The buck stops here - actually, the two bucks. I was incensed when I first read that Verizon Wireless was going to charge a $2.00 fee for one-time credit and debit payments. Verizon decided upon the added charge as the fees the credit card companies charge them to process these type of payments have been cutting into their bottom line - and they [...]
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Brand new…
Welcome to the brand new year - 2012. If you are in the new forty you realize that 2012 is the future you heard about as a child that was going to be Jetson-like (as in - meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane, his wife). Heck, if you are in the new [...]
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye…
I noticed this morning that the farewell song the children sang in The Sound of Music was stuck in my mind and I was outwardly humming it in a happy, sing-song way. There is my subconscious at work...doing a mental wrap on the events of 2011 and pleasantly bidding it adieu. Not that 2011 was a [...]
The courage of my conviction…
I do not possess strong opinions on all things. Indeed, on some things I am decidely malleable. Frankly, there are plenty of things I don't know or care enough about to allow me to fairly generate a strong opinion. The things that I have strong opinions on that I believe to the core of my being - [...]
Live imperfectly with great delight.
I have been a fan of Leigh Standley's work for a few years now. Leigh is the artist behind Curly Girl Design. I have shared her work before in my blog as it both amuses and speaks to me. If you have not yet visited Curly Girl Design's website, I encourage you to take a [...]
The trouble with skimming…
Years ago my parents sent me to a speed reading class. It was quite the craze in my high school days to be able to speed read. There is likely a whole legion of speed reader graduates in the new forty who have used their crazy speed reading skills to get ahead in life. The thing I [...]
Cruel realitities…
My license plate reads IDEALST, but when it comes to the cruel realities of crime in our society I am very much a realist. I am acutely aware of the heinous things that sick and deviant people will visit upon innocent others - particularly children. That is why I have been labeled by Cheyenne as the meanest [...]
THE NEW FORTY 