19: The Company Takeover Cutbacks at United Robotronics have the Lawsons scrambling for odd jobs. Saturday, February 22nd, 1986 20: Good Ol' Lou Ted is motivated to get the family into shape when an obese coworker loses a record amount of weight. Saturday, March 1st, 1986 21: Like Fat...
24. Handyperson Everyone has a go-to maintenance specialist in their family who’s always doing chores around the house: solving plumbing issues, installing tiles, clearing gutters, putting up fences. They’re the one friends and family call on for odd jobs. If this is you, why not get p...
While many young Chinese headed to urban centers for better jobs, Liang Lina returned to her home village. After graduating from Guangxi Normal University, Liang put herself forward as party chief of Luhe Village in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. More Chinese cities restrict proper...
but I suppose that if I was ever going to design a game, I would probably have done it in that slightly-fallow period when I was between real-world jobs. Still… never say never!- Review the one game that I was given a completely gratis review copy of. I’m still feeling very ...
I’ve been getting that kind of subtle question, or the odd remark, from clients for a while now. Only on one side, because the other likes to loudly assume that of course you’re with them, and that you’ll have to submit to them throwing a tantrum if you disagree. The subtle ...
Nurse Annette, checks me in and, of course, weighs me. My last recorded weight I think. (And I am actually down a few pounds, which would be good if they recorded your weight on a death certificate – do they do that?!). More odd, random thoughts pop into my head, and I am ...
"But I know there's more gossip behind it, they think I'm doing something wrong for this 'odd job.'" Zhang describes repeatedly, but she can't specify what others speculate about her. "It's just that, you know, that kind of moonlighting." ...
You might think that this is odd, because most faculty rarely interact with their administrators. However, our ability to do our jobs and our quality of life is controlled more by administrators than by students. Administrators can give you time and they can take it away. The same goes for...
You can earn a little side money doing odd jobs like walking your neighbor’s dog, mowing Mr. Smith’s lawn, fixing a leaky sink and so much more. Running errands not your style? The top handyman workers on this site reportedly earn as much as $7000 a month, making this a full-...
Those high-wage jobs are disappearing everywhere, as TINA firms move their manufacturing units from one low-wage country to another. As Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn observe in the Harvard Business Review: With the globalization of manufacturing has come an increase in competition, along with ...