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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GUEST POST from Don – Pantry Pests
PANTRY PESTS No one enjoys unexpected moving meat in his or her oatmeal breakfast! Sorry! There are pantry products which may contain pests and products which may become food sources to pests. I spent 30 years helping people eradicate pantry pests from their homes. First, products which most often introduce pests to your home: 1. Bird seed. Birds …
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GUEST POST from Don – Can I Retire?
CAN I RETIRE? Retirement requires a bit of math. You’ll need to know your sources of INCOME? Will you have a pension, business income (even sharpening mower blades), and Social Security? The more “sources” of income the better. Are you planning to live off your savings (see if you can delay that)? You can’t retire until you know how much …
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GUEST POST from Don – Easily Misunderstood
EASILY MISUNDERSTOOD We know that headlines rarely tell the truth, but SOME are so misleading that they are dangerous to the mind. The Washington Post headline states: “Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans” Meryl Kornfield and Lisa Rein, October 5, 2025 Three problems with this headline…first they aren’t talking about “older” Americans. They are …
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GUEST POST from Don – Workslop
WORKSLOP Have you heard this term yet? It is simply that AI doesn’t “work” very well. Since it “hallucinates” data so often it creates charts, graphs and other business data which are filled with “gobbledygook.” Then, knowledgeable humans have to “correct” the program’s data and re-publish charts and graphs with correct information. 95% of businesses which went “whole hog” …
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Wednesday Wisdom – October 15, 2025 Edition
GUEST POST from Don – Free Speech?
FREE SPEECH? OK, so almost everyone knows of the American Constitutional RIGHT to free speech. I’ve written about that before. What few GET is that the GOVERNMENT cannot restrict speech as long as it doesn’t include violence. What the government CAN do is regulate when and where that freedom can be restricted. For example, no one has the …
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Tuesday Truths – October 07, 2025 Edition
STANDARD WARNING: PULL UP YOUR BIG GIRL/BIG BOY KNICKERS BEFORE ENTERING, SO THEY DON’T GET IN A TWIST. IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO COMMON SENSE AND TRUTH, GO NO FARTHER. LAST WARNING!