The Good Husband Sep 7, 2007 1:30 am Mood: cheerful, 1127 Views Jack wakes up with a huge hangover after attending his company's Christmas Party. Jack is not normally a drinker, but the drinks didn't taste like alcohol at all. He didn't even remember how he go t home from the party. As bad as he was feeling, he wondered if he did something wrong. Jack had to force himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table. And, next to them, a single red rose! Jack sits up and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house. He takes the aspirins, cringes when he sees a huge black eye stari n g back at him in the bathroom mirror. Then he notices a note hanging on the corner of the mirror written in red with little hearts on it and a kiss mark from his wife in lipstick: "Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I left early to get groceries to make you your favorite dinner tonight.I love you, darling! Love, Jillian" He stumbles to the kitchen and sure enough, there is hot breakfast, steaming hot coffee and the morning newspaper. His son is also at the table, eating. Jack asks, "Son...what happened last night?" "Well, you came home after 3 A.M., drunk and out of your mind. You fell over the coffee table and broke it, and then you puked in the hallway, and got that black eye when you ran into the door. Confused, he asked his son, "So, why is everything in such perfect order and so clean? I have a rose, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me??" His son replies, "Oh THAT!... Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your pants off, you screamed, "Leave me alone I'm married!!" Broken Coffee Table $...... Hot Breakfast $.... Two Aspirins $... Saying the right thing, at the right time . .. PRICELESS!!! This post was confiscated by iff coz it contained numbers for the $ signs. So sorry friends that I had to delete the price of the items. Hope you get the jist of it 12 Comments

The Trouble With Men Sep 5, 2007 9:14 am Mood: mischievous, 1108 Views Have you ever noticed that women's problems usually involved men? Just consider this .... MENopause MENstrual pain MENtal illness MENingitis GUYnaecologist HISterectomy HISteria but don't MENtion it they're just HIStory 16 Comments

The Seven Sins Aug 30, 2007 8:40 pm Mood: content, 1042 Views Measure wealth not by the things you have ... But by the things you have that you would not sell for money. Mahatma Gandhi identified the seven sins in the world as: * Wealth without Work * Pleasure before Conscience * Knowledge without Character * Commerce without Humanity * Worship without Sacrifice, and * Politics without Principles 15 Comments

Un-break my Heart Aug 22, 2007 12:49 am Mood: lonely, 1042 Views Don't leave me in all this pain Don't leave me out in the rain Come back and bring back my smile Come and take these tears away I need your arms to hold me now The nights are so unkind Bring back those nights when I held you beside me Un-break my heart Say you'll love me again Undo this hurt you caused When you walked out the door And walked outta my life Un-cry these tears I cried so many nights Un-break my heart My heart Take back that sad word good-bye Bring back the joy to my life Don't leave me here with these tears Come and kiss this pain away I can't forget the day you left Time is so unkind And life is so cruel without you here beside me Don't leave me in all this pain Don't leave me out in the rain Bring back the nights when I held you beside me Un-break my heart Come back and say you love me Un-break my heart Sweet darlin' Without you I just can't go on Can't go on 10 Comments

He Says She Says Aug 19, 2007 8:11 am Mood: mischievous, 1032 Views Just a few riddles for the giggles Q.How many honest, intelligent, caring men in the world does it take to do the dishes? A.Both of them. Q.How does a man show that he is planning for the future? A.He buys two cases of beer. Q.What is the difference between men and government bonds? A.The bonds mature. Q.Why are blonde jokes so short? A.So men can remember them. Q. How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper? A.We don't know; it has never happened. Q.What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night? A. A widow. Q.Why are married women heavier than single women? A.Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed. Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge. Q.What is the one thing that all men at singles bars have in common? A.They're married. Man says to God: "God, why did you make woman so beautiful?" God says: "So you would love her." But God," the man says, "why did you make her so dumb?" God says: "So she would love you Hope you had a few giggles 12 Comments

Food for Thought Aug 7, 2007 8:11 pm Mood: content, 1027 Views Just wanted to share this beauful story here with you One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual. On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. "Really?" she heard whispered. "I never knew thatI meant anything to anyone!" and, "I didn't know others liked me so much," were most of the comments. No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on. Several years later, one of the students was killed in Viet Nam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student. She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature. The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin. As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her. "Were you Mark's math teacher?" he asked. She nodded: "yes." Then he said: "Mark talked about you a lot." After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates went together to a luncheon. Mark's mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher. "We want to show you something," his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket "They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it." Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him. "Thank you so much for doing that," Mark's mother said. "As you can see, Mark treasured it." All of Mark's former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, "I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home." Chuck's wife said, "Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album." "I have mine too," Marilyn said. "It's in my diary" Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. "I carry this with me at all times," Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued: "I think we all saved our lists" That's when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again. The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don't know when that one day will be. So please, tell the people you love and care for, that they are special and important. Tell them, before it is too late. Remember, you reap what you sow. What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own. May Your Day Be Blessed As Special As You Are 6 Comments

Are You a Deja Vu Person? Aug 3, 2007 12:20 am Mood: content, 1267 Views Déjà vu people are not full of bitterness and that is why others are not able to get them down. They do not let a dirty world stain them and turn them into “one of them.” Instead, their goal is to turn the world and others into one of them ~ the kind of person who wants the best for everyone and wants everyone to do better than he or she is doing. And they’re willing to pay a temporary price for that. Because they are not looking for revenge, they often get the opposite. Good things happen as a result of their love and grace. People are transformed by their pardons. People are deeply affect­ed that, when our déjà vu friends had them on the ropes, they did not knock them out. And that is just like the love of God. As the Bible says, he died for us “while we were yet enemies.” He loved us when we did not love him. And as a result, God wins many people over to his side through such undeserved love. They become better people and pass that love on to others. That is how déjà vu people operate, and the fruit of that is more and more light and less and less darkness in marriages, families, workplaces, communities, and the rest of the world. As for déjà vu persons themselves, what happens when it does not work out? They are not tied to doing just what is “fair.” They are free to move on. They do not need to settle the score. They let it go and get on about their business. Because of that, they are not forever held up in the past, bitter, or dragged down by old hurts and grievances that are still alive in their souls. Forgiving and let­ting go have set them free. 6 Comments

