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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston Churchill “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” – Walter Elliott “No man is ever whipped, until he quits — in his own mind.” – Napoleon Hill “I do not think [...] Read more »
When I first started looking at this, it cost anywhere from $6,000 to $10,000 to die in New Jersey (note that I said “to die”, not “to kill someone” – we weren’t all captains in crime families in the Garden State where I used to live, although we did have our fair share and even [...] Read more »
Years ago, on a weekend visit, I spoke to a friend of mine from a Middle Eastern country while our family was visiting with his family. We spoke over a huge pile of Legos and the Bert-n-Ernie Garage and a full set of Thomas the Tank Engine trains (although, in all fairness, most were gifts). [...] Read more »
Physics tell us that one of the laws of the universe is this: You can’t unscramble an egg. Think about it. It can’t be done. You can freeze liquid water, then heat it and turn it to gas and back to water, but you can’t unscramble an egg. It just won’t unscramble. Hit it with [...] Read more »
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy I’ve written before about why I don’t watch the news, political or otherwise. I do get some news – I check the local news to make sure there’s not a road closing near me or a new farmers’ market [...] Read more »
Patrick, of Cash Money Life fame long ago tagged me to give my best financial move in college. I posted this long ago, but it’s worth reposting. How I came to become a Russophile is an interesting story – I think. (me, in St. Petersburg, circa 1997) Learning an “exotic” foreign language, and how it [...] Read more »
