During the spring of 2020, we made an important discovery: the fence of our backyard is frequently used as a thoroughfare by animals in our neighborhood. I describe it as a discovery because it was only through some unique circumstances that we decided to place our camera trap onto our back fence and start filming. [...]
Author: Levi Novey
What is the Best Game Show? A Summer 2020 Analysis of Current Offerings
Elizabeth Banks hosts the reboot of Press Your Luck. When 2020 started, I don’t think any of us envisioned this being the year we would experience. From impeachment, to the pandemic, to the profound resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, we’ve been bombarded with news and reasons to soul-search. So in an odd way, [...]
Adventures in Rain Barrel Installation
One of the things that I look forward to most about the start of spring is that it means we will embark on a new project to improve our yard. In the past we have built a key hole garden, a pollinator garden for monarch butterflies, and a memorial to honor our ancestors. We have [...]
The Words Business and Nonprofit Leaders are Using to Talk About COVID-19
Have you received hundreds of emails about COVID-19 from every company and organization that you've ever given your email to? Here's what they probably said. Last Thursday I became tired of all of the emails I was receiving from CEOs and organizational leaders about Covid-19. I had not been reading the emails very closely, but [...]
5 Reasons to Celebrate Kenny Rogers
Amid wall-wall coronavirus news coverage this past weekend, I saw the sad news that Kenny Rogers died. Given the timing of his death, I'm a little sad he won't probably get the star-studded treatment a country music star of his pedigree deserves. I'll readily admit that I'm by no means a mega-Kenny fan, but he [...]
Ranking the Nine 2020 Best Picture Nominees
For the second year in a row, my wife and I managed to see all of the best picture nominees prior to the Oscars. We love movies, and while admittedly this accomplishment is minor, it's also a lot of fun. There are nine nominees this year which is a lot! Some of these movies we [...]
Some Thoughts on Artwork, Decorations, and Culture in the Workplace
Yesterday a co-worker came over to tell me some things that were bothering her. Among them, someone who managed the building had come by and told her that she needed to remove some birthday decorations. These decorations stretched to the ceiling above her cubicle, and basically amounted to colorful streamers. I asked my co-worker how [...]
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