July 2008

Responding to Search Terms: Do I “have to”?

July 30, 2008

Back to the old search terms to help lost souls get the answers they were actually looking for. We have an over all theme of what we’re “supposed to do” or what we “have to” do – do we all have negative thoughts – Simple answer – YES…next! caught in a white lie – Anytime [...]

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Monkey Monday: Invasion Begins in South Carolina!!

July 28, 2008

From Punkeys: In a bold move, punkeys are creeping ever forward across our borders. Now it looks like an unnamed island of the coast of South Carolina is the staging area for an impending monkey invasion! From WIS News: [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.644099&w=425&h=350&fv=isShowIcon%3Dtrue%26affiliate%3DWISTV%26affiliateNumber%3D36%26backgroundAlphas%3D100%2C100%2C100%2C100%26backgroundColors%3Deeeeee%2Ceeeeee%2Ceeeeee%2Ceeeeee%26backgroundRatios%3D0%2C25%2C130%2C255%26backgroundRotation%3D270%26borderAlpha%3D100%26borderColor%3Daaaaaa%26borderWidth%3D1%26clipId%3D2738610%26closecaptionPaneLabelText%3D%26closePaneLabelText%3D%26commercialHeadlinePrefix%3DCommercial%26controlsBackgroundAlphas%3D100%2C100%26controlsBackgroundColors%3Deeeeee%2Ceeeeee%26controlsBackgroundRatios%3D0%2C255%26controlsBackgroundRotation%3D270%26controlsBorderColor%3Dundefined%26controlsBottomPadding%3D8%26controlsButtonLeftBorderColor%3Dc7c7c7%26controlsButtonRightBorderColor%3D656464%26controlsHeight%3D40%26controlsOffFaceColor%3D828282%26controlsOverFaceColor%3D454444%26controlsSidePadding%3D8%26defaultStyle%3Dflatlight%26disableTransport%3Dfalse%26domId%3DWNVideoCanvasDEFAULTdivWNVideoCanvas%26emailErrorBorderColor%3Dae1a01%26emailErrorMessageFaceColor%3Dae1a01%26emailFormFieldAlphas%3D80%26emailFormFieldColors%3Ddddee0%26emailFormFieldRatios%3D0%26emailFormFieldRotation%3D90%26emailInputFaceColor%3D454444%26emailMessageLabelText%3D%26emailPaneLabelText%3D%26emailSentConfirmationMessage%3D%26errorMessage%3D%26fullScreenControlType%3Dnone%26hasBevel%3Dfalse%26hasBorder%3Dtrue%26hasBottomBorder%3Dtrue%26hasFullScreen%3Dtrue%26hasLeftBorder%3Dtrue%26hasRightBorder%3Dtrue%26hasTopBorder%3Dtrue%26helpPage%3D%2FGlobal%2Fstory.asp%3FS%3D4925699%26hostDomain%3Dwww.wistv.com%26idKey%3DDEFAULT%26imgPath%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2FWISTV.images.worldnow.com%2Fimages%2Fstatic%2Fvideo%2Fflash%2F%26invalidRecipientFieldMessage%3D%26invalidSenderFieldMessage%3D%26isAutoStart%3Dtrue%26isMute%3D%26landingPage%3D%26loadingMessage%3D%26offFaceColor%3D828282%26overFaceColor%3D454444%26overlayBackgroundAlphas%3D92%26overlayBackgroundColors%3Db6b6b5%26overlayBackgroundRatios%3D0%26overlayBackgroundRotation%3D90%26overlayOffFaceColor%3D454444%26overlayOverFaceColor%3Dffffff%26pauseButtonText%3D%26playAtActualSize%3D0%26playButtonText%3D%26playerHeight%3D340%26playerWidth%3D400%26recipientEmailLabelText%3D%26sendEmailButtonText%3D%26senderEmailLabelText%3D%26senderNameLabelText%3D%26shareListItemHighlightBorderColor%3Dffffff%26shareListItemOffFaceColor%3D828282%26shareListItemShadowBorderColor%3Db1b0b0%26shareListListItemOverFaceColor%3D828282%26sidePadding%3D3%26smoothingMode%3Dauto%26staticImgPath%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2FWISTV.images.worldnow.com%26summaryGraphicMessage%3D%26summaryGraphicScaleStyle%3DstretchToFit%26summaryPaneLabelText%3D%26tabBackgroundAlphas%3D100%2C100%26tabBackgroundColors%3De6e6e6%2Ce6e6e6%26tabBackgroundOverAlphas%3D100%2C100%26tabBackgroundOverColors%3Deeeeee%2Ceeeeee%26tabBackgroundOverRatios%3D0%2C100%26tabBackgroundRatios%3D75%2C255%26tabBackgroundRotation%3D90%26tabBackgroundSelectedAlphas%3D100%26tabBackgroundSelectedBorderAlpha%3D100%26tabBackgroundSelectedBorderColor%3Daaaaaa%26tabBackgroundSelectedBorderWidth%3D1%26tabBackgroundSelectedColors%3Deeeeee%26tabBackgroundSelectedHasBevel%3Dfalse%26tabBackgroundSelectedHasBorder%3Dtrue%26tabBackgroundSelectedHasDropShadow%3Dfalse%26tabBackgroundSelectedRatios%3D0%26tabBorderAlpha%3D100%26tabBorderColor%3Daaaaaa%26tabBorderWidth%3D1%26tabFontSize%3D10%26tabHasBevel%3Dfalse%26tabHasBorder%3Dtrue%26tabHasDropShadow%3Dfalse%26tabHeight%3D26%26tabLeftBorderColor%3De5e5e5%26tabOffFaceColor%3D828282%26tabOverBorderAlpha%3D100%26tabOverBorderWidth%3D1%26tabOverFaceColor%3D454444%26tabOverHasBevel%3Dfalse%26tabOverHasBorder%3Dtrue%26tabRightBorderColor%3D868686%26tabShadowColor%3D333333%26topPadding%3D3%26videoSliderBackgroundColor%3Dcccccc%26videoSliderKnobBackgroundAlphas%3D100%2C100%26videoSliderKnobBackgroundColors%3Dcccccc%2Ccccccc%26videoSliderKnobBackgroundRatios%3D0%2C255%26videoSliderKnobBackgroundRotation%3D90%26videoSliderKnobBorderColor%3D959495%26videoSliderKnobOffFaceColor%3D444444%26videoSliderKnobOverFaceColor%3D212121%26videoSliderKnobShadowColor%3D5a5a5a%26videoSliderLoadIndicatorColor%3D828282%26videoSliderProgressIndicatorColor%3D454444%26volumeSliderOffColor%3Dcccccc%26volumeSliderOverColor%3D828282%26] An island in South Carolina is home to thousands of monkeys.The exact location cannot [...]

