Working Hard, Gear Update, a Book Give Away, and the Future
First, thanks to everyone for continuing to read and signing up for the list to get notified of new posts. To that end , you have no doubt noticed a lack of new posts, with the exception of a few of my guest authors. I thank them as well for their diligent work. To my […]
Honestly, Where is the Answer?
Honestly, I have not been motivated to write recently. I feel like work is consuming my life over the past several months. Being in sales I am not surprised, but I feel like I am working harder longer hours for smaller rewards. The question I ask myself, “am I working hard enough?” I am wondering […]
Happy New Year, A New Chapter Begins, 2012
Hello everyone, and Happy New Year. A couple of house cleaning items today on the first day of January, 2012. First, it was a fast year. I cannot believe that 2011 year has flown by so quickly. I can say that I certainly did not expect this past year to go so quickly at all. […]
The Real Thanksgiving Story, And Variations Of It. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
A White Washed and Diluted Story of Thanksgiving A Less White Washed and Diluted Story of Thanksgiving httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTuFKisYnm8 A Narrative of What it might have really been like at Thanksgiving: Click to read The Great Thanksgiving Hoax httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnaWhQe1Iac An Entertaining View of Thanksgiving httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRobYUSZ4do httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeAtelXK9P4
It’s All About the Jobs
I read this article and became really concerned, frightened even. The figures from payroll taxes reported to the Social Security Administration on jobs and pay are, in a word, awful. Even more alarming is this graph with the title “Fewer Jobs, Less Pay”: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61336135@N06/6273282342/ And from the rest of the article: More significantly, the number of people […]
Endless Fall – Part 2: A Time To Be Thankful?
Note: The following is the second installment of a series that represents a first-hand chronicle of a fictional economic collapse in the United States. This series is to be viewed as only one possible scenario. November 13 – 35 days after Black Swan Day My Dearest Children – It is an ill wind […]
And So It Goes, More Economic Crap
Confirmation has come to me that the economy, real estate, and things in our country just really suck. I had dinner with another friend last night who lost her house this year due to state of the economy and the way her mortgage was structured. Side note; it seems I have friends scattered in cities […]
I Am “SO” Out of Touch
It’s true… I spent the weekend with a friend in AZ close to Fort Hauchuca. Sierra Vista, AZ to be exact. This is a friend I met when we were in the 6th grade in middle school. We’ve known each other for about 27 years. One of my oldest friends. Now, to give you some color, […]
Gold: A Misunderstood Metal
With the remarkable rise in the price of gold over the last 2 years (as of writing this) as well as the apparent uncertainties, even declines, in more traditional icons of American economic prowess the yellow metal has once again come to the forefront of interest by both preppers and individual investors. Add to that […]
Prepper or Consumer Poser? That is the Question.
It’s been a rough couple of weeks with work. In fact, work has become increasingly busy. It was the end of the quarter and a race to get customer contracts closed up, signatures, etc. For those that don’t know, I work for a software company in sales. It can be very high stress, even more […]