by James | Dec 31, 2019 | Sports
Home stretch time. The national championship is set, albeit with a crooked result in the Fiesta Bowl, as the officiating crew in that game clearly had bet big money on Clempson, so they managed to not see several egregious penalties and botched a replay call. Oh,...
by James | Dec 30, 2019 | Life, Social Media
From off the top of my head, and other strange places…. I know it’s not just me getting old. All the great candy bars are at least 50% smaller than when I was a kid. A pack of Reese’s peanut butter cups used to make a fabulous dessert. Now it’s just enough to...
by James | Dec 27, 2019 | Sports
The season of 147 bowl games continues. This round will include the College Football Playoff semifinals and several big names. Should be a very fun weekend. Military Bowl (Annapolis), North Carolina vs. Temple – Well, it looks like 137-year-old Mack Brown still has...
by James | Dec 23, 2019 | Business, Life
I have about half a dozen or so podcasts I listen to regularly. Most have a new episode once a week. There is one that has a new edition every weekday – the Before Breakfast podcast. Time management expert Laura Vanderkam provides a time management tip in a podcast...
by James | Dec 21, 2019 | Sports
Denver coach Vic Fangio has a radical idea – eliminate divisions and just have two 16-team conferences. You would play every team in your conference and 1 team from the other conference. This is in response to the likelihood that Dallas or Philly will get into the...
by James | Dec 19, 2019 | Sports
All the regular season games have been played, and it’s now BOWL SEASON! Rather than just picking the SEC and Charlotte 49ers games, I’ll predict all the bowl games. We’ll take them one week at a time, beginning with the games of December 20-26. Let’s have some fun!...
by James | Dec 17, 2019 | Business, Business Support
A recent New York Times article explored the standard work week, and whether or not long-running predictions of said work week will ever go from 5 days to 4. So where did this 40-hour, 5-day work week come from? In what is often cited as the first known example, a New...
by James | Dec 12, 2019 | Sports
There are 3 weeks left in the regular season. It’s tough to get motivated if you’re in my shoes. The Panthers have lost 5 in a row and have no hope of winning another game, and I missed the fantasy football playoffs by one game, and I lost one game earlier this year...
by James | Dec 11, 2019 | Business, Life, Virtual Assistant
We’ve talked about what depression is, some signs and some treatment options. Now let’s look at the spiritual aspect, along with its interaction with running a business. Is It Sinful? I’d like to speak to the church-going / religious / spiritual crowd for a minute. Do...
by James | Dec 10, 2019 | Life, Virtual Assistant
Last time we talked about what depression is and I gave an account of how I came to discover it was part of my life. So what’s next? Here are some situations to consider. You will note that in every case, the most extreme positions – in either direction – is something...
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