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Friendshifts
Life happens, people move in, move out, move up, move along. It seems like over the past several years, some very wonderful people have moved in and then moved along. My life was touched in some important way that was … Continue reading
Tools to Win
My garden is a teacher. I have become convinced that all of life’s lessons can be learned or understood in a garden. (Okay, some are learned on a baseball field too.) Most recently, we have been harvesting corn. God blessed … Continue reading
Trying Something New
I just found Windows Live Writer on my computer. Okay, I don’t spend a lot of time on my computer for a self-proclaimed techie/geek. So this is really just a test to see how well it works. I entered the … Continue reading
Posted in Technology in perspective
Tagged blog, cloud, credentials, geek, internet, lily, Live Writer, program, techie, theme, Windows, Windows 7, WordPress
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Good Manners
It’s been a while since I put anything up here. I am so sorry. It was really bad manners to neglect my devoted readers. I live down here in the South, in the land of good manners. Children are taught at a … Continue reading
Posted in Growth (Evidence of Life)
Tagged address, adults, attire, brain, children, comfortable, communicate, dinner, formal, grammatically, Ma’am, manners, neglect, respect, Sir, social media
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Marketing FAIL–Blue Star Productions
As a certified (certifiable?) geek, I love tech toys. So it would stand to reason that when I heard on the radio of a liquidation sale to be held at the Pensacola Fair Grounds that would include closeouts on various technology … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
Tagged admission, Blue Star Productions, business, businessmen, Christmas shopping, Circuit City, closeouts, consumer, dishonest, distribution, electronics, entrance, exposition, geek, goodies, honest, household, inventory, lie, liquidation, organizer, overhead, pensacola fair grounds, retailers, tech, technology, thieves, toys, venue
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What Makes a RIGHT a RIGHT?
…and by that I mean a RIGHT as an ENTITLEMENT, as opposed to a WRONG or a LEFT. I learned this in college, in an excellent class called Political Philosophy. As much as I would love to mention the professor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Liberty
Tagged assembly, Bill of Rights, constitution, creator, declaration, entitlement, enumerations, group, healthcare, identify, infringe, interfere, people, philosophy, politics, responsibility, right, society, theory, unalienable, virtue
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You’re Not Really Multitasking
How many things do you have going on right now? How many things do you typically have going on at any given time? During a typical workday, how many programs are open on your computer desktop? Is dinner cooking, laundry in both … Continue reading
The Final Chapter of AT&T vs. Me
This is the final installment of the AT&T saga.I called to terminate the service on the air card today. The initial customer service rep was very courteous and understanding, but the call had to be transferred to another department in … Continue reading
Posted in Life (mainly mine)
Tagged air card, AT&T, credit approval, customer service, fee, responsibility, service, terminate, waive
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