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Rules For Work

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1.  Never give me work in the morning.   Always wait until 4:00 and then bring it to me.  The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.

2.  If it’s really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it’s going.  That helps.  Or even better, hover behind me, advising me at every keystroke.

3.  Always leave without telling anyone where you’re going.  It gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you are.

4.  If my arms are full of papers, boxes, books, or supplies, don’t open the door for me.  Continue reading Rules For Work →

(Not) The Greatest Movie Ever

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So I saw the Twilight movie yesterday….

Now I’m not really a Twilight fan.  I have read all the books, but I didn’t love them. So I really didn’t have any desire to see the movie.

It’s interesting, I was worried, well I wasn’t expecting much. (Let’s face it, no book-based movie can really live up to my imagination’s expectations…Edward Cullen is NOT Hot…). However, I tried to go with an open-mind (“tried” because I really didn’t want to see it in the first place). Continue reading (Not) The Greatest Movie Ever →

Simpl wurds movement simply not good for us

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Yu no them kows from that chikin plac that tel yu to “Eat Mor Chikin?” There’s a groop of peepl in th U.S. hu want us awl tu start speling lik that. Thae want us tu uze simpl wurdz so we awl kan spel betr.

(According to an Associated Press report, supporters say kids would learn English faster and the illiteracy rate would go down. Opponents of the simple word philosophy believe the new spelling system would make things more confusing.)

Abowt using simplr wurds, awl we kan sae iz, “Itz abowt time!”

Don’t laff. Th simpl wurdz moovment goes back to peepl lik Andrew Carnegie and Prezedent Theodore Roosevelt. Thae cuudn’t get it dun, but simpl wurd sooportrz ar stil trieng. Continue reading Simpl wurds movement simply not good for us →

Think dignity, not cleverness when naming a child

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Think dignity, not cleverness when naming a child
WILLIS WEBB

What’s in a name?

My first name is one you don’t hear every day and, after going through early childhood and puberty, I finally decided it was unique enough that I was proud of it.

Kids will take a name that is a bit different and use some crazy variation on it just to tease and aggravate. There’s one variation on my first name that still lands on the wrong side of me. However, the natural inclination of most youngsters was to make something out of my last name, so “Spider Webb” and “Webfoot” were heard frequently.

My mother always blanched when someone shortened my first name to Will. “I named him Willis, not Will,” she’d admonish. Continue reading Think dignity, not cleverness when naming a child →

The Difference in Being Frugal, and Being Cheap

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This post found on FrugalDad.com:

The Difference in Being Frugal, and Being Cheap

What is the first word that comes to mind when I say the word frugal. Cheap? If so, you are not alone. Most people tend to incorrectly associate being frugal with being cheap, when in fact they are two entirely different ways of looking at financial life. Dictionary.com defines frugal as “prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful.” The same online dictionary service defines cheap as “stingy; miserly.” But the differences don’t stop with the words’ definitions. Frugal people spend, give and consume a little differently than their”cheaper” counterparts.

Followers of frugality generally believe in being lightweight consumers of resources, whatever those resources may be. For instance, many frugal people prefer to make meals from scratch rather than paying several times for the cost of equivalent foods at a restaurant. Cheap people also frequently look for deals, but still could be heavy consumers of resources. Many cheap people will buy things on sale just because they are on sale, not because they really need them. Frugal individuals hunt for sales, too, but buy only enough to live on for the immediate future. Continue reading The Difference in Being Frugal, and Being Cheap →