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I heard on the radio yesterday morning that there will be 3,000 fewer flights available over the 2008 Thanksgiving Holiday as compared to 2007. Which means that tickets will be more expensive and planes will be jammed. This will be made even worse due… Continue Reading “Thanksgiving Travel”
I don’t normally read WSJ, but a colleague – who was not on my side on this issue – brought me this article this morning called “Get Rid of the Performance Review!” Two years ago, I had a pretty big temper tantrum, threw our… Continue Reading “Professional Validation”
I love Warren Buffett. His very simple explanation for how he got rich – which is to do the opposite of what everyone else is doing in the market – has comforted me during every mini-crisis seen in the economy since I started earning… Continue Reading “Buffett Weighs In”
As many of you know, it is Banned Book Week. The American Library Association has lots of stuff about it on its website. My personal opinion is that banning books is just silly, kind of like protesting movies. Having said that, I rather think… Continue Reading “Banned Book Week”
I’m sure this is news to no one, but I am glad to have the opportunity to discuss it again: MSNBC had an article about how the anonymity of the Internet (and telephone and car) facilitate anti-social behavior is otherwise perfectly nice people. Here… Continue Reading “Uncivilized Anonymity”
One of the career blogs on Comcast.net was doing interview horror stories. I couldn’t believe this one: I was interviewing a candidate for a mortgage sales position. She was dressed very professionally and had about a year and a half of experience. The interview… Continue Reading “Career Advice: Don’t Do This”
(deep breath) I’m undecided, ok? I will delete and ignore any comments that trash me for it. I am outing myself as undecided because I have a point to make. I like both candidates. I voted for John McCain in the primary in 2000.… Continue Reading “Talking Politics is a Bad Idea”
My camera batteries died in Texas, so you will all have to wait until January for pictures of the Alamo. I am sure you are terribly disappointed. And now I must pontificate on a subject that my real life and LJ friends have heard… Continue Reading “Public Service Announcement – Hotel Etiquette”
The Chicago Tribune had an article about the screening processes used by animal shelters in advance of an adoption. You might be aware that I have a side in this one. This is what the shelters say: “You have no idea how traumatic abandonment… Continue Reading “Pet Adoption Question”
I’ve been spouting this theory for awhile now, and because it is an unpopular theory that I dared not express at the lunch table, my mother has had to hear it a thousand times. I just got some validation. Panda bears are the Poster… Continue Reading “Endangered Species”
The Next Dark Age 