Betsy's Snarky Opinions

Good morning! I am working on a couple of articles regarding job seeking and networking. If you could take a few minutes and provide me with answers to these questions I would be quite appreciative. By responding to me you are giving me permission to use your comments and also quote you if I feel it... Sign in to see full entry.

I want to thank everyone who commented on my first blog on this topic. I'm still collecting comments and am forming my thoughts before more fully responding. My husband and I had dinner with two other couples last night and I brought this up. It was fascinating. What I am finding between all my... Sign in to see full entry.

What do you think about this practice? I read an article today about it that was very upsetting. I want to do a piece on it but need a bit more time. In the interim - I would like to know what you think about paddling the butts of students. Sign in to see full entry.

I have been out of work before. In reading some of the posts here on blogit I know that others in this writing community are out of work now. The economies of the world are in terrible condition and millions are without jobs. The uncertainty in the world makes for a scary place. Yet I have a... Sign in to see full entry.

Let me preface this blog by three comments. 1. I work in a high school counseling office as a secretary. 2. I don’t consider myself a prude. 3. In this blog I am only talking about girls and provocative clothing not boys, not tee shirts with images and sayings, not droopy drawers, etc. Those three... Sign in to see full entry.

I am saddened by the news of Continental Connection flight 3407 plane crash in Clarence Center, NY, near Buffalo. 49 people have died. My heart breaks for those families. May those families find the strength they need to cope with this tragedy. Sign in to see full entry.

I wanted to post my blog about the cost of the new Kindle 2 on the Amazon.com Web site (where it is sold.) My blogit blog (see previous blog) was regarding no break on cost or anything concrete as a benefit for those of us who already own the Kindle 1 which came out about a year ago. So, my friend... Sign in to see full entry.

I've decided Facebook is a good thing. I've seen some families actually reconnecting after as many as 20 years of hardly being in touch - mostly because of geographical distances. Now, they are exchanging photos and posts and brothers, sisters, and cousins are all seeing, and learning about each... Sign in to see full entry.

A “bestial execution” is how Polish foreign minister, Radek Sikorski described the beheading of Piotr Stanszak by the Taliban in Pakistan. Sikorski was a Polish geologist who was abducted in nonwestern Pakistan by the Taliban in an ambush. In an ugly seven-minute video, Mr. Stanszak is one minute,... Sign in to see full entry.

I’m sort of pissed off. I own a Kindle which I have had for less than a year. It was a birthday present from my husband. It was not a cheap gift but his knowing and understanding of my love for reading resulted in this very extravagant gift (approximately $350.00). The Kindle is, in my opinion, an... Sign in to see full entry.