HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFF

• Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
• 
  In the memo field of all your checks, write “for sexual favors.”
• Specify that your drive-through order is “TO-GO.”
• If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
• Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
• Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions “to keep them tuned up.”
• Reply to everything someone says with “that’s what you think.”
• Practice making fax and modem noises.
• Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and “cc” them to your boss.
• Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
• Finish all your sentences with the words “in accordance with prophesy.”
• Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears and grimacing.
• Disassemble your pen and “accidentally” flip the ink cartridge across the room.
• Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
• Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you “like it that way.”
• Staple pages in the middle of the page.
• Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a croaking noise.
• Honk and wave to strangers.
• Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints at the cash register.
• TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
• type only in lowercase.
• dont use any punctuation either
• Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
• Repeat the following conversation a dozen times.
  “DO YOU HEAR THAT?”
  “What?”
  “Never mind, it’s gone now.”
• As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
• Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce “No, wait, I messed it up,” and repeat.
• Ask people what gender they are.
• While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
• Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
• Sing along at the opera.
• Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn’t rhyme.
• Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about “psychological profiles.”

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How to Break the “Nice Guy” Stereotype

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You’ve probably heard the phrase “nice guys finish last” and perhaps you’ve experienced it as you watch pushy, inconsiderate guys get the job or the girl you long for. It doesn’t seem fair, does it? There’s nothing wrong with being nice, but when you’re so nice to everyone that you stop being nice to yourself, your efforts can backfire. Here are some ways to show people that you value yourself, and that they should value you, too.

Steps

1. Stop agreeing with everyone and everything. That doesn’t mean that you should disagree or argue for its own sake, but you’re your own person with your own opinions and preferences. If you find yourself agreeing with everyone, you might be undercutting your individuality. Think for yourself and speak up. Not every disagreement is an argument, and a difference of opinion can sometimes lead to interesting discussion in which you learn a great deal about how a person thinks and how they feel about a lot of things.
2. Stop being a people pleaser. Don’t bend over backwards to accommodate everyone except yourself. If you identify with the “nice guy” dilemma, you’re probably a kind person who loves to help people, and that’s wonderful. But don’t be so humble that you become a slave to everyone else’s needs and expectations. It’s healthy to have your own needs and goals, and to fulfill them and help others at the same time, without putting someone else’s priorities way above yours. Avoid “parasitic” relationships where you give, give, give and never get. Strive to form mutually beneficial relationships.
   • Learn to say no. When people ask you to do something that you don’t feel comfortable doing, for whatever reason, you have every right to decline. There are manipulative people in the world who will make you feel guilty (in a very subtle way). Learn how to recognize a controlling or manipulative relationship and break the pattern.
   • Use nonviolent communication to convey your discomfort, concerns or needs. Some people are taught that it’s not nice to say anything negative, but the fact is that there are conflicts in life and they need to be addressed in order to be resolved so we can have healthy, balanced and happy relationships. By learning gentle communication skills, such as giving a feedback sandwich, you’ll feel much better about discussing topics that you would normally avoid.
3. Draw the line. Don’t allow people to disrespect or ignore you. Stand up for yourself. If a co-worker steals your idea and passes it off as his own, you’re not being nice by letting it slide. You’re being cowardly. If a woman doesn’t show up for a date and doesn’t even bother to call beforehand or afterwards to explain, you’re not being nice by overlooking her lack of consideration. You’re being a doormat.
4. Pace yourself. Be patient with yourself and with others. At work, this means not biting off more than you can chew. In dating, it means not getting too attached too quickly. Don’t give someone everything they want, all at once, and expect nothing in return. Every relationship is a two-way street.
   • At work, do you regularly stay late without being asked? Do you volunteer to help more than others, or pick up the slack for your co-workers? By doing this, you’re communicating to your boss and co-workers that your time is not valuable; you give it away frequently and without being asked, and you never indicate that there’s anything else you’d like to do with your time, and they might even be convinced that you enjoy staying late and working extra hard. To bring some balance back into the situation, there are a few things you can do:
     • If your boss is giving you all the extra work because you do a better job than your co-workers, then ask for a raise or promotion.
     • Ask your boss about hiring another staff person, or rotating who stays late until the work load subsides. Ask your boss how long he or she estimates the late nights will be necessary.
   • When dating, don’t shower a romantic interest with flowers, stuffed animals, jewelry, expensive dinners, a cruise, etc. in the very beginning. You’re in the courtship phase, but she needs to show that she’s worthy of being your mate as well. Save the bulk of your affection and gifts for someone who has proven that she’ll support and appreciate you.
     • Wait for her to reach out to you once in a while. How do you know she wants to spend time with you if you’re always the one calling and suggesting it?
     • Continue spending time with your friends and pursuing your interests even when you’re dating. Don’t allow a romantic prospect to consume your life.
5. Remember that you don’t NEED anyone to be happy. Once you feel you “need” something, as in you want it so badly that you’d do almost anything to get it, and it’s something that only someone else can give to you (i.e. someone else’s approval, regard, or affection) you essentially put your happiness completely in someone else’s control. In other words, you give them all the power, making yourself appear weak and “needy”. Instead, base your self-worth on your own actions and efforts, rather than on how others perceive you. Rejection and criticism is difficult to deal with, but sometimes it’s undeserved. Don’t spend your whole life trying avoid people thinking negatively of you. Do what you feel is right, no matter what anyone else thinks. All you need to be happy, ultimately, is self-respect.
6. Continue being nice. The niceness isn’t what gets the stereotypical nice guy into trouble. You can be a gentleman without being a pushover. You can be sweet without being suffocating. You can be humble without being self-deprecating. It’s all about finding a good balance. Surround yourself with nice people who will consider you as much as you consider them, and do your best to teach others how they can be nice to you and in general.
7. “Stand up for yourself.” There are plenty of people out there that rather than do the assignment themselves they will pass it on to you, or even volunteer you to take over a particular project, without even asking you if you’re busy or not. Don’t accept it. Tell them you need to review your workload first. Also let that person know that they should have been considerate to ask you before hand. If you do get dumped on (and you accept) then by all means don’t take on the whole project by yourself. You would be setting yourself up for failure or worse, if you do a great job than it’ll be your assignment for all eternity. Ask for an assistant or two that way down the road you can come up with your own excuse to back out and leave it in their hands.

