So we have a satellite dish at our house in lieu of cable. The main reason we switched to it was that our cable company kept lying to us about when certain channels would be coming and since the dish got us more channels at less money (and without all of the extras fees and taxes that cable had), the decision was pretty easy. From the outset, we loved it. The picture was clearer, we had more channels than ever, and it went out less than our old cable did. I tell people it was the most satisfying electronics purchase I have made.

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Posted: May 5th, 2008 under Balance, Time Management.
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Typically when you meet a new person, the very first thing you ask is what they do. Everyone has some kind of job and it is a quick way to create a rapport with a person. It also seems to sum up a person in one quick answer. If someone says they are a doctor, you have an instant impression of them, or if they are a plumber, or artist, or engineer, or home maker. Each of these draws up an instant box to place the person and some corresponding assumptions.

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Posted: May 2nd, 2008 under Balance.
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So for my birthday a couple of years ago, my mother gave me an iPod shuffle. It turns out that 1gb is just over a week’s worth of listening when I head to work and back so the gift was just perfect for me. I put a couple of podcasts on it and then have iTunes randomly grab music from my collection.

I’ve also found that part of the reason I can go through 1gb of music in a week’s worth of driving is because I’m constantly skipping to the next song. Sometimes, it is because I’m just not in the mood for the current song, or maybe it is just one I don’t care for. But a lot of times I find myself enjoying the song I’m listening to when suddenly I wonder what the next one will be.

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Posted: May 1st, 2008 under Decisions.
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