Gardening is a good mental therapy that lets you eat your successes and provides contemplation time and space.
The Ozer grows the best spaghetti squash around!
It is the food of the gods.
My Brain is FULL, can I go Home now?
It is such a drag sometimes trying to become educated. Especially when the weather is sweteringly hot, muggy and you have 2 proposals, 2 reports and a speech due all on Monday...it would help if I wasn't so anal as to try my damnedest to get straight "A"s just to show the world I can do it one more time....
QUOTE O'DA DAY: "Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm." Ralph Waldo Emerson
WOO HOO! It just
might be possible to teach an old dog new tricks! Took the final for my college Win98 class, and got a 90 on the written, and I believe a 100 on the practical! Although this may seem somewhat superfluous in this XP world, it is a required course for my degree in Computer Information Systems, and one that I accomplished as an "open entry" course, meaning I was my own teacher...not quite as dangerous as being your own barber or physician, but scary nevertheless, as I am not one of those "really organized" individuals, and procrastination is my middle name...
To all my fellow "geeks" (aka Computer nerds, Data jockeys, PC addicts, etc.) who spend waaaaay too much time in front of their terminals...
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WIPED DOWN YOUR KEYBOARD and MONITOR???
Your keyboard is one of the biggest germ carriers around you (next to that really icky co-worker by the copier...) because it seldom, if EVER gets cleaned, and people touch it all the time with clean, dirty, and who knows where they've been fingers.
So do yourself a favor, power down for 5 minutes, take a soft cloth (Yeah, a paper towel if you must), spray the cloth (NOT your SYSTEM) lightly with window cleaner and wipe at least the tops of the keys. If you have the time and patience, try to get between the keys a little, and maybe even the sides of the keys, although that calls for cotton swabs, or a thin implement like a plastic knife (DULL SIDE DOWN) with the cloth around it to get in all the nooks and crannies...Believe me, not only will your keyboard look better, you'll actually reduce your risk of some germ or another making you ill at some point.
While you're at it, next time you open your e-mails, try to make a point to delete 3-5 of the older ones that you've read, don't need to keep, and will probably never read again. It might take you months, but eventually your system will run a shade faster if it doesn't have to go through all the flotsam you have rolling around just taking up space...Just my opinion.
Welcome to the MadLands! I am your Host and Proctor, Madeline. We hope you enjoy your visit, please keep your hands inside the vehicle at all times. No gum chewing, spitting, inappropriate scratching or other behavior allowed. Thank you for your cooperation, now go forth and become part of the problem!
