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What works for you may not work for me.  You may love the outdoors and being with people all day while others find fulfillment sitting in front of a computer crunching numbers as an engineer.  Both love their jobs but one can't tell the other what is "best."   Imagine the last time you read a book, played a game or did some activity that so engrossed you that all sense of time was lost.  Now imagine getting paid to do that.  That is the premise of a book called Wishcraft, an easy read by Barbara Sher.  But you MUST DO THE EXERCISES she gives you. It changed the way I do my work and it changed my wife's career direction too.  She used to like her work (chemical engineer employed by a large company) with a musical hobby.  But she learned that she would rather be her own boss and that she LOVED music.  Today she is a professional musician and also runs her own engineering consulting company. She works ridiculous hours in large part because she is having fun.  Retire?  Why retire from something you'd volunteer to do and are getting paid well to do now.

The other classic of course is What Color Is Your Parachute but I found the first book more fun to read.
Best of luck.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Gloves for Wii Sports boxing only, July 16, 2008
By Tazmanian Devil "Taz" (Las Vegas) - See all my reviews
Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars
If you have a boxing game that requires that you push different buttons for different punches, these gloves and all the other red and black gloves aren't going to help you. You can't reach the controller to push the needed button for say, an uppercut. And, when the match is over and you want a rematch, you have to take off the gloves, pull out the remote to work the menu. Pain in the behind.
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not practical, July 6, 2008
By M J "momofthree" (liverpool, ny) - See all my reviews
Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars
Purchased as a Christmas gift for my children to use with Wii boxing game. The gloves were fairly useless. When wearing them, you are unable to press any of the controls on the controllers as they are tucked into the back of the boxing glove ( on the back of your hand). My kids have used them twice ( tops!). don't bother. Boxing game is more fun without them.

wii boxing gloves, June 18, 2008
By Richard Hubble Jr. - See all my reviews
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Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars
these gloves aren't worth the money. it is very hard to get your controller into the glove and once it is in you can't use any of the buttons for power punches.
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Fun but with some complications. , June 6, 2008
By Tabitha A. Thompson "Holdme4ever27" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars
The gloves are very small so thankfully I have small hands. But for other people in the family we need to take the padding out of the gloves to make their hands fit. Then there's the chance of the Wii mote and Nunchuck flipping sideways and not getting a fair punch in the game. So, unless you have small hands I really wouldn't reccomend this product. It is fun, works for people with small hands, and brings the boxing game to life.

Good idea on paper..., February 21, 2008
By Jimmy Ray Purser "zabricab" (pleasant prairie, WI USA) - See all my reviews
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Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars
Sounds like a good idea right? With the Wii, there are many customizable attachments to add to the controllers for that added touch of realism e.g. Links crossbow, golf clubs, etc...why not boxing gloves?

The problem is that these are basically bag striking gloves with a pouch sewn in and foam inserts. I noticed the following problems that this quick "port" causes;
- The glove fit tight (like striking gloves should) but that means if/when you clinch your fist the gloves will depress one of many controller buttons which of course can do things like turn your Wii off to exiting the game.
- No IR window for the sensors. The glove dramatically reduce the range and accuracy of the controllers due to the damping effect of the gloves outer shell
- No access to any control buttons. Hope you like only jabbing cause accessing that coveted "z" button for the knock punch just ain't gonna happen.
Most of these problems can be fixed with an Xacto knife, but I decided just to sell them on eBay along with the ultra sucky boxing game I bought with it (Showtime Boxing).

Realistic Boxing, January 20, 2008
By S. Mahon - See all my reviews
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Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
Makes wii boxing more realistic, but a little difficult to handle connecting the controllers, since it's inserted inside the glove. They need to make the sizing better - too big for me, and too small for the guys.

great, January 18, 2008
By Sherri L. Charvoz - See all my reviews
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
it makes you feel that you are really in the ring. I recommend this purchase with the boxing game.

Better than holding the controllers, January 15, 2008
By K. Schaubhut "Ktaz84" (PA,USA) - See all my reviews
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Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
For about $20 I think this is a decent product. I took the foam out and that seemed to make the controls more accurate when boxing. I might try cutting a space in the front of the right glove so there is a better connection with the sensor bar. It's not a super product, but it does make boxing more realistic.

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we have four dogs that all have personality comments:

 

Bailey, is smart and fetchy.  She has OCD with fetching. I swear, if you don't throw stuff for her, if she can't find a stick or ball or frisbee, she'll come back with a rock. And you have to throw it. and you can throw it into water and she'll stick her head under water and find THAT SPECIFIC rock and bring it back.

So I think that she would make a great private detective.  she would never ever give up looking for whatever it is, you throw at her. she's a black lab by the way.

 

 

Baxter is big and goofy.  He's also a lab, but he's yellow, but he's a little bigger then the standard for a retriever. He's big and his legs are pretty long, and his tail hurts like crazy when he whacks you in the face with it, which is often if you happen to be laying on the couch, because he swings it at face-height.

Baxter's main hobby seems to be sleeping on the couch and sleeping outside. So, I think he would make a great mattress tester, or a model for art students. Both involve long periods of laying still, so he's a shoo-in.

  

 

 

 

Molly is our puppy. She is dumb and destructive. I hate to say dumb because she is a puppy and just not fully trained yet, but she has a tendency to turn her hearing off at oportune times (so that she can't hear us yelling at her) and she is still in the destructive stage where shoes, toys, books (esp. library books) and clothing is not safe if she can reach it.  Her occupation would most likely be a demolition team of ONE.

sort of like the Tasmanian Devil. Molly is also a black lab.

 

 

 

 

Rocky is my Australian Cattle dog, and if you've ever been exposed to one of these, they ARE working dogs. They are used to move cattle, their main purpose is that they bite the backs of their legs to get them moving.  Only Rocky has a bit of a problem with this and does this to me when i ride the scooter, also tries to bite the legs of our chickens, and our cows when they get loose, but usually chase them in the oposite direction of the barnyard/barn.  He is also hyper-protective and watchful, in that when my husband comes home from work, he barks for about a 1/2 hour after he gets in, as if he has never seen him before.

I think that Rocky would be the perfect CIA or FBI agent. Especially if he was partnered with someone like Fox Mulder or Dana Scully.  No one would come thru HIS interrogations UNSCATHED!

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