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Living in public space makes you appreciate how civilization works.Traveling by RV, you are dependent on public space, for a place to park as well as simply a place to sit and enjoy the world. And in any society, public space...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Choices
Many people think they have no choices in life, even about very silly things.I wrote before about Choices, and in fact, that is what this blog is all about - realizing you have choices, and that the choices you make affect your life. ...
Naturism
Nudist or Naturist Resorts are quite popular in the USA. They are all over the place, even in your own home town, although you likely wouldn't know it. What is it like to go "all natural" and does it really make much sense?We...
Monday, August 27, 2012
Car Insurance and Teenage Drivers
Friends of mine in High School drove cars like this to school at age 16 or 17, yet lived in the poorest of neighborhoods. How could they afford it? Or is there a connection here?A reader writes:" Normal 0 How...
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Corporate Socialism Lives!
International Paper donated land to make a handicapped accessible campsite in the Adirondacks. It is completely free and very under-utilized.I wrote before about Corporate Socialism and how it is largely dead. A half-century...
Big Kids
Spoiled Brats are a pain in the ass. But as adults, are we really any different?We are camping in the Adirondacks, and while it is beautiful, the campgrounds here are far more crowded than on the Blue Ridge Parkway. On...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Facebook Lockout Period Ends
Picking on Facebook seems like beating a dead horse these days. However, it bears comment that the lockout period for insiders to sell their Facebook shares has ended, and as predicted by many, a whole host of them sold their...
Friday, August 17, 2012
Trailer Park Mentality
Some folks will spend more money fixing up a trailer than they would spend on a modest home.Traveling by RV is interesting, and it can be quite economical, if done on a budget. However, some folks take a good thing and take...
Monday, August 13, 2012
The Blue Ridge Parkway
Camping on the Blue Ridge Parkway is life in the slow lane. If you like peace and quiet, this is it.This is our eighth trip up the Blue Ridge Parkway, and after eight trips, I still feel like I am just figuring it out.When you...
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Spelunking the Brain
The human brain is incredibly complex. Yet few of us think about how our own minds work - and often work against us.I did not start this blog to ridicule or run down others. Maybe that is the impression I convey, but that...
Be An Individual – Like Everyone Else!
Can you be an individual while wearing a uniform?There is an ad on the TeeVee these days – well it is on the Internet, anyway, and I think I saw it on the television at the bar the other day, which was showing the Olympics, which...
Saturday, August 11, 2012
UPGRADES!
Today, we are sold things in terms of Upgrades. But 30 years ago, this word hardly existed.About 20 years ago, I recall attending a wedding of one of my Cousins. My smart-alecky older brother (the pinko communist hippie...
Saturday, August 4, 2012
The Mart
The Mart in Atlanta. The largest shopping mall you are not allowed into.We are in Brevard, North Carolina, which is sort of a tourist town. Strike that, it IS a tourist town. You can tell a tourist town by a number...
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