Zen Aug 2, 2007 3:22 am Mood: peaceful, 1137 Views Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. I might just change my mind. 9 Comments

New Business Etiquette Jul 30, 2007 8:51 am Mood: good, 1053 Views There's a new workplace etiquette for the new millennium, and, no surprise, it's all about transparency and authenticity. The new etiquette is driven by the fact that young people who grew up online don't know how to operate any other way except transparently. The good news is this means they have great social skills; the bad news is they have no idea that they're breaking all the old rules. Here are 10 tips to help people who aren't used to living an authentic, transparent work life flourish under the new rules: 1. Forget the exit interview. An exit interview won't help you, and it'll probably create bad will. If you have people to thank when you leave a job, do it at lunch. If you have ideas for how to improve the company, offer to consult. Of course the company will decline, because they don't care. Otherwise you wouldn't be quitting, right? Stop focusing on the exit interview and focus on how to quit like a pro. When you get a new job, your old boss is part of your new network. It's up to you to make sure that parting ways goes as smoothly as possible so that you can shepherd this person into your network of supporters. 2. Don't ask for time off, just take it. When you need to leave work for a few hours or a few days, you don't need to ask for permission -- you're an adult, after all. Make sure your work is in good order and send an email to the relevant people letting them know you'll be gone. This will seem discourteous to older people, who expect you to ask rather than tell. So be sure to give a reason why you're cutting out. People like to know they matter and where they stand. 3. Keep your headphones on at work. If you use social media tools, you're probably good at connecting with people and navigating office politics -- good enough that spending all day at work with headphones on won't hinder you. If you don't know what what social media tools are, then you're probably not innately good at making connections and need to take those headphones off before you're crushed by office politics. 4. Say no to video résumés. This is one of the dumbest recruiting trends ever. Any human resources person in their right mind would hate video résumés. If there's a stack of 100 paper résumés, the hiring manager will spend 10 seconds on each to decide which ones belong in the garbage. So how annoying is it that it takes 10 seconds just to launch a video résumé? And it's not just that they're totally inefficient. Video résumés open up HR departments to a whole new level of discrimination accusations. There's a reason why newscasters are all good-looking -- it's because we favor the good-looking on-screen. So if you don't get hit on every time you step into a bar, forget about the video résumé. You probably look better on paper. 5. Invite your CEO to be a friend on Facebook. That's right, Facebook is for everyone now. And although the youngest members of the workforce are a little worried that having the adults there will ruin things, adults are psyched to be there. No one wants to miss out on all the fun. So there's a good chance that your CEO is registered, and it's likely that she'll really want to hear from you about what to do on Facebook, since she surely has no clue. 6. Do reconnaissance on your probable boss. This tip comes from 20-something Hannah Seligson, whose book, "New Girl on the Job: Advice from the Trenches," gives great tips on getting through the first years of work -- most of which comes down to etiquette. Seligson recommends you find out all the dirt you can about your future employer, because the best gauge of how a company will treat you is how it treated other employees. So asking people directly is fine. Remember that it's often the boss who makes the biggest difference in the workplace, so try using LinkedIn to search for someone who had the job you're interviewing for. Former employees will always give you the most candid comments. 7. Don't try to improve a coworker. If you work with a jerk, just avoid him. We already know from dozens of studies that thinking you can change someone doesn't really work. Companies know that getting rid of difficult employees isn't worth the cost and headache, too. So if the jerk isn't moving and the company isn't moving, you need to get moving with your job hunt. 8. Don't blog under a pseudonym. It's enticing to hide your name when you blog, because you don't want to get fired, or harassed, or held accountable at work for the opinions you have at home. But the truth is that the majority of adults who blog are doing it for business reasons. Writing a blog that people can actually find among 77 million blogs is very time-consuming. It's a big commitment to write about what you know on a single topic, but blogging will help your career a lot. So why bother doing it if you're not going to take credit for it where it matters most -- with potential employers who haven't met you? 9. Call people on the weekend for work. With the Blackberry going where work has never gone before, it's no surprise that the lines between work and not-work are blurring. The people who grew up being super-connected don't differentiate between the workweek and the weekend, so they don't mind working over the weekend on bits and pieces leftover from the week. Of course, this also means that people are going home early all week long at random intervals. The result is that the weekend is fair game for phone calls. If your coworkers don't like being called on the weekend, they can tell you. But remind them that a flexible work schedule lets you put relationships first all the time, and a work schedule that cordons off five days a week for work and two days a week for a personal life means that the personal life takes a backseat every week of the year. The best way to get a life is to stop being so rigid about the distinction between time for work and time for life. 10. Be nice like your job depends on it. In fact, your job does depend on you being nice. The old days of office politics as a means of backstabbing are dead -- young people are bringing their team-player, I'm-competing-against-my-best-self mentality from their self-esteem-centric homes into the workplace, and there's nothing you can do except be nice back. Anyway, the truth is that the most likable people get promoted, so this is an instance where following the unwritten rules really can save your career. 6 Comments

Our World Today Jul 23, 2007 9:05 am Mood: contemplative, 1239 Views "The problems that exists in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them." - Albert Einstein 13 Comments

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