Archive for November, 2009
Get Off My Lawn!!
Electronically Challenged Seniors by Unknown Things are spiraling out of control. I think I have become lost in a world of electronic madness. One of my sons informed me this week that my cell phone has become obsolete and I must head down to the Cell Phone store and get a phone that is contemporary [...]
A LinkUp Product Review
by Bethany North, special to WWDS, a review of LinkUp Job hunting can be extremely stressful, especially with all of the competition in this current job market. With all of the search engines available out there, it is difficult to know where to begin, especially for the right job in your field. LinkUp is an [...]
Thanksgiving is a Time to Laugh: The Worst Police Sketch, Ever. And Why I Don’t Like Pumpkin Pie
Ed. Note: These two ‘stories’ made me smile today. 1. The worst police sketch ever. Youtube is going crazy with the story about the worse police sketch ever, shown here. Evidently, it worked because the suspect was caught because of this sketch. Police sketch artists must be in high demand in Bolivia. Everyone wants to [...]
Jobs Summit: Disconnected Messages
I have heard about the upcoming Obama Jobs Summit. Any time I hear that someone in government is “working” on the jobs issues, it just makes me go crazy. Having said that, I did work some of the frustration off by submitting 11 IDEAS FOR THE JOBS SUMMIT over at US News and World Report [...]
How To Pick a College for Your Kid
Ed. Note: This piece ran a few days ago on EducatedQwest, Stuart Nachbar’s well constructed site and blog. How To Pick a College For Your Kid by GLH Can there be a more stressful time than our high school student picking a college? For us the answer is no and it may well be even [...]
Don’t be Guilting Me With Your Stupid Tip Jar
by Cal, Curmudgeon-at-Large, exclusively for WWDS Used to be, the only ones who got tips from me were waitresses who wore too-tight skirts. Yeah-yeah, 15% for good service, even though most of the time, they threw the shit food at me, nearly. Then, “good” got dumbed down, to mostly OK service; you’ve been there, an [...]
How To Think Like the Geezer Bandit
The Rule of Three. First, I found and noted the success of @ShitMyDadSays, the now-famous Twitter account of young Justin Halpert, who writes about s$#% his dad Samuel, 73, says. Second, I copied hitchhiked on Nick Bate’s idea of How To Think Like a… series, with some added fun. Third, this morning, I see that [...]
Why “Going Rogue” is a Good Thing.
Are you a ‘rogue?’ Tell me why. For more information on what it means to be a rogue jump over to the piece on US News and World Report, by clicking here.
How To Think Like a Pro Twitterer, et al
Ed. Note. This is a takeoff of Nicholas Bate’s How To Think Like series on his blog here. I asked Nick if I could use his idea and he graciously agreed. This could be a meme so feel free to come up with your own series of HOW TO THINK LIKE posts, just link to [...]
