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Jones was a vice president of a Fortune 500 company subsidiary having the major responsibility for research and development and certain engineering functions. After he retired, he became editor of an international trade magazine. Jones is Executive Representative of IWS, sellers of Tyler Hicks wealth-success books and kits. He is a direct mail and mail order marketer and operates over a dozen websites. He has written three technical books, four novels (Bull, Revenge on ... [More]

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  • Wealthy Affiliate Reviews - Is the Upgraded Site Up to Snuff?
    [Shopping-and-Product-Reviews:Internet-Marketing] A top-rated site for learning Internet Marketing is Wealthy Affiliate (Niche Marketing, Inc.) owned by two Vancouver, Canada young men named Kyle Loudoun and Carson Lim. These men are in their mid twenties, started marketing independently while in college where they were computer science majors, and are said to be millionaires. This is a brief review of their newly updated site.


  • Did Obama Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] President Obama was surprised that he was being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Republican party blamed Obama, not the Prize Committee saying that he has not done one thing to receive the award. Some say that it was just a slam at George Bush who was President just a few months a go.


  • Article Marketing - Promoting on the Social Networks
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Article-Marketing] When you write an article for EzineArticles.com or other article sites, you can get the word out by sending emails to your friends and family, by announcing your article on your blog, or putting a link to your article on your website(s) or using the RSS feed provided by the article site. In addition to those methods consider the social marketing sites. Many of these sites have high rankings by Alexis, and thus, have high exposure.


  • Article Marketing - Getting the Word Out
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Article-Marketing] Promoting your article will give you a larger audience. One way to do it is to blog. Another is to use the RSS feed on your web pages. The best way is to write an informative article that webmasters will pick up and put in front of their audiences. Some details for article marketers.


  • PPC - Use Long Tail Keywords to Be More Effective and to Reduce Cost
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] PPC is a dangerous method of advertising for both beginners and experienced marketers. Experienced marketers recognize the risk and monitor their PPC campaigns closely, especially in the first hours and days of a campaign. PPC is such a broad and comprehensive situation. It covers many aspects of marketing such as geographical location, time of day or week, networks other than Search, keyword selection, cost of keywords and keyword phrases, negatives, ad writing, landing pages, bidding, testing, click rates, conversion rates and much more. PPC is no place for new marketers. Writing campaigns with with ads using common keywords is one problematic area.


  • Two Popular Internet Marketing Methods
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] There are many ways to earn money on the Internet. Many of these methods yield little income, are frustrating, and are worthless for generating long-term financial success. Many thousands of people market their own products on the Internet or other peoples products. Those who do the latter are usually affiliate marketers who earn a commission on the products they sell. In this article I discuss two methods used by affiliate and other Internet Marketers.


  • The Internet Marketer's Dilemma
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Internet marketers, especially affiliate marketers who represent organizations selling products or services, are facing the Wall of Relevance. By that I mean, that the two major methods of marketing used by Internet marketers, article writing and PPC (pay-per-click) are not as easy to use as they use to be. It all gets down to the search engines. If you go to Google, MSN or Yahoo to search a topic, what do you expect to get? Well, what these search engines want you to get it relevant information. If your article is not relevant to a search or if your PPC ad leads to a blatant ad, you will be punished.


  • Where Has All Our Money Gone? Long Time Wondering!
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] Inflation eats away at our resources. Old folks on fixed income suffer the most. One way to fight the effects of inflation is to get out of debt and stop paying interest. Another way is to stop buying beyond your real needs. "Bake" Dunlop's sinker.


  • Direct Mail 04 - Finding a Niche Market For Your Product Or Service
    [Business:Marketing-Direct] The key to success in marketing on the Internet is niche marketing. A niche for our purposes is a special area of demand for a product or service. A niche market can make you rich in mail order and direct mail too.


  • Obama, Too Impatient?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Slow down, Nellie! Rome wasn't built in a day. Panic seems to rule the day in the Obama Administration. Slow down!


  • Can an Annuity Make You Feel Better?
    [Insurance:Life-Annuities] Some time back just before the .com failures, I cashed in my stocks and bought a guaranteed annuity. My wife bought one too. They are in our IRA accounts. Did we do the right thing?


  • Stock Investing Help
    [Investing:Stocks] Is now a good time to be investing in stocks? The number of bargains is great. I bought HOG (Harley Davidson) a while back at $16.00 and Warren Buffet bought it right after I did. It stayed around that price for a while but now it had found a new level of about $10.00. I thought the high percentage yield would keep the price up. It didn't! What is next?


  • Sean Penn Bio
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] The multi-talented Sean Penn took the Oscar last evening at the 2009 Academy Awards. Not looking much like a leading man, his acting intensity makes up for his lack of good looks. Sean Penn is not only an actor but a writer, director and producer.


  • 81st Academy Awards 2009
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Such drama, those Academy Awards. Tears of happiness. Loser's tears. Glitter of rented stones. Long flowing gowns, some ugly, some wonderful. The Red Carpet. The wonderful sets. What a great evening for the rich and famous.


  • Kate Winslet Bio
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Born in a thespian family in Reading, England, Kate Elizabeth Winslet has performed since she was 11-years-old. She has chosen roles of determined and daring women rather than the glamorous. She is the Winner for Best Female Actress in a Leading Role in the 2009 Academy Awards for her portrayal of Hanna Schmitz- a woman having a passionate affair with a teenager who encounters her again years later while she is on trial for Holocaust crimes- in "The Reader."


  • Coverage of Special Olympics - Where Were the Major Television Networks?
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Olympics] I guess the major network television media didn't think that the Special Olympics were special nor really Olympics. Katie Couric didn't have a little blip about one of the contestants even though her sympathetic style would dictate that she do so. The Vice President of the United States was ignored as if he wasn't here in Idaho cheering on these special people. The contestants were thrilled by his visit. The national television media was not. Even the local television channels asked, where is the national coverage?


  • Marriage Under Fire
    [Relationships:Marriage] Marriage is always under some kind of stress. Stress can be the wedge that splits a marriage asunder. Many families are under stress because of separation, infidelity and money problems. Drugs and criminal activity contribute to divorce as does insanity, brutality and other reasons. How can we keep our home a happy place where the rule of law is love?


  • The Bailouts - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
    [News-and-Society:Economics] I read somewhere that the Federal Bailout will put every man women and child in our country in debt to the amount of $10,000. Here is my question.


  • Dating - Find Your Marriage Minded Soul Mate
    [Relationships:Dating] Too many dates are just flings. All singles are not marriage minded. They are sex minded. They go into one relationship after another. They are experimentalist.


  • Bailed-Out Bank Executives to Have a Nice Christmas
    [News-and-Society:Economics] Frank Bass and Rita Beamish, Associated Press Writers, reported that the incompetent executives of the banks that received the Congressional Bail-out stuffed $1.6 Billion Dollars into their own pockets. What will Congress do about it. You know what they will do, nothing! Here is what I would do.


  • The Current Recession - Just a Bump in the Road?
    [News-and-Society:Economics] Being a depression baby, and being true to my class, I predict a long hard depression. What do you think?


  • The Job Interview - Who Are You Anyway?
    [Business:Careers-Employment] The employment interview is often the first visual contact that a potential employer has with a candidate. It's the first he hears his (or her) voice. It's the first time physical contact is made with a handshake.


  • Leave the Ranks of the Unemployed
    [Business:Careers-Employment] There are many sources on the Internet and in communities to help you find a job. However, most jobs are filled by word-of-mouth. Over 60% of all jobs are filled by word of mouth. If you ignore this fact, you will lowering your chances of finding a new job. What should you do?


  • Old Movies Are Better!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Old movies are better. I'm not sure why. They usually are in black and white. The actors tend to be over dramatic.


  • Internet Marketing - Characteristics of a Successful Internet Marketer
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Do you have what it takes to be an Internet marketer? I guess there is every breed in the Internet community, those with sound business credentials and those who are simply persistent and clever. But all have certain characteristics that you too can develop. Let's take a look at some of them.


  • Internet Marketing Hints
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Here are a few hints for Internet Marketing beginners. A beginner wants to earn some money with little or no financial risk. So do I. Here are some things to avoid and some methods of finding that proverbial pot of gold.


  • Internet Marketing - Earn As You Learn
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] You can earn as you learn with Internet marketing. Getting started is easy, making money is a bit more difficult, but if you get with the right people and avoid the gurus, you can learn to earn.


  • What I Know About Marriage
    [Relationships:Marriage] I learned about marriage from my parents as did most all of us. My parents lived in a fairytale world where love never ended. They never spoke an unkind word to each other in their sixty-six years of marriage. They worshiped each other. If they had differences, I never saw them. Despite the pressures of the Great Depression (in which I was born), they never wavered from their perfect devotion to each other. Here, find the rule for success in marriage.


  • Can We Find a Cure For Diabetes?
    [Health-and-Fitness:Diabetes] You can lower your chances of getting diabetes through diet and exercise. A significant loss of weight is a very positive action against diabetes. Yes! Eat right and exercise routinely (not sporadically) and you can lose some weight and help prevent diabetes. Maybe you can't exercise because of certain problems, but you can always eat correctly.


  • Thank You Senator Ted Kennedy
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Senator Ted Kennedy is an ultra left-wing Democrat who is currently concerned about the bailout and how it does not include unemployment benefits for those who are unemployed and will be unemployed. He thinks that is a lack of foresight and it should be fixed. Senator Kennedy is sick with a brain tumor, but he still fights on.


  • Laura Bush - Our Classy First Lady
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Laura Bush is the greatest asset of the Bush Administration. I haven't figured out why John McCain didn't choose her for his running mate. Laura Bush is smart, experienced and beautiful. She has traveled the globe and is not worried about the possibility of Russia and Canada mustering troops on the Alaska borders. She will be remembered for her beauty, grace and serenity.


  • The First Great Debate - Obama Versus McCain
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] John McCain easily one the first debate. It wasn't because of what he said. We have heard it all. It was that he showed his maturity and wisdom. Obama was continually on the defensive and kicked off guard. Even when he was right, it didn't seem to make much difference. Only Palin can stop McCain. Only race can stop Obama. Well, there are more debates. Will they make any difference? I doubt it. All was said in the first debate.


  • What Ever Happened to the Real John McCain?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] John McCain is still John McCain. He just has that stinky manure on his shoes by spending too much time in the pasture of the Karl Rove-type swift-boaters. Or is he? Bush Will the real John McCain please step forward!


