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Wages
In a well-meaning article from MIT, a “living wage calculator” showed the difference between the current minimum wage in various states and the costs of living under different circumstances in the different counties in those states. The project was designed … Continue reading
Posted in Economics in Practice
Tagged children, divorce, job, living wage, minimum wage, poverty, resilience, wages, welfare, work
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Let’s See if I Can Provoke a Lawyer
NutriBullet Nutri-Bullet Nutri Bullet Nutribullet I’ve spelled it as many ways as I can think of that will still trigger the spider crawling the web for the hyperactive lawyers for the Nutribullet company. I follow a blog called Lazy Man … Continue reading
It’s Time To Demand Excellence
The money I spend on things represents an exchange of excellence. It represents the fruits of my best efforts exchanged with the fruits of my employer’s best efforts. As such, when I purchase something, I expect the fruits of the … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged culture, customer service, damage, defect, effort, excellence, exchange, facebook, flaw, Google+, merchandise, money, new media, quality, social media, warranty
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No Expectation of Privacy
I have tried a couple of times to post this to facebook, but it never makes it to publication. I got to Google+. The liberal media wants to play this down by saying it’s not important. It is. Make no … Continue reading
Posted in Liberty
Tagged healthcare, healthcare.gov, liberty, privacy, technology, website
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Unintended Consequences
A sudden departure in our department resulted in our System Administrators being left short-handed. For the most part, most departments in most organizations can tolerate short-term short-staffing. It generally means that activities can take a bit longer to complete, and … Continue reading
Posted in Growth (Evidence of Life)
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Journey’s progress–early January
Well before the old year ended I had built up a good roll of momentum on my techknowledgy goals of Security+ certification, a working understanding of Python, and learning how to use Dreamweaver. Among all of the tech available to … Continue reading
Posted in Life (mainly mine)
Tagged accountability, Adobe, Audacity, audiobook, career, CBT Nuggets, CompTIA, design, dreamweaver, goal, iTunes, mitigation, mp3, programming, Python, risk, Security+, technology, website, wikibooks
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Holiday Hits and Misses
I love the Christmas season, and if the weather has several chilly days in a row, so much the better. I get a lot of enjoyment in finding unique gifts for the unique people in my life, I even like … Continue reading
Posted in Life (mainly mine)
Tagged adapter, caroling, children, chilly, Christmas, commute, family, fudge, gifts, girlfriend, grateful, icicles, iPhone, loving, ornament, podcast, Primary, radio, recipe, Reisen, Savior, scissors, season, sing, Sunday, tree, UPS, WalMart, weather, worship, wrapping
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Resurrection–or rebirth from the ashes?
I got a bit scatterbrained and confused toward the end of 2013, and as a result I did not get this domain and blog transferred before I terminated my service with 1&1. Oops–lesson learned: make a list and follow the … Continue reading →