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Don't go to see “The Hangover”, hungover.

written by dan \\ tags: hungover, orangutan

H1N1 virus

written by dan

Objects are not deceiving – they are deception. What we see, what we hear – all that our senses present to us is fiction. No more real than a dream. We can only know that which we believe. That which we believe – that … is all we have.

written by dan \\ tags: Zen

Hello Economy!

written by dan \\ tags: Economy

Hell of a year. Sold our house, moved twice, rented two different apts. Jumped jobs twice. Relocated 4000 miles away. Bought another house.

Previous ten years? One house, one job. Embrace change. Makes for a much better life.

written by dan \\ tags: 2008, Change

This pretty much sums up my experience w/job hunting last year….

Are you searching work? Not just a job, but a career, something you can tell your grandkids about?? Are you tired of endlessly applying to jobs at companies who never call you back, or even acknowledge your application?

Why fight ‘em when you can join ‘em!

You could have a fabulous career in HR! Yes, you! Are you bad at follow up? Do you like hoarding power over people but can’t make the cut with the local police? Is your happy place determined by titles and keywords and cells in excel spreadsheet? Do you like like describing the failings of of others in exasperating yet passive aggressive detail? And hey, do you enjoy cataloging salient details of a good sexual harassment scandal (and, come on, who doesn’t)?

Then a career in HR might just be for you! HR requires no special education or skill set, just a willingness to obliquely belittle and threaten your fellow man. You can do it – you too can be a master of a tiny subset of a restricted universe!

(Offer void in companies with actual imagination, drive or basic intelligence.)

via Getting to Work | MetaFilter.

written by dan \\ tags: HR

via Hunter S. Thompson Motivational Posters | Sloshspot Blog.

written by dan \\ tags: HST

written by dan \\ tags: Life

Well three day’s and a wakeup and after almost living 40 yrs in Hawaii, we’re moving to Colorado. I doubt we’ll ever regret leaving the state, except for the few friends we leave behind. It’s become almost unbearable to cope with the salaries that lag 10-20% behind the mainland, with the highest cost of living out of all 50 states. Much of the “Aloha” state has lost it’s aloha, from the corrupt politicians, to the profiteers gouging the public. To cope with the worst school system in the nation, we pulled our son into home schooling. The housing market is over valued and stagnant. We were lucky to get out when we did. The industry has relied on fleecing tourists for too long, second only to Vegas. The low paying service economy assumes you’ll work three jobs to feed your family. Enough.

written by dan \\ tags: Hawaii

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than
anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself,
and be lenient to everybody else.

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

written by dan \\ tags: Quotes