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A Couple of Things on My Mind
Feb. 8th, 2008 10:37 amEbay changes the rules of how business is done
The discounts to the power sellers I can understand. And a few of the other changes I saw coming and of course they benefit those who sell the most on E-bay. However I cannot say that I am sanguine about sellers not being able to leave buyers feedback. It is going to make it hard for people to figure out if the buyer is legit or someone who is going to cost them more money and aggravation than the sale is worth. Now I hear that this is to make sure that the sellers get realistic feedback from the buyers and the buyers are just making nice nice to get a positive from the seller. But now sellers are going to be more cautious about the buyers that they let buy from them. I also expect E-bay is going to see a serious rise in disputed fees. The feedback was a system of checks and balances that worked for a long time and now I think it is going to be pretty useless.
No Food for You! One Year!
There is a bill pending in the Mississippi legislature that is getting a lot of press right now. According to the bill, it would be a crime to serve food to "any person who is obese based on criteria prescribed by the state health department." Now this is unenforceable and probably against federal law. Their reasoning is that this will make people think about obesity. No, it will make people wonder what they are smoking in the Mississippi legislature. I put this one with the legislature that wanted to regulate low riding jeans in my book of absurd bills I have read.
Miracle Baby found I am sorry that this little boy is never going to know his mother since she was killed in the twister that grabbed him and tossed him like a rag doll. But he is alive and, considering all that he went through, in good condition. And that is a miracle in itself. He will grow up and be told the story of how he was found. I pray that his grandparents will be able to care for him until he reached adulthood. Many people lost a lot in those storms. They will be rebuild their lives for some time to come and I hope we don't forget them in their continuing time of need.
And you are fooling yourself if you don't believe it (Bonus points if you know the song I am referring to). This one struck home for me on more than one level. I think part of it is how our brains work and part of it is how society has informed us of how we must act to be part of society. I had heard about imposter syndrome in women a number of years ago when a friend referred me to an article on it because of some stuff I was going through at the time. I am on the side of the fence that tends to belittle what I do rather than trumpet it. I have an easy time promoting others and their work but a very hard time promoting myself and what I do and have done. This blog is a stab at trying to get over that hurdle but it is still hard for me to do.
Here is an example of this. At the Superbowl party we had, one of my neighbors told the other that I had gone to Yale. The other asked me if that was true. I told them that I had gone to the Yale School of Drama for my MFA. Everyone was impressed and I was a little embarrassed and a bit angry with myself for being embarrassed. Because I did go to the YSD and graduated from there and then worked in theater for another 10 years before finally moving onto something else. I was a stage manager for almost 20 years which is a heck of a lot longer than most stage managers last. And I was good at my job. But I don't talk about it much because I don't want to sound like I am bragging.
I am grateful for things that make me stop and think for a bit.
The discounts to the power sellers I can understand. And a few of the other changes I saw coming and of course they benefit those who sell the most on E-bay. However I cannot say that I am sanguine about sellers not being able to leave buyers feedback. It is going to make it hard for people to figure out if the buyer is legit or someone who is going to cost them more money and aggravation than the sale is worth. Now I hear that this is to make sure that the sellers get realistic feedback from the buyers and the buyers are just making nice nice to get a positive from the seller. But now sellers are going to be more cautious about the buyers that they let buy from them. I also expect E-bay is going to see a serious rise in disputed fees. The feedback was a system of checks and balances that worked for a long time and now I think it is going to be pretty useless.
No Food for You! One Year!
There is a bill pending in the Mississippi legislature that is getting a lot of press right now. According to the bill, it would be a crime to serve food to "any person who is obese based on criteria prescribed by the state health department." Now this is unenforceable and probably against federal law. Their reasoning is that this will make people think about obesity. No, it will make people wonder what they are smoking in the Mississippi legislature. I put this one with the legislature that wanted to regulate low riding jeans in my book of absurd bills I have read.
Miracle Baby found I am sorry that this little boy is never going to know his mother since she was killed in the twister that grabbed him and tossed him like a rag doll. But he is alive and, considering all that he went through, in good condition. And that is a miracle in itself. He will grow up and be told the story of how he was found. I pray that his grandparents will be able to care for him until he reached adulthood. Many people lost a lot in those storms. They will be rebuild their lives for some time to come and I hope we don't forget them in their continuing time of need.
And you are fooling yourself if you don't believe it (Bonus points if you know the song I am referring to). This one struck home for me on more than one level. I think part of it is how our brains work and part of it is how society has informed us of how we must act to be part of society. I had heard about imposter syndrome in women a number of years ago when a friend referred me to an article on it because of some stuff I was going through at the time. I am on the side of the fence that tends to belittle what I do rather than trumpet it. I have an easy time promoting others and their work but a very hard time promoting myself and what I do and have done. This blog is a stab at trying to get over that hurdle but it is still hard for me to do.
Here is an example of this. At the Superbowl party we had, one of my neighbors told the other that I had gone to Yale. The other asked me if that was true. I told them that I had gone to the Yale School of Drama for my MFA. Everyone was impressed and I was a little embarrassed and a bit angry with myself for being embarrassed. Because I did go to the YSD and graduated from there and then worked in theater for another 10 years before finally moving onto something else. I was a stage manager for almost 20 years which is a heck of a lot longer than most stage managers last. And I was good at my job. But I don't talk about it much because I don't want to sound like I am bragging.
I am grateful for things that make me stop and think for a bit.