Tips

• Since you already know how to be nice, work on building your confidence and being bold–two traits that the stereotypical “nice guy” is commonly perceived to lack.
• There’s a difference between appreciating a woman and worshipping her. We’re all human–by putting her on a pedestal, you’re not only fostering an unhealthy balance in the relationship, but you’re also creating a set of unrealistic expectations for her. That kind of pressure can make someone feel like she can’t be herself around you.
• Every now and then, think of the biggest jerk you know and act like him. Women love that. They say they hate it, but it’s not true. If they didn’t love it, why would they go back for more of that kind of thing over and over? (Yes, it’s illogical.)

Related wikiHows

• How to Stop Being a People Pleaser
• How to Be Bold
• How to Say No Respectfully
• How to Be a Man

Sources and Citations

• Why “Nice Guys” are often such LOSERS
• ABC News: Why Nice Guys Finish Last

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This morning, July 17th 2008 the nominations for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced by Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris. The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, September 13th at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. The nominees were led by HBO and popular shows such as “The Daily Show”, “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Entrouage” and this year, “John Adams”. Kristen Chenoweth herself picked up a nomination for her work on “Pushing Daisies”. For a complete list of the nominees please Click HERE.

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 60TH PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS:

COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock (NBC)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
Entourage (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
Two and a Half Men (CBS)

DRAMA SERIES
Boston Legal (ABC)
Damages (FX)
Dexter (Showtime)
House (Fox)
Lost (ABC)
Mad Men (AMC)

MINISERIES
“The Andromeda Strain” (A&E)
“Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre)
“John Adams” (HBO)
“Tin Man” (Sci Fi Channel)

ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Alec Baldwin 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell The Office (NBC)
Lee Pace Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Charlie Sheen Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Tony Shalhoub Monk (USA)

ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Gabriel Byrne In Treatment (HBO)
Bryan Cranston Breaking Bad (AMC)
Michael C. Hall Dexter (Showtime)
Jon Hamm Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie House (Fox)
James Spader Boston Legal (ABC)

ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Christina Applegate Samantha Who?(ABC)
America Ferrera Ugly Betty (ABC)
Tina Fey 30 Rock (NBC)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)
Mary-Louise Parker Weeds (Showtime)

ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Glenn Close Damages (FX)
Sally Field Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay Law and Order: SVU (NBC)
Holly Hunter Saving Grace (TNT)
Kyra Sedgwick The Closer (TNT)

REALITY HOST
Tom Bergeron – “Dancing With the Stars”
Heidi Klum – “Project Runway”
Howie Mandel – “Deal or No Deal”
Jeff Probst – “Survivor”
Ryan Seacrest – “American Idol”

MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE
“Bernard And Doris” – (HBO)
“Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” – (HBO) ”
“The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” – (Lifetime)
“A Raisin In The Sun” – (ABC)
“Recount” – (HBO)

REALITY
“Antiques Roadshow” – (PBS)
“Dirty Jobs” – (Discovery Channel)
“Extreme Makeover Home Edition” – (ABC)
“Intervention” – (A&E)
“Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List” – (Bravo)