  • Lessons For Life - Leaders of America Try Integrity
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] More debt is not going to save our country from depression. A quick-fix is not going to do it. It will just prolong the agony as it did with the Nixon program to stop inflation. If we are going to avoid a future single political party, we need to find cooperation and honesty in government. We are already making communistic takeovers of companies. Are we going to prove Khrushchev right except it will be our own brand of communism that will destroy us?


  • No Place For Old Men
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] No Place for Old Men is a great novel and movie. It's true we should stay away from hot deserts and crazy killers. But we need to stay away from other dangerous places too like Wal-Mart and the gas station. Read on!


  • "We Will Bury You" - Who Would Have Thunk It?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] We have nationalized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. And now we've nationalized AIG. We the People own eighty percent of that company. Kruschev said that communism would bury us. I just didn't think it would be our very own communism. It's sort of a reverse revolution. The government is revolting against the people.


  • How to Live a Long Life
    [Health-and-Fitness] Most all of us would like to live to a ripe old age. Taking a look at the causes of death could help us to live a longer healthier life. Let's go!


  • Preparing For the Bush Administration Depression
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Things have not gone well for the Bush Administration. Many of the problems were caused by Osama bin Laden who we continue to hunt down and never catch. I've said many times that he is drinking lemonade in Mecca. Now financial woes are clobbering the White House. Inflation will turn to depression in my opinion, and like the last one, it could happen with lighting speed. "Confidence" is the word says President Bush. Get ready for a dunking.


  • Wealthy Affiliate University Review - Can WA Work For You?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Affiliate-Revenue] Wealthy Affiliate is a training site and a community of like-minded individuals. Some are hard-nosed Internet marketers and other seem to enjoy the community. Anyway you look at it, it is a beehive of activity.


  • McCain and Obama - What Have They Done For Us Peasants?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Obama and McCain are not doing much in the Senate during the election, although Obama does drop in once in a while. But they are hard-working senators and they have a Senate record that reveals their interest and goals. For that reason, the record lets us know these two fine gentlemen. We can look at the bills they have sponsored and with little effort, we can read at least the first paragraph of speeches they have made on the Senate floor. What we have here is a left-wing Democrat and a right-wing Democrat or Independent, both hated by right-wing Republicans.


  • Can You Stop Foreclosure on Your Home and Property?
    [Real-Estate:Foreclosures] Can you atop foreclosure on your home and property? According to RealtyTrac, nationwide, 303,800 homes received at least one foreclosure-related notice in August 2008, up 12% from July. One in every 416 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing last month. Congress has failed to act effectively, favoring Fannie and Freddie executives over the borrowers. These institutions are big contributors to our phony pals in Congress. States are trying to help and are more effective. Also, some people have become active in getting new state laws to prevent foreclosures.


  • Overcoming Handicaps
    [Health-and-Fitness:Mind-Body-Spirit] Fortunately, not all of us suffer from such poor health all of our life. Those who do, usually learn to live with their disabilities. The rest of us may have a time in our life where our health fails us and we feel helpless and depressed. Depression leads to inactivity and as Robert Lewis Stevenson said, nothing is accomplished. Those who are handicapped may not want our sympathy but they do need our love and support.


  • Trimming Your Monthly Household Budget
    [Finance:Budgeting] These are tough times. But we old folks have been there before. Inflation due to fuel cost and the weaker dollar is hurting all of us. Here are some ways to reduce the cost of living. So, Fix It Up, Make It Do, Do Without and cut those food, clothing and fuel expenditures.


  • Quit Smoking to Save Your Life & Save Your Cash
    [Health-and-Fitness:Quit-Smoking] You should know that there are benefits that come as soon as you quit smoking. They are not just medical benefits such as lower blood pressure, higher lung capacity and more energy. Smoking cost are not just what you pay for a cartoon of smokes. Other possible cost are higher insurance premiums, increased cleaning cost, getting a lower price for a home you are selling, lower wages and lower benefits, etc. Yes, smokers are looked down on in business.


  • Must the White House Stay White? What About the Issues?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Most Americans are sick of Bush-type management and they want the changes that Obama and McCain are promising. But Obama has problems. It is not that he is young and has less experience than McCain. McCain too has problems because of his age and his ten-pound health history and his attachments to President Bush. Picking the inexperienced and perhaps devious governor of Alaska doesn't help. But his problems are not as difficult as Obama's. Swift-boating can get him elected because Obama has the problem that too many Americans want the White House to stay the "White House."


  • McCain's Big Blunder
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] John McCain has picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. This unqualified person could be a breath away from the presidency. To get Clinton votes, McCain has betrayed us. It shows that his brain is not functioning properly (just as my aged brain doesn't).


  • Dangers of Dieting For Kids
    [Health-and-Fitness:Obesity] There are dangers of dieting for kids. Dieting can be harmful to our children in the following ways: Low-self Esteem, Sleep Disturbances, Poor Concentration and Attention Skills, Eating Disorders in Teenage Years, Adult Obesity, Depression and Suicide. It is important for parents to help their children develop healthy eating habits to reduce the dangers of dieting for their children and to obtain professional help when needed.


  • Dieting Can Be Dangerous
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Dieting can lead to sleep disorders, eating disorders, emotional problems and physical disorders. But YO-YO dieting can bring discouragement too, rather than the needed life-long changes in eating habits. Restriction diets just make you hungry for the foods being restricted. Where is that chocolate? There is a better way.


  • A Perspective on Weight Loss - Who Wants to Lose Weight and Why
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Who exactly wants to lose weight and why? Well, in this day and age, people even want their pets to lose weight. Buster Bulldog is so fat that he can roll over twice before you notice it. Tabby Pussycat is so fat the last time she caught a mouse was in 1993. Amongst us humanoids, there are four groups that diet pushers like to pester. Here they are and I'm sure you will find yourself somewhere in one of these groups.


  • Internet Marketing - The Article Resource Box
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Article-Marketing] One method of Internet Marketing is article writing. An article should have good content that will attract readers. If you can't attract readers, there is no reason to write. The resource box is at the bottom of your article and it is the only place you are allowed to make a sales pitch to your readers.


  • What is Coronary Bypass Surgery Like?
    [Health-and-Fitness:Heart-Disease] Heart disease is rampant in our country. The causes are mainly heredity, diet or other diseases. Smoking does not help the situation. Some can overcome the problems of heart disease by diet and exercise plus supervision of medications by trained physicians. For many of us however, we find ourselves in the hospital before any heart symptoms were noted by medical people and we undergo coronary bypass surgery.


  • Reasons to Lose Weight?
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] People have many reasons for losing weight. For me it is a health problem. I have had heart surgery twice and I don't want to have it again. Others have health issues such as obesity, overweight, thyroid problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, coronary heart disease, diabetes and various forms of cancer. Here are many reasons why folks like us want to lose weight.


  • Making Money on the Internet - What is Bum Marketing?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Bum Marketing is a term used by some Internet marketers. It means free marketing, marketing that does not cost money but may cost you some time. And, as they say, time is money. Most businesses take an investment. That is often true of Internet marketing too. But you can learn to market on the Internet in ways that will not cost you one dime. Some folks who have been marketing for a long time never pay to market the products they sell. Here is how they do it.


  • Internet Marketing Mistakes - How Beginners Fail
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] I've tried to make a buck or two by Internet Marketing. Well, I have made a buck or two. I just haven't got rich. You can earn a supplemental or full income in this business. Discouragement comes when you don't earn money and many quit before they get started. Those that overcome their mistakes and persevere learn to earn. Here are some mistakes that I have made and seen others make.


  • I'm Fat Again! Got a Pocket Note Pad?
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Weight is a problem for fat old men like me. It is being overweight that I'm talking about. And I am over weight again-and me an experienced dieter too. It is all the blame of the harsh Idaho winter that kept me indoors too much and the fact that I own a computer. Yes, I did get on my treadmill and my pushy-pulley muscle building machine al a Charles Atlas dynamic tension where you make your muscles work your muscles. It didn't help.


  • Make My Vote Count - Dump the Electoral College
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] I feel that we should have a democracy in the United States instead of a republic. I want my vote to count on every issue and that includes having it count in a presidential election. The electoral college prevents that.


  • What Are the Real Questions the Candidates Should Be Answering?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dumb are the energy and job candidates. And they are both very religious and have good hearts. Neither looks like presidential timber to me. The do-nothing-don't-give-a-damn-about-the-American-People congress represent two identical political parties both stacked with total incompetence and both claiming to be different from "ho hum." These guys are their leaders.


  • Is Your Phobia on the List of All Phobias?
    [Self-Improvement] If you have a phobia, you are not alone. They say that five percent of the population has a phobia. I figure the other ninety-five percent just haven't stumbled on to their phobia. The Anxiety Disorders Association of America focuses on anxiety caused by phobias and other causes. "There, there now."


  • Politics - Swift-Boating Can Save a Campaign Or Kill It - What Will it Do For John McCain?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] The "Swift-Boaters" are on the march. Will this presidential election campaign join the ranks of what U.S. News & World Report calls the three dirtiest campaigns in history? Dirty tactics can win or lose an election. Which will it be this time? We know that slime can win over honesty. It has many times before. John McCain is willing to take that risk.


  • Start Your Online Business at Home
    [Home-Based-Business] This article is about starting a web business, your online business, at home. You might ask, "What do I have to do to start an online business that works? What are the best things to sell on the internet? What is the best internet business to start? This article can get you going!


  • More Reasons Why David Letterman Wears White Socks
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Some time back I wrote and article on this subject. However, Letterman says his socks are not white. Well, they look white on my television set. They must look white to others too or why would he make the comment. I guess they are gray or light blue or such. Who cares? Don't they look silly on a man in a dark Brooks Brothers suit?


  • Make PPC Money Online - A Review of Beating AdWords
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] A few years ago two Canadian young men were working their way through college. Their subject was computer science. They needed money to stay in tool but with time being at a premium, they decided that they would no be able to work part-time jobs on a schedule.


  • Writing 101 - Finding a Topic For That Article
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Writer's block is when you are struggling to find some words to put down on paper. You glare at the white space with absolutely nothing coming to mind. Sometimes you could find words if you could only find a subject. I often have folks ask me how I get articles ideas for my writing. Well, I could just look out the window or poke my finger into my dictionary. Well, sometimes I do just that.


