What’s Gotta Go

Wanda Sikes has a great bit in one of her comedy acts about parents with kids.  She reveals how parents with kids lie to parents considering having kids so as to pull them into their shared misery.  “Sure it can be work, but it’s WORTH it!“  It is all in good humor, and I admit [...]

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We all learn at a young age that it isn’t good manners to double dip. If you put that chip back in the salsa after you have taken a bit, you are going to spread germs. For me at least, that principle carries out into regular life. It just isn’t good to [...]

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I found this in a recent CNN article about Ford Motor Company’s continued losses and was astounded. “Even with the changes in the health care plans, the company spent $3.1 billion on U.S. health care in 2006, or an average of about $1,200 per vehicle, putting it at a cost disadvantage with some overseas [...]

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The previous post about growing old gracefully has reminded me I wanted to talk a moment about another of the joys if getting just a bit older.  I don’t say getting old because really I am still quite young, but getting past the 30 mark several years back has brought about some of the expected [...]

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There is an epidemic out there of plastic surgeries. In one year the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reported that people had spent over 8.4 billion dollars on cosmetic surgeries. Enough to run many a country. This figure I’m sure included surgeries that were needed for disfigurements due to accidents, etc. [...]

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Excuse me for a minute as I cough. You see my lungs are clogged with smog these days. I live in a valley, which in effect constitutes a big weather “bowl” because of the mountains surrounding us. Most of the year I look up at the mountains and smile with their beauty [...]

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I love gadgets, no two ways about it.  Gadgets don’t even have to make my life better to be worth having, but that is a bonus.  I’m old enough (not that old, but enough) for my family growing up to actually owned and used a rotary phone in our home.  In fact, I remember being [...]

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I love dealing with health insurance. Paying their rates is just a great way to know that my family is being taken care of. What a pleasant opportunity it is to know that such a significant amount of money is going towards the possibility of my family getting sick or injured and needing [...]

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This likely is more noticeable when you are on one side of the opinion than the other. It is no secret that I simply don’t like politics. I generally don’t agree with the national media on most opinion, so I hate the bias and general pushing of opinion that we are bombarded with [...]

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I honestly can’t say I despise junk mail as much as most people.  I think it is a complete waste of natural resources, and most of the offers are worth less than the paper they are printed on.  Yet, as a graphic designer by trade, I try to view as much advertising material as possible [...]

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