Silly Order
Today is April Fool’s Day, a day known for practical jokes, silly gags and clever pranks. For today’s post, I thought I might point out some very funny things about our daily lives. Here’s a short collection of random facts … Read More
The Wrong Way to Teach Organization
When I was in intermediate school, my classmates and I were regularly subjected to notebook inspections by our home room teachers. Our “notebooks” were actually three-ring binders, with dividers for each class and loose leaf for taking notes/completing homework. Every … Read More
Back to the Future: Putting Books in Order for the Digital Age
What comes to mind when someone mentions an eBook? You might think of recently published books you can purchase and store in a flat, convenient eReader. What about books from the past? How do they become digitized? Today’s post is … Read More
Valentine’s Day Order: A Chocolate Box
Order on Valentine’s Day? Can it be? You bet your boxed chocolates! For today’s post I thought I’d lighten things up and present a few orderly thoughts on something Valentine’s Day-related: chocolates in a box! Open any mass-produced box of … Read More
2012 Recap!
It has been quite a busy year for The Order Expert with lots of changes and landmark events. I’m eagerly looking forward to 2013, but before jumping forward I’m going to take a quick look back to see where I’ve … Read More
Order & Thanksgiving Dinner: Does It Really Matter What’s On Your Plate?
A traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes a turkey, as well as some combination of traditional foodstuffs such as stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, yams, pumpkin pie and the like. But who says you must have or eat these foods in order to … Read More
Reflections on Hurricane Sandy
You might have seen my posts come through this past week (thanks to some pre-scheduling), but in case you weren’t aware, I experienced Hurricane Sandy first hand along with millions of other people here in the Northeast US. Fortunately, my … Read More
Trick-or-Treating: Glorious, Tasty…Orderly Disorder
Countdown to Halloween! Every week this month I’ll feature a post related to Halloween and order. Be sure to check back next week for the last and final installment in my Halloween mini-series. (Missed my previous posts? Check out the … Read More
A Healthy Body is a Body in Order
Here in the Northeast US, the month of October always seems to bring about a slew of seasonal of illnesses, be it cold, fever or the latest bug going around. Maybe it’s the change in seasons as people are spending … Read More
Etiquette and Efficiency, A Perfect Match
Just the other day I was thinking about rules of etiquette and social manners. All those manners I was taught as a child, such as saying “please” and “thank you,” to not resting elbows at the dinner table, ran through … Read More
Hot and Bothered with Clutter
The heat wave that has been gripping the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic US for the past week has finally broken. Now is a perfect time to sit back and relax in the cool weather…or is it? Thinking about the heat wave … Read More