College

Where Did The Time Go?

There was a time not so long ago that I was 6 years old. On my 7th birthday I told myself that I would forever stay 6, I did not want to be 7. It didn’t work, and every year my age kept growing. Faster and faster the years have spun by. At the age of 12 I desperately wanted to drive a car, but 4 long years separated me…

Stereotypical Employee Profiles: The Talker

- Stereotypical Employee Profiles is a recurring feature on PowerOgre.com.  It’s meant to be a humorous look at the different personalities we all work with. These profiles are a complete generalization and not based on specific individuals. Read on.

In this rendition of Stereotypical Employee Profiles, we will take a look at that most dreaded of co-workers, “the talker”. “The talker” is exactly what they sound like, someone who…

Things I Learned In College

I learned a lot in high school which I wrote about here. College was the next step in life, and I learned many things during that stage as well. In no particular order…

  • Moving away from home for the first time is exciting and at the same time scary.
  • Planning your own meals and cooking for yourself for the first time leads to obesity.

There Is Mud On Your Phone Book – part 2

…Continued from part 1

We had to come up with a plan to get out. Off in the distance we could barely make out the shape of an old barn rotting in a field. Getting out of the Pathfinder and wading through the mud we made our way to the barn. We each gathered an armful of scrap wood which was laying on the ground and started…

There Is Mud On Your Phone Book – part 1

It was Fall midway through my college years. My friend and I were looking for a way to earn some much needed money in a part time way. After reading an ad in the local paper we decided delivering phone books was the quickest way to financial success. This might have been a good idea in a high density urban area, unfortunately our delivery area was in rural Idaho. We…