  • Internet Marketing Steps - Make More Money Online
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] This article outlines briefly some steps to successful Internet marketing. It's easy to get clipped on the Internet which leads to discouragement. A good example is not cutting your loses when a PPC campaign falters. Sometimes simply modifying keywords and ads can make a big difference. Google, Yahoo, and MSN and others would like to help you in such a campaign. When you lose, they lose. It just seems like they are your enemy. They will help you to succeed. Many marketers give up just when they are on the verge of success. So, keep a stiff upper lip and keep learning.


  • The All-Star Game Reward - Are You Kidding?
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] It's the end of the season and the Big Bad Swizzers have won their league's baseball championship. The Swizzers won seventy percent of their games and they're ready to play the Merciless Wonders in the World Series of Baseball-who won only fifty-one percent of their games. So who deserves the home field advantage?


  • Congresses' Time Wasting Procedural Vote on Articles of Impeachment
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Will somebody please tell Congress to wake up? We don't need another impeachment proceedings. We need problem solutions. We don't need name calling, we need bipartisan cooperation. The Country Comes First, not the politicians. The American People need to speak up.


  • On Snooker
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Billiards] Some years ago I traveled to England several times a year. To return home, I would catch the train out of Stoke-on-Trent to London to fly out of Heath Row. Occasionally, Dave Harold would be on the train. The first time I saw him I asked if he was going fishing with that long case and all. He laughed and said that it was a pool cue. My associate poked me in the ribs with his bony elbow and told me that Dave was a world-class snooker player. Of course "rubbing noses" with Dave Harold a few times couldn't help but make me a better snooker player.


  • UFO - Will the Yellowstone National Park Super Volcano Blow?
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] The Hack Writer joins Xrytspet in her new FnL9 Time Craft for a visit to the Inchkonval Universe Olympics. We ask God to predicts the next eruption of the Yellowstone Super Volcano. Where are the safe havens? God indicates that maybe No Name Moon (our moon) would be a safe haven. Should there be more concern about the politicians' economics?


  • Are Dogs and Cats in This Recession Too?
    [Pets] Our local rag had an article today on the impact of the current recession, soon to be "depression," on animals. The question presented in so many words was, "Would you give medical attention to your dog or buy one of those bags of dog food you can't lift-before you feed your children?" More cats and dogs come up for adoption every day. Reasons why you should adopt a dog. Reasons why you should adopt a cat.


  • Obama - Can Your Kids Speak Spanish?
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Obama said our kids should be bilingual. Not a bad idea if we want to communicate better with our neighbors and other countries across the seas.


  • Art Instruction Schools Review - Can You Draw This?
    [Reference-and-Education:Vocational-Trade-Schools] Can you draw this? You have seen the ad in magazines and on match book covers. The ad is from the Art Instruction Schools founded in 1914 to train engravers for the United States Mint. The school offers a basic art course which covers everything from color to cartooning. You will learn how to design, draw, paint, and even how to draw your own mug. I have finished the course and I'm waiting for the final exam to arrive in the mail. I completed the course in half the allocated three-year term. Move over Charles Schultz. Well, I am an old man. My review follows.


  • The PPC Dilemma - Getting Over the Hump
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Advertising] If you fail at PPC, your search engine does too. They want your money but they want you to also make a profit so that they can continue to make a profit. They offer helps to beginners plus vouchers to help pay the startup cost. Are you using their helps? WordTracker, Wealthy Affiliate University and others also provide good instruction in keyword selection, ad writing and site design.


  • Can You Use ClickBank For Big Dough?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Internet marketers sell ClickBank® and other products to earn big dough on the Internet. Can you? If you are cautious about your money by usually leaving PPC to the experts, you can make a reasonable income. The best way may be to writer articles of interest to Internet marketers and promote your products in the source box. The cost is just your time.


  • Will McCain Or Obama Be Better Than President Bush? - Would Hillary Have Been Better?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] If Hillary is no longer a choice, who will be better than President Bush? Well it be War Hero John McCain or the flamboyant Barack Obama? You get to choose.


  • John McCain Must Look Presidential?
    [News-and-Society:Politics] I'm not talking about being "Presidential", I'm talking about "Looking Presidential." As John McCain walks through America's factories, he looks tired, perhaps exhausted, even bent over. The campaign has been long and there is still a big row to hoe. Does he have the endurance to finish the race? Well, we old folks have to pace ourselves.


  • To Tim Russert on Passing
    [News-and-Society] Tim Russert was like an older brother who was looking out for us. He stripped greedy and unethical politicians to their ugly core. To others, he showed compassion and understanding. He was part of America and we miss him.


  • Can You Save a Buck Or Two at the Supermarket?
    [Finance:Personal-Finance] How can you save a buck or two at the supermarket? I went to the grocery store in our berg this morning and found that I had left my wallet at home. What happened is that my bulging wallet was stuck in my pocket and I decided to work it out of the pocket and drop it back in again.


  • You Said What? God Bless You, President Bush!
    [News-and-Society] President Bush praised the Democratic Party for strongly supporting both a black and woman as presidential candidates. There are many threats to America, one is cruelty and another is greed. Even though cartoonist and comedians are still cruel and always will be, the American People have become more tolerant.


  • Do You Love and Respect Old Glory?
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] Flag Day is on June 14. I fly the flag everyday of the year, weather permitting. Do you know how to pay proper respect to the flag? Do you know the history of the flag? Well you should. Now let's all fly and respect Old Glory.


  • Our Blood is Red
    [News-and-Society:Military] The Red in our flag is for the blood of those who served. Brave men and women fought in WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and Iraq, to name a few. Do you fly the flag in your yard?


  • Campaign 2008 - Everything is Moving Along So Nicely
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Have you ever seen such a fouled up presidential race? Trouble, trouble, trouble. The Hack Writer vents his spleen.


  • Cobbler the Easy Way and A Dumpling Update
    [Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Here is an easy and wonderful way to make cobbler. Also, I accidentally discover more about Mrs. Mullins' Swedish dumplings. I think I've got it!


  • UFO - Alien Spacecraft Trapped in Triton Orbit
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Xrytspet dropped by and showed me a stranded spaceship in a Triton orbit. She sent it into the sun.


  • Prepare to Cook Tasty Quick Meals
    [Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] In this day and age, folks are "flying." Some get home from work all tired out and have no one to cook for them. Old folks are light eaters, except for some fat old men like. We want something fast and easy even if we have to cook it ourselves. And we want it to taste good. But to cook fast we must be prepared.


  • UFO - Xrytspet Drops By for Thanksgiving Dinner
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Xrytspet from Fanton in G10009845788899990766 flew in from who-knows-where in the FnL7 Time Craft. She brought Silzrack along and I was glad to see that he had recovered from his illness that caused him to leave our planet. He was exposed to the virus ZYMV- which is devastating to watermelons. They stayed for Thanksgiving Dinner.


  • Lessons For Life - The Ten Commandments For Our Age and I Propose a Few More
    [News-and-Society:Religion] Moses dropped down from Mount Sinai with The Ten Commandments engraved on stone tablets. Wondering for 40 years in the desert, the Israelites seemed to have time to get into mischief. Well, we still seem to be wondering so here are the Ten Commandments and a few more that I propose. What would you add to the Big Ten?


  • The More Than 10 Commandments of Internet Marketing - 20 in Fact
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] If you put "The 10 Commandments of Internet Marketing" in your Google search box, you will find many web pages listed. Craig Lock of New Zealand will be there. I decided that a more comprehensive list of commandments was needed placed in sequence and leaving out things like Don't Ignore Your Family.


  • Economics 101 - The Sky is Falling! Ouch!
    [News-and-Society:Economics] Deficit spending by families and government brings problems. Everybody knows that. But the problem has hit home sooner than expected. Many Americans thought that money grows on trees and that things would continually get better. Isn't that what the current administration has been saying? They spent far beyond their means, purchasing houses bigger than they could afford, buying a plethora of unneeded things. Well, we have lots of cows here in Idaho and you-know-what is hitting the fan.


  • Genealogy - America's Great Immigrations
    [Home-and-Family] If you look at the 1990 United States Census you will see the country of origin of some new generation Americans and the year of their immigration into the United States of America. America is mixture of many nationalities. What were these immigrations and when did they occur? You may already know about the Irish Potato Famine. Read on!


  • Genealogy - Did Grandma Have a Grandma?
    [Home-and-Family] I know nothing about my four great-grandmothers. If my grandmothers mentioned them, I don't remember the details. So what if I wanted to find them? Could I do it? I could search census records, marriage records, death records, immigration records, and family records. That would be a lot of work, right? Let me tell you what is going on right now. Rather than ordering microfilm of old records, these old records are being indexed. That way, you will be able to find your ancestors quickly with a simple computer search. You can index too. Have some fun and learn about the human experience.


  • How Does Jay Leno Do It? Imus Got Fired!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] I watched Jay Leno last night, as usual. (As you may know, I watch the first half of Leno and then I switch to the Late Night Clown, David Letterman.) Leno was as crude as Imus ever was. He constantly walks that thin line between decor and the garbage dump. He was racial, and when talking about Appalachia football players, he was downright insulting. It's good they were not black women basketball players.


  • We Amongst the Animals - How Great Are We?
    [Kids-and-Teens] We humanoids think we are at the top of the evolutionary chain and superior to other critters. Is that true? Hmm! Let's start with the brain. Anything you (they) can do, I (we) can do better. The race continues.


  • The Hack Writer Becomes War Movie Critic - Well, Not Really
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] The Hack Writer writes about critics, criticism, and War Movies. What is your favorite war movie?


  • Utah Mine Disasters Then and Now
    [News-and-Society] My grandmother's first husband was killed in the Scofield Utah mine disaster on May 1, 1900. As many as 250 were killed by the explosion and carbon monoxide. The death of this man changed the history of our family. The emotions felt by those who lived during that disaster live on with those of us now living who were not there because we lived with those who were there. We mourn for the families of those trapped and those who have died or were injured trying to rescue them.


  • Science Questions From Kids - Why Is The Sky Blue?
    [Kids-and-Teens] We all have questions about the world around us. Here are some common questions and current answers. Why the sky appears blue. Why the sun looks larger in the morning and evening. The depth of the ocean. How the moon was created. How the universe formed. The biggest mountain in the solar system. The world's highest tides.


  • America - How Do We Stack Up?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] How does America compare with other nations on important and trivial issues? Not too great according to Pocket World in Figures published by The Economist Magazine. What do we need to do to improve our country so that it truly could become the greatest country in the world not only in production and finance but in more important matters?


