Start Your Day By Eating a Frog

Photo by Valerie “Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.” -Mark Twain My husband is currently reading a classic business tome called “Eat That Frog.” ... .  But that one hump - the actual starting it - is something I simply dread.  I’m not sure why. So, combined [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:01:15

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Quest For Simplicity ~ Keep It Simple Silly!

I am a procrastinator from way back. I’m always late for something, haven’t finished something or urgently need to do something ... to how my day turns out. Take this week for example. We’re in the middle of a hot Australian summer ... at 7am? Very do-able.A Calm Start To The School DayWe don’t homeschool, so we have that crazy period [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:46:00

Pet Advice - Pet News - Pet Photos

Bitter Cold Weather Tipsby Mary Bushnell, St. Louis Pets ExaminerThe weather in the Midwest has been about as unpleasant as it can get. As bad as it is for people, think how it affects the thousands of animals left outside.Temperature and wind chill will kill. Here are a few ideas on winterizing your pet accommodations if you have outside pets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:24:00

Economist Versus Idiot: Bastard In A Basket

The World Last Week -Bill Richardson won't be America's next commerce secretary--he's under investigation for possibly giving one of his donors a state contract. -That wasn't the only stumble for Barack Obama's relatively smooth selection process, as Joe Biden called the secretive nature of the nomination of Leon Panetta ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:54:33

How to Live With Your Favorite 'Fur-Ball'!

Bitter Cold Weather Tipsby Mary Bushnell, St. Louis Pets ExaminerThe weather in the Midwest has been about as unpleasant as it can get. As bad as it is for people, think how it affects the thousands of animals left outside.Temperature and wind chill will kill. Here are a few ideas on winterizing your pet accommodations if you have outside pets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:06:00

How Are You Spending Your CNY This Year?

I’m sure many of you already got plans, packed till you can’t breath. For me? This year is going to be the most quiet year I guess ... coming which it’s non of my business anyway. The pizzas are meant for them as they usually come at around ... . I would be going to 1 or 2 friends’ house(s) in the afternoon but I feel very lazy this year -.-” We’ll [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:10:00

Princess and the Pee

Well, today was the official start of our official potty training and it went surprisingly well. Decided to strip her down stark style ( ... business - breakfast, dressed(only shirt today - she was bugged and confused but we pushed through) and cleaning/laundry cause that's what we do on Tuesdays. I just kept asking her every [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:12:00

Untitled

*I thought Lost was new so I posted a picture and explained why I wasn't posting anything else ... meticulously cleaning its firing mechanism. The other stares vacantly out the distant window with arms crossed. The coat of his pinstriped business suit is hung over the back of his chair, specks of blood pepper [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:26:00

FlyLady Alternatives, Join Me in My Quest to Being a Better Home Manager

Table of contents for Jessica Knows Clutter Diet ClubFlyLady Alternatives, Join Me in My Quest to Being a Better Home Manager UPDATE!!! ... , that punishment was usually cleaning something in the house.  So I think part of me avoids cleaning or organizing ... .  But my home?  Not so much.  I’m very fortunate to have a husband that pitches in around the [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 17:28:09

How to Transition to Single Income Living

There are many benefits to being a single income family. Unfortunately, most two-income families feel that this is a financial impossibility. This article provides a detailed road map on how to make a successful transition to single income. By Eugene Estipona Is life getting too hectic? Do you long for a simpler, more family oriented lifestyle? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 11:51:15

Reinvent Yourself in 21 Days

Can a mop and a dust cloth bring happiness and luck? Back in August, I picked up a book written by Mr. Mitsuhiro Masuda (in Japanese) who advocates the power of cleaning and decluttering.  He maintains that we can be happier and luckier by cleaning up our place of living.  I was a brand-new entrepreneur at that time [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:00:04

Предсказания Кюнстлера на 2009 - США, Нефть, Геополитика, Путин

Спонсор месяца - #1 RX pharmacy affiliate program!Сайт дня (как попасть) - http://www.business-magazine.ru/There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:59:00

8 Steps to Starting Out In Real Estate Investing

My goodness if I had a nickel for every time I have been asked this question.  It really makes me realize that with as much information that is available out there, that maybe there is just TMI (too much information).  It gets to be overwhelming to the point that Newbies just end up not doing anything or WORSE end up [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 02:20:32

November 20, 2008

rites of passages for boys where they became men over their fresh kill. These days, that rarely happens in a suburban cul-de-sac, but you do have the opportunity to grant your son responsibility in front of a family gathering. When you decide the time is right for your son to carve the turkey – and that may come because of age, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 05:37:45

Forecast for 2009

Introduction       There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57

Real Readers: One Mom’s Ecominders

Real Readers is an Earth911.com series featuring the stories of real people making a difference in the world ... shopping bag back in the car? Does your son know to turn the water off when he’s brushing his teeth ... (like a Tupperware party for eco-friendly cleaning). When she learned about the toxins that can be found [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 07:01:49

20 tips for living on one income

Thanks to everyone who came by with Christmas greetings over the holidays. Hanno and I appreciated them very much.It was a strange Christmas in Australia. The expected shopping downturn didn't happen and people kept spending just like they always do. I know in the UK, in Europe and the US, Christmas sales were down, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:21:00

An Answer to Prayer

In April of 2002 I was bored. Not just a little bored either, but mind-numbingly, depressingly, discouragingly bored. Having recently been laid off from a job I had held for several years, I was now working at a new job where I was system administrator at a small company in downtown Oakville [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:42:00

Not the best start to the semester...