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What’s in a name?

July 24, 2008

Everyone wants their child to be unique. And in doing so, parents have named their kids some odd names. Or at least some very odd spellings of names. In rare instances, the name of your child can be a disadvantage for them. I wish some parents would use some negative thinking and understand the consequences [...]

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Workplace Wednesday: Vigilante Superhero

July 23, 2008

My wife and I went to see The Dark Knight this weekend. Great, great movie. Well acted, great story, one heck of a truck explosion…you definitely get your money’s worth and then some. Batman is quite definitely a negative thinker with a (mostly) positive attitude. Let me say this before I get start: I am [...]

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Responding to Search Terms: What are you really looking for?

July 22, 2008

Once again, it’s time to look at what brings random people to my random blog. I’ll even try to be helpful and try to answer your mind-boggling searches. negative letters to parents from teacher –Don’t see this too often, seems teachers can’t really get too negative in letters to parents anymore. Long ago, a teacher [...]

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Why do today, what you can put off til tomorrow?

July 17, 2008

I’m too busy to post but figured I should anyway. Tweet

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Repeating History: Miss USA

July 15, 2008

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Another year, another Miss USA falls on her keister. When it comes to avoiding mishaps, I prefer to learn from other people’s mistakes. Why should I have to burn my hand on the stove if I can watch someone else do? It looked pretty painful when they did it; I feel no need to verify [...]

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Monkey Monday: Monkeys Have Our Number

July 14, 2008

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From Punkeys comes more bad news regarding humans natural born enemy – Monkeys! Another so-called “human” ability gone by the wayside. Seems the Punkeys get smarter every day. From New Scientist: At this rate a monkey might prove the Riemann hypothesis. Rhesus macaques have been shown to possess yet another numerical talent once thought unique [...]

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Negative Thinking = the FATHER of Invention?

July 10, 2008

They say necessity is the mother of invention but negativity is its father. As CNBC’s Donny Deutsch said on the TODAY Show (seen here) invention sometimes comes about by seeing something wrong with an existing product or maybe it’s lacking in one area and improving on it. Improvement is inherently negative. Improvements don’t usually happen [...]

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