Tidbits

HAPPY 96TH CAROL CHANNING!
She was up for an Emmy for every stage role she ever played on Broadway.  She was married four times, the last being her high school sweetheart - they reconnected after he read her kind words in her memoir.  He died, age 92, in 2011.

She was also famous for bringing her own food to restaurants and other peoples homes; in fact, she bragged that she hadn't eaten "restaurant food" since 1949.  She accepted dinner invites, but brought her own food in plastic containers.  She ate seeds at the dessert course.   She never drank alcohol.    Maybe there is something good about organic only and no alcohol.  96 is a pretty good run ...

STARBUCKS SEEMINGLY UNAWARE OF UNEMPLOYMENT
Starbucks has announced plans to hire 10,000 "immigrants" over the next five years.  This effectively takes away jobs from 10,000 American-born applicants. 

NEW PHONE SCAM -SO JUST SAY "NO."
Phone rings.  You answer.  Caller says, "Can you hear me?"  You reply (if you can) "Yes."  That three-letter word just provided the okay for the caller to use a stolen credit card, phone number to okay purchases that you didn't make.  The kind where permission is asked before something unusual is purchased.   Just Say No and hang up. 

WHAT ALTERNATE UNIVERSE  DID THEY COME FROM?
This applies to members of both of our political parties.  Today's example is Sally Yates, the former interim Attorney General who said her conscience would not let her carry out Presidential directives.  Did no one ever tell her that it isn't about her?  That a big part of the real world expects a hiree to follow instructions?  Is this the end result of "Every kid gets a medal" for showing up on the T-ball or Little League field?  And having to do nothing more?  Sally, honey, what you do in this kind of situation is quit. Prudence would dictate that you get another job before you quit, but that is up to your own discretion.  Handy tip - you cannot receive Unemployment if you quit.  You only get it for being fired which you just were.  Make sure they spell your name right on the check.