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from:Anonymous
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What should I have for lunch today?
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I�m going to have Turkey soup as I�m AWOL from my cube and feeling like hell at home. I�d tell you to stay way from Spam and order low on the deli menu.
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Where did you go last night? We miss you and Jen. Come out and play?
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We�ve both contracted the plague and were feeling like hell � even on Sunday night. Soon soon we will emerge from our bacteria and virus infested apartment.
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from:The Fatal Tiger
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Okay, advice question... How do you convince yourself to move on to the next step? Meaning... motivation. I'm a procrastinator... I've got a ton of things to do, but no desire to do them... How do I motivate myself?
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If you say "I don't feel like doing this", remember that your feelings don't rule your life. What you�re actually doing is being selfish and shirking your responsibilities. Life is never going to be fun every day - especially every hour. Pretending it is will get you a lifetime of working at Denny's. Besides, you'll feel better knowing the work is out of the way so you can get on with the good times that much sooner.
If you feel like doing it tomorrow, at least start it today. You don't always have to finish a task the same day you start it, but often if you just get yourself going...
If you don't know where to start on a task, it's time to call someone for advice or speak to the person who gave you that task. Don't hem and haw thinking you'll sound dumb - waiting to get advice is what's dumb.
If you really feel like taking a break, work on the job for 1 more hour, then take the break. Often that 1-hour will turn into two and the break will really be deserved.
"Oh I have time, it's not that bad, I'll wait until tomorrow..." Things have just gotten much worse.
If you've got lots of time to get things going, think how great it will feel to have all that time at hand BEFORE the project is due - meaning, let's say it's a college paper. If you have the paper done 3 days before it's due, how much fun would it be to be able to do what ever you want while your classmates are up until 3am the two nights before the assignment is due.
If you're the type of person who thinks they work better under pressure - you're fooling yourself. You may work ok under pressure, you just don't care so much about finding mistakes later on.
If you ever say to yourself, I'll do it later, you have to hear this as I'm about to wait until the last minute again - and be working under pressure.
If all else fails � pay someone to hit you with an electric cattle prod every time you start to screw off � then hang pictures of Gary Coleman on your bedroom walls.
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from:Sophie
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dear johnpowers, i hate working. what kind of job should i get?
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I hate working too, so I went into Information Systems. Why? Because I used to really like computers and tinkering with them was fun when I was young, so I thought working with them all day would be fun too. For the most part I was right. Problem is work is not always fun � no matter what job you have.
I�d tell you to figure out what makes you happy. What do you truly enjoy � and see if that could be something you make a career out of.
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from:jen
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know any good cures for fleas in cats?
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Yes, the Vet. All super market flea treatments are very bad for your cat�s health. In over dose quantities, they can injure your cat�s liver and cause it respiratory trouble.
Spend the money and take it to a vet and get it flea medication � the pill form or the oil you squirt onto its neck.
Board your cat at the vet for a day or two while you flea bomb your house. If your cat has fleas, your couch and rug has fleas.
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from:Anonymous
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How do you teach your cat to fetch (i.e., bring the toy back after you throw it)?
Start off training your cat to fetch by putting an object to fetch in their mouth, and then rewarding them with a treat.
Cats take a lot more discipline to train than dogs, but it is the same task reward system you use with dogs. You have to encourage the cat when it brings the plastic mouse to you. How? With food treats. Only give the cat it�s favorite treat when you are playing fetch. Never ever get the mouse for your cat. If the cat just picks the mouse up in its mouth after you throw it, reward that - give it a treat. If the cat chases the mouse and then sits on it, you DO NOT reward the cat until it picks up the mouse.
Gradually the cat will come back to you with the mouse because it want�s it�s treat.
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from:devildog (docta-j)
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who is the badest motha who gets all the ladies in a tizy ?
That would have to be the greatest ladies man of all time
Mr. Barry White.
