Day of Labor

The Labor Day holiday weekend is upon us once again. The stark contrast between 2009 and 2008 is remarkable; unlike the wild social extravaganza of last year, this weekend promises a high degree of quiet and … well, labor.

I intend to continue with my writing as much as I can. I hope to get out a little, perhaps on Saturday, but that remains to be seen. It is as if a switched has flipped, and the old pattern of well-intentioned procrastination has yielded to a sense of “git-r-done” driven in large part by an ongoing frustration with how long it has taken me to finally get to this point, where I am just starting to realize income off my business efforts.

In any case, yes. A weekend at labor. But a good kind — the efforts that pay back in terms of goal accomplishment and a feeling of self-worth. It has been a long time coming, but Gillikin Consulting is finally real.

A Better Tomorrow

I’ve been working my tail off on my business-development work lately, in an attempt to substantially augment my meager hospital salary with some home-grown work product.  Highlights of my recent activities include — Finishing a substantial overhaul to gillikinconsulting.com, including adding business-specific social-media connections (realtime IM, new Twitter, Facebook business fan page). Updated my LinkedIn […]

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Update

Tempus ab Iasone fugit.  Here’s the latest scribble in the Chronicle. Work has been steady at the hospital.  We are busy, but a “predictable” kind of busy, although development of the Central Scheduling Data Mart has been a significant calendar and brainpower investment. Horror-movie night on the 31st was a success.  I had Charlie, Rick, […]

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12,000

So today I turn 12,000 days old. A milestone, to be sure.  A time to reflect.  A time to make a simple observation and be ridiculed on Facebook for it.  Whatev. Today I turn 12,000 days old.  And I think that’s interesting.

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Site Revisions

I have made a few changes of substance to A Mild Voice of Reason: The Files/Links page has been updated to include a few more general links, as well as an updated copy of my resume, my journalism clips portfolio, and a link to a static head shot. Content added to the Philosophy page for […]

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In the News …

The last few days have been interesting.  Today I was interviewed by WOOD AM 1300 for the Kent County edition of Red County.  I also picked up a pair of kittens — two adorable orange ones, the replacement for Murphy the Puppy who nearly killed Ryan by means of strong allergens.  Yesterday, I took Murphy […]

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End of an Institution

The Western Herald, the independent student-run newspaper at Western Michigan University (and the paper I used to edit), announced that this fall, it is moving from a Monday-to-Thursday publication week to a Monday and Thursday cycle, with an new emphasis on the paper’s Web portal. This is a depressing turn of events.  The Herald had […]

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Temptation

This morning I was shopping at the Meijer in Standale, purchasing birthday gifts for Ryan.  As I passed through the book aisle, I noticed that a volume — a book about parenting small children, as I recall — had a $100 bill sticking out of it. Yes, a random C-note in the book stack at […]

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Of Late

It has been a while since I’ve done an omnibus update.  Herewith some tidbits: My brother leaves tomorrow morning for a 12-to-24 month stint as a contracted firefighting instructor, in Iraq.  The last month or so has been consumed with preparation, and now he’s finally about to depart.  This is a sad day for us, […]

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