Category Archives: Personal Thoughts

5 things I resolve to NOT do in 2010

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Gerard McLean

After thinking a bit about what sort of New Year’s Resolutions I needed to make a few days ago, I decided that I would put a list of five things together that I will NOT do for 2010. Here goes, … Continue reading →

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My resume Wordle.net cloud

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Gerard McLean

Just for fun and visual cognition, I made a Wordle Cloud from my résumé. I think a lot of hiring managers would benefit a lot by running résumé through a word cloud so see the major words and concepts show … Continue reading →

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Sometimes more is just really darn confusing

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Gerard McLean

Some time back, Kroger decided to “dress up” the packaging of their private label sour cream. Instead of plain white containers, they decided that they were going to show a photo of the product in use. And that is when … Continue reading →

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What the hell will you ever use an English degree for?

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Gerard McLean

To live life more fully through humor. This sign was at the cashier station at a Bob Evans. What do you think they do with all the lost nouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and other parts of speech? Is there … Continue reading →

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It was not like that when I was a little kid

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Gerard McLean

“It was not like that when I was a little kid,” she said as I mused about life, sitting on the sofa with my daughter watching some mindless movie on a Saturday morning. I was musing that having friends means … Continue reading →

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