Avoiding Distractions
Posted on Jul 10, 2011 in Blog, Humor, Quick Tips | 10 comments
Time. We all know it’s precious, and we never seem to have enough of it to do all the things we want to do. On top of that, we all have a worrying number of distractions, trying to keep us from those critical tasks. For me, what I need to be focusing on is my writing. But I have a whole laundry list (no pun intended) of things that are constantly dragging at my attention and keeping me from...
Read MoreQuick Tip: Intimidate the Neighbours
Posted on Apr 29, 2010 in Blog, Quick Tips, Weird News | 14 comments
When reading the story of a couple in Harriman, Tennessee today, I was struck by one thing. Wait. That’s a lie. By about four things, but the point of today’s Quick Tip is only one of them. According to the Metro: “Officers responded to a call reporting a man on fire in Harriman, Tennessee on Tuesday, only to discover the couple severely burned and, apparently, drunk. The...
Read MoreQuick Tip #7: Your Grandma Can Find You Online
Posted on Dec 20, 2009 in Blog, Quick Tips | 3 comments
(I’ve had a really difficult week this week, health-wise, thus the lack of posts. But since I’d rather rant or laugh than share the woes, I’ll share something that is both funny and scary for my Quick Tips category.) After reading some unfortunate, but inadvertently hilarious, problems people get themselves into because of Facebook (or Twitter, or texting, or IMs, or email)....
Read MoreQuick Tip #6: End of Life Counselling
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 in Blog, Quick Tips, Weird News | 2 comments
Sometimes life throws you things that require some coping skills. Sometimes other people are unbelievable ass-hats with nothing better to do than stride around the internet inflicting pain and grief on others. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and just want to go back to bed. Sometimes I do just go back to bed. And sometimes, if you’re very observant, you can see that no matter what your...
Read MoreQuick Tip #5: Procrastination
Posted on Dec 10, 2007 in Blog, Quick Tips | 8 comments
I just got a note (okay I got it 2 weeks ago) asking me to “thumbs up” something on StumbleUpon. It was an article about procrastination, and how to deal with it and what it all means, etc. I did give it the “thumbs up”, but not because I agreed with a single word of it. So, back to my “Quick Tips”! Haven’t done one for a while. Quick Tip #5: Dealing...
Read MoreQuick Tip #4: Sometimes Spelling Counts
Posted on Sep 24, 2007 in Blog, Humor, Quick Tips | 8 comments
In general, unless you’re a schoolteacher (and at the moment in the process of executing that job), I find it pretty rude to correct other people’s spelling. (Probably this has something to do with the fact that I’m not a good speller myself. Case in point: I had to look up persuer for this very article.) Not everyone can spell. Not everyone has English as a first...
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