Greetings faithful followers! Just wanted to let you know I'll be going on a short hiatus for the next two weeks. I promise to return, God willing and my computer doesn't send off smoke signals again ☹️.
In the meantime,...
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a holiday I have always been ambivalent toward. On the one hand, I love the idea (and I stress the word idea) that we as a nation come together in the spirit of gratefulness, to spend...
One of the major downfalls that I have observed from formerly successful people is not that the work simply dried up, or that they were no longer popular. Rather, they surrounded themselves with toxic people who led them to...
A few days ago I had a conversation with a good friend (let’s call him “Buddy”), and it punctuated for me the difficulty in pursuing an unconventional career path. During the course of this conversation Buddy struggled to comprehend...
I actually wanted to title this post “Sometimes you gotta lose to win,” but unfortunately for me, Fantasia has already made that declaration. Admittedly, when I first heard the title to her song “Lose to Win” I was a...
Well it’s that time of year again, where we gather and join in the pomp and circumstance of one of life’s most monumental events: graduation. Whether you are the one walking across the stage or just there to offer...
Last year, roughly around this time, I had a semi-meltdown. Well, maybe meltdown is too strong of a word. There was no cursing, no crying, no screaming or raised voice, just a dramatic display of immense irritation. Admittedly, from...
Did you watch the Cohen's Congressional testimony today?! Whew Chillay! I thought it would be explosive, and it did not disappoint.
There were many different topics I wanted to cover, but I've narrowed it down to two important lessons we...
According to the Briggs Myer Personality test, I am an INFJ. I am introverted with a quiet and reserved disposition. Even though I have used Palooke’s World as a space to share perhaps more than I would normally, outside...
Recently my brother made an observation that I found quite profound. He opined that frequently we wonder what people are thinking because we don’t know. But we have the ability to know because we can simply ask them. However,...