When it comes to our jobs, we are all replaceable. The current recession has certainly brought this home to many people. There’s always somebody who is younger, smarter, or closer to the boss’ cousin waiting to step in and take somebody’s job.
There are many theories about what caused the current recession. Some feel it had to do with sneaky mortgages. Others believe it was the result of greedy Wall Street.
Whether you’re walking down Pico or you’re on the bike bath, if you stop anybody who’s walking their dog and ask, “Is your dog smart?” they’re bound to say, “Yes.
When I first heard about those two pilots who recently overshot the Minneapolis airport by over 100 miles, I was stunned. However, when they said the reason they weren’t paying attention to flying was because they were looking at one of their personal laptops, I just nodded my head, knowingly.
There is a “Neighboring Gap” going on in our country. As opposed to previous generations, many people don’t know their neighbors. They’ll almost brag that they don’t know the people who live next door.
A lot of banks are in trouble these days, but at least one seems to be doing fine. It’s a sperm bank. Years ago, when we first heard about sperm banks, people speculated that women would want to have the fathers of their babies be geniuses, or financial wizards, or great athletes.
It recently came to my attention that opportunity once knocked on my door but unfortunately I was upstairs at the time taking a nap with a pillow over my head.
I always try to embrace the difficult and the easy writing assignments with the same gusto. If I have a hard job, I stare at that job and make sure that I don’t blink first.
We all know people who act like they would rather text or check the Internet than eat. The airlines have noticed this, too. A new survey suggests that more business travelers would choose an airline with WiFi service over flights with meals, free movies, or even convenient arrival times.
A woman almost won the nomination for president recently, women are heads of universities, CEOs of corporations and astronauts. The overwhelming majority of Americans are perfectly comfortable with this development in sexual equality.
There are geriatric programs now that encourage medical students to spend 10 days or so in a nursing home — as a patient. They are given a “pretend” disease and diagnosis, and if that means living in a wheelchair and eating a special diet, that’s what they do.
