Monthly Archives: November 2011

That Eternal Debate

To eat when it’s ready or wait for the appointed guests? (Danger: There’s a little sarcasm mixed in this recipe.) Kids and menfolk agree you don’t wait. Women seem to be downright hateful about making everyone wait, muttering darkly about … Continue reading

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People are the Mission

On the walls in various military facilities, I can recall seeing any number of posters and banners proclaiming: “Mission First. People Always.” The first part was accurate as far as it went, but the second part was pure horse manure. … Continue reading

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Better, But the Same Stuff

Life Church is much better than most of the churches with which I’ve associated in the past, but it’s still a Western church. I’ve been attending the local campus of Life Church a few weeks now. This week began a … Continue reading

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Trail: Just Like Starting Over

After the fire and so much being bulldozed, I had a tough time resurrecting the original trail. Several sections required a completely new route, as the old was buried and destroyed. So during the summer I gave it a rest, … Continue reading

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Radical Management: It's Family

We expand on the principle half-stated in Budgeting. We need not in any way refer to any part of Western political and economic theory to get at the ancient truth. All of that is so materially bent, no part of … Continue reading

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An Empty Space

The storage shed has a big empty space in it. It took several years for me to throw away the vast hoard of junk in my soul. That began two decades ago, and mostly was done a few years back. … Continue reading

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Can't Always Be a Cool Alpha

Don’t be too simplistic. In several posts I’ve advised folks to use Game as a means to operating in social situations, simply because that’s a reflection of basic human nature. It applies most of all when you find yourself in … Continue reading

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Natural Population Reduction

It doesn’t take a prophet, only someone paying attention, to realize we are entering a time of massive loss of human life. Those who believe the world is designed to support only a half-billion souls may not get their wish, … Continue reading

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Notepad++ and Aspell on Win7

Update: (28 June 2013; lots of folks still land on this blog post) Notepad++ 6.3.3 now uses DSpellCheck. The default dictionary is not US English. If you check this page (scroll down a bit) you’ll learn not only where the … Continue reading

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FOSS for Windows

The acronym is popular in some places: FOSS = Free and Open Source Software. Some of the best stuff I use on this Win7 laptop are free. Libre Office: This is the recent fork of Open Office once owned by … Continue reading

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