I spent a few months on Facebook. It was private, personal and relatively non-consumeristic. With the recent addition of public access and media overload, I’ve abandoned it on account of it being a piece of worthless crap. This is my opinion.

So phuey. No more FB.

Well, School is almost over and I must say, it’s been a helluva ride.  I’m way behind on taking car of my website and now that mommy has high speed internet, she’s become my biggest critic…”where’s yer papers?”  she sais…well, give me another week to finish two exams, 4 papers and a day of playing computer games and eating takeout and I will have that up and running for you.

Without regard to his personal privacy…my dad is moving to a new job.  Today is in fact his final day working for a company that he has served for 19 years.

He’s moving on to a job in the prairies building something new all over again.  Gilbertson’s was a rather small company when he started there and he watched it grow into something bigger than I think anyone imagined.  Now he gets to watch something else grow as the site he’ll be working at next is a mere bush lot in Northern Manitoba.

I’ve taken for granted perhaps the time and proximity that he and I have shared over the preceding couple of years and I will certainly miss them.  Building a relationship with my father is something I will never regret doing since opportunities for that were absent in my youth.

So, congratulations Dad.  I wish you the best a pray for the rest…to sound a might cliche.  May the success of you past follow you into your future.

This is take three of Norah Jones’ “Don’t Know Why.”  Do enjoy.

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I’m getting my case ready for new parts today and decided to wire in a set of three switched cooling fans to keep things down to a humane temperature inside the ‘ol pc box.  So here’s some pictures for everyone out there who is nerdy like me…

Before all the work started…

Front view of installed fans and switch…

…and the inside of the compy with newly installed fans…

The third fan is actually in the bottom and it cools my hard drives.  That’s all for now, I’ll post some pictures once I get my main board and CPU installed.

Virginia and I dug through the whole damn house to scratch up the 22.34 so we could buy some Swiss Chalet delivery!  Thank goodness for couch cushions and the basket by the door.

Naturally I’ll be using the remainder of my academic award to purchase dinner tonight.  I’m sharing this because I think it’s funny that Virginia and I live this way.  Life is good.

The following is an excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Transportation Magazine. This was quite serious at its time and written for male supervisors of women in the work force during World War II - a mere 58 years ago! Obviously, the intent was not to be “funny,” but by today’s standards, this is hilarious!

There is no longer any question whether transit companies should hire women for jobs formerly held by men. The draft and manpower shortage has settled that point. The important things now are to select the most efficient women available and how to use them to the best advantage.

Here are eleven helpful tips on the subject:

1. Pick young married women. They usually have more of a sense of responsibility than their unmarried sisters. They are less likely to be flirtatious. They need the work, or they would not be doing it. They still have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public efficiently.

4. Retain a physician to give each woman you hire a special physical examination - one covering female conditions. This step not only protects the property against the possibilities of lawsuit, but also reveals whether the employee-to-be has any female weaknesses that would make her mentally or physically unfit for the job.

5. Stress, at the outset, the importance of time; the fact that a minute or two lost here and there makes serious inroads on schedules. Until this point is gotten across, service is likely to be slowed up.

6. Give the female employee a definite daylong schedule of duties so that they will keep busy without bothering the management for instructions every few minutes. Numerous properties say that women make excellent workers when they have their jobs cut out for them, but that they lack initiative in finding work themselves.

7. Whenever possible, let the inside employee change from one job to another at some time during the day. Women are inclined to be less nervous and happier with change.

8. Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day. You have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has more confidence and is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied, apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.

9. Be tactful when issuing instructions or in making criticisms. Women are often sensitive; they cannot shrug off harsh words the way men do. Never ridicule a woman - it breaks her spirit and cuts off her efficiency.

11. Get enough size variety in operator’s uniforms so that each girl can have a proper fit. This point cannot be stressed too much in keeping women happy.

(it’s Francisco Franco…)