by Jim Stitzel | Dec 19, 2005 | General
I love Christmas music as much as the next person. But the thing I hate is when “you can’t get away from it”:http://www.rmcrob.com/?p=2452 The repetoire of Christmas songs is inherently limited, and to have them repeated hour after hour for six or...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 18, 2005 | General
Last night was my last night of the carriage-driving season (though certainly not for the company). And with getting settled into my new job, it may have been my last night as a carriage driver, ever. As is typical of spending a lengthy shift traveling endless circles...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 15, 2005 | General
Guardian Unlimited | Columnists | ‘Narnia represents everything that is most hateful about religion’ The columnist that authored this blistering review of the new _Chronicles of Narnia_ movie wrote a lot that was response-worthy, but perhaps this was the...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 15, 2005 | General
Scanning through the news this morning, one cannot help but notice the flurry of debate over the use of ‘Christmas’ versus the use of ‘Holiday’ this season. Everyone is trying so hard to be politically correct and all-inclusive that we find...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 8, 2005 | General
I’m reminded again of just how important clear communication is. I actually had my employment with my temporary services agency terminated a couple of days early due to what ended up being a pretty major miscommunication. (My contract was to expire at the end of...