Revisiting Tagging Your LinkedIn(r) Connections

Note (5/30/2014): I just now noticed that LinkedIn changed the menu from Network > Contacts to Connections  > Keep in Touch.

Update of the process for customizing and categorizing your LinkedIn® connection groupings. The PDF file of the step-by-step procedure, including screen captures, is downloadable at https://app.box.com/s/ju04h698elb8j5dc0m0. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/04/revisiting-tagging-your-linkedin.html and comment there, please.

Soldiering On Military Ranks

Researches into military ranks across the branches, spurred by curiosity about pronunciations, spellings, and context of some military ranks. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/03/soldiering-on-military-ranks.html and comment there, please.

Cookie Mix Recipe: Fat Deviating

Deviating from a cooky mix recipe by replacing half of the butter called for with cooking oil and sesame oil. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/03/cookie-mix-recipe-fat-deviating.html and comment there, please.

Mini-cupcake Offload: Pan Type & Prep, Batter Amt

Mini-cupcake experiment of using spray oil and flour or spray oil alone in silicone and aluminum pans. (Includes recipe for Choco Cherry Choco Chip Mini-cupcakes.) Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/02/mini-cupcake-offload-pan-type-and-prep.html and comment there, please.

Fudge Offload: Silicon Vs. Aluminum Pans

Fudge experiment of using spray oil and powdered sugar in the cavities of silicone and aluminum pans. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/02/fudge-offload-silicone-vs-aluminum-pans.html and comment there, please.

Anachronistic Songs, Part 2 of 2

"Anachronistic Songs, Part 1 of 2" covered blasts from the past WRT another-era terms (example: "groove") and some terminology definition shifts (ex: example: "straight"). This part continues with unPC-ness, dimes and related costs, and years. Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/01/anachronistic-songs-part-2-of-2.html and comment there, please.

Anachronistic Songs, Part 1 of 2

Common characteristics of an anachronistic song, usually the song having been out at least a few decades ago:

• It includes a term that was popular or a norm in a particular era "long ago".
• It includes a term that the definition has shifted over time.
• It is more likely now to be considered culturally or politically insensitive than in the past.
• It contains reference to a year number.

Read the entire article at http://whilldtkwriter.blogspot.com/2014/01/anachronistic-songs-part-1-of-2.html and comment there, please.