  • Hack Writer Report - Golly Gee, We Still Can Learn from Karl Rove and Tim Donaghy
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] You just think you know everything and then you learn more from the media. Here are a few thing we have learned just in the last few days: Why Karl Rove was canned. How Tim Donaghy placed his bets just knowing who the referees would be. Watch out, Hillary!


  • Writing 101 - Publicizing Your Book or Novel
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Once a novel or book is published it must be publicized to gain sales. (If you self publish a book of history for your immediate family, there is no problem. You just give them a copy and you are finished.) If you have a publisher like Random House, they will handle the publicity for you. You may have to go to book signings or appear on radio and television shows to hype the book, but much of the arranging and scheduling will be handled by the publisher. If you self publish, you may be on your own.


  • Writing 101 - Why Didn't I Write This Before? Maybe You Did
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] The Hack Writer is pretty old. That's why I often repeat myself. But is that all bad? Those of us that write for the Internet are always looking for ways to expand an article or to break it up into a number of separate articles. That is because the more articles you publish, the more Internet exposure you get. Print writers do the same thing. Here is how that works:


  • President Bush - Congress Get Off His Back
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Congress remembers Vietnam and wants our troops out of Iraq. They are very impatient because the American People want our troops home. Few are strong enough to resist the force of the masses. The President has created a mess-but he can not leave things that way. He has to resolve the situation. He must defeat the terrorist on this battleground. If he does not, Iraq may become like Afghanistan under the Taliban. Like Iran, another dictator will arise and things could become worse than under Saddam-if that is possible.


  • UFO - The Hack Writer Invents the Gravity Screen
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Watching Xrytspet from Fanton in G10009845788899990766 levitate - plus Silzrack, her assistant, along with the FnL7 Time Craft - and the fact that she will not tell me how she does it, drove me to invention. My invention is the GRAVITY SCREEN which I'm sure many would find useful. For example, placing the gravity screen on the sidewalk in front of your house - allowing your mother-in-law to walk on it - will screen her from the earth's gravity field. Giving her a nudge with a broom handle will send her off to parts unknown if you think beforehand to put glue on the gravity screen which will hold it firmly to her shoes. I am in no way suggesting that you actually do this.


  • Mystery - Murder by Media
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] The fact of the matter is that Princess Diana is dead because of the media. She is not the only one whose life has been taken or destroyed in other ways by the media. Of course, the media didn't want the Princess to be dead. But they were hungry for what she had-her personal life-and they paid big money to the paparazzi for photos of Diane, especially if she was making love on the beach. Right now we are watching the destruction of Paris Hilton, a 26-year-old raised in a luxury hotel with her sister in New York City. Paris is immature, perhaps a spoiled brat, and she is being destroyed by the media.


  • UFO - Xrytspet's Report to Zoodnock on Louocksplieol in G200765
    [Kids-and-Teens] When Xrytspet brought her C-971L7B into my pickup when I first encountered that intergalactic sprite, I transcribed some of the code using the C-971L7B itself to do the transliteration from Xrytspet's native tongue used on her home planet Fanton in G10009845788899990766 to Spanish. This happened by accident because I would have wanted the transliteration to be into English used on my planet Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy.


  • Amateur Radio: God Logs in to the "What’s New in the World" Hf Net
    [Kids-and-Teens] When I left AZ several years ago, I sold all my HF gear but kept my 2-meter rig. So, I was flipping around on 145 MHz and I heard, "This is GOD1 listening!" To my surprise, I was talking with God. The coming typhoon and how it delays Kenwood® production.


  • Humor - Advice for Newlyweds
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] My granddaughter got married in Illinois so we hopped in the car and emptied our pocket book at a dozen or so service stations along the way. My discovery of an extinct cousin of the pine beetle. My advice to the newly weds.


  • What's Happening to Our Bee Population? My Measures with the 3M Company to Save the Honey Bee
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Bees are disappearing like flies! About twenty-seven percent (27%) of all we eat is pollinated by bees. Alfalfa is pollinated by bees. That is what our Idaho cows eat. No cows, no milk! While our entomologist are trying to find out what is going on I suggest some precautionary measures in case the bee demise is being caused by disease. One is my joint effort with the great 3M Company to design a tiny bee mask using their industrial mask technology combined with their little-sticky-note technology. My ingenious bee mask dispenser.


  • Starting And Operating Your Internet Business
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] Starting an Internet business is one thing. Actually earning an income for your new business is another. Despite what many Internet ads say, it is not easy to earn money on the Internet. It takes knowledge and skill and perseverance. Skills, such as traffic generation, must me learned one skill at a time until you have success with each one, even though small. Altogether, things can add up to decent profits.


  • Lessons for Life - Much Ado about Imus
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Don Imus used rapper and comic talk to describe a group of black basketball players. The words he used were defamatory and down right rude. Nobody would have noticed if he said those same words on the Daily Show or Comedy Central where filth abounds. Don Imus used the words to describe the young women of the Rutgers University Basketball team that played for the national championship. Although the words were said in Don's usual drown, they were picked up by the media and microphone-grabbing black activist. Indignation roared! How to avoid another fiasco.


  • Three Great Enchiladas From One Basic Recipe
    [Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Enchiladas are good but a little variety helps. Here is how to make chicken, steak, and cheese enchiladas all at the same time. Oh, did I forget pork?


  • Hack Writer's Advice to Presidential Candidates - Look Dumb!
    [News-and-Society:Politics] You don't want to look like the average Joe if you want to be president—one who is knowledgeable and wise. No, that won't work. You've got to look dumb like Ronald Reagan and George Bush II, crooked like Richard Nixon, or darn right ugly like Abraham Lincoln.


  • How to Lose Money on the Internet - Do As the Hack Writer Does
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Most of we Internet business folks like losing money on the Internet. If we didn't lose money all the time, we would be out of business. Yes, over ninety percent of we Internet business folk-lose money. It's just part of our business and we can't expect others- like our wives-to understand that. Oh, some take the fun out of Internet business by actually making money. These effete snobs are called "gurus." I know all of the gurus (well, not personally) and they all know me. They have MY money.


  • Writing 101 - Writing the Keyword Article for the Internet
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Writing for the Internet can give an author exposure that he or she would not otherwise obtain. Such articles can drive traffic to the author's web site. The effect can be maximized by publishers picking up the articles and republishing them on their web pages or in their ezines. Blogging and pinging article abstracts and titles can increase writer popularity. The selection of popular keywords for use in an article can attract more readers. This article should not be considered a blatant attempt to increase the writers popularity even if it is.


  • WARNING - UPS Uniforms Purchased on Ebay and OTHER HOAXES and Legends
    [News-and-Society] Did you get a message that Homeland Security reported a large increase of UPS uniforms on eBay? Homeland Security says it isn't so. It's just one of many fake emails that gets by our friends and are forwarded to us. An example of an urban legend about actor Lee Marvin is given.


  • Writing 101: When an Article Doesn't Pan Out or Don't Kick a Dead Horse
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] I had two great article ideas this morning. They usually come to me in bed but they are not always great ideas. They did not pan out. What to do when your article idea flops. How to generate a new article idea.


  • Have A Very Boring Day
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] We humanoids thrive on excitement. We are right now in the middle of March Madness when exhausted basketball teams put everything on the line to get into the Sweet Sixteen, the Final Four, and the Championship Game...blah, blah, blah.


  • UFO - Big Foot Arrives Early on the Snake River
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Phontos, or Big Foot, the last of the Chicans, arrived early on the Snake River this year. He knows Bobby Fischer, the chess great. Their chess scores. The best way to preserve a footprint made by Phontos.


  • Avoid Direct Mail Gifting And Other Pyramid Schemes - Why Such Programs Fail
    [News-and-Society] Here is my illustration of a current pyramid scheme. You get a letter that says, "I am an attorney blah, blah, blah. Then there is an illustration of how somebody got rich doing what the attorney said. That is giving a gift which "is legal." (Well, giving a gift is legal but a pyramid scheme is not.) I add a special instructions letter to make the program more acceptable to the disbelievers. Why all such schemes fail.


  • Humor - Sex Helps for Old Men
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Old men are interested in sex. You can be sure of that. The interest in sex starts before grade school and never stops-for old men. Things to do when Viagra is out and Enzyte doesn't work.


  • UFO - The Kringstrot Cyphloodon
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Xrystspet, against my will, takes me to the Kringstrot Cyphloodon. God is an entry and we have a chat.


  • A Scathing Article on the Current Administration
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] All nations weaken with time. Sometimes the collapse is dramatic as with the Soviet Union which was predicted by my father. The present administration has created a major chink in our armor. Will we have a second Great Depression? What can we do to prevent it?


  • Pomegranate Chicken Soup
    [Food-and-Drink:Soups] Chicken is always good. It cooks fast and I've never seen one soul that wouldn't eat it. I guess there are such folks. There is always somebody who dislikes fish, turnips (me), asparagus, parsnips (me), and artichokes. But I've never met a chicken hater. As good as chicken is, it can be made better by marinating the critter. Gary Jennings tells us in The Journeyer what the Persians did in the day of Marco Polo.


  • Writing 101 - Using Novel Writing Software
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] A beginning writer can use novel writing software as a guide to his first novel. An experienced writer can use novel writing software to keep track of his characters, places, and objects. Research can be done on the Internet as the novel comes forth and the results can be stored using the software.


  • UFO: Xrytspet Shows Me a Universe with a Yellow Glow
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Xrytspet from Fanton in G10009845788899990766 dropped in to see me. I was still angry with her for saying she was pregnant just so she could steal my Omaha Steaks from the freezer in the garage. She invited me on a tour of space but I was too angry to go. I went anyway. I had no choice in the matter.


  • Writing 101 - Character Motivation Requires Research
    [Writing-and-Speaking] If your characters are not motivated (driven), your writing will be boring to your reader. Note that I said, "reader", not "readers". The only reader will be you!


  • The Stock Market Is Not Always Nice: What To Do When the Market Plunges?
    [Investing:Stocks] The Hack Writer gives a hint as what to do when the market drops like lead shot in a vacuum. it's bargain hunting time. Which "good" stocks are now paying a higher percentage return because of the drop in price?


