Avoiding Distractions

Avoiding Distractions

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...

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Quick Tip: Intimidate the Neighbours

Quick Tip: Intimidate the Neighbours

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...

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Quick Tip #7: Your Grandma Can Find You Online

Quick Tip #7: Your Grandma Can Find You Online

(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)....

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Quick Tip #6: End of Life Counselling

Quick Tip #6: End of Life Counselling

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...

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Quick Tip #5: Procrastination

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...

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Quick Tip #4: Sometimes Spelling Counts

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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