Category: General

Okay, as I have said before, I can’t help myself when it comes to lists and trivia. So when I heard on the news this morning that today was “Walk to School Day”, I started to pay closer attention. Interesting to note that this is an international awareness day to promote safe walking and driving habits and to provide safety for our children that need to walk to school each day. The awareness day started in Britain back in 1994 and became International Walk to School Day on October 4th, 2000 with Canada, Great Britain, United States, Ireland, Cyprus, Gibraltar and The Isle of Man participating. They even have a… Read More

Last week the Rock Star was commenting on Head Lice Prevention Month. Today I give you OneWebDay which is a celebration of the world wide web. The gist of it: Susan Crawford, the founder of OneWebDay, said she wanted people to reflect on how the web had changed their lives. Maybe we are getting too many of these special days?

Today is the 3rd annual National Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Day. It is quite an impressive website and has tons of resources for those affected by this disorder. In fact, maybe they should have developed a shorter website with more bulleted information!

My kids returned to school this week. I know the Minnesota parents are saying, “This week? My kids have been going for a week or two.” Our district just built 2 new elementary schools this past year and summer break was extended to give more time in completing their construction. That mission was only accomplished for 1 of the 2 new schools (which my youngest attends). Anyway, back to the reason for the post – I just learned today that September is Head Lice Prevention Month. With school starting in September and knowing that most elementary kids don’t have a lot of sense about these things, I can understand the… Read More

On SHRM’s website (membership required) they have an article about a survey conducted by SnagAJob.com from August 9th to the 23rd asking more than 2,300 people who they would most like to take to work. SnagAJob.com thought it would be interesting with all the different “Take Your . . . to Work” to conduct a survey with respondents choosing from a list of 12 celebrities: Overall 1. Oprah with 26 percent 2. Angelina Jolie with 11 percent 3. Will Ferrell with 10 percent 4. Brad Pitt Age 17 and younger 1. Oprah with 18 percent 2. Jessica Alba with 15 percent 3. Paris Hilton with 14 percent Age 18 to… Read More

Last week we posted on the fiasco involving a leaker on the HP board of directors in HP’s Internal Fireworks. In spite of her claims of support, chairwoman Patricia Dunn announced today that she will relinquish her chair position but remain on the board of directors. This scandal is going to blow up further as it should. “Pretexting” board members personal phones is beyond pathetic. I am surprised that she is allowed to retain her director position. Once the feds take a look into this fiasco, the other shoe may fall on that topic. What a cultural mess it must be inside of HP right now.

We have caught up to the numerous 5 year anniversary (is that the right term?) items in the news today. We are located in Minneapolis-St. Paul and do not have a direct story of the attacks that happened that day. We have friends who work in Manhattan who were able to get out on the last subway that day. We also have friends who were there for a convention and ended up being trapped there for a couple days and eventually rented a car and drove it back to the Twin Cities. Beyond that, we do not know of anyone who died that day. I’m sure that is not true… Read More

From the Justsell.com daily email: The first U.S. Labor Day was celebrated September 5, 1882, when the Central Labor Union organized a demonstration and picnic in New York City, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Eleven years later, more than 30 states had passed bills to adopt the Labor Day holiday, and in 1894, Congress passed a bill establishing Labor Day as a federal holiday celebrated on the first Monday in September. A few labor statistics: 151 million employees compose the nations labor force 10.5 million workers are self-employed 7.5 million people work more than one job 5 million people work from home I had a coach years ago… Read More