  • Dark Energy: The Hack Writer Reads Scientific American
    [Reference-and-Education:Science] I've always liked cosmology probably because my father often talked about it. The February 2007 issue of Scientific American has an article by Christopher J. Conselice entitled "The Universe's Invisible Hand." Christopher is an astronomer and Lecturer at the University of Nottingham. He was at Cal Tech until recently. Christopher explains how dark energy took control of the universe's expansion and actually increased the expansion rate. Now that I have just figured out what dark energy is and since it goes along with my origin-of-the-black-hole theory, I decided to make a fool of myself and tell the world.


  • What Little I Know About Submarines
    [Kids-and-Teens] Submarines fascinated us during World War II. Germany U-boats decimated convoys carrying vital war supplies to England. Our U-boats preyed on Japanese shipping, even daring to infiltrate Japanese homeland ports. World War II submarines were crewed by heroic men. Thousands on both sides died in the depths of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.


  • Ways To Overcome Stress
    [Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Stress comes into our lives daily. If the news doesn't do it, work or family problems will. Debt is a major stress generator that can cause bankruptcy or divorce. Stress can also motivate us to great achievements. Even then we must realize that we are human. We can live a very active but stress free life is we plan our daily activities properly. On yard sales and earning extra income.


  • UFO: Big Foot - Phontos the Last Chican
    [Kids-and-Teens] Phontos (Big Foot to you) and I are good friends as most of my readers already know. I've explained in my articles that Big Foot is the last of the Chicans. I review his characteristics and habits. Despite our efforts to find Big Foot a mate to guarantee the propagation of his DNA we have failed to do so. The Snake River Big Foot Association's plan to preserve Big Foot.


  • Writing 101: Setting And Characters - Who Did That Where?
    [Writing-and-Speaking] In novels, both characterization and setting are extremely important. These items are often treated separately by those who like to tell us how we should write. However, the characters must fit into the setting in one of two ways: The character was born and raised in the setting or the character was imported into the setting (by the writer).


  • Writing 101: Can You Write A Joke?
    [Writing-and-Speaking] Can you write a joke? Starting from an existing joke might help. We’ll give it a try with five bar jokes. Then it's your turn!


  • Dear Dr. Hawking: Questions About God and the Universe
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Philosophy] Dr. Stephen Hawking is one of our best-known cosmologists, a person who studies the universe and develops theories to explain its creation. Dr. Hawking suffers from a debilitating disease, is in a wheel chair, and speaks with a special computer. You may have seen him on television at times. I have asked Dr. Hawking for answers to universe questions before and I got an answer from his staff. I have some more questions for Dr. Hawking but first we must explore the universe a bit.


  • Three Famous Blondes all Dead: Marilyn Monroe-Jayne Mansfield-Anna Nicole Smith
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] On the sad news that Ann Nicole Smith had died in Florida, I naturally reflected on Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield. Rules to prolong the lives of celebrities.


  • Bob Hope: Don't Shoot, It's Only Me!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] I've read the book "Don't Shoot, It's Only Me!" by Bob Hope and Melville Shavelton. One thing that I gleaned was that Bob Hope, although he had to pay them out of his own pocket, hired a boodle of writers. It was impossible to accomplish what Hope did without the writers.


  • Things on Television We Can Do Without
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Television clutters our lives with many things we just don't need. As a public service, to simplify our lives, I've made a list of television shows and channels that we can absolutely do without.


  • How and When the World Will End
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] The Mayans and Hopi Indians knew exactly when the world will end. We have the date! Here is how it will come about.


  • Humor-The Funniest Article Ever Written!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] There's no ham in hamburger! No egg in eggplant. Why isn't a herd of moose a herd of meese? You know, mouse and mice? Read on!


  • UFO: Xrytspet Pregnant
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] I learn that Xrytspet is pregnant. She lays seven purple bouncing eggs on my garage floor and stores them in my freezer where I keep my precious Omaha Steaks®. I take off to birdwatch on the Snake River leaving Xrytspet and her brood behind. A BIG surprise when I get home.


  • Internet Marketing: Are You Just Fishing
    [Business:Marketing] There are a number of ways to promote on the Internet. Some are better than others. Which ever methods you use it is best to have a niche market so that your efforts can be focused on buyers, not the general population. A niche market cuts out major competitive blocks.


  • Hunting and Fishing: I Gear Up for Ice Fishing
    [Travel-and-Leisure:Outdoors] I decide to gear up for ice fishing and make a site visit. Big Foot not spotted this time. Needed equipment and its cost. I'm waiting for spring.


  • Humble Beginnings: Ideas for 2008 Presidential Candidates
    [News-and-Society:Politics] The humble beginnings of many of our presidents helped to get them elected. John Edwards, the lawyer millionaire, likes that idea. Did you know that his father was a mill worker. I’ve studied some of the candidates and wrote some suggestions to help them in their presidential campaign.


  • Politics: Let's Stop Family Presidential Dynasties
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] The law restricting presidential term limits was good for the Republican Party and probably good for the country. President Roosevelt served three terms and part of a fourth term before he died during World War II. I can see the Republican's dilemma. When would they get their turn? More dangerous to our society is what I call the FPD, a Family Presidential Dynasty where the same family pumps candidates in to the presidential race. Two doing that now are the Bush and Clinton families.


  • Platform Ideas: Suggestions for 2008 Presidential Candidates
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] As I reported earlier, I (Taylor Jones the Hack Writer) have withdrawn from the 2008 election even though I was first to enter. The reason is there is a plethora of candidates. However, I have decided to give the candidates a hand as I did in my article Presidential Slogans: Ideas for Presidential Candidates. In this article I relinquish the rights of my platform ideas to the current candidates.


  • Why Must the Democrats Solve the Iraq Problem? Did They Create It?
    [News-and-Society:Pure-Opinion] Why Must the Democrats Solve the Iraq Problem? Did they create it? The media and the administration says that the Democrats do not have a plan. Well they do. It is the same as that of some Republicans, the retired generals and the public. The plan is simply to get our troops out of Iraq as quickly as possible.


  • Presidential Slogans: Suggestions for 2008 Candidates
    [News-and-Society:Politics] I'm withdrawing my name from the 2008 Presidential race. I hate flying, riding in buses, and working. It would be worse if I were elected. And the field is too crowded! I'm staying involved in the race. I've decided to give important advice to the candidates. The first thing a candidate needs is a slogan like Ike’s "I will go to Korea!"


  • Condoleezza Rice: Did She Deserve Jon Stewart's Vulgarity
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Condoleezza Rice is an intelligent and well-educated woman with talent and experience that made her President Bush’s choice for Secretary of State. She is a hard-working and diligent person and not a sex object for Jon Stewart to debase. She does not need Jon Stewart's sexual service because she is childless. Jon Stewart has gone too far. He needs to apologize to Condoleezza Rice.


  • I Go Ice Fishing and Find Big Foot Stranded on the Ice
    [Kids-and-Teens] I find Big Foot stranded on thin ice. My valiant rescue.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 10: The Pottery and Whitewares Defect Table
    [Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] After writing the series "Ceramic and Pottery Defects" I decided to prepare a table of Pottery and whitewares defects to help ceramic engineers, ceramist, and potters resolve defect problems. Using table along with the ten (10) articles in the series and the article "Ceramics: Notes on Glaze Formulation and Firing" can help solve pottery and whitewares problems.


  • Whoops! Another New Year Resolution Broken - I Contact Warren Buffett and Bill Gates
    [News-and-Society] We make 'em and we break 'em, New Year's Resolutions that is. Start your list for 2008 now so that you can practice keeping them during the year. I get suggestions from Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Well, now that we know the secret, let's get rich!


  • What? I Agree With President Bush II About Something!
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Those members of congress that got elected or reelected by not hooking up with President Bush must stick with their opinions and not support him on anything that has to do with Iraq short of pulling out our troops. Well, I live in Idaho where almost everybody agrees with President Bush, I don't work for a living, I am too old to care much about what others think, and I am cantankerous. So if I want to agree with the President just this once, I can, and nobody will care.


  • Idaho State Number 5 - How Did Those Losers Get In The Top 5 - It's Official - Idaho State Is First
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Football] How did those two-time losers USC and Michigan get ahead of Boise State in the final football pole? The top 3 should have been Florida, Boise State, and LSU. And wasn't it Auburn that put Florida to sleep during the season. So it was early in the season. So what? It was in the season. My top five is now official: Florida, Boise State, LSU, Auburn, and USC. Oh, what the heck. Boise State is first. My top 5 is now more official: Boise State, Florida, LSU, Auburn, and USC. Now, don't you feel a lot better? Darn! I left Oklahoma out. It's Boise State, Florida, LSU, Oklahoma, Auburn, and USC. Sorry USC. I still love you.


  • Christmas: What Do the Three Wise Men Mean to You
    [Home-and-Family:Holidays] The Three Wise Men were Balthasar, Gaspar (or Casper), and Melchior. I suggest that the Tri Cities be renamed after them. If only there had been a fourth name invented by the Middle Age folks, we could name the Quad Cities after them, which would have been closer to the middle of the country. Dick Cheney was raised in Casper, Wyoming but he was not born there, nor was the city named after one of the Three Wise Men. Merry Christmas from Taylor Jones, the hack writer.


  • T’is the Season to be Jolly! Next Year We are Sending Money!
    [Home-and-Family:Holidays] T’is the season to me jolly! So on the best shopping day of the year, the day before Thanksgiving, we took off for Wal-mart with a list a mile long of what are 32 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, and our 5 children and their spouses don’t need. After wrapping all the gifts and spending a small fortune to ship them to four different states, I swore as I do every year: Next Year We’re Sending Money! My great Christmas projects.


  • Why We Can't Win The War Against Terrorism
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Terrorist are special interest groups often supported by governments but not recognized by those same governments. In Washington we are expert in dealing with such groups. They have powerful attorneys that bully us and bribe us but we talk things out and resolve problems - perhaps too often in the favor of the special interest groups. Unless the terrorist gain some way to communicate with governments, other than by killing innocent people and themselves, this war will rage on forever.


  • Writing 101: Getting an Idea for a Children’s Story
    [Writing-and-Speaking] The hard thing about writing for children is to find an idea that would appeal to a child. If you remember that everyday things are what most children’s books are about, you will find it is easy to get started. I took a story idea from this morning’s classifieds and wrote the story in this article. You can do it too!


  • Why We Go To Garage Sales
    [Travel-and-Leisure] Old people go to yard sales to buy stuff they can sell at their own yard sells at a loss. This presents a social structure that we all can enjoy. Oh! Yard sales are a great place to practice your Spanish. Hasta la vista


  • Stop Driving and Start Drinking
    [News-and-Society:Politics] We can put up with all the crap in this world because we are used to it. What we can’t put up with is the exorbitant cost of gasoline. It’s driving us to drink!


