investments and on-line registration

The financial institution we use for an annuity was asking for on-line registration.
After spending time filling out the information and I can not register because of an incorrect DOB...I think I know when I was born! On-line is not the answer to everything and we are rapidly making ourselves vulnerable in thinking on-line is the answer to all. A recent article was stating the downfalls in the IT world and the author said "analytical thinkers are not the best marketers." Amen to that. The web may be making billions for Facebook CEO but how many servers are necessary for the bytes and we are adding more constantly. Just some briefs thoughts on social direction, business direction and vulnerability.

Ethics and gift cards

During the holidays hubby received a number of gift cards from clients. We used one and had approximately twenty dollars left so I thought. The waiter or waitress had relieved us by giving themselves an extremely healthy tip. When checking on the card to see what the remaining amount was it was about one dollar.

The point being, if you intend for gift to be used exclusively by the recipent you may try gift cards other then restaurants. Perhaps a another choice is a clothing store, hobby shop, grocery store or other gift card ideas.

Ethics and medicine

Not sure if these two subjects go together. We pay almost $300 a month for health insurance and they cover very little. A recent biopsy costs $452.27 to be exact and we pay for what? Medical procedures in the US have become a joke as well as the thing called insurance. Insurance is now a promise that you, the consumer, can insure you will pay out the nose for anything related to the medical industry. A friend sells those stainless steel apparatuses used to replace joints, knees, shoulders, etc. the stainless steel is then thrown in the garbage. Nice!

Not only can we replace body parts we can then make more waste and add to the landfills...where do they throw all that stuff used in medicine anyway?

Another concern is if costs continue at this rate where are we going to be in ten years? Will the average person even be able to afford medications and porcedures?

Parental approval

Reading a young friends story over the passed few days I realize the absolute pain and torture this young man went through because his father was brutal with his criticism. How often do we suffer from our parents lack of approval? So many young men seem to fall victim to their father's lack of approval. Which causes even more confusion, self esteem issues, fear, anti-social behavior and more. Observing a young mother with her little guy and not allowing him to express sadness and it is not my place but I thought "no, you are going to make him suppress his emotions" and that can lead to trouble. When emotions are suppressed then saying things like, I love you even to a wife or child is also suppressed. Fear of showing emotions or being afraid to express ones true feelings is not good.

I am not condoning an emotional basket case, just a healthy sense of self, healthy sense of what is acceptable when expressing emotions. I have said for years, real men cry. I'll stick by that statement.

Interviews and Transcriptions

An acquaintance that works at the library in town asked if I would ever do another interview book. Not likely and here's why. My skill set is NOT transcription! After paying to have the interviews transcribed, paying to have someone proof and edit, paying to have the book formated and printed then I find errors.

The contract was broken by the person and it was her contract. She simply did not do the job. Interesting how when a CEO steps down after someone in a company does something wrong. Oil spill, embezzlement, fraud, whatever, something is wrong. The difference is when someone doesn't edit and proof there's still plenty of evidence.
It's in the print!

Another interesting side note is how some people can read over the errors and some of can not. True the integrity of the work is still intact but the disappointment in the editor never goes away.

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