Financial security and Texas?

Texas has one of the highest number of people earning the minimum wage in the country.
According to The Commonwealth's Health Scorecard, Texas ranks in the bottom 1/4th of the country when it comes to healthcare.

So out of 5, Texas either ranks at the bottom, or near the bottom for 2 of…

Sorry, but I don't care how much you shake it, you can't change the simple laws of physics and chemistry.

For any solid that is soluble in a particular liquid, the liquid will only hold a specific amount of that solid at any given temperature. You get to points where you are doing what is known as super saturating the…

Make sure that SOMEONE knows your master password.

My business partner passed away Thanksgiving 2013.

He had his computer, all the business programs, website, telephone, and lots of other things locked with passwords.

When he died, no one could get into anything for quite a while. It was a disaster for his family and…

#1 - Don't remember if it was last year, or 2013, but Turner got into a fight with CBS. Now if you were CBS, wouldn't you do everything in your power to find an alternative to Turner to get your station transmitted.
#2 - Most of the majors don't own the stations. They provide broadcasting for a fee to local owners.
#3…

My kid gets the measles, even though they've been vaccinated (NO vaccine is ever 100% effective and babies can't have the vaccine) and has ONE adverse effect and my solution is simple.

I'm going to sue YOU for everything that you own.

147,000 deaths from measles in 2013, so don't tell me that kids in the US haven't died…

I work in the food industry, I have a degree in chemistry and I am an avid cook.

- I DO have a scale.
- What the article doesn't mention is not all one cups of flour weigh the same. Flour can hold varying amounts of water. Similarly, things can be affected by temperature. A cup of water at 33 degrees F would overflow if…

I work in the food industry, I have a degree in chemistry and I am an avid cook.

- I DO have a scale.
- What the…

I'm a recruiter in the food ingredient industry. (10 years plus 25 years in sales and sales management)

Job HOPPING is the issue, not just how long you've been at a job. That being said, if you're leaving a company and have been there less than 18 months you should be able to explain why.

For those who are unemployed.…

You don't always WANT pans without a non-stick surface. It's called caramelization and fond.

When you cook some things, say meat where you are going to make a sauce. You WANT all those bits to stay in the pan. That's where you get the flavor for the sauce from. It's why you'll brown meat and then take it out when you…

You don't always WANT pans without a non-stick surface. It's called caramelization and fond.

When you cook some…

I'm a recruiter in the food ingredient industry. This entire "intern"

Even migrant farmers get paid.

"Interns" should be eliminated and "interns" should be paid at least the minimum wage.

Missed one.

Admit defeat.

Can't tell you the number of times I've seen people (I live in a Chicago suburb) make the situation SIGNIFICANTLY worse by continuing to try to get their car out of the snow.

There's a reason why tow trucks were invented.

Something that I'm extremely sensitive to is animal abuse. Can't tell you the number of times when people start FB pages promoting dog fighting with extremely graphic photos. It's taken months to get FB to take those down. Maybe last year, there was a picture of a woman with tattoos where her breasts had been removed…

I work in the food ingredient industry. I always find the "new" studies that come out saying that something is good for you, or bad for you. Start with coffee.

Can't remember how long ago it happened. Parents who were found guilty of murdering their child. They had given the kid inordinate amounts of salt, including…

SERVING SIZE!

Although they've gotten better, many, many processed food have serving sizes that are totally ridiculous. So if you just quickly look at the calories alone, you can easily be getting twice the actual calories that you think you're getting.

If you truly wanted to be precise, you'd carry a scale around with…

Okay. So what about those of us who don't want to buy these gloves and has a bank where the ATM with a touch screen is outside and in the Chicago area?

I want to simply bust the thing.

Okay. So what about those of us who don't want to buy these gloves and has a bank where the ATM with a touch screen…

Thanks. I'll try it.

I've worked in the food ingredient industry for 30 years in sales. 8 years as a recruiter in the industry.

Follow your passion? So how many wannabe lead guitar players are out there who are unemployed? How many wannabe NBA players? Just because you're passionate about something doesn't mean that you're going to be…

Not only do I work in the food ingredient industry, I'm also a foodie. It's one of the few things where I get to use my right brain.

I think that one of the biggest hurdles to home cooked meals is simply that people haven't done it all that much. I think that I was about eight. My mother asked me if I liked to eat.…

References?

Here's an analogy. I'm am a recruiter. I get companies having me do reference checks all the time. Now ask yourself. Would YOU give out a reference to a perspective employer without making sure that the reference you've given wouldn't give you an A++++ rating?

If you got a bad reference from someone who the…

My problem is finding articles (primarily news articles) for subjects that aren't within the last few weeks or months.

Let's say there's a recent event about the Kennedy assassination. You want to read newspaper articles about it when it happened in 1963.

I haven't been able to find a way to do that.

Okay, I've put up walls, done drywall, done electrical runs and outlets, plumbing, etc.

At the same time, I have one friend in particular who doesn't know which end of a screwdriver to hold. Tightening the valve stem above? Guarantee that he'd either loosen it, or over tighten it.

ONLY do things that you feel…