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Some people say that office culture is important, and I tend to agree. I didn’t have a pleasant one in my last job (notice I say “last” job – I got the hell out of there). I was a temporary hire who was there to do a specific job so I didn’t have the usual nice, spacious office that I am accustomed to; I was relegated to a cubicle. Call me a snob if you want to, but facts are facts. Once...

Some people say that office culture is important, and I tend to agree. I didn’t have a pleasant office culture in my former job (notice I say “former” job – I got the hell out of there). I was a temporary hire who was there to do a specific job so I didn’t have the usual nice, spacious office that I am accustomed to; I was relegated to a cubicle. Call me a snob if you want to, but facts...

Name a critter, and we got’em. We live in The Ancient One’s house smack-dab in the middle of a nice neighborhood in the central part of the city. The Mama raccoon has babies too. She tells us to get the hell away from our deck when she takes them out for a night-time stroll. She competes for scariest sounds with the possums when startled. It sounds like some horrible physical attack by...

Happiness, health and prosperity to you in 2012! Don't you say that every year? I'm sure you mean it. I'm sure you're very sincere. But instead of just “wishing” it, would you be willing to help someone, or even help yourself increase the odds of achieving it? It's really very simple. All you have to do is stop being a passenger. Stop watching the days and years of your life roll by...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation from office worker to ocean rower, described with humor and soul-baring honesty in her blogs, captivated a worldwide audience. Roz is now...