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Coping with Infuriating, Mean, Critical People: The Destructive N…
Life of Caregiving - Becoming an Enlightened Caregiver | November 20th 2009 by Jim Charles
For all of us forced to deal with an infuriating, mean, critical person, seasoned counselor Nina Brown has a word of warning. You must accept that your usual coping strategies are not effective, and will not be effective, with this… read more
It's Probably Abnormal . . .
What Powderfinger Said . . . | November 20th 2009
. . . but I cherish my little Boston terrier, a birthday present two years ago, (that's her on the right, if you haven't guessed), perhaps beyond the point of reason. I'm sure that dog lovers will empathize. Those benighted souls who don't love dogs read more
Raising a Thinking Preteen: The “I Can Problem Solve” Program…
Life of Caregiving - Becoming an Enlightened Caregiver | November 20th 2009 by Jim Charles
In her bestselling Raising a Thinking Child, Myrna B. Shure introduced her nationally acclaimed “I Can Problem Solve” program, which helps four to seven-year-olds develop essential skills to resolve daily conflicts and think for themselve read more
Exhibit 1,231 In Our Creaking Infrastructure
The Agonist | November 19th 2009 by Sean-Paul Kelley
Flying is the pits, especially in America. It's also getting worse: A failure early Thursday morning of a system that feeds flight plans to air traffic controllers snarled thousands of flights in the eastern United States. By mid-morning the system read more
When Half Your Town is Out of Work
Corra's Daily Planet | November 19th 2009
Unemployment varies from city to city and state to state. Nationally, the rate is alarming at over ten percent unemployed. Those who cite those who gave up looking for work or who are only working part time, put the figure at closer to 17% un read more
*drunkards path -untouched
Lame In Both Feet | November 18th 2009 by Lynnie
Well it is Wednesday night and I still have not even pulled out the quilt that I need to have FINISHED by mid December. You know, the Drunkard's Path for my dad. It is still borderless. My dh was supposed to leave for a trip on mi read more
A Tale of Two Belles
The Agonist | November 18th 2009 by Sean-Paul Kelley
I'm going to say right up front that I don't come to any conclusions in this post. I was simply struck the contrasting outcomes in these otherwise very similar stories. First there is the news that the pseudonymous call-girl and author "Belle Du Jour read more
My Christmas Wishlist
Bookmarked! | November 18th 2009 by blooey singson
Just a little over a month before Christmas, and there are oodles of great books out! I’ve been trying to avoid bookstores for a past few weeks because the temptation to do some early Christmas shopping (for myself) is too overpowering. But j read more
Mom, They’re Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Proble…
Life of Caregiving - Becoming an Enlightened Caregiver | November 18th 2009 by Jim Charles
From the acclaimed authors of Best Friends, Worst Enemies, here is the perfect companion volume: a practical, how-to guide for parents to help their children navigate the sometimes harsh terrain of social life at school, on the playground, and in read more
Sarah Palin Billed for Campaign Background Check
Corra's Daily Planet | November 18th 2009
As the co-founder company that conducts background checks for employment screening, I am always curious about interesting articles regarding background screening of any sort. So it is hard to pass up comment on Sarah Palin’s contention that t read more
Leaving Academia Toronto meetup
Leaving Academia | November 17th 2009 by Sabine Hikel
Attention, Toronto-based academic ex-pats (and those of you who are still at the thinking about it stage)! The next installment of the Leaving Academia meetup will happen on Monday, November 23rd at 7:00 pm. We’ll be meeting at Kahawa, a cafe a read more
On the expense of the academic habit
Leaving Academia | November 17th 2009 by Sabine Hikel
From the Guardian’s piece on Sunday about the outing of Brooke Magnanti, aka Belle du Jour, the PhD who anonymously wrote the Diary of a London Call Girl blog (which was turned into a British TV show): Among sex workers themselves there was lit read more
Making a Good Impression at Job Interviews
Corra's Daily Planet | November 17th 2009
Once upon a time when jobs were plentiful and human resources people were clamoring for talent, it seemed employment candidates were less concerned with their appearance and the impression they made. Thi9s was maybe not as true with senior execut read more
DC's Stupid Networking (aka Isenberg at the FCC)
Fiberevolution | November 17th 2009 by Benoit Felten
David Isenberg announced on his blog late last week that he was joining the FCC for a short period until the National Broadband Plan is put in shape. If you don't know who David Isenberg is, you could do worse than to check out this article by Teleco read more
Do They Subscribe to GQ in the Pentagon?
