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Disposable
We live in a disposable age and our mindset has kept pace. It seems to me that nobody plays for keeps anymore. This is much deeper than opting for plastic and paper diapers over cloth, and using paper towels instead … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged Anne Tyler, appliance, car, children, degree, diapers, disposable, divorce, education, effort, friendship, furniture, gathering, house, knowledge, marriage, napkins, orphan, paper, participant, plastic, relationship, Saint Maybe, trading, university
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Look What Happens When You Mean It!
Some time ago I posted about getting ready to start learning Python. In fact, it was several months ago. August, to be exact. Since then I have made exactly zero progress on it. I STILL don’t know exactly why. But something interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Growth (Evidence of Life)
Tagged accounts, blog, Dave Ramsey, finances, insecurities, intentional, keyboard, laptop, login, lunch, Michael Hyatt, passwords, pride, Python, records, rss, victim, walk, website
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I’m Not Mr. Tanner
“Mr. Martin Tanner of Dayton, Ohio made his Town Hall debut last night. He came well prepared, but unfortunately his presentation was not up to contemporary professional standards. His voice lacks the range of tonal color necessary to make it … Continue reading
Posted in Growth (Evidence of Life)
Tagged cleaner, gift, Harry Chapin, Mr. Tanner, music, performance, preparation, profession, public, rehearsal, singer, solo, song, speaking, vocal
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Can you make a secure password?
Two weeks ago I told you several things that you need to know about passwords. Today I’ll give you step by step instructions on how to make a strong, secure password that will meet requirements and that you will eventually … Continue reading
Posted in Technology in perspective
Tagged character, computer, excel, notepad, password, phrases, remember, requirement, secure, sentence, strong, text, word processor
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Market Lessons from Farmville
Yes, I know that Farmville is a silly little game. I like it. (There, I said it. ) Like any pastime, it’s easy to get sucked into spending way too much time at it. I enjoy spending a few minutes … Continue reading
Posted in Economics in Practice
Tagged achievement, building, capitalism, cash, crop, equality, farm, Farmville, goal, land, market, milestone, objective, opportunity, orchard, plant, reward, rules, server, social, tree, Zynga
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Is “Pro-Life” the same as “Anti-Abortion”?
We have allowed the press to define this debate, to the point where it is no longer a debate with an honest exchange of respected ideas, but a contentious verbal battle with no progress. Many who pompously title themselves “pro-life” … Continue reading
Posted in Growth (Evidence of Life)
Tagged abortion, baby, burden, care, children, choice, conversation, debate, disrespect, dominion, earth, emotional, existence, experience, financial, friend, God, government, human, improvement, kingdom, life, media, minister, mistake, nature, need, neighbor, nurture, opportunity, poise, potential, press, pro-choice, pro-life, procreative, program, relationship, respect, responsibility, reverence, Roe v. Wade, Savior, spiritual, symptom, teaching, woman
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My View on the Death Penalty
I have flip-flopped, or evolved, or changed, or grown regarding my opinion on the Death Penalty. Any of those terms is appropriate for what has occurred, and it is appropriate that this happens to people, whether they are computer technicians, … Continue reading
Posted in Growth (Evidence of Life)
Tagged california, capital punishment, charles manson, Death penalty, death row, killing, life, mistake, murder, negligence, premeditated, pro-life
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Looking for the Right Map
For several years I have been trying to talk myself into doing something I really, really want to do: learn to write computer programs. I have always wanted to write computer programs. For my Millennial friends, this will take some … Continue reading
Posted in Growth (Evidence of Life)
Tagged business, Codecademy, communications, computer, education, fear, linux, mac, microphone, mimeograph, office, program, resources, rotary, space, telephone, typewriter, Windows, write
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Build It!
If you have a business, you DID build that. Here’s why. Oh, and while I’m at it, I’ll also explain why you have something that you DID build even if you “work for someone else.” Two words. Excellence. Integrity. Nobody … Continue reading
Posted in Growth (Evidence of Life)
Tagged academic, build, business, commerce, excellence, integrity, internet, movement, process, quality, teacher
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Do You Have a “Right” to the Internet?
Finland has declared that broadband internet access is a basic fundamental human right, and the United Nations concurs (http://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2011/11/15/the-united-nations-says-broadband-is-basic-human-right/). [Of course, that the head of one of the unions representing a group who would benefit from a huge government contract … Continue reading
Posted in Liberty
Tagged access, broadband, contract, government, internet, philosophical, podcaster, rights, United Nations
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