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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

This is ground control to Passenger Tom

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I’m not quite sure how I feel about the coming of the computer-controlled vehicle. Yes, I do know that most accidents are caused by driver...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Tweeting your way into business school? Not anymore…

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Business Week had a recent article on a business school that, for a couple of years, gave “students the option either to write a second ess...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Kids don’t try this at home: the 2012 W.A.T.C.H. list.

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In keeping with its holiday tradition, Pink Slip is once again merry – if that’s the right word – to report on W.A.T.C.H.’s (World Against T...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Do’s and Don’ts for Black Friday

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Do loll in bed for a while, reading a library book or maybe even flip through a catalogue or two. (‘Tis, after all, the season to go shop...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving 2012

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I may have problems with who or what, exactly, I’m being thankful to , but I have no problem whatsoever figuring out what to be thankful f...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Porn viewing? Don’t folks have anything better to do at work?

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I don’t know how scientifically-based the claim is, but a German sex-therapist recently put it out there that “60 million people view adult ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Must-have job skills? Would that it were this simple.

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I’m a sucker for articles on subjects like “must-have job skills.” Even though I’m not exactly looking for a job, and even when the article ...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Bed as office? What ever happened to counting sheep.

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Having idled away many the childhood hour working out in my head how I could live in an apartment the size of our bathroom - which was prett...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Checking your list of stocking stuffers? How about a chicken coop?

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The Christmas decorations and candy canes have been out in CVS for a while – at least since they moved the Halloween decorations and candy c...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Power, pipe, ping and the bucket brigade

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I spent a number of years in the web hosting biz (hosting providers are where organizations place their servers when they don’t want to run ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

No psychopaths need apply

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I was intrigued to see a recent blog post in Huffington Post headlined Which Professions Have The Most Psychopaths ? Now who among us coul...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

It is good to be Brad Pitt. I guess.

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I like Brad Pitt. Well enough. Kinda cute in Thelma and Louise. Kinda liked in the one where he played the IRA guy to Harrison Ford’s cop...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Veterans’ Day 2012

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When I was a kid, Veterans’ Day was a holiday. Which meant no school, no mail, and no work. It was certainly fitting that it meant no work...
Friday, November 09, 2012

I’ll miss the calls and e-mails. Hope they all stay in touch…

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I know, I know. If you look behind the label and see the real e-mail address, it was actually “info@barackobama.com . but I still liked ge...
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Thursday, November 08, 2012

Rent garment in Orwigsburg, PA. (This is a sad story…)

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One of my first jobs was working in a shoe factory in Worcester. This was, of course, a kabillion years ago, when there were a lot of fact...
Wednesday, November 07, 2012

The roof over your head

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It is stunning to see the pictures of the destruction that Sandy visited upon the Jersey Shore, Staten Island, Rockaway/Queens… We’re used...
Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Bunker Down

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I certainly hope that I’m not one of them, but, one way or another, by 11 p.m. Eastern tonight – maybe even at 8 p.m. when Ohio is called - ...