My Other Journal

I finally started getting my other journal re-done the way I want it, and today I put in the first entry.  If anyone is interested, here is the link:   Dusty Pages Book Talk.  I hope that there are readers out there who will enjoy reading this journal, as well.

What Corporate Culture Am I?

I took this quiz, Tickle: Tests, The Corporate Culture Test, and here are the results:

Lori, you'll thrive in a corporate culture that allows you to be a People-person.

You realize the importance of people getting along in the workplace. After all, an organization's identity is built on the quality and dedication of its workers. While others focus on winning personal accolades, you prefer to work hard at providing harmony and human connections. You're motivated by contributing to that social fabric. Because you tend to be in tune to the social dynamics of a company, you probably have an internal sense of where you stand and don't need constant validation from peers or superiors.

Certain types of companies are waking up to the fact that they need more people like you. But which companies are they? And how can you find a business based on a system that values your contributions and will really let you shine?

Well, that's a good question.  And one I'm asking myself more and more as the months go by.  I have not applied to any open positions within W/A (my company) yet, because I want to stay where I am right now.  Afterall our jobs don't end until April or May of next year.  (For those new to my journal, that's when my department (Document Management) is, for the most part, being contracted out to a document management company who is sending my job, and others like it, overseas.  I still, though, in general, like the company I work for.  There is a lot to say in its favor.  I've been reluctant to apply for another position, though, for three reasons:  1-- I really like what I do, and am still comfortable doing it; 2 -- I'm not going to apply to a department that I don't just have a huge desire to work for, just because my deapartment is being outsourced, and; 3 -- I'm thinking about looking for something closer to home, because of the gas prices.

I have to say the results above do seem to fit the way I am at my job.  I'd like to find another position where I am as comfortable as I am now.

Therapy

For those of us who find ourselves under more and more stress, especially at work, I offer the following 20 Ways to Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity:

1.  At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses On And Point A Hair Dryer At  Passing Cars.   See If They Slow Down.

2.  Page Yourself Over The Intercom.  Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3.  Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with That.

4.  Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."

5.  Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone Has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch To Espresso.

6.  In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For Sexual Favors."

7.  Finish All Your sentences with "In Accordance With The Prophecy."

8.  Dont Use Any Punctuation

9.  As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

10.  Ask People What Sex They Are. Laugh Hysterically After They Answer.

11.  Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."

12.  Sing Along At The Opera.

13.  Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme.

14.  Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play Tropical Sounds All Day.

15.  Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You're Not In The Mood.

16.  Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Hard.

17.  When The Money Comes Out Of The ATM, Scream "I Won!, I Won!"

18.  When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking Lot, Yelling "Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"

19.  Tell Your Children Over Dinner, "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."

And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity.......

20. Send This Message To Someone To Make Them Smile...It's Called Therapy...

I don't know to whom I am to give credit for these.  I think they were in an email from one of my sisters also.

A Math Lesson

Here's a cute thing that my sister sent me in an email:

History of Math

Last week I purchased a burger for $1.58. The counter girl took my $2 and I was digging for my change when I pulled 8 cents from my pocket and gave it to her. She stood there, holding the nickel and 3 pennies, while looking at the screen on her register.

I sensed her discomfort and tried to tell her to just give me two quarters, but she hailed the manager for help. While he tried to explain the transaction to her, she stood there and
cried.  Why do I tell you this?

Please read more about the "history of teaching math":

Teaching Math In 1950

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.  His cost of production is
4/5 of the price. What is his profit?

Teaching Math In 1960

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.  His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?

Teaching Math In 1970

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.  His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?

Teaching Math In 1980

A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.  His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment:  Underline the number 20.

Teaching Math In 1990

By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question:  How did the forest birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down the trees. (There are no wrong answers.)

Teaching Math In 2005

El hachero vende un camion carga por $100. La cuesta de production es.............

And we wonder why jobs requiring intelligence are being outsourced??

What I hate is when you go to the cash register with zucchini and the teenager waiting on you has to ask what it is before she can ring you up.  Once I had one ask me what I had, and it was peaches!  PEACHES!!

     My backyard is full of leaves!  The trees along the creek bank are almost bare, already!  Boy it happened fast.  I don't mind.  I'm ready for a little bit of crisp weather.  Today was gorgeous.  It's 63 degrees outside right now, but sunny.  We ran around the backyard playing with the dogs for awhile.  Another one of the pups went to its new home this past Monday -- the really, really pretty one with all the markings that I called Jolie.  The people who got her have three acres that she can run around on, and a little boy to play with.  So now we have one male and two females to find homes for.  Andrew is, as I've said, keeping the brown one.  And Eler Beth talked her Dad into letting her keep the black male, Bruin.  Who didn't see that coming!

At work we moved to the 9901 bldg. two weeks ago.  We're on the 8th floor, and the building has 11 floors (12 if you count the basement), so I can increase my stair walking now!  So far I can only get from the 1st to the 5th without having to take the elevator the rest of the way up.  Guess I'll just add a little more every day or so.  I have increased my water intake, and I can tell that it's making a difference.  I am actually eating less.  Now I just need to increase my exercise.

I've been housecleaning today, so now it's "me" time.  I'm going to re-do my other journal "Dusty Pages Book Talk".  It's about time I did.  More later.       

Wow, I'm so flattered!

I've just been comment spammed.  How nice.  I promptly blocked the name, and now I shall pass it on.  KREAMEDKORN

I just received five alerts from other j-landers who've been comment spammed, and I will pass along those names to block as well:  blaze1wyteowl; txrebalgirl26; katric15.

The other two were the one I got and another one for the first one listed above. 

 

Beautiful Day To Welcome October

October 1.  Wow, this year has certainly gone by fast.  It is another beautiful day out there.  It's only in the sixties right now, I think.  The sun is shining and it just really smells like Fall.  I love days like this.

I'm still trying to do the tasks that I had assigned myself to do this weekend.  I'm still wading through "stuff" to get rid of.  I've bagged up another bag of clothes for Goodwill.  I have Andrew detailing the inside of my car.  He owes me some money, so I said if he did a good enough job I'd credit it to his account!  Ha!  I have some special chores for Eler Beth to do today, too, but she's been in such a bad mood this morning, that I'm waiting for Thomas to get home to tell her to do them.  I don't feel like arguing with her, so I'm taking the easy way out and waiting for Dad to get home.  Cowardly of me, I know.  I just don't have time to fool with it.  She's 9-1/2, but I think her hormones are going wild all ready.  She's not a big girl, she's actually average height for her age, but she is all muscle and she is "built", if you know what I mean.  She has curves all ready!!  Two of my nieces who were built like that at that age went through puberty early, and it would definitely explain the mood swings she's been having.  She's still my sweetheart, though.  (Just my sweetheart in a bad mood!)

She found a Rose of Sharon growing beside our house today that we didn't plant.  I swear I have no idea why I hadn't noticed it!  When she came in to tell me what it was, I figured it was just a weed that's leaves resembled a Rose of Sharon, but, by-dogies (as my Mom would say), it is a Rose of Sharon, and it even has a bloom on it.  She's good about noticing things like that.

Well, I'd better get back to work.  Break time's over for now.