Outsourcing Jobs

A term coined (created) to describe jobs that are given to people who live (usually) in countries where wages are lower.  Can you figure out why companies would do this?  (hint, it has something to do with, you guessed it: money!)  What’s your opinion of company owners and executives who decide their company (or is [...]

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Money

Our economy is bad, yes. But we’re still better off than many. I’m not an easy touch for donations, but I feel very guilty when I see pictures of kids missing arms and legs because they stepped on landmines when going out to gather sticks to make a fire, or read stories of African parents who are faced [...]

Who the Heck Cares????

Of all the ridiculous “news” items!  Apparently, it is a fashion, or political, or respect-related, mistake for the President’s wife to wear a sleeveless dress.  There was a big story in the newspaper on Sunday about how Mrs. Obama’s dress – gasp! – showed her bare arms.  Is this the Puritan days or what?  C’mon [...]

LIFE

you, too, are to title a post “LIFE” and write what comes to mind. Make it thoughtful and original - I don’t want to read “life is a journey” or “life is a gift – that’s why they call it a present.”
     The simple life: pioneer times, when families were farmers because that’s how they got [...]