Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Jerry under Computers and/or Internet, Education and Personal Growth, Health, Life.
Have you heard about HCG for weight loss? I never had until I saw an advertisement for HCG shots Austin on another blogger’s website. I started to read about HCG, to find out what it is. Apparently it is a human hormone that is produced during pregnancy. I don’t know if I would even be willing to try something like that to lose weight. What do you think? Would you?
Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Jerry under Computers and/or Internet, Education and Personal Growth, Life, Technology and gadgets.
Pre Algebra was a fun class for me to take when I was in school. I was blessed with the ability to grasp the concepts behind Algebra equations and fractions. I do give all of the credit, though, to Miss Beck, our math teacher. She used really fun real-life examples whenever possible to demonstrate the reasons we needed to learn these things. I can remember when she brought in a large sheet cake to demonstrate how to divide. We all had cake to eat at the end of class!
Not everyone can have a math teacher as wonderful as Miss Beck, however. That’s why it is a great help to be able to find tutoring services over the Internet. You can easily go online at your own convenience and find the help you need on whatever math subject you are struggling with. Obviously that’s not as much fun as having Miss Beck serve up cake at the end of class, but some things just can’t be helped!
Posted on August 21st, 2010 by Jerry under Computers and/or Internet, Education and Personal Growth, Friends/Family, Technology and gadgets.
Today’s students are at such an advantage with all that the World Wide Web has to offer them in their educations. I can’t even imagine how my education would have turned if we had had access to the Internet. They now even have Online tutoring for just about ever subject one could need. I certainly could have used some Free math tutoring online back in High School. Math and I just really never hit it off. I don’t know what I’d do with out my calculator that I always have close at hand when ever numbers are being crunched.
I had to rely on my brothers and sisters for help and that didn’t always work out so grand. And I do remember that I did spend a good amount of time staying after school for additional help. My mother did manage to find a nice neighbor that would come over once in a while a lend a hand with some Statistics help, but nothing like jumping online and getting help when ever you need it when it comes to hard core Math answers.
Posted on August 18th, 2010 by Jerry under Business, Education and Personal Growth, Life, Politics.
I have several friends that belong to the local Elks lodge in town and they have been trying for years to get me to join and become a full time member of their lodge. They are holding a meeting tonight and I have been asked to come and see what they are all about. Guess I’ll go, just won’t make any commitments just yet.
Posted on August 14th, 2010 by Jerry under Business, Computers and/or Internet, Education and Personal Growth, Friends/Family, Life, Technology and gadgets.
My wife has been talking about taking a course in cad drawing. She spent a large part of her adult life drafting work orders for the telephone company and she really enjoyed doing that type of work. And she says that she would really like to do that type of work again. But most of the job wanted ads for that type of work indicate that the succesful candidate will have experience in cad.
Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Jerry under Business, Computers and/or Internet, Education and Personal Growth, Health, Life, Money and Finances, News, Opinion, Politics, Technology and gadgets.
All the information is there to see at http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/ where all the Substance Abuse and Mental Health statistics that are showing us that there is a rise for the need of good drug rehabilitation programs. Of course there are various and numerous reasons that factor the increased need for addiction treatment centers. I do believe that this totally messed up economy is making us all crazy. It’s taking it’s toll on the general public, most of which see no indication of any type of light at the end of any tunnel that is going to pull us out of this crisis, no wonder we are getting addiction issues that are spiraling out of control.
It’s good to know that more attention is being paid to substance and mental health issues. There are some nice drug rehab centers and alcohol rehab centers to be found online. Using the Internet makes choosing the right treatment plans a much easier task to take on. There is a lot of information out there, and it does take time to weed through a ton of irrelevant pages and such nonsense, but it still is a valuable tool and should be utilized for all that it’s worth when you can. Can’t imagine life without Internet access all though I know that there is still a huge population that doesn’t have access for one reason or another. I do know that Bill Gates is doing an awesome job in helping folks hop on to the World Wide Web with all of his donations of computers and supplies.
Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Jerry under Business, Education and Personal Growth, Entertainment and Fun, Life, Shopping.
I was watching an interesting television show about counterfeiting. Not counterfeiting money, but counterfeiting brand name fashion designs. I can’t remember the famous names, except for Gucci, but the show made some interesting points about the hidden dangers of counterfeit goods. Some of the counterfeit goods contain harmful materials in them! I wonder how many people have bought counterfeit goods and ended up getting sick from them.
Posted on August 12th, 2010 by Jerry under Education and Personal Growth, Entertainment and Fun, Life, Opinion.
I am hearing rumors that another high school reunion is in the makes. I have only attended one of my reunions and really don’t see the need to keep going back time and time again. But one of my closest friends, from school, is really excited about this next one and is insisting that I go with him. He is on the quiet side and doesn’t want to have to sit alone and by himself all night. I can understand that.
Posted on August 1st, 2010 by Jerry under Business, Education and Personal Growth, Life, Money and Finances, Opinion, Politics, Technology and gadgets.
It is a known fact that if you can speak more than one language that you will be much more marketable in the always busy and competitive job market. Most people don’t even realize that they know as much Spanish as they do. How can you not watch TV or movies and not pick up on the numerous Spanish words that are constantly being thrown out at us on a daily basis. I bet if you really sat down and though about it you could spout out at least 10 Spanish words that you know just from watching cartoons as a kid.
Right now translations services are paying good money for people in the language translation service field. There are so many languages that are being spoken every day here in the good old U.S. of A that it would be beneficial to speak as many languages as you can. I would think that being in the professional translation services industry would be an interesting one. All the different people that you would and could be talking to, pretty cool conversations to engage in, I just think it would be such a blast!
Posted on July 28th, 2010 by Jerry under Business, Computers and/or Internet, Education and Personal Growth, Entertainment and Fun, Opinion, Parenting, Technology and gadgets.
My eleven year old niece spends a good amount of time on the lap top that Santa Claus brought to her last Christmas. She is a good kid and she certainly deserved getting a nice computer of her own. Lap tops aren’t cheap and times are tight so she must be doing something right in order to have lap top that is top notch and makes mine look like a K-Mart model – LOL!
Anyway she keeps busy after school and on the weekends playing “girl games” online. They have come a long way with the selection of girl games that are available these days. There was a major outcry for more girl games about 10 years ago and they have tried to fill the void to accommodate the female population that likes to play games with all of today’s technology and gadgets.
I think Ms Pac Man was actually the first video game that was aimed at the more feminine crowd. We have come a long way since the 80′s haven’t we. If I had all the money that I spent on those games that were in all of the popular bars and taverns, I’d have a nice check book balance.