UFO: I Practice Levitation by John T Jones, Ph.D.
... I was able to raise the telephone from the cradle on my desk and move it to my lap five feet away! I jumped up and headed strait (like in the Bible) to my wife’s den of craftery. I got stopped in the hallway. It was Xrytspet! I said, “Scram, Xrytspet! I’ve got to tell my wife—“ She laughed and rolled around on the carpet. Her sides were busting! I said, “Darn you, Xrytspet! Quit messing with my levitation experiments! Go back to—” But she was gone. The End copyright©John T. Jones, Ph.D.

Guide To Reducing The Cost Of Divorce by Lee Rosen
... on an hourly basis, by avoiding long-winded telephone conversations and unnecessarily long meetings with your attorney, by doing lots of the document "homework" on your own, by taking as reasonable a position as possible in negotiations, and by steering clear of protracted litigation. Document "homework," which is described in other sections of this website, is an integral requirement for proper divorce planning. Read that material now; then read it again later. For more information visit

How To Absolutely Suck In Your Next Triathlon by Ben Greenfield
... You've had a great season and it's too late to mess up in any more races. For others, you've still got time to bite the bullet and suck it up in your next event. Ready for me to spill the beans on how to have a horrible race, and maybe even a PR (Personal Ruin)? Read on, O Ye of Low Self-Expectation. 1. Don't warm up for your three sports. That's right. Forget to print the Mapquest directions, arrive at the race late, and have barely enough time to dip your toes in the water before the ...

Are You Where You Want To Be? 5 Steps To Help You Get There by Sandra Martini
... I usually plan my retreat in late summer – it’s late enough in the current year to have a good idea of how the year is progressing and yet still have enough time to make changes if necessary. I take a few critical tools and go somewhere alone for a few days where I can sit and reflect on my business as a business, it’s successes and opportunities. It is critical to build a roadmap of where you want to are some of the steps I take: 1. Bring your financial whatever form they exist.

New Year's Resolutions, The "Word" and a Small Business Retreat by Sandra Martini
... I usually plan two business retreats per year: ~ One in late summer -- it’s late enough in the current year to have a good idea of how the year is progressing and yet still have enough time to make changes if necessary. ~ One over the holidays just before New Year's -- this saves me from also doing New Year's resolutions. :-) As part of my "New Year Retreat", I pick one word around which to focus the year. This makes it much easier to plan the year and every choice, every decision is ...

Avoiding Fraudulent Business Operations by Yigit Djevdet
... The whole affair should not last more than an hour (depending on the nature of the call but I think an hour is average for a first visit). 4. The salesman should not impose on the host by asking for an immediate decision or payment upfront. 5. If an estimate is given and a discount follows almost immediately as the customer starts to object, then the dishonesty element should become apparent. 6. The classical psychology used here is obvious and blatant.

The Tax Payer as Gilligan by Kemberly Wardlaw
... (As this episode ends and the closing credits roll, we rejoin the final verse of our amended Gilligan’s Island tune) … “So this is the tale of our inflation rates, they're here for a long, long time. You’ll have to make the best of things, it's an uphill climb. Our law makers and bureaucrats will try their very best, to make the nation comfortable, with a fiscal mess. No rights, no wrongs, no benefits, not a single guaranty, like generations before yours now, it's challenging as can be.