Do opinions of people change after they die?
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When someone dies does it change how we feel about them?
Do the things that bug us and irritate us about other people always seem insignificant after they are gone?
I was reminded of this thought when reading Lisa Marie Presleys blog article on Michael Jacksons death. Lisa says:
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Tagged as: | change | business | general
GoogleLookup: do things you never thought possible with spreadsheets | Everyone Wants to Beah Blogger
From the page: "A couple of weeks ago, I unwittingly stumbled across a serious contender for coolest Google product feature: GoogleLookup. GoogleLookup is a Google Spreadsheets function that attempts to return the value of any attribute for any entity that you specify. Hereā€s the syntax: =GoogleLookup(ā€¯entityā€¯; ā€oeattributeā€¯)."
Tagged as: | business | computer | stumbleme | internet | spreadsheets | google-docs | google | tips | search | beahburger | blog
Excuse Letters
Easily one of my favorites!
"Actual" Letters that students bring in to try and get out of class.
Good for a chuckle anytime!
My son is under a doctorā€™s care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.ā€¯
Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick, and I had her shot.ā€¯
Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.ā€¯
Tagged as: | funny | jokes | excuses | things-people-said | kids
Things People Said: Courtroom Quotations
From the page: "The following quotations are taken from official court records across the nation, showing how funny and embarrassing it is that recorders operate at all times in courts of law, so that even the slightest inadvertence is preserved for posterity.
* Lawyer: "Was that the same nose you broke as a child?"
* Witness: "I only have one, you know."
* Lawyer: "Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?"
* Witness: "By death."
* Lawyer: "And by whose death was it terminated?""
Tagged as: | stumbleme | humor | funny | adult-humor | humor | rinkworks | said | courtroom
Visualization Considerations | Own Page One: Search Engine Visibility Blog - Online Marketing Strategy and Tips
Here's a cool article on why graphs are important, and why the type of graph you choose is important for the information you are trying to convey.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Graphs should "talk to you". You should be able to reach usefull conclusions that you can action on. Otherwise what's the point?
Tagged as: | stumbleme | marketing | analytics | blog | purevisibility | 2008 | 07 | visualization
