Monday, March 21, 2011

SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS
But I think they make some sense.  First, from a mom who's always living in chaos--but deals with it:

"Most of the time, I am the messy disaster, the daydreamer, the disheveled, self-deprecating deep sigher. I am the one who complains bitterly about twisted car-seat straps and an ungodly tide of dirty laundry that never seems to subside. I'm the one who snickers mirthlessly when a moth flies into the baby's milk and it all has to get poured down the sink.
What I want to know is how other people my age with my responsibilities get by. I want to know how they try and fail, and I want to know exactly how they feel and act and what they say when they're failing.
"This is a f***ing clown show!" is what one friend tells me he says when everything is going wrong. "What's a clown show?" I asked. He wasn't sure, but I think I know from my own experience: It's loud, stuff is spilling on the floor, and you can't all fit into the car.
But you could never fit into the car in the first place -- that was only an illusion. All you can hope for is to accept your flaws and get a reasonable hold on your circumstances....You're never fully prepared. You never really arrive. The best you can do is to keep painting the walls to suit your new circumstances."

And then there's this---supposed you're asked weird questions on a job interview?  It can happen.  Here's the deal--and what maybe you can do in reply:
"...organizations of all sizes and in a variety of industries are posing unusual questions to their interviewees.
"Zappos.com, the online shoe seller known for its relaxed culture and quirky employees, has one of the more interesting applications you're likely to see. According to Christa Foley, a recruiting manager for the company, you might be asked any of the following:
• If you were a superhero, who would you be and why?
• If every time you entered a room your theme song played, what would it be and why?
• On a scale of 1-10, how weird are you? Why did you choose that number?
• What was your best MacGyver moment?
• If you saw someone steal a quarter, would you report it? If not, what dollar amount would you report?
Unusual, right? Aside from the last question, which conceivably factors into your trustworthiness, the others are fun and allow you to be creative. These brain teasers are usually used so that employers can see how your mind works, but they also make you wonder if the employer is taking you seriously or just messing with you.
Sometimes even we can't give you the right answers for truly unorthodox questions. As with brain teasers, these weird questions don't always have a right or wrong answer.
As a rule, you should approach unusual interview questions with the following mindset:
• Is it illegal or unethical? If so, feel free to stand up and walk out. (You don't want to work for that kind of boss, do you?)
• Is there a right or wrong answer?
• What is my answer? Why?
• Why didn't I choose the other options or answer differently?
What matters is that you answer the question and articulate your reasoning. You can't predict how the interviewer will react, so the best you can do is answer confidently. If the interviewer cringes when you say "Star Wars" instead of "Star Trek" and shows you out of the interviewer room, you're not to blame."

Interesting!  I have to admit, I never faced questions like those.
Meanwhile, here's some news for those of you who still have toddler children, with Moebius or no:

"Toddlers are usually switched from rear-facing to forward-facing car seats right after their first birthday — an event many parents may celebrate as a kind of milestone.
But in a new policy statement, the nation’s leading pediatricians’ group says that is a year too soon.
The advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics, issued Monday, is based primarily on a 2007 University of Virginia study finding that children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to suffer severe or fatal injuries in a crash if they are facing the rear.
“A baby’s head is relatively large in proportion to the rest of his body, and the bones of his neck are structurally immature,” said the statement’s lead author, Dr. Dennis R. Durbin, scientific co-director of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “If he’s rear-facing, his entire body is better supported by the shell of the car seat. When he’s forward-facing, his shoulders and trunk may be well restrained, but in a violent crash, his head and neck can fly forward.”


"There is no comparison between that which is lost by not
succeeding and that which is lost by not trying."
-Francis Bacon





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