Other things this week: My big girl is turning 12 plus 1 next week (no, she will NOT be a teenager... 12 plus 1.
Picking up Ratchet and Clank, Psychonauts, NiGHTS, Jak and Daxter (even though I already Plat.ed it) and a few
other things this week.
Not exact matches
Every
week the retailer links to a number of manufacturers offering samples of their products, and this
week there are links to samples of Emergen - C powder and Purex laundry detergent, among several
other things.
«There have been times when I've had a really busy
week and a lot has been going on and I'll sit down on the cushion and then I'll just start crying and I'll realize that I'm so sad about this one
thing, but I had no space to grieve, no space to think about it; I was zipping from one
thing to the
other all
week,» says Pennell, who has studied at Insight Meditation Society, one of the top meditation centers in the country.
It's not that my husband didn't care about dried toothpaste in the sinks or the fact our sheets weren't washed that
week; it was that he wanted to spend his limited free time doing
other things.
Among
other things, the trial judge ruled that the two
weeks» notice the employees had offered was woefully insufficient.
If you spent 60 working — more than the vast majority of people — and slept 8 hours per night (56 per
week) that would leave 52 hours for
other things.
Earlier this
week, President Barack Obama unveiled executive actions on guns, which, among
other things, are designed to make gun sales easier to monitor and keep guns out of the hands of people who are prohibited from having them because of criminal and certain mental health records.
They neglect
other important
things in their lives to work as much as 120 hours in a
week — equivalent to three fulltime jobs.
Sandberg told Zuckerberg that if she were going to work for him, they would need to give each
other candid feedback and check in with each
other first
thing Monday morning and last
thing Friday every
week.
While Natale's comments will do little to quell those fears, Verizon CFO Matt Ellis said during an earnings call this
week that
things aren't as bad as
others might say.
But environmentalists released their own poll this
week suggesting most Americans don't really have a strong opinion on the issue, and would rather see Congress move on to
other things.
New York Fashion
Week has returned to the Big Apple to wreak havoc in these city streets (and by havoc we mean crowds of thirsty wannabes, lots of skinny people smoking, and fashion editors complaining about
things that
others would give their right leg to experience).
I need to tell people about Roth IRA day and America Saves
Week, and these
other things that I get press releases for, and if people would just listen to my advice, they would figure it out.»
Correction: Within our project management software we have created a «virtual water cooler» where we post fun questions to learn more about each
other, instantly chat with
other team members (about work or personal
things) and on Friday's we encourage everyone to give virtual «high - fives» to
others who have gone above and beyond the call of duty that
week.
As Scotiabank mentioned in a note last
week: «Higher interest rates are going to make the burden of refinancing the debt considerably heavier, and as more money goes into servicing the debt, it means less money is available to spend on
other things, which could lead to less infrastructure spending and increased austerity.»
That's the
other thing to consider this
week at re: Invent.
That said, those
things weren't depositing income into my bank account every
other week, either.
Fidelity and BlackRock announced last
week a new partnership that, among
other things, will include an expansion of Fidelity's offering of commission - free trading for iShares ETFs from 30 to 65 funds.
IOTA exploded earlier this
week, likely due to a newly announced partnership with Microsoft, Samsung and
others for the launch of a data marketplace for the internet of
things.
Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many
things instead of one
thing really well — Getting
things done themselves instead of taking time to build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or
other press)-- Attending multiple networking events a
week
The
other thing that stirred up the housing debate in Canada this
week was a blog post by a couple of economists at the International Monetary Fund.
Under the proposed agreement, each worker's claim would be paid according to a formula that factors in the number of
weeks each employee worked, among
other things.
(As an aside, the
week ended with a Cabinet nomination collapsing when it was alleged that, among
other things, the nominee, a chief White House doctor nicknamed «the Candyman,» had handed out prescription drugs with abandon, including, on at least one occasion, an alarmingly large supply of Percocet.)
There are so many congregations doing the same
thing the same way every single
week — and the same way as so many
other congregations — that people become starved for something, ANYTHING that's at least a change from the monotony.
Jonathan and I and a group of
other communicators were together last
week and one of the
things that was said at that gathering was if you read the book of Revelation, it talks in ways that are so relevant.
