There’s a new author in town. Once started out as a YA (young adult) book writer – with two complete three book series (plus a yet to be published Christmas book)… she is branching out for the older crowd (still PG rated).
If you are into ghosts or psychic type metaphysics – you should check out Kimberlee Dodge. You can find her on Amazon by clicking: https://tinyurl.com/4j4tv2bk
Start your journey with The Ghost of Forlorn Lane and see what “The J Club” was up to, (before) they were the J Club.
Jack likes order and simplicity. Only his life is rarely ever simple. Jack’s mind has always been bombarded with other people’s intrusive thoughts. Not even the infamous Grandma Rosa could help him silence the voices in his head.
In a bold move that takes him nine hundred miles from home, Jack defies his parents and secretly enrolls in The Para-Northern Conservatory to get a handle on his gifts, instead of heading off to Dartmouth College, where his father has mapped out his life. However, upon arriving in New Hampshire, Jack finds himself homeless and desperate in quick order.
An innocent offer to rent a room is all it takes to spark a series of unexpected events that leave Jack shaken. On his first night in the boardinghouse, Jack is treated to the tale of the mysterious Blue Lady that allegedly haunts his room… but it’s clear from the start that whatever is happening is not a figment of anyone’s imagination. As the activity in the house increases, so does the danger to all who live at 9 Maple Square.
Coming in April!
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The first thing I want you to realize is that the primary tool or WEAPON terrocrats use to subjugate, control, and dominate their victims is WORDS. By “terrocrat” I mean “coercive political agent” or “terrorist bureaucrat.” A terrocrat is always an individual human being.
Please think about this issue. How often has a terrocrat stuck a gun in your face and said, “Pay your taxes or else?” Compare this to the number of times terrocrats have sent you pieces of paper with words on them, telling you what to do or what not to do – and what penalties you may be subjected to, if you don’t obey?
Now, please stretch your imagination and imagine a world in which nobody takes the words of terrocrats seriously. They say, “We are the government,” and everyone laughs at them and asks, “Government? – what’s that?” And, whatever they reply, they are greeted with more laughter.
Then they say, “Our word is law; and you must obey.” Everyone just laughs at the terrocrats and asks, “Law? – what’s that?” Again, whatever they reply, they are greeted with more laughter.
How much power would terrocrats have in such a world?
I don’t care how much thought you have to put into this, but it’s absolutely vital that you understand that the primary means terrocrats use to subjugate, control, and dominate their victims is words.
Actually, there are three kinds of “things” terrocrats use to control their victims. The first is violence. The second is money. And the third is words. By violence, here, I mean actual physical violence. (Threats of violence are almost always expressed in words.)
How often has a terrocrat used actual violence to control you? Were you physically dragged into school, or were you persuaded by words to go to school? Has any terrocrat ever used actual physical violence to make you pay taxes, or were you persuaded by words to pay up?
Have you ever been arrested? If so, in what proportion did the cop use actual physical violence compared to words. Did he tell you to put your hands behind your back, or did he force your hands behind your back without saying anything? Notice that even during most arrests, cops use more words than actual physical violence to control their victims.
Have you ever been to court? To what proportion do the terrocrats and lawyers use words in court compared to actual physical violence? Have you ever been to jail? To what proportion do the terrocrats use words in jail compared to actual physical violence?
How much power would terrocrats have in a world in which everyone says “NO!” to them and laughs at whatever they say? Can you begin to appreciate that the power of terrocrats depends largely on victims accepting terrocrat words and obeying them?
QR codes are everywhere, but scammers can use fake QR codes to redirect you to phishing pages, fake payment screens, malicious apps and fraudulent websites. Learn how QR code scams work, how to spot quishing, what happens after you scan a malicious QR code, and how to stay safe.
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Walk into a restaurant, hospital, hotel, airport, supermarket, call centre, bank, delivery hub, or customer-service office today, and there is a good chance you will notice something before anything else: there simply aren’t enough people to do all the work. Across many countries, service-sector workers are increasingly being asked to do more with fewer colleagues, longer hours, and greater expectations from customers and employers. The result is an uncomfortable contradiction. The modern economy depends heavily on services, yet many of the people who keep those services running are exhausted, understaffed, and increasingly stretched to their limits. This is not merely a workplace problem. It is becoming a structural problem for economies and societies.
The service economy has expanded enormously over the past few decades. Healthcare, hospitality, retail, logistics, tourism, education, financial services, technology support, food delivery, transportation, and countless other industries now employ millions of people. But growth in demand has not always been matched by growth in the workforce. An ageing population in many developed countries is reducing the pool of available workers. Younger generations are often reluctant to enter jobs that offer relatively low wages, irregular schedules, limited security, and few opportunities for advancement. Migration has helped fill some gaps, but immigration policies and geopolitical conditions can make labour mobility unpredictable. At the same time, customers expect services to be faster, cheaper, more personalized, and available around the clock. Someone has to absorb that pressure. Increasingly, it is the existing workforce.
