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Gin and Topics: Gangs, Tanks, and Naughty Dogs
Is it a holiday in the U.S. and someone forgot to tell me? There was NO traffic this morning. What is going on?
Anyone? Bueller?
No?
Maybe they’re all staying home so they can finish The Hunger Games series. Not that, uh, I want to do that. I can’t help it! They are sooooo good! If you haven’t read them, get on it. Stat! And continue freeing up Chicago traffic. Please and thank you.
I’m ornery today. Guess I should stop talking and give you Gin and Topics.
5. The People Who Just Don’t Get It. So this woman has been writing about the decision she and her husband made to close their restaurant for the Boston Herald. From what I’ve heard, it’s been an interesting series. Until this last one. Is it me or does this seem really whiny and unappreciative? I’m a business owner. I always make decisions that are best for the business. Not best for Gini. Not best for the Dietrich household. Best for the business. When you make it personal, you staff does too.
4. Five Strategic Ways to Get More Done In a Work Day. Love that Liz Strauss and this blog post is no exception. I think we all suffer, from time to time, from not getting enough accomplished during the day. She gives you five really easy ways to stay focused so your work doesn’t pile up and you have to spend all weekend working.
3. In Lithuania, They Give Parking Tickets with Tanks. Yes, you read that correctly. If you park illegally, they just crush your car. I’m glad that doesn’t happen in Chicago. As many parking tickets as Mr. D gets, we’d have been through quite a few cars this year alone!
2. What You Can Learn from a Gang Leader. Wow. Barry Moltz outdid himself on this one. He met Andre Norman, one of the former top gang leaders in the Massachusetts prison system who had been convicted of everything from attempted murder to rioting. And he took away five really important lessons.
1. Gus vs. the Pool. Molli Megasko posted this on our Facebook wall and I added it to Google+, so you may have already seen it. But, for those of you who haven’t seen it, go Gus!
Happy weekend!
Tanks and bulldogs. No wonder I like you, Gini ;-)
WordsDoneWrite I love that tank one. You know there are plenty of Mayors in the U.S. who wish they could do the same.
I always come for these videos and am it is such a pleasant experience!
Hajra Sometimes it's hard to come up with really funny videos. Gus did not let us down this week!
I have to say that I find the entire "best life ever" blog disturbing. I suspect it's just my personality reacting to the personality of the blog or the blogger, but I can't imagine being able to take her seriously. Maybe it's closing the posts with Namaste. Maybe I'm just a curmudgeon.
bobledrew I think it's both. I only read this one and the previous two, but the comments she gets really say a lot about how great they are. But the one I linked to? Kills me, as a business owner. Yes, they're mad at you. You just took away their livelihood and made it for personal reasons.
As always, excellent choices for Gin and Topics...and, I, ahem, "borrowed" the Gus video and posted it on my FB page...it was just too funny to pass up.
I see they're currently filming The Hunger Games:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/
Really excited - loved the series, just hope they do it justice.
DannyBrown I've been following some of the updates about the film. The producers seem to be trying to follow the books, at least as much as they can when doing a film adaptation. The cast for the main characters seems to be a good choice, too.
Erin F. Yep, that gives me hope. Then again, I thought Peter Jackson would have done The Lovely Bones proud, but while the book actually made me cry, the movie left me cold. Fingers crossed the same doesn't happen this time around!
DannyBrown I guess that's all we can do. It's always hit or miss when it comes to translating a book to film.
Erin F.DannyBrown I think Stanley Tucci is an excellent Caesar Flickerman. But Woody Harrelson as Haymitch? Um, no.
DannyBrown You read the series?! I love you even more now. As if that were possible.
I am beginning to love this blog. And I can see why Spin Sucks really is one of the must visit places. Variety, depth an engaging and smart writer, video blogger and business person in Gini and quality contributors. Clients must love this business. :) I guess they do.
Definitely been quite the last few weeks a combination of factors I think. The economy, holidays, Google + people getting more focused on doing the work and bringing their remarkable.