The 2016 Global Gender Gap Report was released earlier this
week and revealed that, among various
other things, women get paid less than men, but work the equivalent of 39 days more per year than men do.
We have our mortgage payment, utility bills, my salary and a host of
other things that we have to pay each
week.
One of the best
things I learned last
week was how to ask better questions — both of myself and
other people.
A quick about Abba Pambo — a contemporary of Origen: «If we asked [him] for a word from scripture or some
other thing, he would not give us an answer right away but would say, «I haven't figured out the meaning of this word yet»... It normally happened that he spent two or three whole days, or a whole
week without giving us an answer saying «if I do not know what sort of fruit this will bear, whether it is a fruit of death or life, I will not speak.»»
Earlier this month, the Texas legislature approved a loudly - debated package of restrictions on abortions in the Lone Star State; among
other things, requiring abortion clinics to bring their facilities in line with surgical standards and banning abortions after 20
weeks.
Yet I was still hearing it for the past
week, and today I had a Revelation, and I thought to myself, Lord I have been walking in total fear, and doing
things because I believe they please you, not coming from a genuine place of loving
others.
At the
other extreme are those who advocate for saying the sinner's prayer, subscribing to a long list of beliefs / interpretations of Scripture, living certain ways and doing certain
things (such as attending church so many times a
week).
The young people can be invited to meet together each
week to do the same
thing in a group, sharing with each
other what they wish to of their journal reflections.
In six days he created this planet and all of the cosmos (stars, sun, moon, light, and every
other physical
thing) because after everyone fell he needed a good length for a
week so men (who were going to become mortal at some point, even though God was not sure man would fall because he was going to give them free will) would not work themselves to death.
In the
weeks after we learned this, we predestined her name, we predestined where she will sleep, how she will affect our schedule and the many
other things that need to be decided before she gets here.
For a while the communication would be broken, the light between us dimmed, but we knew that the next Sunday would see us reunited and we would tell each
other then all that the interminable
week had brought to us both: thoughts about ourselves,
things we had heard,
things we had observed each in the
other without seeming to, as we had seemed absorbed.
This
week, I want to focus on 2008 — the highlights, the low moments, the
things we learned about ourselves, God, each
other, and the world.
On the
other hand, if engaging with a world in need were to be a very small
thing — like learning more about the bagboy who tirelessly bags my groceries every
week, or shamelessly begging for a baby shower invite to celebrate my favorite waitress at my favorite restaurant, or stopping to help the teen whose car is broken down by the side of the road — then I'd become responsible for it.
We'll move ahead next
week, but I have learned that I need to stop promising
things on Monday... so this is now an occasional series that I will call «Meaning of Missional» and post
other missiological
things on Monday.
Prior to the last two
weeks, it was a rare
thing for someone to mix me up with «
Other Rob.»
We enjoyed this pizza the
other day, but wanted to hold off one more
week before posting it here, until
things got truly springy for most of you in the Northern hemisphere.
Unfortunately, when trying to fit in a full - time job, a work out 4 - 5 times per
week, driving 3 hours every
other weekend to see my boyfriend, running a blog (among the 50 million
other things I have to do), I just can't afford to putz.
All good reasons, including the fact that they should totally be made a day or two before so it's one less
thing for you to worry about on turkey day, and if you're stressing out about
other dishes, it's cool, I've got a couple more
things coming your way this
week.
That is why I make menu for the
week and then I buy
things I really need, this
week we wasted only 1 small turnip and 1 potato that hided somewhere under
other veggies and got spoiled.
You can freeze some
things like gravy or mashed potatoes and they will save for
weeks, while
other dishes are meant to be enjoyed pronto.
Good news is I've got some of your bases covered with these sliders and a few
other recipes the rest of this
week,
things like my favorite bbq sauce, easy pickles, pie if I can get my shit together, etc..
We had those for two
weeks in a row and did
other things on a daily basis.
My favorite
thing to eat at the moment - twice a
week, every
other week - is Ottolenghi's cardamom rice with poached eggs and Greek yogurt from his Plenty cookbook (page 240) or here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/sep/27/21
You need an allium around to cook down for sweetness, toss raw in a salad, roast alongside a chicken, and about 100
other things you do in the kitchen every
week.