That's absolutely a fantastic philosophy unless you're running a support company and then 10-20% of your clients are down at once on Monday morning.

Money is a short term motivator. If the job sucks, a 25% raise will be great for a few months and then the same dissatisfaction comes back.

Perfectly stated, my thoughts exactly.

CHL and a pistol. Yes, I'm from Texas. We pass out guns at the exit from DFW airport.

It wasn't difficult to train myself to use my left hand for certain tasks. For example, after half a day I can easily use my left hand for the mouse (buttons flipped or not) and use my right hand for a pen. Also, when I first picked up a guitar 20 years ago it seemed like it would have been easier to fret with my right hand but after enough hours I gained dexterity in my left.

You can install the Flash-Aid add-on in Firefox - makes the installation a little easier and also checks for updates.

Yep, Tanner's is great, although I've only had occasion to go a few times since they moved to their new location a decade ago. Also digikey.com isn't bad.