You know it’s true — people see you at work and wonder how someone as incompetent, lazy and hostile as you could ever get a job. Well, now we know. Bad workers get hired because they’re so darn good-looking. If you weren’t so tall and buff and blonde, you’d be pounding the pavements like the … Read more
Everyone at work knows it; you’re a person who is really good in an emergency. And that’s fortunate, since pretty much everything you touch turns into a disaster. For people who don’t have quite as much experience in dealing with constant chaos, there is Kevin Daum. Mr. Daum is the Inc.com contributor who penned, “8 … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (September 23, 1913) *Town Will Place Beautiful Park at New Depot Site: Triangular Strip Will Be Purchased and Made into Panhandle *Santa Clara Woman’s Club to Raise Funds for Historic Adobe: San Jose Talent to Assist Local Entertainers at Franck Hall *New Town Hall Will be Finished by January … Read more
A public meeting will be held to explain and hear comments on the proposal to relocate the Santa Clara Post Office. The meeting will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, at the Santa Clara Council Chambers, 1500 Warburton Avenue. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is proposing relocating the Santa Clara Post … Read more
If you think it’s difficult to work in an office, imagine how hard it is to work at home. Take me, for example. Here I am, trying to get this column written, while the butler is constantly bothering me with Staffordshire bone-china cups of India tea and silver salvers full of petit-fours, and the nanny … Read more
100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (September 16, 1913) *$60,000 School Opened: New Santa Clara Grammar School Used for First Time Yesterday: Most Modern School Building in State is Viewed by Thousands of Visitors *Merchants Fair to be Held November 3rd to 8th: Elaborate Show Planned *Sudden Death of Albert Harris *1913-14 Tax Rate Set … Read more
Your daughter, friend or next-door neighbor could be the next Miss America. The first step begins with the Miss Santa Clara Competition. The Miss Santa Clara/Miss Silicon Valley and Miss Santa Clara’s/Miss Silicon Valley’s Outstanding Teen Competitions, official preliminaries of the Miss America and Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Programs, will showcase the talents and accomplishments … Read more
The Santa Clara Unified School Board held another marathon meeting on Sept. 12. After starting late due to an extended closed session, the meeting carried on for over four and a half hours, not ending until after 11 p.m. While most of the agenda items were easily passed, there was one action item that created … Read more
Residents who would like to contribute to the quality of life in the City of Santa Clara are encouraged to apply to serve on any of the City’s commissions or committees. Residents may place their names on a list to be contacted whenever an opening occurs. To be placed on the database maintained by the … Read more
Apparently, everyone is wrong about you. Your co-workers think you are an anti-social, lazy, hostile weirdo. Not so. What you are is an anti-social, lazy, hostile weirdo introvert. And introverts are hot. At least, they’re hot in The Huffington Post, where a simple search of “introvert” will bring up a plethora of articles about people … Read more