Travel plans

By 9pm last night I had everything sorted out.  A women named Desire runs a new service to Miami and was going to pick me up Monday morning at 6am to make a 10am train to Palatka.  This morning I got a call from a guy that had advertised on…

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Background noise

I cleaned a boat today with the voice of Rush L. blasting from across the canal.  I fully understand why some people need him and it is fine that he has a following but why the heck do you need to sing it from the rooftops?  Tattoo him on your…

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Everyone Deserves A Roof

I saw this on the Tiny House Blog. The EDAR, a cross between a shopping cart and a pop-up camper, is a step up. EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof) provides shelter to the homeless in an innovative cost and usage effective way. The EDAR unit is a purpose-specific, special four-wheeled…

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Decluttering

“If you’re tempted to keep something because it was expensive, remember the difference between value and cost. Value is what something is worth. You spent a lot of money on it. To throw it away would mean admitting that the money was wasted. Now you need to think about the…

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An excerpt from Computing Across America, 1988

The Greatest Risk © 1988 by Steven K. Roberts Nomadic Research Labs Everyone has at one time or another shrunk from a growth opportunity because with it comes the Unknown.  The Unknown!  What’s out there, anyway? Disappointment?  Derision?  Danger?  Defeat?  Death? Those are all bad, certainly, but none of them…

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Seven forces of decline

The guy that started Outward Bound had his own thoughts on when things went bad.  His seven forces of decline that effect the modern world were the decay of: fitness care skill initiative self-discipline imagination compassion He felt like we were shielded from the true forces of life and the…

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The Story of Stuff

This is so well done that I have to pass it on.  I have been processing my “stuff” for so many years.  I hope to figure out a way to be very comfortable without all the crapola have I accumulated.  Check this out if you want. http://www.storyofstuff.org/

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