Those bad news meetings tend to come on Fridays, later in the day, and usually someplace not visible or within ear shot of other workers and usually with a boss and someone else (a witness). I have been on both sides of these meetings, good and bad, and I always take a pad of paper and a pen to jot notes, since it is n…

And for heavens sake, no porn or emails/chats with your side piece. I see it all the time, (a couple times this week alone) the employees wife (partner/husband) has the access code to their personal equipment, so they use the company equipment since the wife (husband/partner) would assume they were smarter than to use…

I don’t have ADHD so I do not know if it would help, but trying to stay on top of tasks I do regularly works best for me if I assign them a day/date. I pay bills (or at least review them) every Saturday. I water the plants and sort of plan the weekend menu (when I do most of my cooking) on Fridays. Grocery shopping is…

Here is an article on the findings in case you want to do more reading (free version so you don’t have to subscribe to the NYT):

Having a portable jump starter/power station/compressor can provide power to charge your phone via USB and some even have outlets to run small electrical items (lights) and are available for under $100. The are not a generator so no exhaust to worry about, you just have to keep it charged, but they can power small…

I actually (voluntarily) participated in this study, and I am here to tell you it is 100% not in your head. When I had issues, I went to the internet to see if anyone else had such symptoms and found this study and was vastly relieved when all my tests came back as ok and that it was not just me.

When I would go to a beachy destination with my daughter, I just put her swimsuit and towel on top of everything, since there was no waiting after we arrived for her to run to the beach. Everything else came after that. There is no unpacking near an anxious child with a sandbucket in her hand and sandcastles in her…

I saw this in the theater, and when this character (aka the Blood Sucking Lawyer) is chomped by the Dinosaur, a cheer went up from the crowd. It was awesome.

I might also suggest that you get the names and personal numbers and emails of people/supervisors you work closely with (and/or connect on LinkedIn), so that you will have references from people that actually worked with you or you worked directly for, as they may be out of a job as well. Most companies will only give…

I grew up in a generation where it was a common practice/opinion that girls and women were “less than,” and that was how it always was and always would be. For many years we have fought our way forward 1 mm at a time. I have tears in my eyes for the reality that my daughter and her generation must now live in.  I had…

When this happened to me, I did have to call the dreaded repairman, but it was going to be a couple of days until we could schedule a time. I got the dishes out, washed them by hand, and then used my trusty wet-dry vac (named R2D2) to get the water out. I knew after a few days not only might it leak, but it would have…

I do not have enough stars for this comment.  I see this every day, from both sides and its spot on true.

Thats a really good idea.

It makes you wonder what the next generation will do. I looked around YouTube and saw some punched biscuits, but they folded the dough with flour a lot more than granny did, so I guess it really is a family thing.  It only matters that the end product is delicious and goes a long way toward generational bonding.

I mix the dough then scrape it from the bowl onto a floured surface (my grandma used newspaper, or you can use a regular dough rolling sheet, etc.) then throw some more flour on it. I pat the blob down to about 1" thick and then with my thumb and first finger, pinch a piece off. Usually I can lift it from the surface…

Just don’t use the cutter; pat the dough then use your fingers to portion out and pinch off a piece about the size and put in your pan. I back them up against each other in a 9"x13" baking/cake pan and bake. They come out somewhat squarish since they rise against each other and there always seems to be one oddball in…

Its one thing to try and watch over them, and as any kid or parent knows, there are ways around anything and kids love to find them. In addition to software to watch them, make sure to talk to your kids and let them know if they get in a situation where they are not comfortable or feel they are in over their heads, to…

Its one thing to try and watch over them, and as any kid or parent knows, there are ways around anything and kids…

My southern Grandmother taught me how to make biscuits using her secret recipe (I had to swear to her not to teach it to anyone who wasn’t in the family) and she taught me to just pinch the dough to shape it (leaving none unused). While some of the shapes are odd, (my daughter affectionate begs for them by calling…

The physical act of making the list helps me cope. I don’t have to worry about the 30 things being juggled and possibly forgotten in my mind, I can SEE them, black & white and that, somehow to me, makes them more manageable. I won’t forget anything and its not so scary when its just a line on a list and not some big…

You are correct, it does not. Having been the victim of this kind of behavior in the workplace on several occasions in the past, I can tell you first hand the damage it does to the victim and the overall morale of the workforce. There is some progress being (very slowly) made though, and I am heartened by that. Back…