REALITY HOST
Tom Bergeron – “Dancing With the Stars”
Heidi Klum – “Project Runway”
Howie Mandel – “Deal or No Deal”
Jeff Probst – “Survivor”
Ryan Seacrest – “American Idol”

REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
“The Amazing Race” – (CBS)
“American Idol” – (FOX)
“Dancing With The Stars” – (ABC)
“Project Runway” – (Bravo)
“Top Chef” – (Bravo)

ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Ralph Fiennes – “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
Ricky Gervais – “Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale” (HBO)
Paul Giamatti – “John Adams” (HBO)
Kevin Spacey – “Recount” (HBO)
Tom Wilkinson – “Recount” (HBO)

ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Catherine Keener – “An American Crime” (Showtime)
Susan Sarandon – “Bernard And Doris” (HBO)
Dame Judi Dench – “Cranford” (Masterpiece Theatre)
Laura Linney – “John Adams” (HBO )
Phylicia Rashad – “A Raisin In The Sun” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jon Cryer – “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
Kevin Dillon – “Entourage” (HBO)
Neil Patrick Harris – “How I Met Your Mother” (CBS)
Jeremy Piven – “Entourage” (HBO)
Rainn Wilson – “The Office” (NBC)

SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA
Ted Danson – “Damages” (FX)
Michael Emerson – “Lost” (ABC)
Zeljko Ivanek – “Damages” (FX)
T.R. Knight – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
William Shatner – “Boston Legal” (ABC)
John Slattery – “Mad Men” (AMC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Kristin Chenoweth – “Pushing Daisies” (ABC)
Amy Poehler – “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Jean Smart – “Samantha Who?” (ABC)
Holland Taylor – “Two and a Half Men” (CBS)
Vanessa Williams – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Candice Bergen – “Boston Legal” (ABC)
Rachel Griffiths – “Brothers and Sisters” (ABC)
Christina Hendricks – “Mad Men” (AMC)
Sandra Oh – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
Dianne Wiest – “In Treatment” (HBO)
Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

Outstanding Art Direction For A Variety, Music Or Nonfiction Programming
2007 MTV Video Music Awards
50th Annual Grammy Awards
80th Annual Academy Awards
Hell’s Kitchen • Episode # 401
MADtv • Episode # 1315

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
Disney Phineas And Ferb • Song: ‘I Ain’t Got No Rhythm’ • Disney Channel • Walt Disney TV Animation in association with Disney Channel
Danny Jacob, Music by Jeff ‘Swampy’ Marsh, Written by Robert F. Hughes, Written by Martin Olson, Written by Dan Povenmire, Written by

Flight Of The Conchords • Song: ‘The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)’ • HBO • Dakota Pictures and Comedy Arts in association with HBO Entertainment Bret McKenzie, Composer and Lyricist Jemaine Clement, Composer and Lyricist

Flight Of The Conchords • Song: ‘Inner City Pressure’ • HBO • Dakota Pictures and Comedy Arts in association with HBO Entertainment Bret McKenzie, Composer and Lyricist Jemaine Clement, Composer and Lyricist James Bobin, Lyricist

Jimmy Kimmel Live • Song: ‘I’m F***ing Matt Damon’ • ABC • Jackhole Industries in association with ABC Studios Sarah Silverman, Writer/Composer Tony Baubirei, Writer/Composer Wayne McClaucey, Writer/Composer Sal Lacono, Writer/Composer Dan Warner, Writer/Composer

MADtv • Song: ‘Sad Fitty Cent’ • FOX • Girl Group Company Greg O’Connor, Music and Lyrics by Jordan Peele, Music and Lyrics by Jim Wise, Music and Lyrics by

Outstanding Music Composition for A Miniseries, Movie or Special
Bernard And Doris
John Adam
Masters Of Science Fiction
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom’s For One More Day
Sense & Sensibility (Masterpiece Theatre)
The Company

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (original Dramatic Score)
Family Guy • Lois Kills Stewie
House • Guardian Angels
Little People, Big World • Roloff Road Trip: Grand Canyon
Lost • The Constant
Pushing Daisies • Pigeon
The Simpsons • Treehouse of Horror XVIII

Outstanding Music Direction
50th Annual Grammy Awards
80th Annual Academy Awards
The Seventies
Christmas In Washington
Movies Rock

Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or Movie
A Raisin In The Sun – Audra McDonald as Ruth Younger
Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre)- Eileen Atkins as Miss Deborah Jenkyns
Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale- Ashley Jensen as Maggie Jacobs
Pictures Of Hollis Woods- Alfre Woodard as Edna Reilly
Recount – Laura Dern as Katherine Harris

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Rip Torn as Don Geiss
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Will Arnett as Devin Banks
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Steve Buscemi as Len
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Tim Conway as Bucky Bright
Curb Your Enthusiasm • HBO • HBO Entertainment
Shelley Berman as Nat David

