Casual Dress Friday; I’d like some answers

Posted on May 16, 2008 
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casual_dress_fri.jpgWhen you’re me and your brain has a tendency to go off in seemingly random directions for no apparent reason, you sometimes end up with a big stack of unanswered questions. Add to that having a wife and teenage son who offer additional random questions for which there seems to be no answer and well you get the point.

Here’s a sampling of what I’d like to know:

Why do I or in this case my wife, continue to win random lotteries that we never entered…in Guatemala? Seriously, not a week goes by when I don’t hear from some corner of our home this phrase; “Honey, guess what we just won 2.7 million dollars in the Guatemalan lottery. All we have to do is send them $23,908 and then they’ll send us the rest. Where’s the checkbook?”

Why am I addicted to ‘The Superficial’? Seriously, it’s a complete waste of time, it’s nothing but senseless gossip, but yet it always makes me laugh…sometimes to the point of spitting various liquids on my keyboard…sometimes through my nose.

Why do I park on a driveway, but drive on a parkway? It’s an oldie, but still unanswered.

How can oil company executives get on the Today show and with a straight face tell me and Matt that it’s OK for them to make 10.9 billion dollars profit per quarter? He must use some kind of Jedi mind trick, because for about 30 seconds I was actually buying his ‘well, we spend huge sums on production and our profit is actually around .10 on every dollar….blah, blah, blah. It almost worked and then I went and spent $93 to fill up my tank and then I wanted to hunt him down and force him to watch endless repeats of The Hills, and A shot at love with Tila Tequila…but I digress.

How come the bible only talks about tithing like once or twice, but most pastors feel the need to bring it up almost every week. I’m fairly sure God’s not short on cash.

Why in the year 2008 are our kids still only in school 9 months a year? I get that 100 years ago they needed to be out of school in the summer to help harvest crops, but I don’t have any corn or wheat on my back 40, so my kid can keep right on going.

When did coffee become an accessory? Think back 10 years ago, how many people coming into your building did you see with a coffee cup? Now, if we don’t have a Starbucks cup in hand we feel naked….since I work from home and brew my own sometimes this is literally true, but again I digress.

When did a 40 hour work week stop being the norm (I’ll be writing more on this next week so stay tuned…we call that a teaser)? I saw the following quote recently ‘Harvard economist Juliet B. Schor, in her book The Overworked American, writes that “The average employed person is now on the job an additional 163 hours, or the equivalent of one month a year, compared to figures for 1969.” Even with 120 hours a year of vacation they’re still screwing us out of 43 hours…bastards.

Why does the guy who sings the ‘freecreditreport.com’ song have to work in a cheesy fish place dressed as a pirate?  He’s got bad credit, but we don’t make people walk the plank for that…at least not anymore.

That’s all I got for this week, besides I need to go out check The Superficial. Have a great weekend!

Until next time…

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The Office Interview

Posted on May 15, 2008 
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I have to admit that while I’m a huge fan of the US version of The Office, I’ve never seen the UK version. Earlier today I stumbled across a video from the UK version. Needless to say it’s hysterical. Additionally, here’s a bit called Australian Job Interview (NSFW). So in honor of tonight’s US Office season finale, here’s The UK Office Interview and the Australian Job Interview. Enjoy!

Until next time…

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Beat high gas prices; Work from home

Posted on May 14, 2008 
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high-gas-prices.jpgAs most of you know I’m a big proponent of working from home. I’ve done it for years now and I’ve sung it’s praises previously so I won’t go into that again here. For those of you still commuting some or all of the time, you have no doubt felt the sting at the gas pump recently. I know my last fill up was $90, I almost cried. And yes, I’m one of those Truck/SUV driving, part of the problem not the solution guys. But working from home, I fill up once every 2-3 weeks, so it’s not all bad news for the environment.

Whatever you drive, facing $4/gallon gas, and we will before July 4, is just disturbing. Not to mention budget busting. With all that said, if you’ve ever thought you could do your job remotely, but were unsure how to sell it to the boss, now’s your chance, but you’ll need a plan, so here’s some tips to help make the transition.

Lastly remember, once you’ve started working from home, bust your ass for the first month or two. Make sure your boss sees how well this decision is working out. The few extra hours you put in up front will give you endless hours of working without anyone looking over your shoulder. Not to mention the cash you’ll save not driving to the office everyday.

Until next time…

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