Jul 06
Posted by: Marilyn in: Around Here, Blog, Business, Education, General Living, Money, Trends, Venting
My Pharmacy Tech Classes are going quite well so far. I’ve gotten “As” on all of the tests and homework assignments. I’ve completed the research paper, which isn’t due for another month. I’ve even been interviewing for work in the local Wal-Mart store for a job as a Pharmacy Technician, and they say that they [...]
Jul 05
Posted by: Marilyn in: Blog, Business, Buzz, Entertainment/Fun, General Living, Money, Shopping, Technology, Trends
Things sure have changed a lot in my lifetime! When I was a kid, there were very few opportunities to get the word out about your business. You could advertise on radio, television, mass mailings, and the paper publishing media such as newspapers and magazines. And of course, the most effective marketing possible back then [...]
Jun 29
Posted by: Marilyn in: Around Here, Blog, Entertainment/Fun, General Living, Travel
I have been very busy this past week. I had to go to my Pharmacy Technician classes on Tuesday and Thursday, and on Wednesday I went to a free techniques course for a decorative painting, the technique was “floating colors.” It has been several years since I took a techniques class for that style of [...]
Jun 23
Posted by: Marilyn in: Around Here, Blog, Business, Buzz, General Living, Health and Fitness, Money, Opinion, Shopping, Technology
Lasik is the newest technology in vision correction, and is gaining popularity across the country. The military has their pilots receive Lasik vision correction, and many sports figures are having the Lasik correction done in the hopes it will improve their performance and give them a competitive edge. I think that if a sports competitor [...]
Jun 23
Posted by: Marilyn in: Around Here, Blog, Buzz, General Living, Money, News, Opinion, Technology
According to an article I read on a Reuters website, a study was written by the Clean Edge and environmental nonprofit Co-op America that declared solar power will be cost competitive with fossil fuels like natural gas and coal by 2015. I think that this is wonderful news; I’d like to see a lot more alternative energy sources developed and expanded [...]