July 30, 2008
Back to the old search terms to help lost souls get the answers they were actually looking for. We have an over all theme of what we’re “supposed to do” or what we “have to” do -
do we all have negative thoughts – Simple answer – YES…next!
caught in a white lie – Anytime you’re caught in a white lie, fess up. A “white lie” is a lie you tell someone to spare their feelings or when the truth would be hurtful and really doesn’t need to be said. I’m not here to judge a white lie from a big honkin’ doozey of a lie. But whenever you’re caught lying fess up and get it out there so you can move past it.
negative thinking +workplace : Have I got the training program for you! Call me today (713-864-2902) and I’ll be glad to talk to you about it.
not liking kids friends – Guess what? You don’t “have to” like your kid’s friends. Just like you don’t “have to” like your co-workers, all your spouse’s friends, the crazy cat lady down the street, the aunt you have that smells like a mixture of mothballs and scotch mixed in with Ben-Gay. It is not required. Acting civil on the other hand, while not actually required, would be helpful. Remember, they’re not your friends, they’re your kids. You have very little in common with someone 20 years younger than you, raised by other people with different parenting styles, different incomes, different cultural backgrounds; and don’t forget some people are just plain “different”. But you can allow your kids to make their own decisions, find their own friends. If you see that one friend is leading your child down a bad path, get involved. If you start picking and choosing your kids friends, as they get older, they’re going to gravitate towards the people they couldn’t associate with when they were younger, because they’ll seem a whole lot more fun and interesting. Let them make thier own mistakes and learn which people make good friends and which ones don’t.
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Posted by Craig Price
July 28, 2008
From Punkeys:
In a bold move, punkeys are creeping ever forward across our borders. Now it looks like an unnamed island of the coast of South Carolina is the staging area for an impending monkey invasion! From WIS News:
An island in South Carolina is home to thousands of monkeys.The exact location cannot be disclosed because the animals on the island are federally protected. It took years to find the place called Monkey Island.
Finding an island that few people believe exists is nearly impossible.
Vince Loper thought it was an urban legend, and his family has owned a home directly across from Monkey Island for decades.
“Like you said, a lot of people don’t believe it,” he said.
Vince and his son, Devin, helped a North Carolina television news crew from WCNC find what so many say is a myth.
After several hours of snaking through South Carolina estuaries, the years-long search paid off.
Slowly, one at a time, they came towards the boat.
They’re called Rhesus monkeys and they’re native to India, but 3,500 of them live in the wild in South Carolina.
Rhesus monkeys were first brought there in 1979 and they were left on the island to live and breed almost 750 newborns a year.
Every monkey is tagged or tattooed, and each year 500 monkeys are taken to labs.
Over the decades, they’ve been used to test vaccines for everything from AIDS to bio-terrorism agents.
Few people, even those who live there, have ever seen them.
“Just in amazement that there’s monkeys running around on that island right there,” said Lopez. “Ha ha ha.”
Seeing them first hand in the Carolinas is a bit mind boggling.
Isn’t that the point of an invasion? Do it when no one is expecting it? It’s not so mind-boggling if you know how evil monkeys can be!
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Posted by Craig Price
July 24, 2008
Everyone wants their child to be unique. And in doing so, parents have named their kids some odd names. Or at least some very odd spellings of names. In rare instances, the name of your child can be a disadvantage for them. I wish some parents would use some negative thinking and understand the consequences of their choices. Like these parents. From CNN:
A New Zealand judge has made a 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name can be changed from Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii, the country’s national news agency reported Thursday.
Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt listed a series of unusual names that New Zealand parents had given their children, and said he was concerned that such strange monikers would create hurdles for them as they grew up.
“It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap,” the New Zealand Press Association quoted the judge as saying.
Honestly, who’s going to hire a person named Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii? “Paging Dr. Taluala Does the Hula From Hawaii”. Would you go to that Dr.? Maybe for Medicinal Marijuana, but that’s it. You expect to meet a Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii in a Starbucks pouring a Venti Half-Caf Skim Double Mocha Latte with a sprinkle of Cinnamon. Or read your chakras. Sadly her name shouldn’t define her, but in reality people make snap judgments about people every day and twice on Sunday (Don’t believe me, go to church and hear all the gossip!). I know a recruiter that couldn’t get past a resume with the name Anil Ram on it.
Among the names Murfitt cited: twins named Benson and Hedges — after a brand of cigarettes; Violence; and Number 16 Bus Shelter.
Some parents had named children after six-cylinder Ford cars, the news agency reported.
The Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages said in a statement that it had rejected names including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Stallion, Twisty Poi — a staple food in Polynesian cuisine — and Sex Fruit.
A lawyer for Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii said the girl is so embarrassed by her name that friends know her as “K.”
Couldn’t she just drop the Does the Hula from Hawaii part? And why “K”? What could her middle name possible be? “My Lovely Lady Hump”??
Last month, a judge in the U.S. state of Illinois allowed a school bus driver to legally change his first name to “In God” and his last name to “We Trust.”
But an appeals court in the state of New Mexico ruled against a man — named Variable — who wanted to change his name to a two-word phrase that contains a four-letter expletive and expresses opposition to censorship.
Look…If a 9 year old can see how bad her name is (and it is) how come her parents couldn’t have seen it when they named her?
I’m not against naming children eclectic and unique names. Rumor, Apple, Scout, whatever. But when does it get ridiculous? We name our pets Dave, Brian, Steve. Why can’t we give the same respect to our children?
