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My name is Melodee and I am an Infomaniac
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One of my favorite bloggers, Janet Barclay, was brave enough to announce on her blog that she is an Infomaniac and is seeking treatment. She has inspired me so much, I have decided to fight this awful addiction myself.
No more:
- reading other people’s blogs late into the night, gathering information for all those posts that I haven’t had time to write.
- searching the ‘net for esoteric bits of knowledge just to get my daily “aha!” fix.
- writing down thought-provoking quotes on little post-it notes and affixing them to my computer until I can’t see my screen.
- downloading e-books and whitepapers until I need to upgrade the size of my hard drive to hold them all.
Are you an Infomaniac? Join Janet and myself in our recovery from this devastating affliction. We will be describing our struggles and our successes in beating this knowledge-seeking compulsion, so subscribe now to our blogs, before it’s too late.
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Butt Wiggle Weight Loss Program
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I’ve gotten a number of emails about my butt wiggle weight loss post (well, maybe 1 email) so I thought I’d “flesh out” the program, so to speak.
Virtual Assistants tend to sit on a chair in front of the computers, A LOT. This leads to a condition known as “VAST”, or Virtual Assistant Sluggish Tush. If your butt is numb when you finally get out of your chair, you’re probably a VAST victim.
If you’re one of those amazingly in shape VAs who sit on a balance ball while you work (and probably does bicep curls with your laptop while waiting for a report to print), you can ignore this post. You have other problems that I won’t be discussing in this post. 
This post is for those of us who can sit for hours moving only our fingers on the keyboard, occasionally reaching for a file, or a doughnut. Your numb butt is calling out for help!
Here’s what you do:
- Turn on some rockin’ tunes.
- Start your shoulders moving up and down (ala Tina Turner) to the beat if you can manage it, or by your own beat – no-one’s watching
- Wiggle your butt in the chair. Start slowly and gently to begin with – you don’t want throw out your back from the unaccustomed movement.
- Now combine the shoulder shrug with the butt wiggle.
- Rev up both movements until you’re in danger of falling out of your chair.
That’s it! You’re doing the Butt Wiggle Weight Loss Program. Do this for 10 songs throughout every day and I’ll guarantee you’ll have more energy, less numb butt, and no more VAST!
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Virtual Biotechnology Assistant
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There are many different “flavors” of Virtual Assistants: Virtual Personal Assistants, Virtual Administrative Assistants, Virtual Real Estate Assistants, Paralegal Virtual Assistants, Coaches Virtual Assistants, and so forth. I think I may be the only Virtual Biotechnology Assistant, though.
Not only do I do the basic administrative, technical, and creative tasks that you would expect – working with Word, Excel and Outlook, setting up websites, and creating newsletters – but I’ve also worked in a molecular biology lab and have earned a Bioinformatics Certificate. So I’ve done PCR, bacterial DNA purification, and constructed and sequenced bacterial metagenomic libraries. I’ve also designed databases to hold specialized information to track libraries and notebooks, created scientific posters, and, my favorite, used Bioperl to provide detailed reports from BLAST data.
Working with biotech companies isn’t very different from working with companies in other industries. They want value for their dollar, and a VA that is knowledgeable and excited about their work. As a Virtual Biotech Assistant, you get to combine your passion for science with your VA skills. It’s a win-win solution for everyone!
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VA Weight Loss Solution
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As a VA you know what it’s like to be at home, perhaps by yourself, sitting at your desk and working hard day after day…
It can get kind of quiet sometimes. Now, I enjoy quiet as much as the next person, but sometimes it’s just TOO quiet. When that happens, I listen to some great music. I usually turn on my (low-tech) radio and listen to Charlie (105.1 FM). They say they “play everything” and they get pretty close, but I called in asking for Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood”, and so far I haven’t heard them play it I’m going to try “Little Diesel Drivin’ Devil”, but I doubt if they’ll play that, either.
Anyway, besides getting you ‘in the mood’ to work, listening to music can help you burn calories. Well, just listening won’t burn many calories, but with the right music you can lose weight doing the shoulder and butt wiggle. Really! You know – when a great song starts playing (the one you give a 95 cause it has a great beat and it’s good to dance to – for those American Bandstand boomers) and your shoulders and butt start wiggling? You are burning extra calories, my friend. It’s even been scientifically proven.
Add in a little line dancing when they play “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” and you’re on your way to losing a dress size!
Just don’t try this with classical music, cause that stuff will put you to sleep right on your keyboard…
What kind of music do you listen to while working? (And how many calories does it burn an hour?)
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