I haven't done much public posting the past few days. I've had a pretty rough week and am not feeling well ... I do, it seems. First order of business is, however, to read a paper from one of my EE journals. I've ... the time? (Oh yeah, and let's not forget the cleaning, dishes, laundry, shopping for school [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:03:33

Cancer, Climaticide and Capitalism: “When will we learn?

Cancer, Climaticide and Capitalism: “When will we learn? In 1952 Joe Farman who was working in Antarctica with the British Antarctic Survey, discovered a large hole in the ozone layer. Five years later, in an unusual show of international solidarity the Montreal Protocol was signed, which began the process of banning chlorofluorocarbons, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:04:45

Remind me not to eat Taco Bell on my wedding day.

Not for the reasons you think. Gross. I went over to my aunt’s house yesterday with my wedding dress, where she and my mom and sister let me model it for them so they could tell me what sort of jewelry looked best and how I should wear my hair. But I picked up some Taco Bell on the way over for me and my aunt, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:46:49

Marc Rich! Again??

Matthews: Bush is Like the Cop Who Shoots an Unarmed ManBy David Neiwert - Crooks and LiarsDiscussing the Bush legacy Friday, Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball came up with a good metaphorMatthews: I found it interesting that the president, who admitted he was wrong about WMDs as a justification for war, called it a "disappointment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:23:00

Jan 18 2009

Dear Readers,Why is our society not doing what they can to make a positive difference and turning things around? Do not give me money as an excuse either.-Homeless shelters turning away homeless, when you know darn well that organization has enough money to partner ship with opening churches, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 07:36:00

This has really been bothering me

Folks, I believe that the majority of American’s are basically good people and I don’t believe that they will deliberately try and cheat people. But I have as a major interest of mine, investments in real estate and stocks and commodities. No I don’t currently trade or invest as I have no money to do it with, but still I watch CNBC, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:52:04

Review: Making It All Work

Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal development, personal productivity, or entrepreneurship book. As I’ve mentioned many times before, I’m a huge fan of David Allen’s book Getting Things Done. That one simple volume (which I identified as one of the ten books that changed my life) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 20:00:20

Scorpions versus Cops

Rotten to the core. Notice how the SAPS brass has set about delaying/ interfering with the NPA's moves against its former boss Selebi ... detective services and former crime intelligence boss) and Johan de Beer (former head of detective services) are being subpoenaed. Other officers on the list range from those in the legal department [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:05:00

Cover of the Week 11

Tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Or as this guy I used to work with would call it, “Martin Luther, the King Day ... t get out of it. He was happy to have someone competent to run the place while he, the laziest business owner ... (with the business card to prove it), could spend the day. I would have gone into law from there if it weren [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:44:00

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CEMENT PLANTS AND GLOBAL WARMING

Can California’s cement industry walk the fine line between regulation and innovation to fight global warming? BY CHRIS AMICO CUPERTINO, California — From the lip of the quarry at Hanson Permanente cement, all of Santa Clara stretches out in panorama. Few plants in California are this close to this many people [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 17:29:44

In-Home Getaway

JP and I have had a few opportunities to get away since Landon has been born, ... things came together to create the perfect mini vacation: my office was closed for MLK, JP's classes ... the rest of the day running some much needed errands and cleaning the house. JP got three business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:56:00

Flying Penguins

Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. Flying Penguins ...unlike any other penguins! They fly, as long as they stay fit - url Today's pictures & links: The Proper Map of Europe Don't take it seriously, of course. (image via) ------------ A Baby Pygmy Hippopotamus Pygmy (or dwarf) hippos look mighty adorable as babies.. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 06:17:52

Take A Leap Of Faith And Start Your Own Internet Business

By Shirley van der Laar How to get started with a dynamic plan for supplementing your income ... retirement package. Now there are many lucrative small home business ideas that you may be interested ... business opportunity you choose, otherwise there is the danger that you will not stay motivated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:17:36

off and running, but making headway?

