Who Am I?

I am Dr. Nancy Bereman, retired after 33 years on the faculty at Wichita State University. I taught courses in Human Resource Management. In retirement, I do a little bit of everything. Writing in this blog is one of them. As my byline reads... Just my random thoughts about life, work, and play. You may contact me at my email address: NancyBereman@gmail.com.


Friday, December 4, 2015

The #1 Reason People Die Early by Country

I found this video fascinating. They use a metric called "years of life lost", which counts when people die in contrast to when they might hope to die. For example, if you SHOULD live to 86, but die at the age of 6 due to malaria, then your years of life lost is 80. It is interesting to see how dramatically the cause of death changes from county to country. Take a look.

Friday, November 13, 2015

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

I recently came across the video that I have embedded below.  It comes from a television show from the past... WKRP in Cincinnati. This has got to be one of the best scenes and just in time for Thanksgiving!

Haaaappy Thaaaaanks Giiiiving...

This may be one of the funniest scenes in television history and it's certainly not Thanksgiving without it.

Posted by Bill Meck on Thursday, November 26, 2009
 

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Fighting Domestic Violence!

Dear Wichita Friends,  Some of you have seen me posting information about Domestic Violence and the WYCA here in...
Posted by Nancy Bereman on Thursday, October 8, 2015