The annual CNBC ranking of top states for business is out

The annual CNBC ranking of top states for business is out

My home state of Indiana ranked as the 7th worst in the nation to live and work. Florida won top honors too, coming in as the 10th worst — with a photo featuring DeSantis holding HB 7 (stop Woke Act). By the time I got to the 8th worst to live and work, Tennessee, named because of the laws passed “targeting LGBTQ+ rights”, I had this list figured out.

Indiana was sucker punched for childcare and inclusion — CNBC didn’t much like those 5 laws passed in 2023 that target trans and LGBTQ, and they obviously didn’t care for the near-total abortion ban either. Florida got a big fat “D” for a grade and Indiana got a D-. Click here if you want to check out the CNBC list of the 10 they chose to pick on.

But wait! Indiana made another CNBC list too!

CNBC named Indiana as the 13th top state for business! Florida also made that list at #8. (Nevada came in at #30.) So… the Hoosier state and Florida are at the top of the list of states for doing business — but people shouldn’t live and work in them? Whatevah! You can check out the full rankings here of top states for business according to CNBC.

As an aside… do you know who owns CNBC? Comcast does. πŸ™„

I have my own complaints about Indiana right now!

I couldn’t be more sick of rain and these cooler temps as we’re nearing the end of July. The Jackson County, Indiana Fair (one of the world’s largest fairs) started yesterday and rain will make a sloppy midway mess. It’s a mess here in the Ville this morning, that’s for certain.

No matter the weather or what others may say… Indiana is home for me. ❀️

Today I Learned: July 24, 2023, (today), the Twitter bird logo became an “X” — but you still tweet.


weekends VS weekdays – working remotely

weekends VS weekdays – working remotely

There’s a big difference in the view on weekends as opposed to those on weekdays. Even if you work remotely, you have a job to do, right?

So here’s what weekends look like for me in the summer:

And here’s what weekdays look like for me during the summer — and every other season:

So tell me… what does the photo below look like?

Why, it looks like lunchtime in the summer for this remote working girl, of course! πŸ™‚

Today I Learned: Disney refused to let a father use a Spiderman headstone for his 4 year old son’s funeral.


common sense has left the building

common sense has left the building

So much ado about the recent Supreme Court’s ruling — they’re calling it a blow to “LGBTQ rights” and say it will have far-reaching impact on minority groups that will chip away at civil rights protections in the US.

I say it’s basic common sense. πŸ™„

A Christian web designer refused to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings. The justices ruled in her favor. First, there’s plenty of web designers out there… can’t you just go pick another?

There was a time (pre working with my favorite brother) that I developed corporate websites. I had some decent clients… MTV, Calvin Klein, etc. That drew other potential clients… like this big company that produced and distributed pornography and sex toys. Even though it was a corporate business — and I was in the business of creating corporate websites — I refused to do it. Wasn’t that my right??

When you provide “expressive” services that are customized, you should get to choose who you work for.

If I’m selling cars, or onions, or pickles in a jar, of course, anyone should be allowed to buy those commodities I offer for sale. No way should a business pick and choose their customers based upon anything other than if they can pay.

That’s not the same as being HIRED to provide a customized product or service. It’s my opinion that everyone should get to CHOOSE whom they work for. What does it say about our world when something like this has to be decided by the US Supreme Court??

If people aren’t happy with our constitution, maybe they’d like a constitutional monarchy.

Who should rule… a king or a queen? πŸ˜‰

Today I Learned: Khalid bin Mohsen Shaar lost a total of 1,195 pounds. His starting weight was 1,340 pounds and he lost down to150 pounds. He’s listed as the 2nd heaviest human ever at his heaviest, and has the record for the greatest weight loss to date.


i’m afraid i don’t have it in me anymore…

i’m afraid i don’t have it in me anymore…

It’s different for everyone… that age when you simply don’t have the drive to “grow your business” or “attain a higher level of success.” I’m there — my brother, who is 5-years older than I am, isn’t. He suggested I read a book about how “achieving 10X growth is exponentially easier than striving for 2X growth. I immediately thought…

I don’t want to grow anymore. I’m finished with that.

He wants me to absorb the book and have amazing ideas insofar as how we can apply it to what we do. He wants me to excitedly prepare a list of forward processes that he can modify to his way of thinking. My brain responded with, “NAH.

I’ve got stuff to do like…

What I said to him instead is that my work related reading is more along the lines of technology. Afterall, just yesterday I was alerted to the fact that all the trials he’s downloaded in his energized frenzy for “new stuff” to implement has resulted in passwords of our secure areas being exposed in a data breach. Not just a couple places are we vulnerable because of these actions — it’s like more than 20. I’m herding mosquitos here. πŸ™„

I feel accomplished when I can simply maintain.

Maybe it’s different for men than it is for women. Maybe it’s the desire for a different lifestyle even going into that life after 65 (not there yet, but so close I can taste it). And maybe it’s a lifetime of experiences that culminate into goals that just don’t align with those who’ve had experiences that are different.

I’m at a place in life that I want to wind down some… enjoy things that don’t require me to make more and more money or sit for hours on end in front of a computer. I want to wrap up the last project of the spring/summer (there will be one more big project — concrete in the garage part of the barndo and possibly entry doors), think less and enjoy more.

What about you?

No matter your age, are you interested in “growing” or are you satisfied with “maintaining?”


I’ll gladly pay you 2000 pesos on tuesday for a hamburger today

I’ll gladly pay you 2000 pesos on tuesday for a hamburger today

Remember the hamburger guy on Popeye that was always wanting a hamburger on credit? I think his name was Wimpy… I figure today’s cost for a hamburger would be at least 2,000 pesos. Lucky for people in Argentina, they just introduced a 2,000 peso banknote and it’s worth about $4 bucks. It’s the largest denomination they have! Can you imagine carrying stacks of cash just to pay for ordinary purchases?

Mr. Pesky said he’d gladly pay me Friday for a swim in 72 degree water yesterday. πŸ˜‰

First person in the pool is Mr. Pesky.

A recent survey says…

A new Resume Builder survey found that 91% of companies hiring are looking for workers with ChatGPT experience. While there was diversity in the companies represented — the top three company types looking for AI experienced employees were in software engineering (no surprise there), customer service coming in at #2, and those looking to hire in HR was 3rd.

Customer Service Me: Write a letter to an upset customer.
ChatGPT: Here you go…
Human Relations Me: Write a letter of employee termination.
ChatGPT: Here you go…

Time to learn if you’re in the market for a job!

You have to learn ChatGPT to enhance productivity. In my book, this translates to more automation just like everyone else has — and less human interaction and relationship building. So I asked ChatGPT to tell me what the negative aspects of using it in business are. The top potential negatives are:

  1. Lack of empathy and emotional intelligence.
  2. Misinterpretation or inappropriate responses.
  3. Limited contextual understanding. (ChatGPT struggles with complex or ambiguous queries.)
  4. Lack of human judgement and critical thinking.
  5. Data privacy and security concerns.

TIL (Today I Learned): In 2022, a chess robot in Moscow broke the finger of its 7-year-old human opponent after the boy made a quick move without waiting for the robot to complete its turn.