Weekly Wisdom
March 9, 2016
From the Rant and Rave section of The
Seattle Times, Sunday, March 6, 2016:
RANT AND RAVE: Rant to the bus rider
whose 20 minutes phone conversation at
an astounding decibel level told all of us
way more than we want to know: that she’s
in orientation this week, she’s disgusted
with her ill mother for being scared, her
underperforming children aren’t working,
and she has no awareness or regard for her
fellow passengers. Rave to my Metro-mates
for not grabbing this woman’s phone and
tossing it out the window.
Take-away: Just because you can use a
cell phone just about anywhere, doesn’t
mean you should.
From a press release on the new SAT test
which will focus less on obscure vocabulary:
“The abstruse vocabulary words of the SAT
have engendered prodigious vexation in
millions…The new SAT will be more
trenchant and pellucid, and the format will
no longer pertinaciously reward student
who punctiliously engage in the
antediluvian praxis of committing
idiosyncratic words to memory.”
www.collegeboard.org/releases/2016/college-boardelegizes-anachronistic-verbiage-recondite-panegyriccelebrates-final-administration-extant-sat-jan-23
Take-away: Phew! Really? Thank
goodness SAT takers don’t have to
understand that press release!
Ever watched Sunday Morning, CBS news
magazine available locally from 7-8:30am
on (duh!) Sunday mornings? If you sleep in
on the weekend, you can watch individual
episodes on-line at
www.cbsnews.com/sunday-morning. It’s
anchored by Charles Osgood (anchored for
years by Charles Kuralt until his death).
I’ve enjoyed recent stories on:
Meghan Trainor: More than just the bass.
This 22-year old singer/songwriter doesn’t have
the svelte body that so many singers have. She’s
having a positive impact on young people.
Celebrating 100 years of our National Parks.
A couple times each month the show airs a
story about one of our less known national
parks.
Kid Rock: For the Record. He lives in Detroit
where he grew up. Born Robert Richey, he was
known as “that white kid who rocks,” hence his
professional name. I gained respect for this guy
and his love for Detroit by watching this story.
In the Dark over Power Grid Security. “When
the lights go out, we usually know why: Mother
Nature is at it again...But what if the power
went out in a number of states affecting
millions of people for weeks, even months?”
Check it out Sunday Morning if you get a
chance!
I write Weekly Wisdom as the Executive Director of Human Resources at Central Washington University. Having an eye for
meaningful things, I include my own observations and thoughts, ideas I’ve recently encountered, and/or topics that are of
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Staci Sleigh-Layman