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Delivering Pizzas is hard work - for both you and your car!When I was working my way though college, I did a number of odd jobs. In addition to my work at GM and Carrier, I also interned at Planned Parenthood, tutored Calculus,...
Monday, February 28, 2011
HGTV Dream Home 2011
HGTV Dream Home 2011,HGTV gives one lucky viewer the chance to win a modern Alpine Lodge in picturesque Stowe, Vermont. This location is four seasons of adventure together - think summer camp meets Adirondack oasis with tons of luxury...
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Quotable Quotes
Some Quotable Quotes of Robert Platt BellYou may have noticed I tend to harp on some simple concepts over and over again. Here is a brief list of quotes I tend to use again and again, as I think they illustrate basic important...
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Corn Revolution
Corn subsidies, in the form of ethanol subsidies and ethanol fuel mandates have been partially responsible for the price of food to escalate worldwide. This, in part has toppled two Arab regimes and threatens to topple more....
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Do You Really Want a Sunset View?
Ahh.... A house with a Sunset View! What could be more annoying! Seriously!I grew up in a house on a lake in Central New York. We lived on the West side of the lake, which many folks said was the "wrong side" of...
If you don't get 10% off at Lowes, check your pulse, you may be dead.
Lowes offers 10% off to just about anybody.If you are a retired or active military veteran, show your card at Lowe's and get 10% off on your purchase.Not in the military? Go to the Post Office and request a change-of-address...
The Problem With Pills
Americans Love Their Pills!Americans love their pills. Almost any problem in life can be cured with a pill, or so we are lead to believe. Whether it is a bad mood or a chronic illness, your solution is to be found in a...
Monday, February 21, 2011
Retread Tires (recaps)
A retread or re-cap tire takes an old tire casing, grinds off the surface, and attaches a new outer tread. In the old days, with bias-ply tires, these were a good option for older cars. Today, they are rarely seen...
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Treat Life as if You Were a Customer
Sometimes it pays to approach life from a customer point of view.Suppose you have a favorite coffee shop around the corner. They have a special on regular coffee for a dollar, and every afternoon, you stop by there and grab...
Wishful thinking..
I hate to break it to you, but wishing for something doesn't make it so. Sorry!Reading some of the queries that send people to this blog is interesting. It seems that a lot of people out there don't "get it" and never...
Support Your Local Library!
Your local library has a lot of resources, and many of them are free of charge.As I noted in the Death of the Book Business, the model of the modern American book-store caused it to self-destruct. Rather than selling real depth...
Friday, February 18, 2011
Death of the Book Business.
Things are so bad in the book business, they had to hire Harry Potter to help put up signs for Border's going-out-of-business sale! Borders is having a fire sale - closing 200 stores in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The book business...
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Deafening Silence
Many people create trouble or noise in an effort to shout down the deafening silence in their lives.One thing most folks don't like to think about are the more profound questions in life. Why are we here? What is consciousness? ...
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