Tuesday, August 8, 2006Weight Loss Stalled? Take this quick quiz!There are no wrong answers on this one, but there are, I hope, some answers about why your weight loss may be taking a siesta. This is an open-body quiz, and the answers are right next to the question! How overweight are you? 5 pounds? 10? 50? The closer you get to your goal weight, the more... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, August 2, 2006Sad Butterfly RanchersOur loss rate is now at two. The fourth chrysalis started hatching yesterday at lunch-time, and we enjoyed watching the butterfly struggling his way out of his prison. What has happened in the past wi th these hatchings is that we come into the kitchen in the morning and there's a butterfly on the... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, July 30, 2006Butterfly RanchersThree of our six chrysalises have hatched out lovely black swallowtail butterflies. We set the first one free at night -- when we took her out the front door, she just flitted off of the chopstick we were carrying her on, and flew away. The second one hatched the next morning: we put her on the... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, July 28, 2006Appeasement Is Not the Answer!The new war in the Middle East has been going on for, what, two weeks now? And people are already talking about ending it. Of course, by "ending it," they mean that Israel should do what it has so often been called upon to do before: give in. But why? Why should Israel give up and let its enemies... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, July 19, 2006Caterpillar RanchersWe've become caterpillar ranchers. I don't know quite how. My oldest son loves critters, and my mother found some swallowtail caterpillars on her parsley and dill. My son wouldn't let her leave them out for the birds to eat, so now we have a jar with half a dozen caterpillars snarfing down... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, June 30, 2006Why the Cost of Living MattersThe point has been made that even the poorest people in this country are generally richer than many people in third-world countries. That US $5000 in annual income would raise some of those third-world citizens to the level of millionaires within their own society. It's a valid point. But, valid or... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, June 20, 2006The "Rich" Deserve a Tax CutI'm going to deal with both categories of "rich" in this post -- the "rich" as most of us would define "rich" (individuals making more than $75K annually, or families with a combined income of more than $100K annually) and "rich" according to the IRS (which, if you read yesterday's post, you will... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, June 19, 2006Do You Make More Than $27,000 a Year? If You Do, You Are Rich!Does the IRS Think YOU Are Wealthy? Please sit down before you read. This information may cause apoplexy. (Yes, this is a repost. I'm laying the groundwork for a post that will be made in the next couple of days that should completely amaze and impress a lot of readers. Please bear with me.) Tax... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, June 16, 2006What Would You Do With $1 Million?This is a really thought-provoking question, and it can also point up our interests, our character flaws, and our strengths. The temptation is, if you are answering publicly, as in a blog or at a party, to be of a philanthropic bent and say that you'd give at least a quarter of it to charity. For... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, June 8, 2006Folios Stink!I am a member of several rewards programs that give you "points" for certain activities, like shopping, or reading e-mails, or taking surveys. I've earned a lot of rewards through these programs. But lately, I'm getting annoyed by some of them. You see, some are quite straightforward and simple with... Sign in to see full entry. |