Just a couple of days ago I was watching the news on television, and the story was about how difficult it can be to find a qualified and honest plumber. This particular news story was focusing on a sting operation where the television news reporter had set up shop in a lady’s house and they [...]
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The terrible news
Earlier today my son came rushing into my office, asking me if I had heard about the most recent school shooting. I thought that he was referring to something that had happened months ago, so I told him yes. He gave me a funny look and said “really?” So then I realized that there must [...]
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Free Advice
Guest post by Stephanie Cutler Have you noticed how there is free advice everywhere you look? There is advice on the home page of all the big providers, like AOL, Yahoo and MSN. There is advice on CNN and all the broadcast network news shows. Talk shows are full of advice with featured authors and [...]
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Thank you Veterans
Recently I have become more aware of how poorly many of our military war veterans are dis-respected in our society. Not very many years ago there was a big scandal over how terrible conditions were in the Veteran’s hospital near where we live – recovering veterans were forced to live in rooms where the walls [...]
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Starbucks is Gone
The Starbucks that I used to stop by in the morning has closed. I was shocked. There was no notice – they just moved everything out and turned out the lights. I drove up this morning wanted my cappuccino and the sign was not lit. That bothered me a little, but I thought that maybe [...]
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