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I love this series of articles – 10 Things Your (Fill-in the Blank) Won’t Tell You. Your Waiter. Hairstylist. Funeral Director. This one is the hotel housekeeper. It helpfully answered my question about the “eco-friendly” opting out of housekeeping. It is, in fact, costing… Continue Reading “10 Things”
The AP is reporting that Birth Control may be covered as part of the “preventative care” provision of the Health Care Reform Law. This means that the Pill, among other things, would be convered under health insurance plans without deductibles, co-pays or co-insurance. “May be” because… Continue Reading “Health Care Reform – This is Interesting”
Once upon a time, I was at a conference attending a session on managing diversity. The hour began with a talk about privilege. The speaker asked us a bunch of questions that proved what a bunch of lily-white-collared folks we all were. A few… Continue Reading “The Privilege of Books”
MSN ran an article on the Best and Worst Halloween candy. The short version is that it all has gobs of sugar, so we should avoid anything that has fat. Which means chocolate and peanuts. Screw that. And this was even funnier: “When giving… Continue Reading “Halloween Candy is Serious Business”
My grandfather called to point me to this article about Glenview’s Library in the Chicago Tribune. Most of it, I had heard before. But not this: “Demand for library services at this suburban locale is continually increasing with new card registrations up 56 percent… Continue Reading “Plug from the Trib”
I read a lot of articles about retirement. A lot. Occupational hazard. But MSN Money had one that made me think. 6 Smart Ways to Save for Retirement was the title. The first one was: Don’t inflate your standard of living. As you get… Continue Reading “Saving for Retirement”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0446697966&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrYou might know Christopher Hitchens as the author of God is Not Great. I know him as an extremely literate, if rather mouthy, columnist at Vanity Fair magazine. I haven’t read his books, but I enjoy his columns and was sorry to hear that… Continue Reading “Praying for the Non Believers”
The Chicago Tribune ran an article about the changes to Flexible Spending Accounts due to the Health Care legislation. The biggest deal is that next year, we will not be allowed to submit over-the-counter drugs for reimbursement without a doctor’s prescription. They printed a… Continue Reading “HR Nerd Article”
USA Today ran an unpleasant, but useful article on pet necropsies. Most of the time, there is no reason to have one performed. But the article lists some reasons that you might, and noted something that I didn’t know: Sometimes, when you sign off… Continue Reading “An Unpleasant Subject”
This story annoys me – the female reporter in the locker room that tweeted about “dying of embarrassment” from the attention she was getting from the players. I couldn’t even watch the entire story, but here it is: http://abcnews.go.com/assets/player/walt2.6/flash/SFP_Walt.swf Everyone and his dog has… Continue Reading “The Locker Room”
The Next Dark Age 