I think I’ll name my kid Sir Paul Harrison Ringo John Perrywinkle of the Outer Rim Territory Price the Fourth…or maybe I’ll just call all my kids, regardless of gender, George Forman.
What odd names have you run into?
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Posted by Craig Price
July 23, 2008
My wife and I went to see The Dark Knight this weekend. Great, great movie. Well acted, great story, one heck of a truck explosion…you definitely get your money’s worth and then some. Batman is quite definitely a negative thinker with a (mostly) positive attitude. Let me say this before I get start: I am not advocating vigilantes! But for the sake of Batman, I’ll highlight how his negative thinking has benefited not only him but Gotham City as a whole.
- Admitting there’s a problem – Batman only came into existence when Gotham started going down the tubes. Bruce Wayne (Spoiler: He’s Batman!) realized the police were either unable to fix the problem or wouldn’t fix the problem for various reasons. Batman saw a place for improvement (Crime) and went to town.
- Never settling, always improving – Batman is always looking at his costume for flaws, areas of weakness that he can improve on. Can’t move your head, ask Lucius Fox to fix it. Worried about dog bites? Get Lucius to improve the armor. Positive thinking can cause complacency. If you like something, you don’t see a need to make it better. But negative thinking always pushed innovation and improvements.
- Seeing negative outcomes before they happen – Why wear a mask? To protect the people he cares about. Batman knows that if he were to show his face, everyone he’s ever known and cared about becomes a target. Also, wearing it gives Christian Bale an excuse to use his Clint Eastwood impression.
- You can’t do it all your self – Batman always has had help. Alfred, Lucius Fox, Commission Gordon, Robin, The Justice League of America. He’s not a one man wreaking crew, he has support. And he needs that support to do what he does.
- The Bat symbol – Batman has even used our natural negativity bias to give him an edge. Knowing the innate fear many people hold of bats, he uses the imagery to gain a psychological advantage.
We all can’t be multibillionaire playboy vigilantes. It’s not very cost effective and doesn’t seem to be a happy job, but someone has to do it.
If you haven’t seen The Dark Knight yet, do so.
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Posted by Craig Price
July 22, 2008
Once again, it’s time to look at what brings random people to my random blog. I’ll even try to be helpful and try to answer your mind-boggling searches.
negative letters to parents from teacher –Don’t see this too often, seems teachers can’t really get too negative in letters to parents anymore. Long ago, a teacher could write a letter to a parent outlining all the social, mental and emotional problems about a troubled student. The parent often looked at this with compassion and understanding, even taking the time out to thank the teacher for pointing out potential problems. Teachers spend more time with the students than the parents do, so it is vital the teacher contact the family and discuss what needs to be done to help the child. Nowadays, this type of critiquing is considered an affront to the parents. How dare they say there’s a problem with my child! Obviously the teacher doesn’t know how to handle students! In rare instances, this may be the case, but my advice is to listen to the teacher and take this opportunity to HELP your child’s development, not hinder it. I wasn’t the greatest student or best behaved kid myself…and my parents listened to my teachers. What can I say? I went to a great school and had great teachers.
pringles small –Its rude to comment on the size of someone’s Pringles. Not everybody’s Pringles are the same size!
“jellyfish brain” meaning – How ironic that you (whoever you may be) are looking for the meaning of this. It means you’re stupid. No, really! I’m not being a jerk, that’s what it means! Don’t be that way, I didn’t mean it personally! Come back! Ahh…forget it.
the power of idiots – Nothing is more powerful than a group of idiots coming together and deciding things. See: Iraq War. Also see: My Home Owners Association. This Demotivator is right on the money:
what kinds of monkeys will not attack you – When it comes to monkeys, assume all monkeys will attack you. Never turn your back on a monkey, unless, of course, he’s trying to scratch your face off.
can you survive on peanut butter – I understand food prices are sky high, but just eating peanut butter alone won’t work. Even Elvis had to eat more than PB&J. He had a PB&J&B (which was either a Peanut butter, Barbiturate and Jelly sandwich with Bananas or a Peanut Butter sandwich with J&B)
positive and negative of volcanoes -
Volcanoes have positive and negative sides, just like all things. On the one side, volcanoes erupt spewing lava that creates islands or enrich soil on existing land masses, but on the bad side, if you live near the spewing lava, fire insurance is very expensive. When Mt. Pinatubo erupted in 1991 it actually cooled the planet by a degree. When Mt. Vesuvius erupted it killed at least 1150 people. Volcanoes can supply us with geothermal energy. Unfortunately many volcanoes are used as the lairs of many an evil Genius.
how to start bad employee review - This one’s tricky. Are you asking how to start a “bad” employee review or how to start a review of a bad employee?
If you want to write a bad review, starting off with profanity is always a good…or in this case bad way to start a review. Getting personal is also a bad tactic. Being specific about the employee’s looks, eating habits and even their spouse is a perfect way to offend. Be as vague as possible so the employee will have no way to improve since they won’t even know what issues you are addressing.
If you want to write a review for a bad employee…well that’s a bit different. First and foremost, be honest. Sugar coating the issue and hoping it goes away won’t fix anything. Don’t just describe the problem, show clear examples of the problems at hand. Try to show some compassion but also let it be known that these problems need to be effectively handled. Not everyone is great at their jobs; many may not even be good at them. Reviews allow you to openly identify weaknesses and allow opportunities for improvement. They also show justification for letting someone go if the problems do not get resolved.
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