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Korean baby boomer delima   This was enlightening for me on at least two fronts. 1. We are not the only country with “Boomer Problems” near retirement and 2. as quoted from the article “The ministry this year launched a pilot program that offers “civic engagement jobs” such as managers or advisors at welfare facilities and mentors for young students to former salaried workers.” It is a Korean problem and they are taking steps to address it, it is called being proactive .  I commented earlier today on another blog about our current countries financial woes that the focus needs to be on education and training.  Those on any subsidized program should be enrolled in SOME KIND OF EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING/RETRAINING PROGRAM .  If you get money from anything other than a job it should be mandatory that you are taking some classes or retraining program.  Those hiring, need incentives to take a person in for mentoring or job skill training.  Only the most severely ph...

Definition :  marked aversion aroused by something highly distasteful Synonyms: abhorrent , abominable , appalling , awful , offensive , distasteful , dreadful , evil , foul , fulsome , gross , hideous , horrendous , horrible , horrid , loathsome , nasty , nauseating , nauseous , noisome , noxious , obnoxious , obscene , odious , rancid , repellent ( also repellant ), repugnant , repulsive , revolting , scandalous , shocking , sickening , ugly In direct reference to what is going on in Washington D.C. this day Friday, July 29th, 2011 . Another day floating on my berg. See you in cyber space friend.

Word of the Day for Saturday, July 16, 2011 abject \ab-JEKT\, adjective : 1. Utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched. 2. Contemptible; despicable. It was as though some part of him obscurely desired to accept defeat and misery, were anxious to make abjection yet more abject . -- Aldous Huxley, Point counter point Abject translates to the Latin equivalent of "thrown down." Abject is such a harsh word as defined by number 1.  When you throw in utterly hopeless , that is the last straw.  When hope is removed from the human equation, it is as if the very next breath has been sucked out and there is no more oxygen to breathe. Life is very short without oxygen (hope). Cling to hope for all you are worth.  Lash yourself to it with chains and locks. Love, hope and humor the natural healers for pain of soul. For my blog followers and subscribers - (1) Thank you (2) I will be moving the blog to it’s own site using the Wordpress pla...

assay \a-SEY\, verb : One definition is to examine or analyze . Many years ago I purchased a book “The Must Words”.  It is only 243 pages, but packed with words to help enrich your vocabulary.  Along with being a bibliophile, I like to think of myself as an amateur wordologist.  Defined as, one who has the necessary expertise and experience to compile a combination of appropriate words in order to convey a selling message succinctly and accurately. That is the history of why I do word for the day.  So today I am inspired by assay. I have been trying for several months now to assay my situation.  Two things keep hindering me from rendering a qualitative assessment.  1. The facts and figures get changed on a regular basis. 2. My feelings, thoughts, assumptions of the facts change just about as rapidly as the facts and figures.  Sooooo, metaphorically speaking, I am standing on the side of a six lane freeway, trying to count cars. I’m dizzy ju...

Dearth noun \ˈdərth\ : an inadequate supply : lack <a dearth of monetary resources> I can feel that word. It is part of who I am right now. Dearth of monetary funds Dearth of positive attitude Dearth of discipline Etc., etc., ad infinitum Antonyms: On the other hand I have a wealth of bills, abundance of bad attitude and plenty of apathy Trust me I have not always been like this. This is a new experience for me. I have more than a few f riends and acquaintances that are in hard times and places as bad or worse than mine. As I look around, it gets harder to see anything that is NOT depressing. The city parks are going down hill due to budgetary constraints. It was announced in our local paper that more than a million dollars is outstanding in property taxes from last year that people could not pay. The question comes to mind, did we become so accustomed to so many amenities that now those are luxuries and doing without things we used to take for g...

sublimate \SUHB-luh-meyt\, verb: I receive, courtesy of dictionary.com a word for the day, today it is sublimate, and one of the definitions is: In psychology, to direct the energy of a primitive impulse into activities that are considered to be socially more acceptable. I began to think of just how much sublimating I do and wondering if after a lifetime of sublimating, does this cause permanent psychological harm to the psyche? The primitive impulse to curse the non English speaking customer service person on the other end of the phone, after going through the menu three times to just get a live body. To do bodily harm to the jackass who dove in front of me in rush hour traffic, just because I gave enough room to not rear end the guy in front of me. The primitive impulse to take up sniper rifle training and then sit outside the Capital building waiting for Congressional recess. The primitive impulse to knock that smart mouth kid's head off, as he back talks ...