So, I just joined this nifty program at my bank called Keep the Change. Basically whenever you make a purchase with your debit card, the bank rounds the sale up and deposits the difference into yor savings account. (So, I buy a book for $7.37 and the bank withdraws $8.00 from my checking , using [...]
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With the increasing popularity of productivity gurus such as David Allen and Stephen R Covey and websites such as lifehack.org, diyplanner.com, 43folders.com, and the changing landscape of the digital workplace… …is all this talk of highly effective people and stress-free productivity a fad or here to stay? The anti-social, anti-establishment, stick-it-to-the-man side of my brain [...]
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Apian (AY-pee-uhn) adjective Of or relating to bees. From Latin apis (bee). -Dave
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Hello all. You’ll see a little link at the bottom of ever blog entry for “Comments.” If you click on that link you can post a comment to this blog if you are so inclined. Because of the wonders of spam, I have turned on a comment verification function that forces some letter and number [...]
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I started reading Mark Danielewski’s House of Leaves the other day and it’s just starting to get a little creepy. To sum up the plotline, a family purchases a house in Virginia and when they get settled in, they discover the house is larger on the inside than the outside. It contains a room that, [...]
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It occurs to me that I never shared my oh-so-insightful views on our trip to Portland. Let me just give you the following quiz. 1. Do you like dirty hippies? 2. Do you like your porn shops and “Live! Nude! Girls!” establishments every fifth block? 3. Are you a secondhand smoke aficionado? 4. Are you [...]
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