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Remember back in high school....
Remember when you heard those ridiculous words from your math teacher, "You will use this later in life" and on the board there was a parabola or a logarithm . Well, I think I know what the teacher meant. When you grow up, you will use this to TEACH others and make money. Even in this crappy economy, I make $22 / hour tutoring Algebra II after ( Read more... ) -
Remember the awesome TI-85 Calculator
I never had the heart to let mine go. I am going to start tutoring algebra II next week and I was all excited use my old trusty awesome calculator. Unfortunately, the graph button does not work anymore. I broke it open, cleaned all the contacts with electrical cleaner and still nothing ( Read more... ) -
A sign of the times....
NBA The Beat ( Read more... ) -
Non-Updates
Definition of a non-update - an update that appears to tell you something, but doesn’t change your reality after the update is stated ( Read more... ) -
Corporate job cuts - avoiding the L word or the F word
This is from money.cnn.com website.
1. American Express, 7000 jobs - re-engineering plan
2. Fidelity, 1300 jobs - cost improvement plans
3. Tesla Motors - special forces philosophy
4. Ebay, 1500 jobs - simplification
5. Yahoo, 10% staff cut - to become more fit
6. Others - reduction in force, rightsizing, simplified, and streamlining -
The secret of toner
So, for all those looking for a quick and easy way to salvage a Christmas bonus from your company in these fantastic economic times, here is one way. Most purchasing peoeple spend WAY too much money on list price printer toner because they buy the "A" version vs. the "X" version because it looks to be cheaper. However, most "X" versions of toner ( Read more... ) -
Office Pumpkin Carving Contest
Considering all I had were some scissors, dull knife and a couple hours, I think it turned out pretty good. Also, since we are in insurance, we had to link it back to our industry, hence the sign.
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