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Why I Have A Mr. Potato Head At Work

Posted on December 29, 2011 by LJ Earnest

Recently I took my daughter’s Mr. Potato Head to work. He sat in a nearby cubicle staring at a monitor for a week.

Why?

I needed to make a point.

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Illusions and Control

Posted on September 22, 2011 by LJ Earnest

This article came together as a result of serendipity. I had opened up my browser, and happened upon the article from Zen Habits, “The Illusion of Control”. Leo talks about some aspects of control. Then I flipped over to my email, where I saw a plea from a member of a mailing list that there were too many emails coming through to him, and could everyone please only send one to the email list per day? Hmmm….

Thought To Ponder For The Day

Posted on August 12, 2011 by LJ Earnest

“With enough thrust, pigs fly just fine.” So now that you know they can fly, what else have you thought was impossible?  

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Why I Left GoDaddy

Posted on April 22, 2011 by LJ Earnest

If you have followed anything on the blog in the past two weeks, you are probably aware that I made a rather sudden shift on hosting providers. I promised details, and here they are. When I first shifted to WordPress, and bought my first domains, I went with GoDaddy. The [...]

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The Power of 15 Minutes

Posted on April 13, 2011 by LJ Earnest

am taking two weeks off from blogging. Enjoy this article from the archive! This article was originally published on 19 July 2007. I am a great believer in doing things in concentrated bits. A few years ago, right after I found Flylady, I tried her timer method. Her mantra of [...]

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Life Defrag

Posted on April 12, 2011 by LJ Earnest

I am taking two weeks off from blogging. Enjoy this article from the archive! This article was originally published on 20 July 2007. This comes as a response to an article I read in Lifehacker about defragging your home. This concept appeals to me, as I am a computer geek. [...]

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Quicker Reboots

Posted on April 11, 2011 by LJ Earnest

I am taking two weeks off from blogging. Enjoy this article from the archive! This article was originally published on 27 July 2007. In the article over at Lifehacker, Chris Brogan commented on how he could make a quicker reboot for life. I find this an interesting topic…and like Chris, [...]

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Growth Report: March

Posted on March 12, 2011 by LJ Earnest

When I chose the word “grow” as my theme for the year (see Planning for the New Year), I realized I was going to have to make myself accountable. So here is my March checkin: February Accomplishments I finished the clearing spaces course I read four books; two were non-fiction [...]