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
ER • NBC • Constant c Productions, Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Television
Stanley Tucci as Dr. Kevin Moretti
In Treatment • HBO • Sheleg, Closest To The Hole Productions and Leverage in association with HBO Entertainment
Glynn Turman as Alex Sr.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios
Robin Williams as Merritt Rook
Mad Men • AMC • Lionsgate Television
Robert Morse as Bertram Cooper
Nip/Tuck • FX Networks • The Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television Productions, Inc. Oliver Platt as Freddie Prune
Rescue Me • FX Networks • Produced by Apostle, the Cloudland Company and DreamWorks Television in association with Sony Pictures Television, Charles Durning as John Gavin, Sr.

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Carrie Fisher as Rosemary Howard
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Edie Falco as Celeste ‘C.C.’ Cunningham
30 Rock • NBC • Broadway Video, Little Stranger Inc., in association with Universal Media Studios
Elaine Stritch as Colleen Donaghy
Desperate Housewives • ABC • ABC Studios, Polly Bergen as Stella Wingfield
Desperate Housewives • ABC • ABC Studios, Kathryn Joosten as Karen McCluskey
Monk • USA • NBC Universal Television Studios in association with Mandeville Films and Touchstone Television, Sarah Silverman as Marci Maven

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Big Love • HBO • Anima Sola and Playtone in association with HBO Entertainment
Ellen Burstyn as Nancy Dutton
Grey’s Anatomy • ABC • ABC Studios, Diahann Carroll as Jane Burke
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios
Cynthia Nixon as Janis Donovan
Medium • NBC • CBS Paramount Network Television, Grammnet, Picturemaker Productions
Anjelica Huston as Cynthia Keener
Nip/Tuck • FX Networks • The Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television Productions, Inc., Sharon Gless as Colleen Rose

For a complete list of the nominees please Click HERE.

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Pensacola News Journal
July 2, 2008
Santa Rosa and the beaches mark July 4th with an explosion of events
JEFFREY CASSADY

It’s almost July Fourth, and the relatively small—but immensely patriotic—cities and communities of Santa Rosa County are gearing up for a fireworks, music and hotdog-filled day of remembrance and celebration. Milton, Jay and Garcon Point in the north end of the county, and Navarre, Gulf Breeze and Pensacola Beach in the south are brimming with opportunities for locals and visitors to enjoy a day out with the family.

Pensacola Beach has a weekend of entertainment in store for the Fourth of July. The celebration, aptly named “KABOOM” by organizers, kicks off on Friday with a pre-fireworks concert. At 6 p.m., The Slammers will take the stage at the Gulf Side Pavilion on Casino Beach. Across the street, at the Quietwater Shell on Portofino Boardwalk, country acts Anna Garrott, Brad Caswell and Woody Bradshaw will perform.

“I think people are going to have a really great time,” said Doug McAllister, president of Fun Coast Promotions, the company that is organizing the events, “and it’s only happening because we have good community support.”

The fireworks show will begin at 9 p.m., followed by a post-fireworks party at Flounder’s Chowder House. Fireworks will be launched from Santa Rosa Sound.

Sandy Johnston, who serves as manager of the Pensacola Beach Information Center and as executive director of the Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce, said she expects the event to draw quite a crowd.

“People like the beach,” Johnston said, “but, they like the beach more when there are events like these. It’s a lot of fun.”

Activities will continue on Saturday with a Guinness’s World Record attempt. At 3 p.m., Pensacola News Journal and Bella Magazine, The Santa Rosa Pelican’s sister publication, will sponsor an attempt to fit a record-breaking number of swimsuit-clad women into a single photo.

At 8 p.m., a trio of Christian acts will hit the Gulfside Pavilion for “Drop In and Rock Out,” a Christian entertainment event. One Heart Hero and Philmont, Christian rock groups from Nashville, Tenn., and High Flight Society from Cedarville, Ga., will take to the stage. Tim Byrne, a professional freestyle skateboarder and evangelist, will also perform and speak at the event.

On Sunday, The Tams, a group from Atlanta, will play in the Quietwater Shell on Portofino Boardwalk.

Below are other Fourth of July events around Santa Rosa County. Navarre:

Navarre will play host to its regularly scheduled Thursday Evenings in the Park performance at 6 p.m. on July 3. Lektric Mullet, a Southern rock band, will perform.

The event will be followed by a fireworks show, with the fireworks being fired from the Santa Rosa Sound area. The fireworks display will start at dusk.

Kate Wilkes, executive director of the Santa Rosa Tourism Development Council, said the fireworks should be easily visible from practically anywhere near the Navarre Causeway. For more information, call 939-3267.

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