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The good, the bad, the ugly concerning snail mail’s demise

Just a Guy — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:21:29 +0000

Each day as I work from my home office, it has always been a nice break to get outside and check to see what’s in the daily “snail mail,” usually brought by our faithful mail carrier around 2 p.m.

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The good, the bad, the ugly concerning snail mail’s demise

Changes in newspapers, gadgets reflect radical changes in today’s careers

Just a Guy — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:09:26 +0000

When we see the way newspapers and other print media are changing radically, we see a reflection of the radical changes in all jobs and careers in our times.

What did you want to be when you grew up? What have you really done and what are you doing for your job or career right now? See what I mean?

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Changes in newspapers, gadgets reflect radical changes in today’s careers

Even packaging must be ‘eco-friendly’ or some won’t buy

Just a Guy — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:30:54 +0000

I’m sure every little bit of “eco-friendly” products and packaging we can create in this crowded world is a good thing. But I was very surprised to read an article recently that suggested many women are evaluating their skin care and beauty lotion products not just on how well they work — but on how eco-friendly the packaging is.

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My respect for these chain store customer service guys grew

Just a Guy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:23:03 +0000

I have to admit that I’ve never been a fan of a certain Big Box national franchise that sells electronics and entertainment products. (I won’t name them, but their store name rhymes with “Nest Guy.”) But I learned some new respect for the customer service reps at our local Nest Guy store this week when I watched them react to a minor emergency.

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Consumer spending lags, but what about job creation?

Just a Guy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:24:09 +0000

Shopping, retail sales, consumer spending — all these things drive economic recovery. But the most significant crisis all of us get hit by during a recession is the loss of a job, or job cutbacks, etc. And until unemployment declines and job creation seriously kicks in, any economic recovery won’t mean much to most folks, will it?

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Did shoppers do their job over holiday shopping season?

Just a Guy — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:13:11 +0000

Did all you shoppers out there do what you needed to do during the just-ended holiday shopping season to get us out of this recession? Well, did you? No? Why not?

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Did shoppers do their job over holiday shopping season?

Keeping busy for the holidays? You bet!

Just a Guy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:58:43 +0000

I don’t know about you, but these holidays (holi-daze??) times are keeping me as busy as a guy looking for vitamins for hair growth. Okay, I know that’s probably a lame analogy, but you get the idea — these are busy times.

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Newspapers rapidly losing battle to online world

Just a Guy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:17:10 +0000

It’s no wonder newspapers are rapidly losing the battle to continue publication, when you consider how limited print media is and ask yourself why advertisers would want to pay for such limited exposure when the entire world can see their ads on the Internet.

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Newspapers rapidly losing battle to online world

Health care battles remind me of my brief insurance ‘career’

Just a Guy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:10:03 +0000

All the sound and fury about health care insurance and health care reform takes me back to a younger, more innocent time when I thought it would be good to sell insurance.

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Have you done that ‘early’ Christmas shopping yet?

Just a Guy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:13:41 +0000

I have one or two friends who are among those annoying people who buy Christmas presents as early as July or August. They keep sort of a running mental list in their heads alerting them to the interests and desires of family and friends and, if it’s July, August, whenever during the year — WHAM! If they find a good price on something matching their mental lists, they buy it.

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Have you done that ‘early’ Christmas shopping yet?