Then again, we all may have just decided to join Gus and chill out near the indoor pool :)
Gus is my hero! Imagine what we all could accomplish if we had his tenacity!
I read that post from Liz Strauss earlier this week - great recommendations there. I think we could all use that!
And yes, the blogosphere/twitterverse was quiet....dog days of summer, perhaps? Who knows.
Have a great weekend!
lauraclick It's odd when you drive to work, in Chicago, at 8 a.m. and there isn't a soul on the road. Something is going on.
I spent most of my morning helping my friend who had her Facebook and email accounts hacked. I actually chatted with the hacker on FB--I knew immediately that it wasn't my friend. When I told the hacker I was reporting him, he begged me not to. It was actually pretty funny. But then we had to call & text our friends & family to warn them that they should ignore the emails requesting $2500USD...and change their FB passwords.
Anyway, I totally agree with you about the "People Who Just Don't Get It" post--that person needs to get some empathy. A job loss for her former employees could mean total devastation.
That Gus video is hilarious. I saw it last week and attempted to get my own bulldog to play in a plastic pool. But alas, he's a Frenchie and would have none of it!
marianne.worley WTH? So the hacker pretended it was your friend?! That's freaking nuts!
ginidietrichmarianne.worley oh i got hacker stories!
KenMuellerginidietrichmarianne.worley The hackers can be a lot of fun to play with. Not as much fun for those who get hacked, but there are all sorts of interesting things you can do.
ginidietrich Yes, I got an email from my friend and saw that it was from a hacker. I didn't know it came from FB, so I opened up a FB window and saw that my friend was online. So I sent her a chat message: "Did your email get hacked?" I knew from the response that it was the hacker because he called me "Marianne" when this close friend actually calls me "Mary." But I kept chatting anyway. Gotta have a little fun on a Friday, right? :-)
marianne.worley That's hilarious! I love that you chatted with him. You're my hero.
I don't know which one strikes me as being funnier: Gus with the plastic pool or the fact that Lithuania serves parking tickets with tanks. Okay, enough with the silliness. I need to get back to work.
Erin F. I think it's pretty funny that Lithuania will just drive over your car. Seriously.
ginidietrich I guess that's when having a bicycle would come in handy.
I have work to do. Please stop posting relevant and interesting things.
My son wants a dog just like Gus. Thanks Gini. :)I am sending him to you so he can play with Jack Bauer.
That gang leader piece was my favorite of the rest. i think I need a mentor. That might be part of my problem. I don't see myself accurately I think.
I have worked for people like that first blog. Man the only word that pops in my head is "toxic" those people make my skin crawl.
NancyD68 I wouldn't want to work for someone who is as narcissistic as the woman in the first piece. To marianne.worley point, losing your job is devastating. You always have to make it about the business. That way it's NEVER personal.
ginidietrichmarianne.worley agreed. The problem starts when there are not clear boundaries. That is a serious problem in many workplaces. It really is a shame.
LOL....Gus & the waterbowl!!! Gus treated that pool like our Westie, Zamboni treats his waterbowl! I bet they are glad he dumped the water before dragging it inside!
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jeffreypjacobs ginidietrich Bull dogs and swimming pool . HYSTERICAL..
danperezfilms nice Bombay saphire picture too. Plymouth is a fab alternative ;)
jeanniecw I'm kind of weirded out by that. Are you OK?
ginidietrich You know, the usual. #juststalkingyou
jeanniecw Don't you have work to do? Or zoo presentations to attend?
ginidietrich Yo!! What up my friend?? Howz ur Friday?
ginidietrich I'm working right now. And the zoo presentation was so July, 2011. It's August.
jeanniecw Tweeting me isn't working.
lttlewys Do you have summer hours? We do. Except none of us take them. Weird, huh?
ginidietrich Well you just blew my productivity numbers for 2010/11!
ginidietrich Lol!! Since I work at home...I make my own hours, for Summer, I work the hours it's to hot to be at the pool!!
jeanniecw I am so mad at you.
lttlewys LOL
MSGiro Gus for President!
neicolec You have to, have to read them! HAVE TO
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