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The E-Myth Revisited Michael E. Gerber What does it take to be successful? According to Michael Gerber in The E-Myth Revisited, success is born from a determination to do what needs doing and if you don’t know what needs done, that determination is directed at learning what needs to be done. Contrary to popular belief, [...]
Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James I shall watch further developments with interest. Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Page: 175 According to Wikipedia, this Latin maxim means “Let justice be done though the heavens fall,” the belief that justice must be realized regardless of consequences. The phrase seems to be rather recent, especially for Latin phrases, [...]
Hawk Quest Robert Lyndon Usually I relegate fiction to audiobooks. Audio is great for listening to stories and not so great for non-fiction that you might want to mark up. This book sounded too interesting to pass up on the NetGalley list of books, guess I am a sucker for epic sagas. Book InfoHawk Quest [...]
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Your New Job Title Is “Accomplice” Scott Adams Reading Dilbert cartoons bring back vivid memories from a previous job I had almost 20 years ago. Over my desk I had a sign similar to this one and it bothered my manager no end: This cartoon brought that memory back. Source: Your New Job Title Is [...]
American Gods Neil Gaiman My son, Geoff, had invited me to go with him to “Afternoon with…” Neil Gaiman in Portland at McMenamins Crystal Ballroom near the end of June. Gaiman is touring to promote his first adult novel in eight years, “The Ocean At The End Of The Lane”. I have read Gaimans “The [...]
Congratulations to Megan Beauchene as Running Times’ Athlete of the Week! To have a photo I took published by a national publication is always a thrill. It really helps that I get to follow the Kamiakin Braves around to their track and cross country meets. The girls track team should win the State Championship again [...]
I saw this image on on Toad Hall Bookstore’s Facebook page. I have seen images where people are looking out from a dystopian world. This one is the opposite. The photo appears to originate on this Russian livejournal site and, when translated, asks “Are you the man on the left or the right?” How do [...]
I just added a task to my Windows 7 task scheduler and it didn’t seem to be running. In trying to diagnose the problem, I found the tab that is labeled “History” but it says “History (disabled)” and no history is displayed. I looked and looked but found no way to enable the history for [...]
It is that time of year again! On Saturday, June 29, 2013 the three cities of the Tri-Cities are once again hosting a Geocaching Challenge that awards those who complete their quest a 3-part coin. This will be the 4th GeoCoin Challenge to be put on in the Tri-Cities and it should be a doozie. [...]
Argo Antonio MendezThe Iranian hostage crisis was front and center of the news for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 when a group of Islamist students and militants supporting the Iranian Revolution took over the American Embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage as a response to decades of abuse [...]
The Racketeer John GrishamIt is no surprise that this story made the New York Times Bestseller list. Grisham always writes a great story and this appears to be no exception. Now waiting for the twist that will pull the story away from the spoiler on the jacket cover. Book InfoThe Racketeer by John GrishamPublisher: Doubleday [...]
I just received a reminder from Ally Bank (where I keep my emergency fund) mentioning it is possible to deposit checks remotely by simply taking a picture of the check with my smart phone and submitting the images to them. I do not have to deposit very many checks but this would be so convenient [...]
Disney U Doug LippA very interesting idea, send employees out as ‘secret-shoppers’ to other businesses, allowing them to critique how they were treated and use the lessons learned to improve how they deal with customers. Page: 81 We gave each cast member a checklist of things to look for and questions to ask at the [...]
Mounting photos on foam board, for stability and show, has been something I have wanted to learn how to do for a long time. What better way to learn than watch! Tonight at the Tri-City Photography Club meeting, 4 club members demonstrated how to mount a photo onto foam board. They made it look so [...]
Every spring when I enter Costco I am tempted to buy one of these Equinox 10.4 Kayaks. I was able to resist the temptation in years past because I had no easy way to carry it in my convertible. Now that I have a regular car I might be able to fit it either inside [...]
Your New Job Title Is “Accomplice” Scott AdamsGoogle is known as a place where engineers get to spend one day a week working on projects that aren’t necessarily in their job descriptions. Many of Google’s innovations are products of this ‘free time’. I did not realize this idea was not a Google invention. According to [...]
Disney U Doug LippPage: 38Training cannot be limited to ‘Here’s what you need to do, now go do it.’ That’s not good enough. Training needs to instill a spirit, a feeling, an emotional connection. Training means creating an environment of thinking and feeling Training is so much more than just giving an employee a handbook [...]
CreativeLive.com has a new class, Fundamentals of Business: The Personal MBA, starting tomorrow and it looks like it could be quite interesting. I have enjoyed the photography courses at CreativeLive — maybe I can even learn some business. I have also put a reserve in at the Library for Josh’s book, The Personal MBA: Master [...]
A beautiful botanical garden on the site of an old sugar mill. The ruins of the old sugar mill are well preserved with explanatory signage scattered throught out describing the history of the sugar mill. Authentic 19th-century machinery, including crushing mills, a boiler, and a steam engine are also on the grounds. The garden itself [...]
I continue to try to finish up the wedding photography I did as a favor for my nephew and his lovely bride. I got a number of good shots of her with her dad. Most of the good shots are due to the fact that he is quite a character and required no posing. We [...]
God Is on the Cross Dietrich BonhoefferPage: 101Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope. Dietrich Bonhoeffer to his parents, Easter Day, 25 April 1943 Amazing that in [...]
Facebook has been awash in clever posts and images claiming that Easter has its origins in the pagan fertility ceremonies celebrating the goddess Ishtar. I try to be clever in return, usually commenting along the lines that it is amazing how Christianity has the power to convert pagans like me & pagan holidays like Ishtar. [...]
Pilgrim Theology Michael S. HortonPage: 116I may not know how God will work together my mistakes, sins, and foolishness for my good and his glory . However, I do know that he has triumphed over evil ultimately in Christ . “None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would [...]