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Mister Casual

A few days ago I noticed my daughter was wearing her t-shirt from when we participated in 'The Race For The Place' to benefit The Gathering Place in Beechwood. I remembered the day and the great experience and thought how wonderful it was that she saw people coming together and standing together in support of those touched by cancer.

She's proud to wear that shirt.

And I'm proud because of the way that my friends and family came together for a total of 400 dollars donated through this website! I mean, I am totally overwhelmed, happy and humbled by the sharing that was done.

Don B and David V donated just before my Aunt and Uncle of the finest online jewelry took us to the 400 dollar goal.

The Gathering Place benefited greatly from your compassion. Thank you!

Additionally, I received 20 casual days for the summer to use at work. I work in a shirt-and-tie environment and we love our casual days. To share the love, I gave a casual day to the 6 people that I work with the most. I still had 14 days left.

I spent the whole month of June in shorts at work. I feel so laid back I can touch my toes through my ankles.

So Thank You! for everything. At the event, the organizer for our company stopped me and thanked me personally for the money raised. I told her that it was my awesome friends and family that got me there.

I can't wait til next year.

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Parental Conversations

"Dad, you know that thing about a cup being half full or half empty?"

Yeah. It's an optimist/pessimist thing.

"Well, I figured it out. I know if the glass is half full or half empty."

Well, I think it's about how you look at it.

"Nope."

Okay, how do you know?

"If you were pouring into the glass, then it is half full. But if you were drinking out of it, then it is half empty."

Aaaahhh....

"So it depends if you were pourin' or drinkin'."

I see what you mean.

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Place Of George Orwell

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place of george orwell

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The Raw Beauty Of A National Duolian

national duolian steel guitar

In what may be the greatest garage sale find I have ever heard of, a beloved family member found this amazing playable piece of history!

I'm trying to get a hold of my old friend Big John who moved to Nashville recently. If you have contact information I would really appreciate you sending it to me.

I have more pictures if you have knowledge of these beautiful treasures.

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A penny saved is less than a penny earned

The latest bottom line has a cover story written by the ultimate cheapskate.

He writes that by today's standards, the penny in your hand is not worth as much as the penny that you earned. He says that it depends on your tax bracket.

If you pay 30% of your paycheck in taxes, then the money in your hand is worth less than what it took to earn it.

I'm probably making it harder to wrap your head around this, but I found it very fascinating.

If you pay 30% of your paycheck in taxes, you have to earn roughly 1.3 cents to have 1 cent in your hand.

Damn, that hurts.

The idea is that knowing this should cause you to think more about the items that you are purchasing. Something that cost 100 dollars to buy cost 130 dollars to earn.

This short article in Bottom Line is really messing with my head. The guy is very good at being cheap.

He recommends having a 'designated cheapskate' much like a 'designated driver' when going on any shopping trips. Take turns. Then you have one person who will be saying 'Do we really need this?' and 'Is this cheaper online?'

This comes after hearing the estimate for some brake work on my 94 volvo 850. I am working very hard at saving money and the estimate from the DEALERSHIP is more than I want to spend. However, the Foreign Auto places are only open from 8:30 to 5:30 Monday thru Friday. It's totally sucky. I haven't decided what to do. I think I am going to first rescue my car from the dealership, and then try to get some weekend estimates and then do the repairs every other week in baby steps instead of one chunk at a time.

Of course the dealer said that it is hard to access the brakes for them to do repairs and it is better to do everything at once.

The weird thing is that I thought I could see the brakes just inside of the tire hub. That doesn't seem that hard to reach. Of course, I fear the dealer. They said that it would be 8 hours of labor and would run 800 dollars. I can't believe that their shop rate is lower than a hundred dollars. How can 8 hours of labor equate to an 800 dollar bill?

Watch out, cheapskate, here I come.

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Sewer Line Repair Program

Oddly fitting the topic, I am working through about a year of emails. If you get a reply to something from a long time ago, it's because I'm just getting to it.

Dominion wants me to spend $4.75 a month to belong to their sewer line repair program.

The letter that I got scared me. It's a full color brochure that has the words 'still gambling?' on the outside. Inside it warns of people who 'bet that their sewer line had no cracks or roots forcing their way into the line.' Then they were faced with a 4,000 dollar repair bill.

But I can have peace of mind from the killer organics taking over the sewer line for $4.75 a month. With the 'insurance' I am protected from where the sewer line or septic exits my house to the main sewage line or up to the septic tank.

Is this stupid? I am asking because I don't know.

Dominion gives me gas. They say they will include the program on my gas bill so that there is no additional bill to worry about.

Could anybody that gives me a bill just decide to sell me sewer insurance?

Would my house insurance cover this?

It's 57 dollars a year.

Help!

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Therapy Buddy For President

My friend Richard Koppelle requested this be sent to as many people as I can.

Therapy Buddy For President!

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The 15th Stimuli

Well, paydays and stimulus checks came through. I put in my donation at the support site.

I am only 80 dollars away from the goal! Please, if you can, donate as little or as much as you want.

The race is June 1st. I think the whole family is heading out for it.

Thanks again to all who have given.

Back to regular posts in a bit...

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Belay My Last

Oops!

I got word from Regl that the upmod on the digg site was not performing the desired function.

I was wrong so I took off that post. I am destined to be 1996.

So, belay my last.

So, how the hell are ya?

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The Gathering Place - Race For The Place

Thanks to your help, my name got mentioned as the person to beat for raising money to help The Gathering Place!

I want to thank the new helpers that have donated recently ...

I was very touched and thankful to see the donations.

Please, your support will make a difference in the life of someone touched by cancer.

Please visit the website for the gathering place to learn more about where your donation is going.

Thanks again for all your help. I am really, sincerely humbled when I think of the friends I have and the difference they make. I know I haven't been doing much here lately, and I do hope to change that.

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