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When it’s Just Too Much Trouble

I wrote earlier today about ways that we might be called upon to cope with and respond to special requests in our home businesses and how we can decide whether or not to grant those special requests. As I was writing that article, I realized that there are sometimes when indulging a request, or even finishing a work project, can just be far more trouble than it is worth. Running a business means learning how to decide when something is just too much trouble to work on. Many of us have been taught that struggle and trial are good and … Continue reading →

Murphy, Tabby, or Kitty: Who’s to Blame?

When it used to only be Murphy and Kitty I could pretty much figure out whose mess was whose or who was to blame when something went awry in our house. If I found a hairball, it was Kitty’s. Murph’s puke looks a lot different than Kitty’s (mainly because since he’s so much bigger there’s usually so much more of it) so that was an easy deduction. If something was knocked off a table, it was usually Kitty’s fault since he likes to whap things off counters. However, there’ve been a couple of times when one was wrongly charged in … Continue reading →

Leona Helmsley’s $12 Million Bequest to Her Dog

As I often do when I eat breakfast, I watched the Today Show this morning. I tuned in right as Ann Curry interviewed a lady from Court TV about the late Leona Helmsley bequeathing $12 million to her Maltese, Trouble. I guess the big hoopla has to do with the fact that not only did she specifically not leave anything to two of her four grandchildren, but she either didn’t leave a dime to her 12 great-grandchildren or what she did leave was ridiculously small compared to the largest bequest she made –the $12 million to Trouble, who at eight-years-old … Continue reading →

The Choking Game

I’m not sure why they call it a “game”, it’s clearly not something I would consider any fun. But the new rage for teenage euphoria is none other than “The Choking Game”. CBS news recently called it the “newest deadly trend” among teenagers, and I personally have heard stories of kids as young as ten trying this out. What they’re doing is choking each other or themselves to reach a sort of high. This is usually being done with a rope, or a tie, belts or shoelaces. The point is to cut off the flow of oxygen containing blood to … Continue reading →