  • Big Fat John Diet: Jogging for Old Men
    [Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] I mentioned in past Big Fat John Diet articles that I had to increase my exercise after my weight first stabilized in order to lose more weight. I decided to lose more weight and to reduce exercise-time at the same time. I would jog.


  • Marilyn Monroe: The Cover-up
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Did you watch the television special last night (August 1, 2006) on the death of Marilyn Monroe? Well, what did you learn? I learned a few things that I already knew as OBVIOUS TRUTH.


  • My Presidential Slogan: I Shall Go To Korea!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] I decided the reason my presidential campaign never got off the ground during the last presidential election was because I never had a slogan. For this campaign I will not make that mistake again. I took immediate action to find a slogan. Okay! So I'm not a serious candidate although the editors of EzineArticles.com took it that way and rejected this article on the first submittal.


  • Avoid Telephone, Direct Mail, Mail Order, and MLM Promotion Company Scams
    [Home-Based-Business:Network-Marketing] The world is full of people and organizations promoting illegal scams by mail, telephone, Internet or e-mail to suck your hard-earned money out of your pocket, bank account, or from your credit card account. There are also unprofitable ventures for home business operators. Here are a few of them.


  • Jokes For Jay Leno: Celebrity Jokes
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] I've noted that Jay Leno is still hurting for jokes. This is the third of my helpful articles providing original jokes to poor Ol' Jay. This time I've decided to use one of Jay's favorite topics, celebrities.


  • Big Fat John Diet: Rules To Follow
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] I decided to formulate a few rules for those who decide to try the BFJ Diet. Losing weight is no fun but the results can be satisfying to those who overcome their own desires about eating and succumb to the facts of the matter which are these: Obesity is not good for your health. Obesity is not good for your appearance. Obesity is not good for your reputation. Obesity is not good for you PERIOD.


  • On Running For President: The Platform of Candidate Taylor Jones, The Hack Writer
    [News-and-Society:Politics] I decided that since I was running for President of these United States that I would need some kind of a platform. Here it is for starters.


  • I Get A Letter From Dear Abby
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] I get a letter from “Dear Abby” asking for help. I try to give her a hand. She issues a complaint.


  • Great Breaking Presidential News: Taylor Jones, The Hack Writer, Announces His Hat Is In The Ring
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Taylor Jones, the hack writer, has thrown his hat into the presidential race. His plans are far reaching.


  • I'm Saving To Get My Gold Sports-Star Necklace!
    [Recreation-and-Sports] Sports stars look pretty much the same on the field so it's hard to tell which ones are the multimillionaires. Even the umpires and referees are better dressed than the players. So how do you tell how rich a professional athelete is? You look at his gold necklace.


  • Professor Hawking: Have You Gone Out of Your Mind?
    [Reference-and-Education] Professor Stephen Hawking says that we must move on to another planet in a different solar system. Hold on there! Is the universe ready for the human race?


  • To Tiger — With Love and Splendor
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Golf] We offer our love to Tiger Wood on the loss of his father. We all must deal with death. But the dead keep giving. Read some of the sympathetic messages he has recieved at his site.


  • How to Lose One Pound a Year: BFJ Diet Second Follow-up
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] I promised that I would follow up again on the Big Fat John diet plan. I’ve dropped from 222 pounds to 199 pounds in ten weeks. I still eat normally once or twice a week, not only to stay on my diet, but to lose weight. I try to make sure I getthe nutrition I need. As I said last time, at my present rate of weight loss I’ll disappear late next year.


  • Do Old People Stink?
    [News-and-Society] DARPA wants a people sniffer to detect bad guys. They must still be working on it. DARPA also likes rats that can crawl where dogs can’t go to find earthquake victims and more bad guys. Evidently we are critters that stink.


  • The Chattanooga Choo Choo and Three Little Fishes
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] Do you remember when music was fun and folks sang silly songs? Here are two songs you can download or sing. Maybe you will be inspired to actually visit the Chattanooga Choo Choo.


  • The Blitz Is Back: Habitat For Humanity
    [News-and-Society] Habitat for Humanity’s Blitz program gives new meaning to the word Blitz. Blitz to those of us that lived during World War II means "rapid destruction." Blitz to Habitat for Humanity means "rapid construction." Jimmy Carter swings a hammer for Habitat. So can you!


  • Exactly How Strong Is That White House Fence?
    [News-and-Society] A man tried to scale the White House fence. He carried plastic bags which contained no explosives. Well, it was easy for me to surmise what was in those bags. But how strong is that fence anyway?


  • Mystical Beast: I Meet a Manticore or Manticora
    [Kids-and-Teens] I catch a mystical beast in my garage. He had a human head, a lion’s body, and the tail of a scorpion. His voice did not fit his body at all, being like a small trumpet and pipe played together. He was hungry. I fed him a large bowl of my precious Wheaties®. While I was identifying him at Dave’s Mythical Creatures and Places, he disappeared. I set a trap for his return visit.


  • 9/11: Where is Osama bin Laden?
    [News-and-Society:Politics] We've been hunting for Osama bin Laden since 2001. Searching the mountains of Pakistan has not worked. I still say he is in Mecca but nobody listens to me. My nosey neighbor asks me questions about Osama. He thinks I know everything. Well, at least he's right about that.


  • How to Tell Alligators from Crocodiles
    [Reference-and-Education] I found an amazing report on the Internet. Almost one thousand Japanese soldiers were killed by crocodiles on the island of Ramree when they retreated across a mangrove swamp trying to escape from the British Navy. Can you tell a croc from a gator?


  • What Ever Happened to the Side-Hill Troggler?
    [News-and-Society:Politics] When I was a kid, we talked about such things as the Side-Hill Troggler. This species is missing in more than one way. I couldn’t find it on the Internet. Read about its extinction. Also read about the-one way thinkers of the Bush Administration. Do we need to call the World Wildlife Fund?


  • Jumping (to death) off Idaho's Perrine Bridge
    [News-and-Society] BASE jumping is fun especially in Idaho where the bridges cross the mighty Snake River. We’ve had a number of injuries this weekend. A Canadian man is in intensive care and a California woman is in the Great Beyond. Should these free-spirited jumpers be banned from jumping in Idaho? Some think so. Most just think they should be a bit more careful.


  • The Last Time I Saw Paris
    [Travel-and-Leisure] I looked at the popular keyword searches and decided to write an article on Paris Hilton. After a bit of study I decided to take a look at the Eiffel Tower instead. You can see the world through web cams.


  • How to Tell a Man from a Gorilla
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] You can't always tell a man from a gorilla, can you? Well, there are some differences. My definitive reply to my question: How can you tell a man from a great ape?


  • The Unfinished Eagle
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] My granddaughters, who are staying with us for a few days to avoid a virulent strain of flue, challenged me to write this article. Well, let's have a few laughs. It's been a circus ever since they got here. World War II rages.


  • That Terrible Ivan had Syphilis
    [Kids-and-Teens] Ivan the Terrible was the Fourth Russian Ivan. He was the very first Tsar of Russia. He was born in August 25, 1530 and passed on to the Great Beyond on March 18, 1584. Ivan suffered from syphilis. About syphilis and its treatment. An Ivan the Terrible joke.


  • That Dirty Rascal Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin
    [Kids-and-Teens] There is still interest, even fascination, with that dirty would-be-monk, Rasputin of Siberia, who captivated the grand-daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, Alexandra, who happened to be the bride of Nicholas, the Tsar of Russia. Learn about Rasputin's life and childhood.


  • It's Time to Prove Bertrand Russell Wrong: Christians Awake!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Philosophy] Bertrand Russell in his "Why I’m Not a Christian" essay, speeches and books states that the Christian Churches hinder rather than improve the social condition. Where that is true we need to change.


  • Pope Questions God on Birkenau: Why, Lord, Did You Remain Silent?
    [News-and-Society:Religion] Pope Benedict visited Poland to follow in the footsteps of John Paul II. During World War II, the two popes served on different sides. Benedict was conscribed into Hitler’s Youth movement and served in the Wehrmacht. At Birkenau, the Pope asked God not to allow the holocaust to happen again.


  • Jokes for Jay Leno 02: President Bush
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] This is the second in a series to help Jay Leno find jokes for the Tonight Show. We focus on news about President Bush.


  • Jokes from the News for Jay Leno 01: Police Jokes
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] I decided that Jay Leno needs all the help he can get so I wrote up a few jokes from the news. The first jokes in this Joke for Jay Leno Series are Police Jokes.


  • Lessons for Life: Corporate Crime; What Happened to those Boy Scouts?
    [Business:Ethics] Some of the most talented people in our society are in trouble with the law, some serving time in federal and state prisons. Some are waiting to be sentenced for crimes of which they have been convicted in courts of law. From my experience, those who succeed temporally in life started from a spiritual base. They were raised in good homes and benefited from neighborhood, church, and school leaders. Many were Little Leaguers and good Boy Scouts. Now they are in trouble and their families are disgraced and humiliated. What went wrong?


  • Direct Mail 03: The Message
    [Business:Marketing-Direct] In the previous two segments of this series we mentioned methods of contacting potential customers by classified and print ads and also the stationary used in direct mail contact including the use of postcards. In this article we give some hints on what is called copywriting or the art of selling your stuff.


  • Direct Mail 02: The Stationary
    [Business:Marketing-Direct] The first article in this series focused on Direct Mail and Mail Order with emphasis on classified and print ads and on mailing lists. This segment considers the value of the stationary that you use to sell your message to potential customer.


  • Direct Mail and Mail Order Techniques 01: Classified Ads and Mailing List
    [Business:Marketing-Direct] This is the first in a series on Direct Mail and Mail Order. In mail order, the potential customer is first contacted by classified or print ads to gain an inquiry. The prospective customer is then mailed a direct mail package to obtain the order. In direct mail, the potential customer is mailed the direct mail package cold soliciting his or her order.


  • Memories: Jimmy Hoffa Visits Coors
    [News-and-Society] In 1962 James Hoffa visited Coors in Golden Colorado. Hoffa had placed an embargo on Coors beer and Coors in turn sued Hoffa for ten million dollars. Hoffa then came to Golden, Colorado and made a show by attempting to organize the employees of Coors Porcelain Company. I was an engineer at the porcelain plant.


