Month: February 2023
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Daylight “Savings” Solved
People have always made a stink about those clock changes when going on and off Daylight Saving Time. In fact, it’s been a bit of an issue ever since the monkey business started in 1918. Complaints vary: Some claim to feel out of sorts for a whole week (as if it was forced continental jetlag),…
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Curated Cogitations, Page 3
(Motivation)I would be surprised if a massively successful public figure identified a particular motivational poster as the career catalyst. Internal motivation is the key, unless you are filled with selfishness and ill-will, in which case, I’d recommend some good external motivation to the contrary. With everything going on in the world today, you should never…
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Professional Sports Records: The Great, Lamentable, Weird, and Irrelevant BY THE NUMBERS
Congratulations to LeBron James for reaching and surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time regular-season scoring record, previously 38,387 points. Despite this shout-out, my apologies in advance if you are either an NBA or NASCAR fan, as I didn’t include either sport in the following. It was enough already. NFL19355Career rushing yards: Emmitt Smith (1990-2004)23 (200)Penalties (and penalty…
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May I Get Some Help Here?
Store associates and fast-food workers are now pulling down $14-plus per hour. During most of my previous career as a private-school teacher, my salary provided around $11/hour based on a 40-hour week, so yeah, more like $7.50/hour considering at-home prep and grading. Two plusses, though: 1) After I earned my M.S. in Science Education, the…