MY RETIREMENT PLAN A quote from a retirement money expert: “”We’ve learned that people make many mistakes, and particularly, sadly, less educated and poorer people tend to make worse mistakes.” I was on a site today that allows comments and I was shocked how many commenters got Social Security facts wrong. Its no wonder, Social Security is a …
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GUEST POST from Don – Bring It Back
BRING IT BACK Some might think I’m a Luddite. Nope. I’m logical and realistic. To prove it I will list several things which were far better or cheaper before modern tech. For instance, phones worked incredibly well before cell towers. Pick up the receiver and dial a number and it worked. No swiping a pattern, no facial recognition or thumbprint …
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GUEST POST from Don – Intentional Errors
INTENTIONAL ERRORS 1. Nature has this headline: “Five years of COVID vaccines: how a breakthrough created a public-health crisis.” Unfortunately, they misidentified the issue on purpose. They say that the “messaging” about the COVID vaccine caused some people to move away from vaccines altogether. The article claims that those who had the most accurate data should have been …
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GUEST POST from Don – When You Are An Adult
WHEN YOU ARE AN ADULT “WHEN DO YOU STOP BEING A GIRL, AND WHO GETS TO DECIDE?” – Headline from “The Face.” The article topic is really about film making. OK. But it raises a significant issue for America. When does a boy or girl become a man or woman? In one state you can’t be left alone at …
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GUEST POST from Don – Pesticide Exposure
PESTICIDE EXPOSURE What is the OPPOSITE of pesticide exposure? Toxic insect exposure. More children died in the 1800s from insect infestations in foods than died in the 1900s from pesticide exposures from farm foods. Insect feces, eggs, crop disease from burrowing insect larvae, etc., created a food nightmare in the 1800s. No one ate an apple in the dark. No …
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GUEST POST from Don – Don’t Panic
DON’T PANIC Every day the “news” has “the sky is falling” stories. Write them down! Keep a journal. In 6 months, when you go back and read what they wrote you will find it did NOT happen. You’ll find more joy just ignoring the “doom and gloom.” PENNIES. “Pennies are going away!! Gasp!!” No. Don’t worry! Several other countries …
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Saturday Social – Dec 6, 2025 Edition
I don’t do many Saturday Social posts, as not much changes, so there’s nothing new about which to write! I still use 2 main platforms: gab, and mastodon; I also scan a few others but don’t participate much – if at all. Today I want to talk about gab. Again. I probably use gab slightly …
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GUEST POST from Don – Marble Jar
MARBLE JAR Have you seen the video? Well known and respected, Dr. Brené Brown talks about the time her daughter was stunned by the betrayal by a “friend.” Dr. Brown developed the “Marble Jar Theory” of trust. She says that trust “builds slowly, ‘a marble at a time.’ Every time a friend keeps a promise, remembers something important, or …
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GUEST POST from Don – Mice
MICE It is Fall again. This is move-in time for mice. Many young mice were born in wood piles or under sheds. But with the weather getting colder they are thinking warmer is better. What better place to get warm than in your heated home? They want to come in and they will not be asking. There are three ways …
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GUEST POST from Don – Won’t Follow Advice
WON’T FOLLOW ADVICE People (generally) don’t follow advice. My wife is a counselor and she is ultra careful not to give advice. She gives thought starters. The client figures it out for himself. People don’t follow advice, instead they do what they feel is “the right way” (an emotional response). Research proved it. More than 3,500 adults, studied by Grossman …
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