Talking

I remember long drives as a child that I would spend talking at my mother. Telling her stories. Jabbering away. Reading to her. I ran my mouth a lot. Now I’ve got my own (step) child and… Mom, if you read this, I’m so sorry. You were a great mom and now that I have …

In our world right now, we have access to all sorts of information stored right at our fingertips. There is a lot going on. We have marriage equality. We’re dealing with ISIS. Celebrities are coming out as transgendered. A whirlwind presidential election is happening, with record setting media coverage, and holy crap – grown men …

“To avoid miscommunication, e-mailers need to look at what they write from the recipient’s perspective…One strategy: Read it aloud in the opposite way you intend, whether serious or sarcastic. If it makes sense either way, revise. Or, don’t rely so heavily on e-mail. Because e-mails can be ambiguous…” read more | digg story