The Agonist | November 16th 2009 by Sean-Paul Kelley
Something hits me every time I see American troops in Iraq or Afghanistan. Several World War Two veterans and fellow Vietnam veterans I know have the same reaction. It has nothing to do with the politics of the wars. It’s the uniforms of our sol read more
Sorry to interrupt but I need one more poll. Are you male or fema…
The Agonist | November 16th 2009 by Sean-Paul Kelley
Sorry to interrupt but I need one more poll. Are you male or female?: Male Female read more
Chuck Norris at West Point
The Agonist | November 16th 2009 by Sean-Paul Kelley
Wonder what Sinclair Lewis would say about this? read more
What? Huh?
The Agonist | November 16th 2009 by Sean-Paul Kelley
Not ragging on Krugman here. Rather I'm pointing out a little irony in some of the economic arguments we've heard the last few years. First this: But with the financial crisis abating, this process is going into reverse. Last week’s U.S. trade re read more
Your phone bill this month is 46 000 EUR
Fiberevolution | November 16th 2009 by Benoit Felten
These things occur on a regular basis and I think I've pointed to a few in the past (and I guess James and Matt might have a field day with this one...) Le Monde published the story yesterday of this French customer of Orange's who purchased a 3G don read more
Brooke Magnanti joins Heather Armstrong and Catherine Sanderson i…
Cheese and Beans | November 15th 2009 by Jonathan Beckett
News broke in the UK this morning that the writer of “Belle De Jour” had finally been outed by the press – it turns out she is/was Brooke Magnanti. I haven’t read the Sunday Times article (and probably won’t), but have read more
Sunday morning in the woods
Cheese and Beans | November 15th 2009 by Jonathan Beckett
Not bad photos, considering they were taken with an iPhone! read more
depressing
walking on water | November 15th 2009 by Benjamin Chew
It was so depressing – Singapore was crushed by Thailand 1-3 in a match that was dominated by the Thais in all aspects of play – on our homeground at that. The alleged handball committed by Nor Alam Shah in the first half led to a penalty read more
Relaunch coming soon
Lake County Motorist | November 14th 2009 by lcmotorist
After a lengthy hiatus, I’m planning to relaunch Lake County Motorist in the coming weeks. The format will change, as I don’t have as much time to work on the site as I originally did, but I’ve missed this blog. Amazingly, traffic h read more
Why Are We So Mean?
What Powderfinger Said . . . | November 14th 2009
I sat for a couple of hours this evening at a panel discussion sponsored by The Conscious Living Institute of Central Oklahoma (a kinda cumbersome name that immediately raises the question in my mind about whether there be such institutes in eastern read more
Reducing Harm from Falls
Mobility Equipment Supplies | November 13th 2009
I am no stranger to minor accidents at home and outside. Slips, trips, and falls happen to a lot of people of all ages, from all places, and in all walks of life. These would sometimes lead to injuries which would require hospitalization, or at least read more
Job seekers, I walk among you
Leaving Academia | November 13th 2009 by Sabine Hikel
It’s time to come clean, dear readers, about a little secret I’ve had for the past two months or so. I, Sabine Hikel, prophet of all that is great and good about ditching the academic life, am on the job hunt. It’s true: I’m o read more
Ben Franklin Would Have Run Background Checks
Corra's Daily Planet | November 13th 2009
Two famous men are quoted as having proclaimed, “Neither a Borrower or Lender Be.” One was the bard, William Shakespeare. The other was Ben Franklin, one of America’s founding fathers, inventor, publisher, scientist and bon read more
Heartbeat: Australian Style OR What to do when your daughter borr…
Miscellaneous Adventures of an Aussie Mum | November 12th 2009 by Karen Andrews
Originally posted August 28th, 2008 Last toy library day we borrowed a sizeable puppet theatre and ten puppets of differing sexes and occupations. Keira demanded a proper show. I tried, but quickly gave up. She was bored. I was bored. I couldn̵ read more
A Few Small Things (in Bullets)
Blog-Her | November 12th 2009 by Nina
Next week is my final full week of school. And then Thanksgiving. And then finals. AND THEN I'M FINISHED. (And then I'm unemployed. =() I'm going to be turning my domain (blog-her.com -- which redirects here) back into something again. Don't worry, I read more
Tip: How Commas Work
Banterist | November 12th 2009
Commas are quite small, yet they pack a lot of punch as far as being able to completely alter the... read more
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