Monthly Archives: August 2009

Finding Your Center

By Agricola | August 28, 2009

What with the start of a new semester and exposure to a slightly different weltenschauung, a lot of "philosophy" has come my way. If you follow my tweets, you might have seen the pearls that recently came from one professor on the danger of using a pda or phone in class. Not for her the [...] Read more »

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Globalization – An Illustration

By Agricola | August 25, 2009

A new semester means another opportunity to rant about textbook prices – but we’ve been over this before, so I won’t waster our readership’s time. Instead, a tale of global business, intrigue, and, hopefully, happiness. Some background. That great engine of entrepeneurial opportunism, E-Bay, also operates as another company called Half.com. Half.com specializes in [...] Read more »

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TaxMan

By Agricola | August 25, 2009

The first day of classes for the fall semester. A heavy load of business oriented classes, mostly as a requirement for my minor. The most daunting is Taxation, an upper level accounting course. The professor is a seasoned veteran of the public accounting wars who returned to the (relative) safety of academe to earn her [...] Read more »

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Finding Balance

By Agricola | August 14, 2009

It’s important to find and achieve balance in your life…too little is as harmful as too much.  Thanks, then, to flowing data for this wonderful guide to finding the right balance for your social media needs. I think they’ve got it about right… Read more »

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A Sunday Drive

By Agricola | August 10, 2009

The land of the free and the home of the brave. I was warned earlier in the week that we would be taking a Sunday drive in lieu of vacation. The route would be left up to me, with the caveat that the final waypoint should be a nice place for lunch. Forewarned means prepared, [...] Read more »

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