Mold Inspector

I nearly jump out of my seat at the cell phone vibration when it alerts me to an incoming call. Every time. In addition to the startled tensing, I usually let out an involuntary “Ungh!” from the back of my throat. If you see me jump and vocalize involuntarily, you know I’m getting a call. [...]

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Sunny Warmshine, I Miss You

I’m wondering today if life ever gets any easier.  Is it ever simple?  Is there ever a rest period?  Just what do you expect of me?  Is this lack of interest, this feeling of malaise, this tiredness, this lack of activity, this self questioning, this blah experience what my life is supposed to be? I [...]

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Wise Decisions …

A few days ago, Sophie, a medical missionary in Ethiopia, wrote these words in her blog: The particularly heart-breaking part of the day came when a mom with twin 4-month olds came.   But you need to hear the beginning of the story first.  2 weeks ago, a mom brought twin babies and asked if we [...]

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These Days . . . .

As I was perusing the news yesterday, I noted two articles of some interest. The first was from WSJ On-line and spoke of a certain Russian academic – a former KGB analyst – who, in September 1998, during a conference on information warfare in Linz, Austria, presented a theory that the U.S. would collapse in [...]

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We’re half way through?

Is the Alt A mortgage meltdown next? Lot’s of people think so, and tell us that we’re in for worse times yet in ’09 and ’10…. Is the crisis moving toward the more affluent?

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Fred on the Economy . . .

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Money,dogs, boys, and God

  We have a certain amount of money in our checking account today. I have payments in excess of that amount scheduled before our next payday. I wonder where the money’s coming from this time No, I don’t. We’ll either have it or we won’t. I’ll / We’ll earn it somehow, or someone will gift [...]

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