twitter account. And of course it didn’t work out. Not that anyone asked [...]

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Monday Morning HR Humor: Chaz Bono

By Laurie on January 2nd in Human Resources

Some people say I look like a young Madonna. Okay, nobody says that. But look at Chaz Bono. see more Celeb Look-A-Likes Crazy! I’m excited for the Iowa Caucus, obvs.

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