In today’s increasingly global workforce, it is easy to forget how culture affects our ability to interact and communicate. Children have this incredible ability to absorb language and culture from...
In today’s economy, job hunting is difficult at best. Things are so bad that people unable to find employment after a year plus of searching have stopped looking. This behavior,...
Some people have shown interest in my opinion of the SFWA controversy. In light of this, I’ve decided to openly post the email I previously sent the SFWA board about...
As I was perusing the news yesterday, I came across an article about a pastor who tried to stiff a waitress on a tip by writing “I give God 10%,...
I am always leary when I see ads, emails, and blog posts with “SECRETS EXPOSED” or “THE TRUTH ABOUT” in the subject. It seems everyone has jumped on the “shock...
No one has of yet responded to my “Donate to the American Red Cross” attempts, and there’s only 3 days left before the deadline. That saddens me. The ARC-DRF is...
I was having an interesting conversation on SQLServerCentral.com today about non-native English speakers, which triggered an introspective thought. Communication is difficult enough without cultural slang interspersed into it. In the United...
Brandie Tarvin is an author and tie-in writer and a copy editor. In addition to her original fiction, she has written SQL Server articles, Shadowrun: The Role Playing Game sourcebook material and fiction as well as a piece for Hasbro’s Transformers. She currently lives in Florida with her family and is owned by two cats.
