There are a number of my co-workers that need to be reminded how to properly take a phone message: Send an email.  Send an email. Don’t get up, scribble an illegible message with no date or time, walk all the way over here and drop it on my desk where I won’t see it and it gets covered up.  Put that little pink pad/tiny little sticky note/random torn-off scrap of paper away; send an email. It really irks when someone calls repeatedly – if I don’t answer, either I’m on a call or away from my desk. And then they…
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IOL: Mugabe is ‘a prophet of God’ – rebel bishop Last year, Kunonga withdrew from the Anglican province of Central Africa to set up his own province in Zimbabwe, ostensibly in a row about homosexuality. But his critics claim he was really just preserving his own position. The mother church fired him last month. He has been steadily abandoned by all the parishes in Zimbabwe and now serves a community of only a few dozen worshippers who fill a few pews in the cathedral on Sunday mornings. “We will not use the cathedral for services again until we have reconsecrated…
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Take note: if you eat at Kampai, the local sushi joint not far from O’Hare, THIS IS NOT A CREAM PUFF with CHOCOLATE! It is bean paste with brown bean sauce and white bean sauce! It is a savory masquerading as a dessert! Beware! Via: Flickr Title: 02-02-08_1802.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Mar ’08, 9.43pm CDT PST
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“Dream stakeout at donut shoppe” The local constabulary is in the habit of parking in the empty lot next to Dunkin Donuts, rather than take up a lot of spaces in their rather small lot. Either that, or they think that nobody will see them if they hide behind the bushes. Via: Flickr Title: 01-07-08_0734.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Mar ’08, 9.41pm CDT PST Dream stakeout at donut shoppe
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It stopped working and I didn’t notice, but I refreshed settings and now it’s working again. Yay!
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Comfort food place across from the hospital. Actually, the food wasn’t all that good, but there were plenty of nom nom nom good side dishes. Via: Flickr Title: 03-05-08_1921.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 14 Mar ’08, 9.31pm CDT PST
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God Girl reminded me of the moving poetry and inspiring life of John O’Donohue, who was interviewed by Krista Tippett of Speaking of Faith. I double-dog dare you to read the poem, or listen to the author read it in the video, without choking up. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZfvS2LYbZLQ" width="400" height="326" wmode="transparent" /] Beannacht From John O’Donohue’s Echoes of Memory On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you. And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets in to you, may a flock of…
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I have a message to call my least favorite admin, who waffles indecisively and has one of those “what if?” guys, as in “What if I fly to Nanjing instead of Shanghai? What if I stop in Munich before Milan?” What if you tell me no more changes and I issue the ticket?? Grr.
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Accounting scandal hits House GOP campaign committee – CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) — An accounting scandal at the Republican Party’s House campaign organization has federal agents investigating what happened to hundreds of thousands of dollars and could affect several congressional campaigns, party officials said Thursday.
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Electronic gadgets latest sources of computer viruses – CNN.com Recent cases reviewed by The Associated Press include some of the most widely used tech devices: Apple iPods, digital picture frames sold by Target and Best Buy stores, and TomTom navigation gear.In most cases, Chinese factories — where many companies have turned to keep prices low — are the source. So far, the virus problem appears to come from lax quality control, perhaps a careless worker plugging an infected music player into a factory computer used for testing, rather than organized sabotage by hackers or the Chinese factories.