  • Humor: What to Tell Your Wife and What Kids and Game-Show Contestants Say
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Stock answers to your wife can save you time and explanations. Some funny answers that kids gave on science tests. Some funny answers given on England’s Family Fortunes which is the equivalent to our Family Feud. Why you should get a horse and build your herd.


  • I'm Thinking about Taking a Luxury Cruise: Early Planning
    [Travel-and-Leisure:Luxury-Cruising] We all dream of taking a luxury cruise, don't we; off to Alaska or Bermuda? Are we not tired of hearing those glowing reports from those who have been on a cruise? Well, it's our turn! We need to do some planning.


  • Old Wife's Tales You Will Find Handy
    [Kids-and-Teens] Our old world would be a pretty boring place without are superstitions. Everybody should have some. Old Wife’s tales are good for predicting the future. Nastradamus and the Bible Code are good for predicting the past. What day of the week were you born? Were you a Monday baby and "fair of face" like me?


  • English National Language: Our Senators Shows their Racial Bias
    [News-and-Society:Politics] I can't believe how trivial and bigoted our government has become. Read on!


  • Let's Conserve: Gasoline Doesn't Grow on Trees
    [Automotive] Need help on keeping your money in your pockets instead of in the pockets of Fat City oil executives? Here are some resources to help you conserve gasoline and reduce your driving expenses.


  • Top Ten Reasons David Letterman Visits the Hello Deli and Rupert Jee
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Dave Letterman likes to get out of the studio when he is not tied down to his desk. He escapes to Rupert Jee’s Hello Deli.


  • Bush War III: Protect our Borders
    [News-and-Society:Politics] We should have known what the President was up to invading Iraq. It was simply to train our troops for Bush War III: Protect our Borders. Here is what I think we should do so that Jose can keep cutting my lawn.


  • Five-Minute Oyster Stew
    [Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Here is a fast way to make oyster stew that tastes like oyster stew.


  • UFO: First Snake River Man Expedition
    [Kids-and-Teens] I reported that I had seen Snake River Man. I organized a watch society to study the habits of the creature. Here is my report.


  • How to Lose One Pound a Year: BFJ Diet Follow-up
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] I promised to tell you if I got back on the Big Fat John diet plan. I did and I’ve dropped from 222 pounds to 204 pounds in six weeks. Why you must eat normally once or twice a week, not only to stay on your diet, but to lose weight. How to make sure you are getting the nutrition you need. At my present rate of weight loss I’ll disappear late next year.


  • Profanity: The FCC Must Just Love It!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Why can't we keep profanity and pornography off our television channels and radio stations? Is there something that the FCC doesn’t understand about its responsibilities? Dump your television sets now! Some families in the west have already done it.


  • What Sex Means to Old People: Funny Things They Say
    [Relationships:Sexuality] Sex for old people can be a chore rather than a pleasure. They have to warm up to it gradually. Physical elements and physiological changes can turn a sexy adult into a sexually dormant old man or old woman. It takes work to keep the sparks of romance flying. Here are some of the things old people say.


  • UFO: Snake River Man
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] I was fly-fishing a pond above the Snake River when I spotted Snake River Man. Big Harry, the hermit, invites me up to his cave.


  • The Amazing Library of Congress
    [Reference-and-Education] The Library of Congress began in our nation’s capital in 1800. Now it is located in three buildings on Capital Hill. You can use the LOC to do your homework or research that project you are working on. You don’t have to go to Washington DC to do it. Do it from your computer wherever you are. Read on!


  • Tom Hanks and Opie
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Likeable but serious performers and directors, Ron Howard and Tom Hanks have entertained us for decades. They are together again in the Da Vinci Code.


  • Bird Flu: What Can We Do About It?
    [News-and-Society] My Ph.D. is in engineering, not medicine but Bird Flu is a public issue and I get to add my two cents. I’m sure if I get sick, my doctor sons will do what can be done to help me. Who will take care of you? History of the Spanish Flu. Some things that could help.


  • UFO: I Long to Again Traipse Around on Mars
    [News-and-Society] Xrytspet explains to me what happened to the Martian Federation. They went extinct without the internal-combustion engine.


  • Dastardly Deed: Who Killed Rufus the Friendly Wild Turkey?
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Rufus was a wild turkey who liked to hang around the parking lot of the Jacques Spur Junction Cafe up here in Idaho. Rufus found the food to his liking there and people would come out of the cafe with their little "Turkey Bags" and feed the tidbits to Rufus. Then Turkey Season opened for Idaho hunters.


  • Traveler Warning: Those Deadly Jelly Fish
    [Travel-and-Leisure] Box jellyfish and other such critters are not friendly to humans. Why should they be? They are not friendly to any other creatures. They simply shoot out venom when stimulated to do so. Some of these tiny critters, too small to notice while swimming, wading, or surfing, have the most toxic venom in the world. Travelers to Australia in particular, be aware of your surroundings down at the beach.


  • Stem Cells: The Fountain of Youth
    [News-and-Society] Stem cells will change our lives. What are stem cells? What are the objectives of stem cell research? Read on!


  • Albert Einstein: How to Have Deep Thoughts
    [Self-Improvement] Albert Einstein had the amazing ability to stay engaged in one thought until resolution produced a new theory or law of science. As we get older, we loose our ability to stay focused. We carry a lot of baggage in our minds to distract us. Some of us suffer from ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder). Here are some thoughts on how to improve our concentration and effectiveness.


  • When You are at the Mall, Don't Forget to Pick Up Your Pet Elephant!
    [Kids-and-Teens] Elephant populations are declining as human populations expand and drive them out of their habitats. It’s against the law worldwide to own a pet elephant. We need to change such laws so that we can pickup our pet elephant at PetSmart and save then from extinction.


  • Are Military Tribunals Fair?
    [News-and-Society:Military] Historically, situations have been such that the government bypasses the jury system guaranteed to protect American Citizens. A military tribunal is organized to expedite punishment to those being focused on. The results have been mixed.


  • Fire Ants and Killer Bees
    [Travel-and-Leisure:Outdoors] Invasive species raise havoc with ecosystems. They destroy crops, animal life, native plant life, and anything else that gets in their way. The costs of their destruction and prevention costs to our economy are terrific. Fire ants and killer bees are dangerous to humans. The fight goes on.


  • Leptospirosis: Rat Urine and Soda Can Lids
    [Health-and-Fitness] A report on the Internet says that a Texas woman died after a weekend fishing trip. The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis. The suspected sourse was the lids of soda pop cans that were contaminated with rodent urine. What the disease is, who's at risk. How to treat and prevent it.


  • UFO: Loch Ness Monster Sighted in Colorado
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] What is that creature the Scotts say they are seeing every other day in Loch Ness? Xrytspet takes me back to see the Western Interior Seaway in the Cretaceous Period. A huge meteor ruins the trip.


  • UFO: The BFRO Bigfoot Sighting–Bigfoot's Reaction
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Xrytspet reported that Cindy Keep Seeking, a Native American member of BFRO, spotted Bigfoot at a yard sale. The members of the only scientific organization studying Bigfoot didn't believe her. She became angry and quit! Bigfoot's reaction.


  • Writing 101: Research that Novel
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Everything in your novel must be consistent within the time period and setting. You can do basic research on the history of the areas used in your scenes and settings. Good advice is to also read in the genre in which you are writing. It’s a fast way to do your research. Your characters must “ring true” to the situations you put them in.


  • Paul Newman Clobbers Jay Leno in Second Great Race
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Paul Newman romped over Jay Leno in their second great midget auto race. Newman showed his fast reflexes, his great driving ability, and his like for his canned dog food. Leno showed lack of response, lousy driving, and a very lackluster performance.


  • Lessons for Life: How to be Humble
    [News-and-Society:Religion] Some of us look for aggressiveness in our children. We think that it will help them to succeed in life. It also will make you proud when your son scores a touchdown or makes the "All State" debate team. But have you noticed that some of the greatest athletes are humble, that some of the greatest intellects are humble, and that some of the greatest leaders are humble?


  • Should Moussaoui Die for 9/11?
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Zacarias Moussaoui may have lied to a federal agent which, according to jurors, allowed 9/11 to unfold in all of its gruesome details. My question is can we believe what Moussaoui says? Let’s make sure he is not just crazy.


  • Deja vu: The French Revolution
    [News-and-Society:Politics] France with all their diplomacy and the reputation of being the best diplomats in the world are losing control of their country. The situation is similar to that in our own country where big government and big business are so tightly entwined that they are strangling the people.


  • Massachusetts Health Insurance Plan
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Hillary Clinton and "All the King’s Men" couldn’t do it but the State of Massachusetts did it with out too much fuss. I’m talking about the new health insurance plan of course.


  • The Great Mexican Deportations
    [News-and-Society] When I was born in January of 1932, another great event was taking place. The United States Government was invading the homes of Mexican Americans, scaring the hell out of their kids, rounding the families up like the Germans did the Jews, Poles, and others during World War II, and shipping them all back to Mexico without even their personal possessions.


  • Geena Davis Commander in Chief? No! Amelia Earhart? Yes!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Too bad the beautiful and talented Geena Davis was cast as George Bush II instead of Amelia Earhart. The quicker Commander in Chief disappears from our television screens the sooner we can get Geena into her proper role.


  • March Madness: A Study in Hype
    [Recreation-and-Sports] How were your predictions for the final four? For the NCAA championship? Well, your predictions were as good as the sportscasters. Such hype!


  • Tornado Hits Idaho: Spuds Still Okay
    [News-and-Society] We drove through Hagerman, Idaho yesterday on our way home from Seattle. We later learned that a tornado hit there the evening before. Not like Iowa but scary to the cows, horses, chickens, and some folks.


  • Katie Couric: NBC's Enormous Lose, CBS's Great Treasure
    [News-and-Society] Katie Couric, the highly respected television personality, is leaving her morning show to become the first sole anchor of a major evening news program. Let’s hope that the grind does not rough her polish.


  • Barry Bonds: Let's Get Off His Back!
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Baseball] Some years back Baseball banned steroids. They have tested their players for steroids ever since. So why the current investigation? Is it just because some guy wrote a book?


  • Free at Last: Jill Carroll Returns
    [News-and-Society] Jill Carroll is free! The courageous journalist is home with her twin sister, Katie, and her loving parents. This is a family that we can all be proud of.


  • ROI: False Conclusions
    [Business] Managing technology can be difficult, especially if there are question about an unproven technology, one that has performed well in pilot operations but had never been tested in a large manufacturing operation. As new technologies come available, management must evaluate how their competition is responding to technology breakthroughs.


