Firefox Tool To Read Web Articles More Easily

Have you ever clicked on an article that you wanted to read, perhaps on cnn.com, and been frustrated by how much fluff the meat of the article is surrounded by? Or perhaps you are on a website where the main article is in a really small font and you can only get it to enlarge so much by doing Ctrl +.

Well, if you use the Firefox browser, then you will want to download the Readability tool!

You can take a website that looks like this:

And get it to look like this!

All you have to do is go to the Readability website, choose how you would like webpages to display, and then drag (left click and hold down) the Readability button onto your browser's toolbar. (The toolbar is generally directly under your browser's address bar.) Whenever you come across an article you would like to read, but there is a lot of "extras," all you need to do is click the Readability button on your toolbar!

Have fun!

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Going In a New Direction - Jobwise.

I was laid-off from my job as an administrative assistant at an oil and gas company on February 13, 2009. At that time, I was also working 5 hours or so a week at a gym which was in the same office complex. The day I was let go, I was scheduled to work an evening shift. I called the manager of the gym and let him know what had happened. He very generously made it possible for me to just head over to the gym a few hours earlier, and later on he added more and more hours for me until I had over 30 hours a week.

The job at the gym was truly a good thing. It gave me something to pay the monthly expenses with until the unemployment money finally came through. Then, once I decided to go back to school, it gave me the perfect job for someone going back to school after being out over 10 years.

However, I have moved twice since being laid-off. The first time was from my apartment and into the home of a divorced mom of two teens where I rented a room from her. (This was after a lot of downsizing on my part.) I was still within a reasonable driving distance of the gym, and actually my tolls cost went down. Unfortunately, the living situation deteriorated rapidly after Christmas, and two-weeks ago I moved again. Again, I am renting a room in someone's home. This time, however, the drive to the gym is 45 minutes when leaving at 5:15 a.m. Double that if you leave at 6:30 a.m. 90% highway and tollway miles.

My mom has a tutoring business, and she was getting to the point where she had more clients than she could handle. So, last week, I started tutoring one of her clients. I also interviewed for a possible job teaching 8th grade keyboarding at a school about a ten minute drive from where I live. I didn't get that job, but starting on Monday, I will be working with an ESL student during the school day for 90 minutes a day. Plus, I have a possible third job opportunity working with a high-functioning autistic boy one or two days a week.

Needless to say, I have given my notice at the gym. This Thursday will be my last day there. I am very excited about the possibilities and opportunities that await me with these new jobs, as well as the chance to make a real difference in someone else's life. I will however miss some of the people I've had the chance to know in this past year working at the gym.

Thanks E for letting me work at the gym, and giving as good as you got. :) I look forward to seeing where this new direction leads me.

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