Trash Can Turkey

My kind of cooking involves heavy tools.  Give me a chainsaw, axe, and wood splitter and I’m ready to cook.  My good friend Joel Smith suggested I try a trash can turkey.  A quick search of the internet and I found all I needed to know… this method involved a metal trash can, sledge hammer, shovel, and wooden stake.  Immediately hooked, I convinced my mother (convinced is way overstating it) to let me cook our Thanksgiving turkey in a trash can.

Here are the steps: Continued reading >

List of Ten Things We Want Most in Life

  1. Opportunity to succeed (43%)
  2. The good life (37%)
  3. The pursuit of happiness (34%)
  4. The American dream (22%)
  5. A fair shake (17%)
  6. To be left alone (13%)
  7. A fresh start (9%)
  8. Everything I can get (9%)
  9. A fighting chance (8%)
  10. A new beginning (8%)

The American dream has been dropping on the list because young people don’t think they will ever achieve it.  Wanting the good life has moved up in its place.

Source:  Dr Frank Luntz, Luntz-Malansky Strategic Research 2009

Category Posts in Wordpress Pages

My weblog goes exactly against common recommendations to choose a narrow niche subject (or one with a lot of scantily clad girls) and stick to it in order to grow readers.  I don’t care about that.  What I care about is archiving my stuff somewhere where others can access it if they want to…if not, no big deal.

My stuff is very eclectic a varies depending on what I am currently thinking about or doing.  I wanted to organize topics into pages for easier access.  I love the Simplr Wordpress Theme because it focuses the reader on the content, not on flash.  Simplr puts the categories at the bottom of the page, even though there is a skip content option I would rather have my topics up front.  After a little searching I found the topic resolves on WP forums here: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/257767

I combined a couple of the recommendations.  Here’s how I did it [DISCLAIMER:  I know code like I know Spanish...enough to order fajitas and ask for El Baño] Continued reading >

List of Ten Trust Behaviors

  1. Communicate. Clearly let others know what you and they can expect
  2. Listen. Listen more than you talk
  3. Follow-through.  Keep your promises and expectations
  4. Own-up.  When you or a subordinate fall short take personal accountability
  5. Trust.  You have to trust others for them to trust you
  6. Respect.  Respect others regardless of their position
  7. WYSIWYG.  Be a what you see is what you get person
  8. Loyalty.  Be loyal to others and they will trust you
  9. Empathize.  Good or bad put yourself in their shoes
  10. Recognize.  Remember the small thing
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