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Great find! I wonder if they have it at the local karaoke bar?
Will Rogers never met me.
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Imagine if you will sitting in a bar relaxing drinking an adult beverage of your choice.
In walks a fairly attractive woman with an entourage and a CD case tucked under her arm....ah karaoke must be getting ready to start.
After the whole troupe finds a table and gets their drinks the woman removes a CD from her case and strolls up to the DJ and hands the CD to the DJ.
Waiting her turn finally comes up and she goes to the mic, the music starts and the sound that emits from her is like a cat with it's balls being screwed in a vise. After a painful rendition of god only knows what she returns to her table where all her friends congratulate her on the wonderful job.
It's been 10 years since I've been in a bar...I don't miss karaoke! 
The most expensive tool is a cheap tool. Gareth Branwyn
JaxCoder.com
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After having some busy months (had my best month ever in June), it's summer and my customers are taking things slow and everyone's on vacation.
Took Monday off, did things slow on Tuesday and today I'm taking half a day off.
All work and no play makes Sander a dull boy, I should do this more often 
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It is really slow indeed. Somehow even though I am in a high demand role at work, this week feels like vacation. I am off from tomorrow on official vacation and I hope to get things going once back.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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took my first week off (this week) in years. Most of the time when I take time off, I'm either working on some other customer issue, or fixing things around the house. I'm up in the NC mountains and doing a lot of reading, sleeping, and spending time with my bride of 44 years (tomorrow).
To be honest, I felt so guilty taking the time off, I just had to convince myself that it was medically necessary (it is). Clearing your mind allows you to get back to work with vigor.
We're already planning next year's trip to Israel.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: took my first week off (this week) in years.
In years!? That doesn't sound healthy 
As an employee, it's not even legal in The Netherlands.
If you did that to your employees you could get in big trouble (even if the employee wanted it).
Of course us big time CEO's don't have that kind of luxury! 
charlieg wrote: spending time with my bride of 44 years (tomorrow)
Congrats!
Enjoy your day and week 
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read the first line completely. I'm pretty much wrapping up my life project: all children to adulthood, none in jail, etc. This is my first summer essentially as an empty nester. So, taking the family (and I have a *large* one) on vacation is not a vacation to my wife and I - just a relocation of where we do all the work.
Many times, I would take time off, and you'd find me painting bedrooms, yard work, fixing cars, etc. Still not a vacation.
Next year, if things work out, we'll be in Israel for two weeks.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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That explains it.
Sounds good though.
I know people who don't like it when their kids leave the house (my own father included).
I even know someone who got depressed and divorced her husband as a result
With such a large family (I'm guessing 42 children!) I can see why you'd enjoy it though 
Good luck with the empty nest and have fun in Israel, sounds great!
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With limited desire to travel these days, I've been using my vacation by taking Mondays off all summer. Three day weekends every week and I avoid the Monday stress. Fridays are usually more relaxed than Mondays, so I prefer to work Friday over Monday.
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Sounds like a good plan.
You don't have to travel on your days off.
In fact, I take two weeks during Christmas break to just sit at home.
Every day I'm out of the house is a day lost.
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Lucky you.
Since I retired, I don't get any days off
>64
Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.
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I hear you
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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For your leisurely listening pleasure:
This Is the Life - YouTube[^]
FWIW, this song features an iPad app called MorphWiz that the keyboardist created back in 2010.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Never really liked Dream Theater, save for their album Metropolis Pt. 2, for some reason.
Biggest reason is I really don't like the singers voice 
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I selected the No never option - I'm now supposed to choose *and how did it go * - how did what go ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Not teaching them obviously.
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Did they learn anything useful from your absence of tutorship?
Apart from "pkfox won't tell me anything useful"?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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There's always one and it's always...
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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... ME!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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It was one of my teachers favourite expressions of disdain.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I would have chosen "Generally Good".
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The refusal - was is taken well, did you get written up by your boss, did you get fired? 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I've never had a boss , always been self employed due to my being totally unemployable
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I too, have always worked for myself in this career, 40+ years.
Looking for a job now, as the last one lasted 5 weeks, it wasn't what was advertised, I find I may be in the same situation, unemployable. 
This is partly due, I think, to age discrimination, despite the claims that there is no such thing.
Hopeless, Almost
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I'm 69 now so little or no chance for me landing a contract
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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