In memory of my mother… Kristi Beddor. My mother died last Saturday, May 27th. She had breast cancer…. I’m still coping and going to have to come back to this when I can focus a bit better. Love you Mom! G
Archive for May, 2006
You Don’t Have to Be Well Liked to Succeed
Heres an interesting story I found at CNNMoney.com – It’s written by Jeffrey Pfeffer a Stanford Professor of Organizational Behavior. ———- Think career success is linked to popularity? Think again. To achieve greatness you have to make some people mad along the way. A lot of my Stanford MBA students seem to want, above all, [...]
Losing Weight – How ?
- Enjoy healthier foods Liquid meals, diet pills and unusual combinations of foods aren’t the key to long-term weight control and better health. Instead, learn how to eat a variety of healthy foods. Adopting a new eating style that promotes weight loss must include lowering your total calorie intake. But decreasing calories need not mean [...]
My All Time – Top 5 Samurai Movies
Not sure really where the fascination comes from. Perhaps the lifestyle the Samurai used to live…. Top 5 – 1. The Sword of Doom – 1966 2. The Twilight Samurai – 2002 3. Onibaba – 1965 4. Chuchingura – 1962 5. Yojimbo – 1961 6. Zaotichi, The Blind Swordsman – 1996 — Top 10 coming soon! – [...]
Filed in: Movies & Television
Google Priority: Still Search
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA– Search will continue to be the primary long-term focus at Google, even as the company builds a range of services to give Internet users better ways to find and distribute information, CEO Eric Schmidt says. Â “It’s important right now to let people know we have more people working on search than [...]
E Luxury – Men’s Clothing
http://www.eluxury.com http://www.eluxury.com/browse/section.jhtml?SectionID=7000 eLUXURY offers a great selection of luxury items; Designer Handbags, Designer Shoes and the latest Designer Jeans. Also, Designer Clothes by the world’s most prestigious labels, and a Louis Vuitton boutique featuring Shoes and Accessory Items.
Filed in: Personal
Going to the Dentist
Ugh I hate specialists – I think it’s because everytime I go and see one, I realise how stupid I was in deciding not to persue medicine. My wisdom teeth have been coming through for about 4 years now, but my dentist wanted me to wait until school finished and I assumedly stopped growing, to [...]
$5.00 a Gallon
For the first time ever… I had to pay $3.00 a gallon for my gas today. As I live in Portland, Oregon – we don’t have to pump our own gas. I asked the Gas Attendant how long has it been $3.00 a gallon ? He replied and said about a week now. Following that [...]

