Month: December 2008
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Not really broke
As a family man with a young son, the cable tech, an acquaintance, personally knows the battle to pay every bill on time with enough left over at the end of the month for food and maybe a bit of fun. But, not every cable television subscriber prioritizes as he does. All too frequently when…
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Christmas crisis
With a year of lay-offs, shut downs, plunging stock market prices, wage freezes, cutbacks and any number of other income depleting tricks, all the Whos down in Whoville are waking up to the Grinch’s attempt to steal Christmas. Be wise like the Whos. Don’t cry and commiserate, regroup and remember that presents, decorations and the…
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child’s eye view
Children enhance the celebratory moments of any holiday especially the annual celebration of the advent of the Christ child. The wonder of the colors, music and foods attract the minds, eyes and hands of curious children. Our grandson in Sherwood loves to ring the bells his mother bought for him. In the evening he asks…
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mail order fun
Eating my morning cereal studying the back of the cereal box, propped up in bed leafing through a catalog satisfyingly fat with pages or curled up in the lounge chair browsing my way through Internet websites, makes no difference to me, I relish shopping at home. After days of drooling over my options, comparing cost…
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The grass is always greener …
What is there about a fence that makes the grass greener grass on the other side? During my childhood in farming country, I’ve seen many cows stretching their heads through and over barbed wire fences to reach tender morsels just on the other side of the fence. But, the truth applies to dogs such as…