Understaffing doesn’t simply mean that employees have more tasks on their desks. It changes the nature of work itself. A restaurant employee may serve more tables while simultaneously handling online orders and cleaning. A nurse may care for more patients than is ideal. A retail worker may operate a checkout, restock shelves, answer customer questions, and manage online orders during the same shift. A customer-service representative may handle an endless queue of increasingly frustrated customers. Eventually, something gives. Sometimes it is the quality of service. Sometimes it is the employee’s physical health. Sometimes it is their mental well-being. And sometimes it is the decision to leave the job altogether. That creates a vicious cycle. Understaffing causes burnout. Burnout causes resignations. Resignations create greater understaffing. The remaining employees then carry an even heavier burden.
Technology was supposed to make service work easier. Automation, artificial intelligence, self-checkout systems, scheduling software, chatbots, digital payments, robotic systems, and sophisticated management platforms have undoubtedly increased productivity in many areas. Yet technological progress has not necessarily translated into less pressure for workers. Instead, companies can sometimes use technology to increase expectations. If an automated system makes a process faster, customers may begin expecting the faster experience everywhere. If AI allows customer inquiries to be handled instantly, tolerance for waiting can decline. If delivery platforms optimize routes and reduce delivery times, workers may face increasingly aggressive performance targets. Technology can therefore become both a solution and a source of additional pressure. The question should not simply be, “How much more work can technology help us accomplish?” It should also be, “How much unnecessary human pressure can technology remove?” That distinction matters.
One of the strangest features of modern economies is that some of the most essential jobs are among the least valued economically. Cleaners, delivery workers, hospitality employees, retail assistants, security personnel, warehouse workers, support staff, and many others keep societies functioning every day. Yet many of these occupations struggle with relatively low wages, uncertain schedules, limited benefits, and weak career progression. The pandemic briefly changed the public perception of such workers. Suddenly, people recognized them as essential. But recognition alone does not pay rent, provide retirement security, or create a sustainable career. If societies genuinely depend on these workers, their compensation and working conditions must reflect their importance.
There is another uncomfortable part of the conversation: consumer expectations. We increasingly want everything immediately. Food should arrive quickly. Packages should arrive tomorrow. Customer support should respond instantly. Hotels should provide flawless service. Restaurants should operate at full capacity. Stores should remain open late. Transportation should be frequent and inexpensive. But every service has a human cost somewhere in the system. A cheap meal may depend on an underpaid kitchen worker. A rapid delivery may depend on a driver working under intense time pressure. A 24-hour service may require someone to work through the night. Convenience is rarely cost-free. Perhaps consumers need to rediscover a little patience. Not every delay represents incompetence. Sometimes it simply means there aren’t enough people.
The solution cannot be reduced to telling workers to “work harder” or encouraging companies to recruit more aggressively. Businesses need to rethink staffing models, wages, scheduling, training, career development, and workplace culture. Governments need policies that address demographic changes, worker mobility, childcare, affordable housing, vocational education, and labour protections. Artificial intelligence and automation can help, but they should augment workers rather than simply become excuses to eliminate jobs while increasing workloads for those who remain. There is also a strong case for redesigning service jobs themselves. A job that pays fairly, provides predictable schedules, offers training, and creates a realistic path toward advancement is much easier to fill than a job that offers little beyond exhaustion.
The future may ultimately force us to reconsider what we mean by productivity. A company that serves more customers but burns through employees every year may look productive on a spreadsheet. In reality, it could be consuming its own workforce. Sustainable productivity should include worker retention, health, stability, and quality of service. The service economy cannot function indefinitely by running people at maximum capacity. There is a simple lesson hidden beneath all the economic statistics: services are delivered by human beings. We can build better software, smarter machines, faster logistics networks, and more sophisticated artificial intelligence. But until technology can completely replace the human element in every service we depend upon, people will remain the infrastructure of the service economy. And infrastructure that is constantly overloaded eventually breaks.
The growing staffing crisis should therefore not be viewed merely as a shortage of workers. It is a warning that the way we organize, value, and consume services may no longer be sustainable. Perhaps the future of work isn’t about making people work harder. Perhaps it is about building a world where technology carries more of the burden, while human beings are given the time, dignity, and space to do their best work.
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George Carlin told us about this corona panic years ago *** sure – I’ve posted this before – people need to see this again, because it didn’t sink in the first time.
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