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5 Ways to Add Jumping Jacks to Your Day

January 29, 2010 Uncategorized

Warning: Jumping jacks in a moving vehicle can be disconcerting. You do not land where you took off. Consult your physicist professor for advice.
The jumping jack is, I gotta say, one of the silliest calisthenics. Not as silly as the squat thrust, but far sillier than the push-up. Kids LOVE ‘em, and for good reasons.
I [...]

Tagged as: cubicle life, fitness, Misconceptions, Office work

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Good Employees Do Bad Head Stands

January 26, 2010 Uncategorized

A head stand is a bar, and I intend to reach this bar within the next 30 days. Wish me luck – I’m going for it. Some people might say the head stand is an achievement, but it’s not – it is a bar. It measures other achievements.
For many years, I have practiced Yoga. I [...]

Tagged as: cubicle life, Office work, Yoga

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Okay, so I am popular. Now what?

January 23, 2010 Uncategorized

There are two steps to achieving contentment in life and work:

Convince others to give you what you want
Then tell ‘em what to give you

Maybe not. Life seems to be more complex.
I recently read an article by a guy named Mike Tattersall, called How To Become Popular at Work. As of today, he has published 1139 [...]

Tagged as: employment, management, Office work

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Proof by Analogy

January 14, 2010 Rants

I often post comments on my Twitter or Facebook feed that are a little.. untrue, or jarring. For example, I once claimed that “Ignorance can lead to the better outcome” (expanded upon in a blog post – Left Hand Don’t Know).
Other times, I try to post a comment which might elicit some responses, like the [...]

Tagged as: Logic, Mathematics, Office work

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Turn the Pyramid Upside-Down

December 29, 2009 Office work

Many years ago in my study of Yoga, I came across an analogy that spoke to me and stayed with me. I don’t remember where I first read it, and I have not been able to put it into words effectively myself, but I think about it often, and it often seems to be the [...]

Tagged as: Office work, Philosophy, Yoga

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Kindles, Androids, and Other Saviors of My Aching Back

December 20, 2009 Office work

Disclaimer: The following has lots of product placement via Amazon’s Affiliate program. If you click a link and buy, you are likely to generate a commission for me. But I have only linked to items which I have myself also purchased and enjoyed. Oh, and feel free to buy me a gift off my Amazon [...]

Tagged as: Office work, Technology

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