Skip to the bottom if you’re familiar with PRISM and don’t want to hear any political talk and rampant violations of our Constitutional rights, but still want to protect your privacy. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, the PRISM program is an NSA program to monitor electronic activity. Lots of electronic…
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How come my back hurts?
My favorite book series is the Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind. It’s a good sword-and-sorcery, good-versus-evil fantasy. But I’m not here to talk about that series. Rather, I’m going to talk about one particular scene in book 6, Faith of the Fallen. There’s a scene where Richard, the protagonist, ends up in a socialist…
Horseback Riding Lessons
For the past couple of years, my daughters have been riding in horse shows with a local saddle club. We’ve been lucky in that my wife’s cousin has let us borrow her horse for the shows, so costs have been minimal. Unfortunately, that horse isn’t available this year. We knew that a few months ago,…
Negotiating 101
In the US, haggling is something that makes a lot of people twitch and wet their pants. It’s too hard/scary/intimidating, so most of us just take whatever price is offered, with a smile. The truth is, you can negotiate in almost any situation. Sure, big-box retailers with low-price goods–like Walmart or a grocery store–aren’t…
