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March 26, 2005
Volume 3, Number 6
ISSN 1554-6330

In this issue:

1. Carpenter Country Essay

2. Top Drawer Article

3. Top Drawer Tips

4. Top Drawer Book Review

5. Top Drawer Satire

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CARPENTER COUNTRY

What's Happening in Our Neck of the Human Experience

The first day of Spring arrived last Sunday, March 20. Purim was celebrated on March 24th. Easter follows on March 27th. Then comes April Fool’s Day on April 1st. And after that, Daylight Saving Time on April 3rd.

It appears everything is happening at once - again.

Here in Carpenter Country, ‘all at the same time’ events seem to occur more often lately.

We can be sitting around doing what we do best at a leisurely pace when - BAM - the phone starts ringing. Soon we’re filling our calendar with wall-to-wall assignments and invitations. When we hang up, it occurs to us that most are scheduled for the same week.

Of course, days filled with lots of activities make us happy. We love work and doing fun things, and we accept as many jobs and invites as we can. If only circumstance (or fate) offered a better schedule. There must be a postscript at the end of Murphy’s Law that says ‘nothing happens at all or everything happens at once’.

Which takes us back to the first day of Spring, Purim, Easter, April Fool’s Day and Daylight Saving Time.

Such a terrific group of red-letter days with so many great things to do, like planting seeds, coloring eggs, going to church, strolling in the Easter Parade and playing pranks.

It makes us sad to have to pick and choose.

Unfortunately there’s little we can do to change the crowded events on this calendar. Better to just say thanks for Daylight Saving Time. Even though we’re losing an hour, the extra daylight in the evening will let us spring forward and appreciate all the activities for a while longer.

Wishing everyone a Happy Busy Time of the Year!

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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE

Gold Coins

by
HL Carpenter

Do gold coins make you think of Mel Fisher and a dive to the bottom of the sea to find a treasure ship?

Fortunately, they’re easier to acquire than putting on scuba gear and jumping into the deep blue.

Read the entire article here

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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits

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TOP DRAWER BOOK REVIEW

by
HL Carpenter

Guts!
by Kevin and Jackie Freiberg
278 pages; hardcover; $25
Random House, New York, 2004

Be passionate about what you do, treat people decently, and embody the values you espouse. These seem like common sense notions, at work or at home.

But authors and consultants Kevin and Jackie Freiberg conclude acting this way takes guts, especially in a business world they see as more focused on profits than people.

Read the entire review here

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TOP DRAWER SATIRE

The Answer Factory

by
HL Carpenter

International services giant Answers, Inc. is building a fifth factory in downtown Los Angeles. The new plant will quadruple the company’s ability to provide responses to the question industry, which has been growing at an exponential rate.

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