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How To Flirt

If there were one class everyone could take as a high school elective, flirting 101 might be it. Some people are natural flirts and others wouldn’t know flirting if it walked up and hit them in the head. The problem with flirting is it’s the natural form of communication between men and women. Flirting is almost a language of its own and it conveys many different things between people from amusement to interest to just playfulness. Your best and foremost weapon of flirtation is your smile. A smile invites another and once they’ve smiled back at you, then you’ve opened … Continue reading →

Spring Forward to Action Week 3, Day 1: Where Are We?

Has it really been two full weeks since we got started? I’m thinking it’s time for a change. I’ve said from the get go that this year’s Spring Forward to Action program is about building endurance and regaining my personal strength. Since my surgery in February, my energy levels flag pretty quickly and it’s important to me to get back that level of energy once more. So What I Am Doing? I started off with my regular walking program, yoga and some strength training. This week, we’re kicking all of that in the head and we’re ramping this program up … Continue reading →

Memberships: Why is it so Hard to Cancel Them?

The frustrating part about becoming a member somewhere is that when you want to leave – it’s a lot harder than it was to join. In fact, sometimes it’s nearly impossible. I’ve had memberships where you were required to fax in a letter stating you were terminating the membership and then you would have to give them thirty days in which to process this termination – if you got billed in the intervening 30 days – oh well. I’ve had memberships where even when you faxed in the paperwork, they claimed to never receive it and you can fax it … Continue reading →

Our Companies Are Starting to Sound Like Our Mothers

When I worked in the corporate arena – okay, the IT field – not so much corporate as it was still an office atmosphere, I enjoyed the fact that there was a gym on site. We could get a good workout in morning, noon and night and all you needed was your company ID to get in the door. There were a couple of televisions available to watch and three or four cardio machines (including a pair of treadmills and a pair of stationary bikes) and standard weight training stations. Now, remember, this was about six or more years ago … Continue reading →