Elmo hasn't been around for 40 years, but now Sesame Street has!
When I worked full time in a corporate job, I’d get the kids to day care by 8:30, and sometimes didn’t pick them up until 6:00 or 6:30. I hated it! I was making a great salary that more than paid for their child care, but when all was said and done, paying for the quality of child care I was willing to settle for amounted to a lot of my take-home pay. [...]
So I woke up this morning and noticed that the Google Doodle today contains an image of Big Bird’s feet, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Sesame Street. It’s times like this when I’m glad I work from home, as I get to stick around and watch news about the celebration or read articles like this about something so precious with which I grew up. I even read somewhere that we might see several of Jim Henson’s Muppet characters today on Google’s logo on their homepage. I’m looking forward to seeing Elmo and the Cookie Monster! [...]
Many people looking to earn a living at home are falling prey to “tweets”, emails and websites that tell them they can make money from home. Read the fine print!
Many Work at Home scams have popped up in light of the current economic conditions in the country. Many claim you can make money by sending emails or placing Google ads. But recently, there has been a new scheme playing the field which targets Americans by telling them they can make money through Twitter. [...]
Often running a small business can mean living on and by your hand-held tele-communicating device, or cell phone. Those running small businesses and working from home, or even from their cars, depend on these tiny morsels of communication for much more than making calls. With a personal assistant out of the budget plans of most at-home businesses, at-home CEO’s are relying more and more on Blackberries, iPhones, and Sidekicks to hold all the essentials of any business including appointment books, contact lists, client information and notes on new ideas. [...]
Poor, poor Nicolas Cage. Despite making millions upon millions of dollars over the course of his career, he’s in the poor house. Of course, his poor house is a $10 million mansion in Beverly Hills, but do not judge him! Because, of course, none of this is his fault whatsoever. It’s the fault of his incompetent financial manager, who lined his pockets, didn’t file Nick’s taxes, and committed other sundry vile acts against Mr. Cage for which we should all be shocked and appalled. [...]