April 2008

Monkey Monday: Spear today, gun tomorrow? SPECIAL WEDNESDAY EDITION!

April 30, 2008

Normally I post monkey stuff on monday. But after seeing this, I had to spread the word. Thanks from our sister blog Punkeys for filling us in: Probably the most disturbing story we’ve posted in a long time. From The Daily Mail: A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a [...]

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Dear lord, why?

April 29, 2008

Here is a picture that made me laugh, yet disturbed me deeply. Kind of like most Will Ferrell movies. Somehere Lloyd Bridges is rolling in his grave. Tweet

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Gen X and Gen Y becoming Gen debt and Gen why?

April 28, 2008

I have said many times here and when I speak that it is important to use negative thinking to plan for the future. I’ve also said we need to show our children how to use negative thinking to be productive and responsible. Finally, the LA Times is showing the results of the lack planning in [...]

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Demotivator: Conformity

April 25, 2008

 This just tickled me in its profound truth. Tweet

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More proof that the US is in trouble

April 22, 2008
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Sadly, many see the political process as this: Proof that Rome is Burning. Tweet

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Avoiding the stigma of failure = illiterate graduates

April 21, 2008

Failing a student, keeping them back a grade is definitely a case by case basis. But as this article shows, more and more kids are getting “social promotions” through school to avoid the tag of failures. From KnoxNews.com: Charleston Beard failed several classes his sophomore year, but the 17-year-old Central High School student was promoted [...]

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Responding to Search Terms: Responses to a bad employee review

April 18, 2008

I get a lot of odd search terms that bring people to my blog. Things like: nobby sooty – I have no idea what the heck this even is. Anyone want to enlighten me? jellyfish attack on humans – This is due to my post (one of my better ones) on media hysteria. negative teachers [...]

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Better YOU than Me

April 16, 2008
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They say there is no substitute for personal experience. Is that always true? I find it much easier (and healthier) to learn lessons from others experience…especially bad ones. I don’t need to be bit by a rattlesnake to know how bad it would be. Or crash on a motorcycle at 70mph. I’m tired of people [...]

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Happy Birthday to my Wife

April 15, 2008

Using today to say Happy Birthday to my wife, Heather! PS – This is not my wife…she is much much better looking and a lot less hairy. Tweet

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You ARE special…just like everyone else

April 14, 2008

I saw George Carlin this weekend and he was hilarious as usual. He said a lot of things I agree with including things about everyone wanting to be “special”. If everyone is special, doesn’t that make being special lose its power? Aren’t most people similar? I mean if you’re a one-in-a-million type of person that [...]

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