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Sunday, March 26, 2006 A WARNING TO CHARITIES and ORGANIZATIONS We’ve been very supportive over the years. We contribute to and supported many charities, organizations and scholarship funds. But if things continue the way they have, we will be closing the charitable contributions purse strings. Tight.Why? Try these reasons on and tell me if I’m being unreasonable (I’m not going to name actual organizations here, just to protect…whomever may need to be protected) YOU’VE SPENT WHAT I CONTRIBUTED ASKING ME TO CONTRIBUTE MORE? Let’s start out with the $200 contribution to a very well known organization fighting a childhood affliction. I’ve calculated it out modestly and they have now exceeded our contribution soliciting us for another contribution. Paper, printing, postage and manpower, they have spent what we gave them asking us for more. SHOULDN’T MORE FUNDRAISING DOLLARS GO TO FINDING A CURE? The schools jump rope marathon for another well known organization that literally posted on the sponsor sheet that only 12% of the fundraising dollars goes to trying to find a cure for the disease, while 50% goes towards, what else, more fundraising. THE PROPER THING TO DO WOULD SAY “I’M SORRY, CAN I CALL YOU IN THE SUMMER POSSIBLY?” Hubby is seasonal. We put funds aside for winter (and his projects to keep him sane), but for the most part, by March things get tight, we have successfully financed ourselves into oblivion and now he has to works his ass off all summer paying for it. Charitable contribution company calls last week and hubby says, “I’m sorry, but I haven’t pulled a paycheck in 4 months, now is not a good time”, hard sell charity keeps pushing and pushing and pushing, making it less and less likely they will receive their yearly donation. WHAT IS YOUR CHARITY? WHOM ARE YOU TRYING TO HELP? WHAT STATE DO YOU OPERATE FROM? CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING, ANYTHING AT ALL? This is one of my favorites. Charity wants to know if we can make a contribution. We ask them about the charity. They can tell us little to nothing. We ask them to send us some information on the charity so we can see if it’s something we’d be interested in supporting. We’re told they don’t have anything like that. We say “sorry, unless you have some information on your charity we are not interested in supporting it.” The reply is, “I’ll see what I can find to send out to you.” 3 days later, what they found, was a bill for a contribution. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR OVER 20% OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU RECEIVED WENT? And what about the Katrina relief funds? Did you know one of the major charities cannot account for where a large sum of the contributions they received went? Did you know that a majority of what was contributed, by us Americans, did not go to the victims but instead went to special interest groups, and the money raised by musicians and artists to help the victims of the hurricane, did not see the light of day in the areas hit by that bitch Katrina? A warning for all you charities out there, your funding is about to be cut out of the budget. At least out of the Hartigan budget. posted by me | 6:51 PM | 4 comments Thursday, March 16, 2006 ENTITLEMENT 101 For anyone who’s counting (approx. 53 days for most, excluding weekends, holidays and teachers workshops), we are coming near the end of yet another school year.A few words of advice for the upcoming graduates about to enter the job world: A) Having a college degree does not entitle you to a job. B) If you’re lucky enough to be offered a job, it doesn’t mean you are entitled to a management position. Nor does it entitle you to a large salary. “Entry-level”. Get used to those 2 words. C) A college degree does not entitle you to respect. Does anyone see a theme here? It seems Entitlement 101 is the class of the decade. Students today leave school with the attitude of “I am entitled to a great job, a handsome salary and a title that commands respect.” Worst of all, they seem to be adding “without having to actually work.” onto the end. If you’ve landed a job, and display this type of attitude, don’t be surprised, if after a few months your co-workers seem to want to knock you down a peg or two… or just simply shove you right off that pedestal.  One more thing, just because you took a “class” in Photoshop or Illustrator does not entitle you to your claim of having a “Design background”. posted by me | 1:48 PM | 8 comments Wednesday, March 08, 2006 AH. APPARANTLY WE NEEDED ANOTHER WINDOW. I TOLD YOU JOHN LIKES HOLES. Remember last winter when John made a nice new hole in the wall?Well, it looked at a blank wall. So he put in a window.  March 8, 2006, 5:00 pm Which is really cool, because now, when you're doing dishes, you can see the beautiful view.  Or the creepy guy stalking you. j/k These are the days of my life. posted by me | 5:43 PM | 8 comments UH OH. John finished the coffered ceiling yesterday.But what's wrong with this picture? I'll tell you what's wrong ....  March 8, 1:00 pm posted by me | 4:44 PM | 4 comments |
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