Author Archives: Niffer

The path less chosen… or saying no when the obvious choice is yes.

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Niffer

I’ve not held what anyone would call a “normal” job for over ten years.  I haven’t had a 52 week a year, 7 day a week, 8 hour a day career for, really, my entire adult life.  That’s okay by … Continue reading →

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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Niffer

Please forgive the brevity of this post. I was asked to step in at the last minute and find myself between wrapping up six straight months of film work and staring down the barrel of ten days to moving house. … Continue reading →

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Zen and the Art of Mouse Infestations.

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Niffer

I have mice.  Not your normal everyday nocturnal eat your food and run mice.  I have Frat Boy mice.  They party all day and all night.  They streak across my living room in broad daylight, they climb my bedroom curtains … Continue reading →

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Lean in

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Niffer

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg recently made a commencement address at Barnard College.  (For context and your own edification please go to Sheryl Sandberg Commencement Address)  I have no clue when it comes to CEOs CFOs UFOs or any other company … Continue reading →

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Following the Thread

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Niffer

I think it is interesting how we- as a global society- communicate information so freely and quickly by electronic medium.  Yet we seem to have lost our grasp on the art of conversation.  Information is passed, not shared.  Thoughts spoken, … Continue reading →

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