Kay works for a complete moron. He bought the company a few years ago and it instantly went from a success to a pile of wood. He knows nothing about how to run a business, nor does he know how to handle employees. People have been fired for reasons as stupid as “They’re too smart for their position”. A girl was recently fired because she knew too much about what she was doing. Some people believe she tapped into something that the owner was doing and was fired because she knew too much about something that’s more than likely highly illegal. The real lesson here is, however, someone seriously needs to stand outside of this place and let the customers know that they’re never going to actually receive anything they order so it would be a smart idea to not even bother stepping foot into the building. Products have been on back order for the last 6 months and most of the vendors even have the company on HOLD because he hasn’t been able to pay the bill. Makes you wonder where the money is actually going, it sure as heck isn’t going to the employee’s considering most of them aren’t even getting their paychecks.

The thing he really needs is something called Executive Coaching, which should be important for any corporation. The Forte Institute is the global leader in the development and delivery of the strengths-based understanding of human personality as it relates to the personal understanding of interpersonal communications. I know it all seems like a lot of big words but their main goal is really team building programs which is very important for any corporation. It’s easier to run a tight-knit business if everyone is working on the same page. Training from The Forte Institute can really help you run your business and your employees with 100% ship-shape efficiency.

Many people go through Wirefly.com to get their cellphones. I don’t blame them either considering they’ve turned into one of the hottest resources on the internet for all of your mobile needs. They’ve got a new Top 10 list, it’s seasonal too considering it’s the Spring 2007 season. Their list includes everything from the Motorola to Samsung. I personally find the Motorola Razr to be the best phone out there but that’s because of the fact that I’ve been desperately eying this phone for the last couple of years. Even though I’m not on the phone very often, one day I WILL own this thing. The list they’ve put up is pretty extensive, and rightly so considering all the phones on there are pretty interesting, help them out by hitting Digg this story! because all hits are good hits and going through Digg is a huge thing these days. I just think it’s cool they came up with the Spring 2007 list. I hope they continue making lists like these every season, it’ll give people an excuse to drool over more technological goodness.

Before things started to settle down for me, financially, I was seriously considering applying for a student loan to use towards college. The problem is that while I would only need to borrow around $7,000 I wouldn’t have anyone to co-sign the loan considering my off-the-books income and I no longer live anywhere near my father. I don’t think you can get away with cosigning a loan with someone who’s 5 hours away.

I know a few people who have actually gone through with the student loan process now they’re working on student loan consolidation programs because they’re bogged down with payments and fees that were just thrown on at the end of the agreement in very small print. After a studen graduates they’re often faced with the financial burden of dealing with student loan payments. If you miss even one payment it can seriously harm your credit. Consolidating student loans can be beneficial to students’ credit rating, but it’s important to note that not all federal student loan consolidation companies report their loans to all credit bureaus.

In the end, it’s not hard to come up with $7,000 and I wouldn’t be putting my credit at risk in order to do it. It would take me maybe 2 months at the rate that business is coming in these days. It’d be much easier to take the non-loan route for me.

Having teenagers isn’t easy on any parent. The constant mood swings and unappreciative behavior towards everything is typical in daily life. I know a few mothers that spent a lot of time reading books on how to ‘fix’ their children and they’d then sit there and wonder why nothing ever worked. Proper education is a factor in anything but when it comes down to it, you raised the child so you should know at some point how to deal with your child. For those whom can’t figure it out – however – there are sites like parentingteens.com which offer you a series of resources and advice to get you through the day. One of their articles is about self esteem education. Self esteem is a pretty big problem for many teens, not many parents know how to deal with it. I know my parents didn’t. Then again, part of my self-esteem issues growing up was the fact that I never really had a mother around, but that’s besides the point.

For the parents that actually ARE there for their children, however, ParentingTeens.com focuses on a variety of problems but it’s primarily designed to help parents with troubled teens. It could be a valuable resource to help you get through the difficult times.

I like when I come across new sites. While part of me doesn’t really care what celebrities do, finding resources that they also use is kind of interesting to me. I came across electricladyland.com, which sells everything from clothing to candles. They’re located in Arizona but based on reviews they have a lot of celebrity clients and carry couture brands. They mostly sell brands like True Religion and Rock & Republic Jeans. They’ve also got Tarina Tarantino Jewelry, which is pretty interesting looking. It’s primarily Hello Kitty and animal based costume jewelry but I want to assume that it’s good quality considering it’s all in the $90.00 and up range. You should check ’em out.