I consider myself a pretty positive person, but today I am going to complain, just a little bit. I have heard on other social media sites, as well just from talking to people, that new graduates have exceedingly high job expectations. Here is my tidbit of experience with that. Since January of this year, I … Read More Work for what you want
The business side of things, Wishlist
A good number of business owners around the world will tell you the importance of corporate social responsibility. They believe in giving back. After all, why be greedy? Share. TOMS is a shoe company that had this concept in mind before it even began. Blake Mycoskie decided from the onset that every pair of shoes … Read More Have you got your Toms?
Hope to make you think, Wishlist
OK, so you didn’t get raptured and the world didn’t end. Now what? How about a little attitude adjustment? Thanks to swissmiss (yet again), here is a website worth looking at: workisnotajob. It is a concept and design studio, and not only do I enjoy their work, I love their attitude towards work and life. … Read More Fall in love with your work
According to Harold Camping, y’all should be livin’ it up today, and not because it’s the Friday before a long weekend. After studying the Bible for more than 50 years, Camping has come to the conclusion that May 21 will be “the date of the Rapture and the day of judgment” and if you’re not … Read More Live today as if it were your last?
In January 2011, we embarked on the pilot season of The SVG Public Archaeology Program… and it was a success. Volunteers came from around the world to excavate at the site of Argyle 2, on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. We identified numerous features, excavated postholes and pits, and slowly but surely recovered a … Read More Come dig in the Caribbean
May 4th is an unofficial holiday to Star Wars fans, dating back to 1979 when an advertisement in The London Evening News, congratulating Margaret Thatcher on being elected the first female Prime Minister, read, “May the fourth be with you Margaret. Congratulations.” Being a Star Wars fan (though not as hard core as some people … Read More It’s Star Wars Day!