Ray, you're weird. BTW, the post average may have fallen from 42 to 37 a day, but we're staying steady now (except on Saturdays when, for some reason, almost noone posts). And, the discussions are very interesting.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
We need more peoples so we can gain the competitive advantage of some synergies through leveraging of SME's and out of the box thinking... I think it is time to retain a corporate recruiter to bring us more of the best and brightest to our forum... Besides, has anyone bothered to look in the closet? Zombie has gone through his 72 hour emergency kit rations of brains...
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
Cat Herder wrote: We need more peoples so we can gain the competitive advantage of some synergies through leveraging of SME's and out of the box thinking... I think it is time to retain a corporate recruiter to bring us more of the best and brightest to our forum... Besides, has anyone bothered to look in the closet? Zombie has gone through his 72 hour emergency kit rations of brains...
Should we work on a vision statement for the forum? BTW, vision statements just kill me. They seem so incredibly meaningless to me. It's the written equivalent of vomit, in my opinion.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
We have a reputation to keep Ray... what, sort of reputation, I don't know, but a reputation none the less. And dang it, one of these days, we'll have the leveraged organizations in place to establish a steering committee of executives that will facilitate creation of a simple mission statement that will show our value added proposition to potential customers. In the mean time, the board has strongly encouraged all share holders to vote in favor of the proposal not allowing banishment of anyone but crazy people to Bok's netherregions... This appears to be in line with Palisade Drive robber baron guidance.
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
When I (briefly) worked for our city's health department, our Director of Public Health sent out via email distro his new vision statement. It read something like "Fort Worth will be nationally recognized as one of the healthiest cities in America." He asked for honest replies, and I was naive enough to believe he really wanted them (kinda like that time when I was naive enough to believe that an "open door policy" meant that I could talk to my manager about issues affecting the performance of our team.) I sent a tongue-in-cheek reply that we certainly had a long way to go because Fort Worth is consistently ranked among the top ten cities with an obese population. And realistically, we're never even going to come close to cities like Davis, CA. Perhaps we should choose something more realistic and measurable. For those statements, I got an interview with the director, the assistant director, my manager, and my supervisor who all lectured me on the importance of vision statements and how my attitude showed a shocking disregard for teamwork. Whatever. I left a few months later.
Can we have a big bonfire here and burn all our Franklin planners? I haven't touched mine for about seven years, and I have a lot of extra planning forms, etc. that I would happily contribute.
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I'm there with you, Roper. I have the largest size planner (I forget what it's called). I haven't used it since I got it, over 5 years ago. The company I was working for paid for it. I couldn't even figure out which inserts I needed to order. Then I found out that you have to take a class to learn how to use the planner effectively. It's all too complicated for me. So I have my computer remind me of stuff (or my wife).
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
Can we have a big bonfire here and burn all our Franklin planners? I haven't touched mine for about seven years, and I have a lot of extra planning forms, etc. that I would happily contribute.
That sounds like a wonderful male bonding sort of activity! While we're at it, we shall put forth the political party platform of rezoning all places where a Franklin-Covey retail establishment exists, legally forcing them to move outside of municipal boundaries so as to avoid the corruption of anyone else's minds to their consultick speak! I have at least two planners that I wasted money on (one a Franklin, the other a non-Franklin) and rarely if ever used over the years, an old briefcase I purchased for use in graduate school, an old handspring that is now broken (that I only got because I wanted to be cool like the other guys in the EQ and at work) that got only slightly more use than the planners, and a pile of half-completed "to-do" lists here at work... Yea verily, I shall be able to contribute mightily to the fire!
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
I've noticed that Nauvoo isn't getting a lot of traffic at the moment, either. Maybe people are just spending more time with their families and not on the boards. Oh, the horror!
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
arbilad wrote: I've noticed that Nauvoo isn't getting a lot of traffic at the moment, either. Maybe people are just spending more time with their families and not on the boards. Oh, the horror!
That is so ironically funny! Mrs. Cat Herder is nagging me to get off the computer so we can go to on our first us only date (no kids) in a long while! Of course, I'm in the middle of trying to take care of some past due bill payments, pay for an auction on e-Bay she said she wanted, and wondering how the heck Arbi got this festive background on to the forum...
I have my theories as to why the other board may not be getting as much traffic as it once did, but it is not my place to share those opinions or some folks may think I am holding a grudge...
Anyway, I'll provide a review of whatever film (probably The Santa Claus 3) we end up going to see!
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
Cat, if you do see Santa Clause 3, let us know what you did or didn't like about it. I loved the first two, but I've been hesitant to see this one, since I don't like the premise (Martin Short going back in time and stealing the job) and I don't like Martin Short. I don't think he's funny in the slightest, but he acts as if he's the master of comedy.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
While we're at it, we shall put forth the political party platform of rezoning all places where a Franklin-Covey retail establishment exists, legally forcing them to move outside of municipal boundaries so as to avoid the corruption of anyone else's minds to their consultick speak! 
I have at least two planners that I wasted money on (one a Franklin, the other a non-Franklin) and rarely if ever used over the years, an old briefcase I purchased for use in graduate school, an old handspring that is now broken (that I only got because I wanted to be cool like the other guys in the EQ and at work) that got only slightly more use than the planners, and a pile of half-completed "to-do" lists here at work... Yea verily, I shall be able to contribute mightily to the fire! 