Dear reader, it’s been a while, the postings haven’t been very regular, and it is that dreamy, lazy time between years, but I thought I’d better make start on my blog for 2009. On the home front, we’ve had a great ... day), walks through the forest and some hard yakka cleaning up around the place. Came back [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 09:47:12

2009 Florida Team Training Camp

   Written by Noah Mabry   Day 1: Thursday, January 1st, 2009: Manny, Jordan Binkley, Jon, and Noah started off early and met in Philadelphia to board their flight to West Palm Beach, Florida. Besides Manny being pulled aside during the luggage check for suspicious material, everything went very smoothly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:31:55

Sick Sigma

Who wouldn't want to be efficient and produce high-quality products and services?  It’s one of those idealistic goals, like exercising five days a week at dawn, cleaning the house ... , and if so, at what price? No doubt your customers or clients deserve efficient, quality service and goods [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:31:40

Kristol, Cohen and Krugman

That bloodthirsty festering boil on the ass of humanity Bloody Billy Kristol has excreted a thing called “The Next War President.”  He says like President Bush before him, Barack Obama knows he, too, will be a war president and that the decisions he makes as commander in chief will be his most consequential [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:19:48

Acelogix Ace Optimizer Utilities v5.0.0.460 BETA

Junk files are created by almost all of the Windows applications you use. In an ideal case, such files are deleted by the program that created them in the first place. But, the converse is what happens often. These files can have a temporary existence where the parent program, which created the file, would delete them upon exiting, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:46:46

Top Ten Coolest Toys Under $25

With the economic downturn happening before our eyes a lot people are going to be on a tight budget. If you want to buy a great toy for that special little one but don’t feel like spending too much, we have complied a great list for you. Here is the top ten coolest toys under $25. Crayola Color Explosion Glow Board [ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 03:00:41

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/2/2008

Check out the South Asia section for the latest fallout from the Mumbai atrocities. Also, Pakistan is having its own entirely separate problems.Thanks to ACT for America, C. Cantoni, Conservative Swede, DK, Insubria, JD, KGS, Nilk, Steen, TB, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 04:55:00

Bookcamp: Harper Collins, Authonomy & Book Army

Harper Collins - Kate Hyde, Mark Johnson. Authonomy, book with rating new books. Getting agents on board. Going to be using Blurb to move manuscripts into PoD. Big learning curve. Tension about being a large company wanting to find the best books, with the needs of the community. People quesitoning why they’re doing it and why the outcome [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:53:11

Winner Of The Nasty House Award

By Alice Chan Find out why Home Staging is a key part of the sales process in real estate. Does your home need an overhaul prior to market listing? Home Staging can bring out the best possible top value in your house. Here's how to utilize home staging and make it work for you. Copyright (c) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:19:05

Samuelson [Wade] vs. Krugman [Kobe]

Robert Samuelson is a top economist who gets a wide audience, mostly due to his Newsweek column. I find him to be the most consistently politically-neutral economist around, think of him as the Dwyane Wade of economists; talented, hard-working and responsible. You get the sense that he goes wherever the data leads him [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:11:37

"Law Firm Layoffs Continue," LEGAL INTELLIGENCE - Time to start thinking outside U.S. law

We knew that law firm powers-that-be would probably wait until after the holidays to do reductions-in-force .  But now that those RIFs are occurring and in relatively large numbers, they're, well, shocking.  Black Rome and Neal Gerber have recently laid off associates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:46:51

How to become a Birthmother: Chapter 1

Some people have read this already, some have not.It's the whole damn thing.. how I came to be a birthmother. How I ended up in that place where I was open to adopiton to save me from this situration I got myself in. This is the story of getting myself in it.Oddly enough, 22 years ago today....just occuring to me now....so this is me.. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:13:00

How To Start An Office Cleaning Business

It is very common for several different business establishments and offices to go in search of cleaning services depending on their needs. You might want to realize how much you can actually earn by starting your own cleaning business ... with a more stable financial income. Starting your own cleaning business could be very easy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:52:53

Decluttering…my brain

With my apologies to all of you who are struggling through arctic weather at the moment, ... . Music on high, doors and windows open, I’ve been decluttering and cleaning up the last flotsam ... , the Starbucks Journal. But to continue with my theme of decluttering and cleaning up, I’ll dump [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:33:51

More Information About Entrepreneur Blog

5 Tips to Help Small Business Owners in a Struggling Economy Recession. It’s an ugly little word on the mouths of everyone in our country. The economy is struggling and as such, small business owners are feeling the brunt of the falling dollar. Out Of Business signs are becoming more and more rampant, and that leaves small business [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:36:53

Your Life is a Circus: Join our Final 2008 Blog Blast!

Boogie and Littlest Pet Shop Blog Blast - “It’s a Family Tradition”, big congratulations goes out One in 36 Million for her post, Life Around the Cribbage Board - she’s our grand prize winner!  She’ll receive ALL of these fabulous games from Electronic Arts: [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 04:01:21

China in 2009

China in 2009: a year for surpriseKerry BrownThe problems of China's economy and the discontent of its people are worrying the Beijing leadership. Its response over the next months could be bolder than many expect, says Kerry Brown. The first weeks of 2009 find China consumed by the same anxiety as the rest of the world [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:15:00

The Weekly Carboholic: carbon dioxide lifetime 50-100x longer than generally reported

Carbon dioxide lifetime 50-100x longer than generally reported Improvements in CO2 monitoring British plan for “floodable” towns New technology enables electricity from slower water currents First “solar rooftop” completed, others in jeopardy Distributed book publication and printing, anyone? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 05:35:47

Obama's first plan

Obama's first plan The House Appropriations Committee introduced its version of the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan of 2009 yesterday. The New York Times reports that this is expected to be in the final stimulus bill. See the Committee Chairman, Wisconsin Representative David Obey's memo here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:16:25

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