I find myself particularly agitated today. The sun is out, the weather is unseasonably warm for Chicago this time of year and, for the life of me, I can’t put my finger on why I’m so agitated today. Well, other…
Author: Gwynne Monahan
So back home, there are two social networking groups in which I was involved: Social Media Club Chicago #smcchicago Lake County Social Networking #lcsn Met some fantastic people, and discovered my Twitter reputation often proceeded me, and almost seemed legendary.…
A series of thoughts zipped through my head while browsing my Twitter stream, and a conversation popped into my head. Spelling of words comes up now and then, and “check” is one of them. I noticed this on a sign.…
Here I sit, behind the Starbucks at YVR, looking out at a runway on a typical overcast Vancouver morning. Drinking Starbucks only because one of its gift cards has been burning a hole in my pocket. I collect them more…
I’ve discovering that there are a number of things we take for granted in the States. Netflix. News, politics, even. Our politics are entertaining compared to Canadian politics. The ability to strike without permission and without restrictions, apparently, too. My…
At least one of you expected a picture of a cat or a dog, no? Yeah, so, moved into my new digs, getting used to its quarks and coolness. Best part, so far, is the deck that runs the length…
Some days, I think that should be the title of this blog. I’m hard pressed lately to think of things that are as they are instead of starting from scratch. Take yesterday, for example. Moved into my new diggs, and…
Some big local news is a pending teachers strike. Being a Chicagoan, this doesn’t strike as being really big news. Chicago public teachers have striked, threatened to strike, and the neighbors to the north, in Wisconsin, made national headlines. My…
A thought occurred to me while walking to the bus stop: it’s the wait time that kills me. Change is hard, and slow, and that wait time is the hardest part for me. I found myself thinking of the Evernote…
I think in the “Rain. No Thunder. No Lightning. Just Rain” post I mentioned how it doesn’t snow in Vancouver. It just rains. So imagine my delight this morning when I stepped out of my current dwellings and saw the…