More On Economics

These are the days when I wish I had paid more attention to economics when I was in school.  I took Econ 101 – Intro to Economics – and all I got out of the class was a basic understanding of why you would put a new gas station at the same intersection as at least [...]

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New Baby

On a totally materialistic, consumer-ish note, I have a “new baby.” 

Yes, it’s a 4-gigabyte MP3 player.  I finally broke down and bought one, and so far, I’m a little bit in love.  Particulars are:  it is a Creative Zen MP3 player which also has an FM radio receiver and the ability to play [...]

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Econ Lite

This may be just a reflection of my own lack of understanding of economics, but I’m going to say it anyway:  I REALLY don’t want the government rushing into anything that has a price tag of $700 billion, just to “do something” before the election.
See, for example, these alternatives:  here, here, and here.  I’m especially [...]

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The Plot Thickens

OK, this is just to be filed under “weird stuff” but:
A few weeks ago, I started receiving….gifts.  This was the first:

Then, I received this:

A while later, there was this:

And, today, we have this:

Now, I am not ordinarily against random gifts.  They can make life a little more interesting, and particularly in this case, it’s kind [...]

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The Myth of the Perfect

Something hit me just now, and I wanted to write it down before I forget it.
The whole “nobody’s perfect” thing is real – truly and importantly real - but how many times am I trying to live up to the myth that that saying applies to everybody but me?  I can be the one person who [...]

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Starting Over Again

For some reason, I started thinking about that Robert Fulghum book – All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.  These are things on his list: 
Share everything
Play fair.
Don’t hit people.
Put things back where you found them
Clean up your own mess.
Don’t take things that aren’t yours.
Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before [...]

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Back In The Saddle Again

It seems like the longest time since I’ve been in my office, let alone doing anything remotely productive for more than an hour or two at a time. 
My mom and dad got home safely yesterday.  I talked to my mom today, and she was able to sleep in this morning, in her own bed, but [...]

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FYI – Pet Food Recall

Just got this information and wanted to pass it along.  Apparently, there is a pet food recall affecting certain foods.  For more information click here.

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The Difference A Day Makes

Or in this case, a couple of days.  As it turned out, my aunt took a turn for the worse this last week.  My cousin called us Thursday to come to the hospital, and she died early Friday morning.  The doctor thinks that she developed sepsis or some type of infection, and that affected her [...]

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Updates

Hello again!  BOY! It’s been an up-and-down kind of week.  I wanted to stop in and give you all an update on my aunt, but also on a couple of other things.
My aunt had to have a chest tube put back in yesterday – it wasn’t quite an “emergency,” but they did it pretty quickly.  [...]

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