Thanks to my colleague, John, I learned how to spell kibosh. I guess I had never seen it in writing. I’m not sure how I thought it was spelled, but it wasn’t this. You?
Here is a very long discussion of the origin of the word. putting the kibosh on it
I learned this previously but was just reminded of who told me so it’s like a new lesson: A friend asked her doctor how long hot flashes last and her doctor said that her own mother still had them at age 81!
I have learned, or I am trying to learn, to check out major websites on the first of April, every year.
Favorites this year are Google (featuring Gmail motion) and LinkedIn (check out “People You May Know”).
But you have to do it today.
Quick! What else?
Jane's Lessons Learned 