I learned some things I never knew about Queen Victoria… . She wrote over 50 million words in her journal. She was also of German heritage (3/4) and spoke fluent German. When her husband and mother died the same year… She was devastated and spent a lot of time in Germany, where her husband Albert…
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I Just read “WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE?”
WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE? This Reddit Thread Of The Things People Do For Work And How Much They Earn Might Leave You Doubting Your Career Choices Crazy that someone with a masters degree is making $14 an hour…. then on the other end, a person with much less formal education is making…
What Five Years of Google Opinion Rewards Looks Like
I took a two year break, but this is what five years of Google Opinion Rewards looks like.. see video below Dec 2016 thru Dec 2021 I never spent more than ten or fifteen seconds on one… most of them were completed in five seconds or less. I wonder what would have happened if I…
Is Turo Worth the Hassle?
Everyone knows you can earn extra money by renting out rooms or an investment property you own on AirBnB.. but can you rent out your car? Is it worth it? The answer us Yes, you can rent it out, but whether it’s worth it to you or not is another story… If you ever thought…
Thoughts on Living in a Hotel
I could soooo live in a hotel! I just couldn’t do it long term, with someone else, especially a significant other… We’d have to have separate rooms. Some Good Things about Hotel Life Your neighbors don’t stick around long. You get new ones all the time. So if they are loud, obnoxious or just whatever,…
I Just Watched “Charles Dickens: Tale of Ambition and Genius”| Full Documentary | Biography
I learned a few things after watching this… He wrote scathingly about the US after he visited… He found it crass and disappointing. One day he received a letter from his first love, Maria Beadnel, wanting to meet… he was very excited because she was his first love. After they met, however, he did not…
The Devil is in the Details
I just wanted to sing the praises of Airtable once again for a bit…. I’ve been sharing over the past several months how I use this tool…. and how much I love it. Well the 1100th way I use Airtable (of course I’m being facetious for all you literalist out there) is to keep track…
I Just Watched “New York, Power And The People” on YouTube
This originally aired in Sept 1999… This is an eight part series titled “American Experience – New York” Other episodes are 1609-1825 The Country and the City1825-1865 Order and Disorder1865-1898 Sunshine and Shadow1898-1918 The Power and the People1919-1931 Cosmopolis1929-1941 City of Tomorrow1945-2000 The City and the World1946-2003 The Center of the World Unfortunately you can’t…
I Just Watched “Great War: Christmas Truce (WWI Documentary)”
I’ve been watching a lot of historical Christmas documentaries… this one was very interesting, learned some things I did not know…
I Just Watched “Freddie Mercury – A Christmas Story (2019 Documentary HD)” on YouTube
Freddie was a really neat guy… This documentary discusses how Queen and Freddie Mercury spent Christmas. https://youtu.be/qSBRLPKtSvQ
I Just Watched “Henry Ford: Creator of First American Car”| Full Documentary | Biography
There are several things I did not know about Ford. He didn’t have major success until he was 40. Model T’s got to the point where they could be made in 93 hours. He had a lot of trouble finding permanent, long term workers. The turnover rate got so high that he had to hire…
I Just Watched “Eleanor Roosevelt: Former First Lady with a Restless Spirit | Full Documentary | Biography” on YouTube
This came out in 1994 on the “Biography” Channel. I did not know much about Elanor Roosevelt until I watched this… She lived a separate life from her husband and let him be with his long term mistress. She was a devoted social advocate who rallied for John F. Kennedy before she died. I found…
Facebook Page Marketing Experiment – Using Facebook Tags to Get Likes- Does it Work?
I’m trying something I’ve never done before…. using Facebook Tags to get traffic to one of my Facebook pages. I know it works with Instagram, but this is the first time I’ve noticed Facebook actually encouraging you to use tags. They even give you the number of posts on Facebook associated with each tag. I’ve…
I Just Watched “America’s Broken Dream: The Middle-Class Families Living in Motels | Poverty in the USA Documentary” on YouTube
I watched this yesterday…It was from a European perspective, meaning the producer who made the documentary was based in Europe. It featured several families with children who were living out of weekly rental hotels. It was heart breaking to watch. Most of the people interviewed were in their 40’s and 50’s with several children. Being…