How to Micromanage a Micromanager

Micromanager

Found this article on LifeHacker… Basically, how to micromanage a micronanager…

Keep an Eye on Your Boss’s Priorities and Stick to Them to Manage Your Micromanager

Working for a micromanaging boss can feel like being in an unhealthy relationship, but you don’t have to cringe in fear or keep your head low hoping that you don’t attract their attention on a given day. Often, micromanaging bosses are simply under pressure themselves to meet shifting deadlines, and lack the empathy to understand how their behavior influences others. If you pay attention to the meetings they’re going to and the changes in their workload, you can adapt to the things that stress them out so they’ll stop bothering you.

via Keep an Eye on Your Boss’s Priorities and Stick to Them to Manage Your Micromanager.

The top five things mom really wants for Mother’s Day

Happy Mother's Day

Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, so here are some things that mom really wants for Mother’s Day. Mike’s top five things mom really wants for Mother’s Day.

#5. To eat an entire meal without the discussion of human bodily functions at the table.

#4. Go shopping at the mall without the “why is this person my mother” look.

#3. At least five minutes in the bathroom without someone knocking on the door because they can’t find something.

#2. Not the entire Die Hard series on Blue Ray, not a kettle, not a good sturdy shovel (unless you want to wear it).

#1. I believe the correct formula is, hours of labour multiplied by years of service, expressed in dollars (rounded up).

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week. We should all show appreciation to the teachers that have made us who we are today. Here are the teachers that have made me who I am today.

#5. Mr. Drieger; who taught me there are two principal’s lists, a good one and the other one.

#4. Mr. Engin; who taught me, you CAN fail racquetball.

#3. Mr. Knob; who taught me restraint and not to always use the easy punchlines.

#2. Mr. Kotter; who taught me never to sign notes from home, ‘Mike’s mom’.

#1. Mrs. Dubner; My favorite teacher quote: “Mr. Benny, if you think, when you get out in the real world, you’ll be able to find a job where you just sit around and tell jokes all day, you are sadly mistaken!”

Top five things that will change now that minimum wage has gone up

Pennies
Can I have more Sir?
Minimum wage went up May 1st! Here are Mike’s top five things that will change now that minimum wage has gone up.

#5. All those stereotypes about “starving students” will be changed to just “hungry students”.

#4. All those stereotypes about “unfair, greedy bosses”, changed to “gloating, unfair, greedy bosses”.

#3. More Facebook users will friend Christy Clarke now.

#2. We will be injecting so much money into the “buying groceries and paying rent” section of the economy, that we might destabilize the “frivolous and self gratifying” section of the economy.

#1. Radio Djs might actually start eating in sit down restaurants.

Mike’s top five things May means in Prince George

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It's May!

Hey look, it’s May! Top five things May means in Prince George.

#5. May snow, may not snow (‘course that’s June too!)

#4. Once again, another Nation Disc Jockey Day goes by without it being declared a National Holiday.

#3. You start getting calls from that Electronics store that had that Don’t Pay Til May Event last year.

#2. Your favourite hockey team, once again, is off the ice before the ice is off the lake.

#1. Radio announcers switch to seasonally correct: Neon shorts with black dress socks and sandals!

#1a. We’ve been out of it long enough – we’re now technically closer to next Cougar season, than the last Cougar season.

Top five signs your grad may be financially illiterate

A recent study finds that Canadian high school seniors are financially illiterate when they graduate.

A good way to tell if your graduating son or daughter is financially illiterate, is to ask them prices of things they consume everyday. Graduating students should know the price of bread, gas, rent, tuition their cell phone plan.

Tauntaun Action Set
Tauntaun Action Set

Mike’s top five signs your grad may be financially illiterate!

#4. He sees nothing wrong with me starting a top five list at number four.

#3. He called collect on Mother’s Day; from downstairs.

#2. Says he can’t be illiterate; he’s seen his baby pictures and he knows you and mom are his real parents.

#1. Frequently feels the need to quote The Count from Sesame Street when he’s at the ATM.

#1a. Actually thinks his Chrome Bust of Darth Vader (circa: 2001) is worth more than his Luke Skywalker Tauntaun Action Set (circa: 1991).

How to get rid of ants in your house

They’re baaccckkkkk…

from the web site AntsInMyHouse.com

Joan Collins - Empire of The Ants 1977

OUTSIDE: Most common ants live outside in the ground in nests or ant hills. Several hills and nests may make up one colony.

The queen ant (which can live up to 30 years) runs the place and is responsible for making new ants.

In the spring as things start to warm up, ant colonies send out scouts to find food and fuel. These foraging ants leave a scent trail so they can find their way home and so other ants can follow. Continue reading →