It's not like I was looking for something else to worry about, but I came across This Story the other day concerning the recent earthquake in Chile. According to the folks at NASA, the earthquake affected the earth's rotation in such a way that we are now losing about 1 millionth of a second per day.
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I'll second that...
Submitted by Rex Bell on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 9:32pm.
Promissory Promises...
Submitted by Rex Bell on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 9:15am.Most of the time, whenever my old buddy Stinky Wilmont and I got into trouble back at Millville Grade School, we ended up down in Principal Baker's office. And most of the time, Mr. Baker would call us in one at a time, probably counting on the intimidation factor to garner an apology from us. It usually worked, and each of us ended up promising that both of us would do better from then on.
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Ya'll had a real nice tea party here...now git...
Submitted by Rex Bell on Sat, 02/20/2010 - 6:28pm.You hear a lot of talk about compromise today. Having been married for going on 34 years, I realize that sometimes compromise is necessary, if not always gratifying.
And then sometimes it's necessary to stick to your guns.
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And then sometimes it's necessary to stick to your guns.
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First and Tenth....
Submitted by Rex Bell on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 10:32pm.Car companies have designed and manufactured a lot of different styles of cars over the years. Some I thought were really sharp. Some I thought were too ugly to drive down the street. Back in my younger days, when I paid more attention to such things, and thought it mattered more, AMC seemed to have the corner on the ugly car market. The Pacer and Gremlin come to mind.
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End Property Taxes, Save a Tree...
Submitted by Rex Bell on Sun, 11/01/2009 - 9:02am.I subscribe to 3 newspapers. 2 daily and 1 weekly. I know it's not the most environmentally friendly way keeping abreast of things, but I still enjoy leafing through the pages more than surfing the web, and besides, I can't make paper hats for the grand kids out of a computer, and you sure can't roll up a computer to swat a fly.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, what's a word worth?...
Submitted by Rex Bell on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 5:12am.There's something to said for brevity. The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights contains 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words.
A federal directive written to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words.
Sometimes governments verbosity is just annoying. Sometimes it's expensive.
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A federal directive written to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words.
Sometimes governments verbosity is just annoying. Sometimes it's expensive.
Cold and flu season...and maybe a little jail time...
Submitted by Rex Bell on Sun, 09/27/2009 - 6:41am.Cold and flu season is approaching, and as usual we are being deluged with a lot of good advice on how to avoid becoming ill. I found this story the other day that shows we should also be careful even after we get sick.
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Cost of Government Day...A new record!...
Submitted by Rex Bell on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 6:52pm.I guess it's one of the signs of being an old man to reminisce about how much things used to cost. I've been in business long enough to remember when some new houses cost what some lawnmowers cost now.
I also remember, not to many years ago, when Americans only had to work 6 months out of the year to pay for the government.
Decisions, decisions, decisions...
Submitted by Rex Bell on Sun, 08/30/2009 - 9:58pm.Every so often, an issue comes along that really defines the difference in political philosophies. Government administered health care is one of those issues. Congress will be discussing several different options in the next couple of months. Some of those options will require participation by people that don't want to participate. All of the options will require forced contributions by people, whether they participate or not.
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It's not like we couldn't see it coming...
Submitted by Rex Bell on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 10:25pm."When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
Bastiat saw it coming over 150 years ago.
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