ODDITIES + In 2018 Leslie Stall interviewed Trump and pressed him to admit that the Russians were trying to determine American elections. Trump’s answer didn’t satisfy her. He said, “So are the Chinese.” In the 2020 election, which was won by the mail-in votes, according to a recent revelation from the FBI, China did in fact create …
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Category:Common Sense
GUEST POST from Don – Understanding “Average”
UNDERSTANDING “AVERAGE” When one is trying to succeed in business or sports “average” is a negative. However, if you have always been below average in sports or business, achieving “average” is good! Now, to the point. Average, by definition, means SOME are less and SOME are more. I saw this headline: “Surviving the ‘Above-Normal’ Hurricane Season: How Homeowners …
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GUEST POST from Don – Trash Truth
TRASH TRUTH What’s the truth about Trash Trash Trash everywhere? Like: “Where does all the plastic and trash in the ocean come from?” Well, half of the plastic in mid-ocean plastic patches has been found to come from fishing trawlers. Old nets and broken parts, ripped clothes, and daily trash … just DUMPED into the ocean. Nearly 1,400 …
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GUEST POST from Don: How To Reduce A/C
HOW TO REDUCE A/C Its summer again and utility costs for air conditioning are rising. You are HOPING to go as long as possible without turning on the air. However, if you are like me, you can’t sleep when you’re too warm. There’s only so much you can do; like lie on top of the covers, nude, with …
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GUEST POST from DON – Cognitive Decline
COGNITIVE DECLINE We should be concerned about having leaders with cognitive decline. No duh! We’ve had a few during my lifetime. OPTION A: RETIREMENT AGE. Part 1: I am a proponent of limiting the age at which elected AND appointed officials may continue to serve. For me it is not an issue of whether that person has physical or cognitive …
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GUEST POST from Don: Kid Tech +
SAFER TECH (and cheap) FOR KIDS What mobile tech do you want your 9 or 12 year old girl (or boy) to have? Up until a couple years ago the choices were limited, expensive, and BAD. There were no inexpensive or GOOD choices. Your options were between an Apple or Android phone. Yes, you could …
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GUEST POST from Don – Contemptible Resentment
CONTEMPTIBLE RESENTMENT We know about road rage and things like gaslighting because they are continually in the news or part of posts on the internet. Well! You know you can trust the internet to explain things well, right??? But what about Resentment and Contempt. Of the two I believe more people misunderstand Contempt. Resentment causes Contempt, rarely the other way …
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GUEST POST from Don – Improving On…
IMPROVING ON… There are things “wise guys” say … which I believe don’t match reality. I’m sure I can improve on their kind of “wisdom.” The following ARE actual quotes from modern “medicine men.” 1. “Don’t Complain. Do something about it.” Except most of the things about which we complain are things OUTSIDE our control. Weather, government websites, stupid human …
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GUEST POST from Don – Templates +
TIRED OF TEMPLATES + It is true that if you look for anything on the internet you will often find the lowest possible denominator. What pops up first is the site most clicked, not the most informative or accurate. However, I’ve never operated that way. I look first for reputable sites. I go to places like Cleveland Clinic or …
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GUEST POST from Don – Shoeless +
SHOELESS + Now that I’m of “age” I can recount my youth with some degree of humor. On summer days, if not riding a bike or traipsing across pastures avoiding cow pies, we often went shoeless. By the time supper was on the table we had more soil on our feet than we had in our …
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