"Stayin' Inside" - Corona Virus Bee Gees Parody

During this Pandemic Crisis - Be Grateful for Man's Best Friend

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During this pandemic crisis - be grateful for man's best friend.

1) Always carry dog treats.

2) Make friends with the dogs in your area

3) Even if the owners can't afford to feed their dogs during this crisis - be ready and willing to help keep their precious companions well fed.


These animals may be an essential component of your neighbors' ability to cope with the stress of this crisis.


And, while the owners may see them as pets - you and I both know that they are so much more:


An emergency food supply.


I'm talking livestock.

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Inspirational Speeches of Trek

Now, in this time of darkness, of doubt, of fear - the spirit of these words calls out - across time and space - and expresses that which is the best of our species. For we shall prevail, and hope shall not perish. Stand your ground. Do not abandon any member of your "crew". Against the unseen foe, against ignorance, against greed that would jeopardize the health of all peoples of the earth - we must be united in a vision of helping one another - and a better tomorrow.

COVID-19 Last Resort Support Network

LinkedIn Group: COVID-19 Last Resort Support Network

This is intended as a mechanism of last resort - when all other resources have been exhausted. 

Do you have loved ones that are far away - and have some urgent need for basic necessities? Are you willing/able to help out a stranger's loved ones in your local area? 

This could be as simple as helping deliver some groceries to a person's elderly family member - so that folks in high risk groups can maintain their isolation and not require them to go out.

 

Heroes, Assemble! Indeed.

A Writer - Alfred Henry Lewis

This writer was brought to my attention - by a quote that I happened upon this evening....which I found intriguing...

In a March 1906 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine, Alfred Henry Lewis stated,

"There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy."

 
Alfred Henry Lewis 

There is much of interest mentioned in the IMDB page:

• https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506906/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

And in his obituary, from The New York Times. December 24, 1914.

• https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1914/12/24/100127297.pdf  

As well as this Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Henry_Lewis

(January 20, 1855 – December 23, 1914) was an American investigative journalist, lawyer, novelist, editor, and short story writer,[1] who sometimes published under the pseudonym Dan Quin

His books are available on the Project Gutenberg site:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1257

• Wolfville: Episodes of Cowboy Life (1893)
• Sandburrs (1900)
• Wolfville Days (1902)
• The Black Lion Inn (1903)
• The Boss, and How He Came to Rule New York (1903)
• Peggy O'Neal (1903)
• The President (1904)
• The Sunset Trail (1905)
• Confessions of a Detective (1906)
• When Men Grew Tall; or, The Story of Andrew Jackson (1907)
• An American Patrician; or, The Story of Aaron Burr (1908)
• Wolfville Folks (1908)
• Wolfville Nights (1908)
• The Apaches of New York (1912)
• Faro Nell and Her Friends: Wolfville Stories (1913)

My Theme Song: Wand'rin Star

The way that I work with clients...

There is much in the way that I work with clients - that bears a striking resemblance to the strictures of Nanny McPhee

"When you want me, but no longer need me - then I have to go"

New item on my Bucket List - Predators of the Heart Sanctuary

"The Predators of the Heart Sanctuary lets you have an awoosome 2-hour Wolf Encounter Experience. The sanctuary’s located in Anacortes"

https://www.boredpanda.com/wolves-sanctuary-predators-of-the-heart/

https://predatorsoftheheart.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pg/pothwildlife/
https://www.instagram.com/predatorsoftheheart/

A Meeks-ism

"Good Luck"

means...

"I leave you now, to your own devices, and the consequences of your poor choices.

A Hindenburg looms large in your future."

My Counter to Your Offer

Some business management consultant connected with me recently on LinkedIn.

He asked if I would be interested in joining a new "mastermind group" he was forming.

I replied: "No, thank you".

Today, I received a call from someone following-up on his behalf - asking if I would be interesting in joining this mental masturbation group.

Caller: "What do you think about the idea?"

Me: "My first thought would be - what would be the fee charged for joining this group?"

Caller: "$495/month"

Me: "Well, as a consultant myself - I charge for giving my advice and expertise - and for short-term engagements - like a 1-hour call per week, to share my advice with the group - my rate would be $340/hour".

Caller: "So..., ..., ...you, ..., ...would be charging HIM?"

Me: "Correct".

Caller: "Yeaaaahhhh....I don't think that's what he had in mind..."

Me: "I didn't think so".


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