IGNORING THE BIGGER QUESTION Newspapers and magazines often “sell” simple ideas. Those ideas tend to be at the edge of some political point of view. Three examples follow. EXAMPLE 1 – An article in The Atlantic …“Why Poor American Kids Are So Likely to Become Poor AdultsMost scholarship on the subject focuses on conditions during childhood. But …
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GUEST POST from Don – Faith-Based Sharing vs ACA
FAITH-BASED SHARING vs ACA It is time for political “what-iffing.” This is what happens in the media every time someone wins the White House. It would be funny except its not. Never has been. Every other article is about how bad things COULD happen. Strangely, if you keep track (I have a short list of nothing-burgers from last go-’round), almost …
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GUEST POST from Don: Termites
TERMITES Imagine living your entire life underground, requiring a gut bacteria which can kill you if it gets on your skin, and eating wood for a living. That would make anyone angry. It would make me angry. Now imagine not having any serious defensive weapons except your bodily gasses and a large headed version of yourself …
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GUEST POST from Don: Heat Pumps
“SAVING THE PLANET” with a HEAT PUMP Can heat pumps save the planet? A government study said, “No.” That study suggested that even if every home went 100% electric and every vehicle in the USA went EV we would still fall short of the reduction goals set for 2050. Nope! Still not enough. Maybe if we had heat pumps but …
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GUEST POST from Don: Skills Children Should Learn
SKILLS CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN Three things: First, I could have done better. Don’t get me wrong, I had a good father. However, like most fathers of that era, he was aloof. I don’t remember him spending much time with us. I thought I would be better … and I think I was. However, now that I’m at the other end …
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GUEST POST from Don – Golden Silence +
GOLDEN SILENCE + How would you like to eat a meal at a restaurant in peace? No music blaring, no game on the TVs, no server asking questions “How was your meal?” If you need something you punch it into a console … “Coffee refill.” People are paying extra for nothing extra. Restaurants aren’t the only places providing …
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NEW!!! GUEST POST from Gwendolyn Whelpley – How to Set Attainable New Year’s Resolutions
How to Set Attainable New Year’s ResolutionsGwendolyn Whelpley, MA, LMFT, NCC Gwendolyn Whelpley is a Kentucky-Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and National Certified Counselor who works with individuals aged 15 and older who struggle with anxiety, depression, adjustment, and more. She also works with couples, including relationships between parents and their adult children. It is, once …
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GUEST POST from Don – AI and RX +
AI and RX + AI is coming far faster than it should. It knows no boundaries and has no shame. Without boundaries it will do for Medicine what Garmin did for travel. Faster, easier, more accurate … most of the time. 110% failure at other points. Garmin showed us that not paying attention could put you into a lake …
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GUEST POST from Don: Intrusive Thoughts
INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS Do you have them? I have. [NOTE: I thought this might be a good subject to raise. I have met several who have disturbing intrusive thoughts. Fortunately there are therapies available. Help can be found. Read the last section (written by a therapist) for some examples.] For a few months, years ago, I imagined that they were indications …
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GUEST POST from Don – Christmas Young
CHRISTMAS YOUNG Packing 4 kids into a station wagon a few weeks before Christmas is difficult in any weather, but when the path to where it is parked is slippery … that’s a struggle. We were headed to a small nearby city where there were several tightly packed stores to do shopping. Everyone got a bath, dressed, …
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