I saw one of my friends on FB catch several “old timers” today. One of the latest tactics used to push MLM products is to ask all your friends an interactive question on social media platforms.
“What would you rather do in 30 days? Lose 20 pounds or grow your hair and nails?” (Either answer and you’re a perfect product fit.) “My friend adopted a dog at the pound and she needs help naming it. What names do you like?” (Answer anything — even ‘what kind of dog is it?’ and you’re on the list.)
I’ll “like” photos of your friend’s adopted dog if you share that, but I know you don’t care what I think the dog should be named. Neither does your friend.
I’ll just scroll on by. 🙂
My favorite brother caught a flight this morning headed to Hawaii.
Not for a speech, but he says it’s for business. He needs a quiet place to write and plan and strategize. He went alone but that still doesn’t get me 100% behind the work retreat idea. It might’ve worked, but it’s really cold here and I have to keep all the balls in the air.
It’s a 5-hour time difference from him to me. I make decisions without his input all the time, but if clients/potential clients request a direct call, there’s not a very big window of opportunity to schedule.
Next month, he’s blocked 4-days in Scottsdale with friends. That’s business too, of course. Won’t be long before he tells me he needs a vacation because he’s not had one in years. 🙄
Do you need to go to Hawaii to do your work?
Don’t answer that! If you do, I might just have to put you on some list.
There’s a meme shared often that says, “I don’t care how old or gansta you think you are. If a kid hands you a toy phone you better answer that shit.” I ran across probably my favorite photo of all time of Mr. Pesky. It was taken about 6 years-ago and it’s not him with a toy phone… it’s better.
I’m not sure Coco has any idea the power she holds to manipulate that dude up there. I can say I’d like to have — insert great item here — and he’d go on and on about how expensive it is. If Coco decided tomorrow she couldn’t live without a new Tesla, she’d have one parked in her driveway before the sun went down. And she’s 12.
“Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.”
Michael J. Fox
I’m planning to make a new entrée tomorrow. If it’s good, expect a photo. If it’s bad, y’all will know without me even telling you about it because the photo will be of garlic toast. 🙂
This new entrée doesn’t contain ground beef although it probably should. I had the Peskies pick up another 20 pounds yesterday at Sam’s Club. If you’ve never gotten meat there you might want to consider checking it out. It’s less expensive and pretty decent. At least that’s what a butcher’s daughter tells me anyway.
I made 6 meatloaves and divided the rest into packages. All went into the freezer. Even though COVID has improved my cooking skills a bit, it’s still not my jam. Nevertheless, I’ve added meal planning to my CV directly under event planning. If I’m asked to cater an event, I’ve got Alisa on speed dial.
TIL (Today I Learned): The 1966 Camaro with a 140 hp, 3.8 liter I6 engine and three-speed manual transmission had a fuel consumption of 5.4 MPG.
When you have something you know must be done, do you simply do it and get it over with? Or, do you put it off until the last minute? Or do you stretch it even further and can’t seem to hit the deadline mark?
In the workplace, those three types of people sometimes drive each other crazy! Even in a small business…
I’m a doer type number one. If something is due on Friday and I know about it on Monday, I’ll do it on Monday. I’ll work late just to cross the activity off my list. While you can rest assured I’ll hit deadline, if you’re a doer #2 or #3, you know this so you’ll sometimes pile more work on doer #1’s plate without consideration of time already spent.
Ben is a doer type number two.He may procrastinate, but he doesn’t offer excuses or list a bajillion things he just had to get done. More often than not, he meets the deadline… but just barely.
My favorite brother is a doer type number three.After procrastinating till the end, the deadline passes with excuses of all the other stuff that needed to be done. Many times, he is not feeling well on the due date and has other things (excuses) of why he isn’t able to complete the task on time. When that happens (often), doer #1 (me) must make excuses and extend timelines.
In the workplace, a doer number three creates constant shitstorms for doer number one.
Today, I’ll spend most of my time relearning Alexa skill coding. 🙄 Not something I do often, I can’t move forward without a refresher. I have to spend my day doing this because doer #3 (my favorite brother) was late on multiple occasions with his “Iconic Insights” articles — and Alexa requires an update every seven days minimum.
Listen, there’s not a “fix” to this. I’ve tried scheduling the time every week on the work calendar. I’ve lied about deadline dates making them due a couple days earlier. Nothing works. Why?
You can’t set someone else’s priorities for them.
If an hour Zoom meeting with friends every week is more important than a work item to a “doer type”, I can’t change that. If there’s time for dinner out, and watching Netflix, and trying out new programs you’ll never use… but not time for work deadlines — I can’t change that either. No matter how many times I say, “so something came up today but it’s been on your calendar for a week,” nothing changes.
The problem is that I can’t change my behavior either. I guess doer number ones are enablers. If I stopped making excuses when doer #3 is late, or in this case let the Alexa skill be cancelled, nothing would change. You can’t change a doer’s number. They have to do it themselves.
Scrolled through Facebook last night and there were a bajillion images of positive COVID tests. Whole families home sick with at least one member saying they’d been hit with the RONA even if they didn’t share a photo of their test.
Another friend that lives in Australia was talking about quarantine restrictions there and how messed up they are. Like… he’s fully vaccinated but flying into QLD results in a 14-day quarantine, while NSW has none. This virus is front and center no matter where you are in the world. Even Walmart, you guys! 😉 Perry has four coaches out with positive tests.
My g/f Julie sent me a text that said, “Still COVID free at your house? We are!” The answer is yes. Yes, we are currently COVID free. We are also so sick and tired of it all.
Coco’s last day of Christmas vacation was yesterday so we gathered for a meal to put a punctuation mark at the end of the longest school break in history. I ordered Mexican and we ate at home. Here’s hoping once Seymour schools are back in session that COVID doesn’t shut them down. Kids need to be in school. They need to work their brains or we’ll have a whole bunch of overweight kids. (See below.) 😉
TIL (Today I Learned): Even though the human brain only weighs 2% of an average persons body weight, it burns 20% of the calories consumed.
Alexa Show’s default settings provide rotating “tips” (actually ads). This morning, when it suggested I ask for the location of the nearest Starbucks, I’d had enough. A home device — a virtual assistant — should be smart enough to figure out that if you’re at your own residence you know where the nearest Starbucks is. (It should also not suggest a lethal challenge to a child.)
I even know the locations of both Starbucks in Columbus. Matter of fact, I visited one of them yesterday with Ben and Coco after having pho for lunch at Pho Shiki. 🙂
Although cold, it was a beautiful day… peep all the blue!
Since I’m talking about Starbucks… they say its US workers must be fully vaccinated by 2/9/22 or be tested weekly at their own expense. YOUCH! Employees must disclose their vaccination status by 1/9/22.
And finally, remember that friend I mentioned yesterday that was unvaccinated and unplugged from everything COVID that’s sick? He’s decided that when he gets past this, he will get vaccinated after all. Maybe he’ll share his experience with others that are determined not to get vaccinated. I have my fingers crossed for the domino effect.
TIL (Today I Learned): There was a study in 2011 that analyzed the decisions made by a panel of judges who spent several days reviewing parole applications. It turned out that the likelihood of a prisoner getting parole was mostly determined by how hungry the judges were at different times in the day.
