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Fun and Inspirational Wallpaper for your Desktop

Posted in Cool Find of the Day, Daily Inspiration, tagged , , , , on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

As hard as it is to admit, I spend about 75 percent of my time at work staring at my computer screen. (okay fine 85 percent) This is why I’m always on the hunt for fun and interesting wallpaper to spice of my computer a little bit. However when I find a photo or artwork [...]

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Quote of the Day

Posted in Daily Inspiration, tagged , on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »

“What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.”- Benjamin F. Fairless

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Putting Career tests to the er.. test

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on June 23, 2008 | No Comments »

I’ve never been a fan of tests- (22 years of class sort of wore me out). However, still unsure what to do with the rest of my life, I thought I’d give some career and personality tests a try. My two major requirements were ”Free and Simple.” My overall opinion? I think there’s no replacement for experience, and [...]

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Daily Inspiration: Obama Represents

Posted in Daily Inspiration, Politics, tagged , , on June 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

“My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent You to Washington”- Barack Obama
No matter who your candidate of choice is for the 2008 election, this quote by Obama should make you think about what you want from any candidate. Whether it’s your Senator, Governor or Mayor it is so important to [...]

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Cool Find of the Day: Magnetic Push Pins

Posted in Cool Find of the Day, tagged , , on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »

Okay, so you got a cute new bulletin board for your home or desk and you can’t wait to put up pictures of your loved ones and friends. Here’s the problem: You don’t want to put holes in your prized pictures or postcards! 
Thankfully, OXO, realized this problem and invented MagTacks. Now you can put up [...]

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3 Steps to a Better World…Reduce Reuse & Recycle

Posted in Go Green, Save green, tagged , , , on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »

 

We are “generation green” if you will and recycling seems to be the one word off the tip of everyones tongue these days. Could it be easier? Well I guess if there was a machine that automatically recycled your items in your house and reproduced them for you! (you never know we are getting closer [...]

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What to Avoid during Job Interviews

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »

If you’ve seen You, Me and Dupree you may be familiar with this line when he goes for an interview: 
“I’m a people person, very personable. I absolutely insist on enjoying life. Not so task-oriented. Not a work horse. If you’re looking for a Clydesdale I’m probably not your man. Like I don’t live to work, [...]

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“Give a grad a fish, and he eats for a day. Teach a grad to cook a fish, and he saves sick amounts of money.”

Posted in Food (eating and cooking on a budget), Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on June 13, 2008 | No Comments »

This quote in one of the blog posts by Kristen Fischer, author of Ramen Noodles, Rent, and Resumes (which hopefully you bought after our last post), was just too good to not write about. While some of you may feel differently, I found it much easier to cook in college. It was easier to slip [...]

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Great Reads for Recent Grads

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »

I usually skip over the emails from companies of whose newsletters I have knowingly or unknowingly signed up for. However, a couple of days ago an email from Amazon.com caught my eye: Books for Grads. Thinking this would be great info to share with the blog, and add to my reading list I eagerly opened it and [...]

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Grad School.. Only Fools Rush in

Posted in Daily Inspiration, tagged , , on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

For some of you smart cookies out there, it might be very tempting to go straight into grad school after college. If you sat at graduation eagerly awaiting your next final,  and if you from birth knew your life calling and it had at no point changed since then, by all means go for it! [...]

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