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Summer Heat and Exotic Curry

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It has been hot and humid. We usually get some breaks in the heat and humidity in the summer. Not this year. The relativity humidity barely edged below 60% in the last month. We don't get dew on the lawns. We got heat instead. I think the heat and humidity is why I got a summer cold. I am mostly resting this weekend. One of the things we do when we travel is get flavorings and spices. We broke into some curry this past week that we obtained in a market in Turkmenistan last year. It was good. It was made in Russia and distributed out of Belarus. They translated into Kazakh and Armenian. I liked the taste and the label.
360 Degree Feedback: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Defines and Examines Multirater Feedback I received the results from my 360 degree feedback session yesterday. I have worked through it now several times. This was the first time I had ever gone through one of these. It is tough stuff when it is done correctly. It is is really tough stuff if not executed correctly. I was warned by one of my mentors on the grizzily nature of these studies. You cannot hide, you cannot "forget" and move on. People remember. And when thy have an axe to grind they will let you have it. Overall, the comments were positive. Except for one thing...... It was clear that one of the folks (of course I know who) in the peer/other category was using a first person voice of someone in my department. It appears the person did not realize there were to be categories of respondents visable in my report. It appears that they thought they could appear as if they were in my department and staf...
Cheating Mouse I should be asleep.
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Wired News: Having a Bad Day? It's Hilarious Douglas and I got the tractor stuck this morning before work. He got it out. The pic shows someone else's tractor stuck problem
Internet marketing for consultants I didn't walk out back this AM as I planned to see if the sap was running. I am planning on doing it tommorow. It is exciting times at work for sure.
Dictionary Information: Definition Awakefulness - Description Meaning Thesaurus I was awakened with some negative thoughts. I am nervous.
AIIM International - The Enterprise Content Management Association Bonnie and I went to NYC for the day today. It makes for a long day but it can be done. The show was bigger than I expected and I spent quite a bit of time there, so we didn't do anything else while we were in the city.