Random Musings of a Curious Mind

FOX Reviews Zenni Optical

If you were wondering, as I have been, whether the glasses I talked about in an earlier post are really a good deal, I have an answer.

FOX consumer review program Deal or Dud? followed one mother's experience. The video details include the ordering process, issues with the family's optometrist, and the quality of the final product.

As you'll see in the report, ZenniOptical.com did a terrific job with the information that they were given. Both prescriptions were perfect. However, due to a lack of information from the optometrist and a wiggly little boy, there were issues with one pair.

Frankly, I was quite impressed. I've already found my favorite frames. (Okay I've found several favorite frames.) Luckily, I can afford more than one now.

Now, I'm off to get my prescription information.



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Desk Rage?!

This is not as outrageous as it might seem at first blush - Desk rage spoils workplace for many Americans.

Years ago, for the very reasons listed in the article, I experienced this same problem. My home life was a wreck. I didn't have a social life or anything approaching downtime. After 13 years, I was an explosion looking for a target.

In hindsight, there were a lot of things I should have done, that I didn't; and a lot of things that I did, that I shouldn't have.

No matter what you think - vacations are NOT overrated! They are vital to the mental health of everyone!



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Private Jet Charter

Obviously, my business isn't large enough, nor do I travel enough to warrant a private jet charter. But wouldn't it be incredible!?

Just imagine the convenience of catching a flight when you want and not needing to work around airline schedules. Not only that, but many of these charters include catering and a private flight crew. (So much for a $5.00 bag of peanuts!)

Of course, it's not an incredibly inexpensive way to travel, but it's not as pricey as I imagined. When a company or organization has a number of people who need to be in the same place, at a specific time, it definitely makes a lot of sense.

Personally, I think it's a wonderful idea. Who knows? Maybe I'll even get to try it, someday.



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Anorexia Lawsuit Against Rachel Ray Supervisor

I was seriously unhappy to read this story - Rachael Ray employee claims anorexia bias. For as long as she's been on TV, regardless of station, I was a fan. Perhaps my enthusiasm has been misplaced.

As an anorexic, I was appalled to hear that someone with an eating disorder was harrassed to this level. Just like depression, bipolar disorder, and other mental health issues, anorexia is not a condition that deserves this kind of abuse.

I hope that Rachel will rise to the occasion and support this employee. It will be very sad if she doesn't - which will encourage me to no longer visit any of her TV shows.



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Kroger Ground Beef Recall

Here's a story that, somehow, I missed this week.

Kroger has announced a voluntary ground beef recall after several people in Michigan and Ohio became ill and more than half of them reported purchasing ground beef at Kroger. Ohio Departments of Health and Agriculture said a sample of raw ground beef was found to contain E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, a particularly toxic strain that caused outbreaks in Ohio and Michigan.

The sell-by dates on the contaminated ground beef are between May 21 and June 8. If you live in either of these states, check your freezers for ground beef products with those sell-by dates. Stores are, obviously, accepting returns for a full refund or product replacement.



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Air Tools

Okay, I'll admit it - I love home improvement shows. HGTV is one of my favorite channels. All those power tools? Makes me think of Tim Taylor!

What I didn't realize was that all of these great tools also exist as air tools. Oh, of course I've heard of air hammers and ratchets. But, did you know that you can get air saws, screwdrivers, and sanders? I didn't.

Since I don't have much upper-body strength, having the right tool to do the work is critical. These are cool!



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Corporate Performance Management

In the world of corporate performance management, there are a lot of companies offering solutions.

For those who are looking for true innovation, do what RTI did and go to PROPHIX. The winner of the 2007 Innovative Solution Award for Corporate Performance Management offers groundbreaking and quantifiable value to their clients. From reporting and budgeting to analysis and forecasting to business process and sales performance management, find the solutions that allow your company to function as a collaborative entity.

With user-friendly services, training, and support, it couldn't be easier to engage your personnel in key business processes.


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KVM Switch

I just read about an interesting item that helps people access more than one CPU from a single keyboard and monitor, or access a single CPU from multiple locations. It's called a KVM switch. (Amazing what you can find, wandering the 'Net.)

Obviously, an IT professional wouldn't be as wowed as I was, but I still think it's a pretty cool concept. Imagine being able to access information from two or more computers, without needing two or more keyboards and two or more monitors.

That would certainly make a lot of the things I do on the computer much simpler.



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Mortgage Lenders

Before the wedding - which (again) was absolutely beautiful - we had been working on getting approved for a mortgage. This place is just too small and too expensive.

Now that all of the trip excitement is over, I thought it might be time to do a little more research. The industry is in such a state that finding reliable, honest mortgage lenders has become a challenge. Naturally, as first-time buyers, we don't want to get in over our heads.

There are a lot of places, with a lot of information. It's difficult to know where to turn. Although, I do like the sites that offer different mortgage calculators and explain the terms in detail.

Time to pull out the journal and start taking notes. Who knows? By the time I'm old enough to retire I might actually understand all of this.


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Label World USA

One item that product-oriented businesses need is labels. Whether that product is food, beverages, cosmetics, computers, appliances, or furniture, labeling is critical to each business. A unique label sets a company's products apart and, when it is designed well, grabs the consumer's attention, resulting in increased sales.

Label World offers a wide range of labeling options for a wide range of businesses. Their wine label options, for example, have moved the industry from "glue and apply" to pressure sensitive labels, allowing wineries to design labels that spark customer interest. Different colored foils and auto-application help a winery to differentiate individual wines and speed up their production process.

This is a high-volume production process, focused on businesses that need the flexibility to design and create a truly customized product.






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Performance Reviews

Whether you use performance reviews as an HR tool or as a part of product development, the process can be a real pain. Designing and generating effective questionnaires, distributing them to applicable employees and/or customers, tracking and following up on completion and return, and compiling the responses into a usable report is a lot of work. Arguably, more work than the information is worth, in many cases.

What if there was a way to quickly compile, distribute, and track such reviews without killing a forest or manually setting and sending reminders? Well, there is. Take a look at Halogen e360, ready-to-use straight out of the box, or fully customizable to fit any situation.




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Online Car Insurance

There are a lot of insurance companies that offer online car insurance quotes. Some even provide quotes from other companies on their website. The TV ads assure consumers that they can save a bundle by switching to this company or that. Yeah, right.

If I'm going to shop and buy online, I want to use a site that has no vested interest in my choice of company. How do I know that 'XYZ Insurance' is giving me a valid quote from 'BCD Auto Coverage' and 'RU Insured, Inc.'? Yes, I could go through the application process for each site, or call each company - but isn't that what I'm trying to avoid?

Luckily, there are more and more sites available that don't sell insurance themselves. They simply provide a location where one can compare coverage and rates and, if desired, purchase insurance. Much better.




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