Archive for March, 2008
My Short List on How To Do Better At Work.
I’ve been sick for a few days which is why I haven’t posted anything. Being sick makes me all owl-y; I lose any pretense of goodwill and good humor. When I am sick I want to write posts like “The Two Most Obnoxious Men on TV,” or “Spring is Pothole Season in Minnesota.” Today, I [...]
Nice Guys Do Finish First
Harvard study finds that nice guys finish first By Associated Press | Wednesday, March 19, 2008 | http://www.bostonherald.com | Local Coverage WASHINGTON – Screaming sports coaches and cutthroat tycoons have it wrong: [tag]Nice guys do finish first[/tag], a new study suggests. The [tag]Harvard University[/tag] study involved 100 Boston-area college students playing the same game over and over — a punishment-heavy [...]
Hockey Season, Minnesota: Nothing Like It Anywhere
Mickey Mouse (Baby Boomer)
[tags]Mickey Mouse, the aging of Mickey Mouse, baby boomers, the way we feel[/tags]
I Thought Drug Testing Was Legal.
From news reports… (03-13) 17:47 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — A city can’t require all job applicants to be tested for narcotics and must instead show why drug use in a particular job would be dangerous, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled against the city [...]
John Adams, An HBO Special on the Pudgy Little Man Who Was the Equal of Washington, Jefferson and Franklin
Tonight, Sunday, March 16, [tag]HBO[/tag] begins its seven-part series on [tag]John Adams[/tag], the second president of the USA, the ignored “father” of the country. There are thousands of letters written by [tag]John and Abigail Adams[/tag], about half have been published, which reflect both Adams’ genius and the part they play in the formation of our [...]
Those Darned Cranes
“The construction crane stood at least 19 stories high and had been attached at various points to the side of a half-built apartment tower. The crane was scheduled to be extended Saturday so workers could start work on a new level of the planned 43-story building, said an owner of the company that manages the [...]
X’ers and Y’ers: What Are Your Events That, When You Look Back 30 Years From Now, Impacted YOU the Most?
My recent blog post on The 8 Reasons Baby Boomers are the Way We Are got to me to wondering what the younger generations of today will write 30 years from now, about their own generation and the world events-happenings that affected them the most,looking back Although I will still be alive in 30 years, [...]
