HERE’s A TIP + I have been thinking about the stupidity of tipping. Many people complain (like about the weather) but no one does anything about it. WHY A CASH TIP? When going to a restaurant I now carry CASH in my wallet for the tip. I have a wad of small bills in an envelope at home. Every …
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GUEST POST from Don – My Parents Were Right
MY PARENTS WERE RIGHT Don’t you hate it when you disagree with someone who’s right? First, WHY were they right? Good question. They were right because they had a 25 year head start. They had experienced failure, loss, icky diapers, sleepless nights, and the common cold. Thus, they knew stuff. They knew shortcuts AND when not to take them. Second, …
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GUEST POST from Don – Clocks
CLOCKS It is time. The House just passed a bill to encourage states to choose DST. It doesn’t matter to me whether we use Daylight Saving Time (DST) or Standard Time. Just choose ONE. The jumping around makes me dizzy. Arizona doesn’t move to DST ever … and they do just fine! The purpose of the …
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GUEST POST from Don – Life Is Hard?
LIFE IS HARD? Of course, if you have never researched the past, nor lived it … the current stream of events seems “hard” (by which you actually mean “uncomfortable.”) Some writers seem intent on telling us how “hard” things are. But I lived through Carter, Ford, and Obama. Things were much harder then. We were told under Obama …
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GUEST POST from Don – Faces Of God
FACES OF GOD In Genesis 32:22-32 we have the story of Jacob wrestling with God. He, alone in the wilderness, wrestled with him until the break of day. I won’t tell the whole story here (you can read it for yourself). But Jacob would not let go of God unless God blessed him. So Jacob received a new name. “…Israel, for …
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GUEST POST from Don – Tattoo It
TATTOO IT I just read the most sensible thing in ages about practical tattoos. Of course you’ve heard of people who have tattooed permanent eyebrows in the correct location just above their eyes. That’s smart. Of course, never do it while drunk in Jamaica or you may end up with tattoos which turn green over time (green …
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GUEST POST from Don – Out Of Touch+
OUT OF TOUCH + It is absolutely OK to be out of touch with everything but people. You don’t need to know anything about “GEN Who?”You don’t need to know the latest slang.You don’t need to know who won some game, or what TV show is “hot.”You don’t even need to know technology, how to …
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GUEST POST from Don – Longevity (part II)
LONGEVITY (Part II) As I mentioned, I was introduced to this topic because of an article I mentioned in the post called “Hoarding?” This explains why THAT article was so far off base. So, genetics plays a much larger role in longevity than scientists once imagined. Nevertheless, in the USA people ARE living a few years longer …
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GUEST POST from Don – Longevity (part I)
LONGEVITY (Part I) I was introduced to this topic because of an article I mentioned in the post called “Hoarding?” Because I had never studied the issue as a researcher, I imagined that genetics was the prime factor in longevity. A friend’s parents both died in their early 50s. My friend died just before age 60. It seemed …
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GUEST POST from Don – Naming Your Child
NAMING YOUR CHILD First, let’s be clear. If you are old enough to father or mother a child you should be old enough to be grown up when naming said child. We’ve all known someone who got the short stick when it came to names. This isn’t funny for them. Some, when they turn 18 have it changed. “Stupid” …
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