  • All Cats are Not Human
    [Pets:Cats] That little kitty of yours that likes to sneak out and eat field mice and song birds is just practicing what comes naturally. He’s a natural stocker, one of the carnivores. His cousins in the wild can be down right nasty. Some are man-eaters.


  • The Beginning and the End Times
    [News-and-Society:Religion] There are lists of prediction of the end of the world on the Internet. Early Israelites tried to interpret the creation of the world and the universe according to Egyptian and then Babylonian science. Man was supposed to take care of this planet and the living things on it. We should stop thinking about the end of the world and begin fulfilling our destiny to make this planet a garden where creatures can live in peace.


  • Stay Away from Non-medical Steroid Usage
    [Health-and-Fitness] Weigh lifters, baseball players, football players and other athletes want to perform at their highest possible level. Some took steroids before they were banned by their sport. Others may still be taking them. The negative health affects of steroids.


  • Yahoo: How Many Spiders Do You Eat While Sleeping?
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Blogging] I was reading my mail at Yahoo when I saw the question which ended up in the title of this article. Being of a scientific nature I decided to check things out.


  • What Kids Do - What I Do
    [Home-and-Family] Old bears still run and some still climb trees. Old zebras still run like the wind. Old whales still swim thousands of miles. We humans must be an inferior species. We can’t do what our grandkids can do.


  • What! No Computer?
    [Computers-and-Technology] My wife doesn’t think computers are indispensable. How she got me out to the flower beds.


  • Are You Overly Anxious?
    [Health-and-Fitness] I go back to the Psychology Today site to see if I have any disorders other than the one I caught there last week. I learned that OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, is part of anxiety. How to tell if you are overly anxious.


  • Recipes: Fluffy Cheese and Other Omelettes I Have Known
    [Food-and-Drink:Recipes] You can fluff up your omelette by using a high-speed mixer to pump air into it. A suggested site for good omelettes. My favorite omelette is made at the Roosevelt Tavern in York Pennslyvania. It's their yummy crabmeat omelette.


  • Writing 101: The Perfect Article
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Writing a magazine or Internet article requires some skill but editing can cover a multitude of sins. Some considerations when dealing with editors.


  • Ceramics: Notes on Glaze Formulation and Firing
    [Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The old man thinks about glazes. Despite all the information on the Internet on glazes, he puts in his two bits.


  • World Wildlife Fund: Where Have All those Animals Gone; Long Time Coming?
    [Reference-and-Education:Science] The World Wildlife Fund continues to support research and other activities that will prevent the extinctions of plant and animal species. They focus on the larger species because that automatically protects other "umbrella" species. Give some dough to WWF. You will know that you are protecting yourself.


  • Writing 101: Those Sexy Poets
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Romance has always been a big thing with poets. Here are some of my favorites. Can you write your own poem having a romantic slant? Well, I couldn’t resist.


  • What the President Can Do to Improve His Low Ratings
    [News-and-Society:Politics] The president has horribly low ratings. I make suggestions to help pop them right back up to where they were when he liked them.


  • Mel Brooks is Crazy!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Mel Brooks is crazy because he got into a bad crowd. I’ve proved this by doing genealogical research.


  • Hats Off to Psychology Today !
    [Reference-and-Education:Psychology] Psychology Today told me I had OCD. OCD is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. This is an invented disease that many people now seem to have resulting in increased therapy revenues. Fortunately my case was mild. I cured myself.


  • Quick Frozen Veggie Chicken Cheese Soup
    [Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Here is another of my fast recipes. I used canned meat and frozen vegetables for this one. In ten minutes I had soup. My wife liked it so you get the recipe.


  • What Old People Can't Do
    [News-and-Society] We old folks are often given impossible task. Marketers, newspapers, cable television companies, news channels, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, etc., all absolutely hate us. Things we can’t do.


  • How to Stop the Sixth Extinction
    [Reference-and-Education:Science] Extinction periods occurred 65, 210, 245, 370, and 480 million years ago. They occur every 35 to 145 million years. Let’s see; isn’t that another extinction period coming up. Dr. Niles Eldredgem thinks so and he tells us why.


  • Why I Hate Remedy Research
    [Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Is vitamin E good for your heart? Will apricot pits cure cancer? The statistics say yes. The statistics say no. Well, how do you read statistics anyway? The bottom line is that the statistics must be correlated with properties and mechanisms proven by true science.


  • What We Shop for: Customer Service
    [Business:Customer-Service] J.C. Penny had a big sale last weekend. I got my stuff and I got wonderful service. Customer service is still out there folks!


  • More Yellowstone Wolves Leak into Idaho
    [Travel-and-Leisure:Outdoors] We now have over one five hundred wolves in Idaho. Each of these eats at least twice a week. That is at least 100 times a year. That means that about 50,000 critters must die to feed them. That’s why Idaho elk hunters are mad as heck. The above statistic may not be accurate. I’m only guessing.


  • Queen Boudicca Fights the Romans
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Did you watch Queen Boudicca fight the Romans on the History Channel? She looked very nice in her Christian Dior dress. Her arm pits were shaved like all good Iceni tribe women. You could see a slight white trace of underarm deodorant so we know that Queen Boudicca was not as barbaric as Tacitus said––or was she?


  • Linus Pauling—Scientist for the Ages
    [Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] This article will lead you to the real article with this title. Everyone should read about the only person to ever obtain two individual Nobel Prizes. I've been taking gobs of vitamin C this winter to prevent colds and sore throats. My Idaho grandkids and their parents have suffered all winter but I've avoided the cold thanks to Dr. Pauling. I met Dr. Pauling years ago. I ordered his book on longivity because he was still running around airports at age 93.


  • What I Found in My Beard This Morning
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] My beard has been bugging me so I decided it might be getting warm enough to shave it off this morning, which I did. I found those flies I dropped last summer.


  • I Can't Stand It!
    [Kids-and-Teens] The Idaho Farm Bureau Quarterly prints puns and blond jokes in this issue. Ugh! I like the regular manure jokes myself.


  • Advertising: Is There Nothing New Under the Sun?
    [Business:Advertising] Use this chart to improve your advertising campaign. It’s old but timely.


  • Procrastination: I’ll Get Right on that Tomorrow
    [Self-Improvement:Motivation] I finally got around to writing an article on procrastination. Some tasks that you can practice on.


  • My Regiment Fights in Mosul, Iraq
    [News-and-Society] The First Battalion of the 17th Infantry has been serving in Mosul for over six months. This regular army outfit moved from the cold of Alaska, where they served for a number years, to the cold and dust of Mosul.


  • Marilyn Monroe in Korea. God Bless Her Soul!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] The “experts” say that Marilyn Monroe was never in Korea. Not so! Web sites say Danny Kaye was not in Korea. Not so! Take if from the men of the 17th Infantry Regimental Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division. They were there! I was there!


  • Richmond: The Bear Facts
    [News-and-Society] Rosalind S. Helderman of the Washington Post wrote about Buster and Baby, two lovely Richmond black bears that were put to death and thrown on the trash heap. We got the story clear out here in Idaho.


  • Laura and George Go to Pakistan to Watch Cricket Match
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Cricket] Let’s browse the news from our local rag. The President and Beautiful Laura. Wolves, elk, and buffalo. Spokane man hijacks bus to go to bar. Rules of cricket. Atomic bomb made easy. Read on!


  • What Makes a Great TV Talk Show Host?
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Do you want to be a talk show host? People often express the desire to stand before a television audience, tell a few jokes, interview a couple of guest, and in general fool around for an hour. I ask you this: Would folks want to pat your bald head?


  • Writing 101: Starting Chapter One
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Writers write! So get your fingers to the keyboard and start moving. I suggest a scene that says something about your protagonist and his or her environment to get started. You can always dump it later when you learn what the story is all about. How I write articles one after another.


  • The Obsessive-Compulsive Person
    [Health-and-Fitness] If you don’t have OCD, I can tell you where to catch it. Are your keys still in your pocket? You didn’t drop them in that crack you stepped over did you? Better check again. Are you sure that parking break is on and your car will not roll down the hill? Better go back and check it. Psychology Today offers help, but do you need it?


  • President Bush's Low Approval Ratings
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Tough problems sometimes have simple answers. Things are so depressing at the White House that the president ran off to India. Can the President solve his problems and leave a legacy? Probably not. Here are my suggestions anyway.


  • Recipes: Chicken Ragu or Alfredo Soup
    [Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Here’s a delicious soup for a cold winter day or for a warm winter afternoon in Florida or California or Hawaii. I do miss Arizona in the winter. Chicken Ragu or Alfredo Soup is so easy to make. I invented it for you. You can do it!


  • UFO: 2024 A.D.
    [Kids-and-Teens] Zeb Washington sees a UFO in his new telescope during the Chinese Occupation of the United States. Mexicans now speak only Aztec. Only the Navajo can understand them and they are not talking to the Chinese either. Pig Latin and the ALK language. The UFO does not bring hope. Zeb decides it would be best to have quesadillas.


  • UFO: The Siberian Shepherd
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] A side story to the Siberian explosion in 1908. Xrytspet says it is a true story. Hey girls, this was written by Taylor Jones, the romance writer.


  • What Not to Include in Your Speech
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Public-Speaking] At one time or another, you are going to have to give a speech. That is unless you can squirm out of it. I tell you how to squirm. If you can’t squirm out of giving a speech you will need guidelines for giving the speech–so you never have to give another one.


  • UFO: I Teach Xrytspet Golf
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Dr. Greenberg, a dendrologist, verifies that the wood samples Xrytspet gave me are gopher wood and acacia. He get’s excited and runs off with them. Xrytspet plays a perfect 18 holes.The difference between Noah's ark and Moses' ark.


  • UFO: Hitler’s Flying Saucers
    [News-and-Society] The History Channel says that there really were flying saucers. Well I’ll be darned. I discuss the German flying disc with Xrytspet.


  • Hunting Safety
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Hunting] I give here a good Internet source of gun and hunting safety rules and I make my own list for firearm and hunting safety.


  • When to Fly Old Glory
    [Home-and-Family:Gardening] Do you know what days to fly Old Glory? Neither do we. That’s why we fly our flag everyday. I dug up a list of days.


  • Trade Partners: Idaho and China
    [Business] We Idahoans are exporters. Out biggest trade partner is China. No, we are not mainly shipping potatoes and grain. Ninety percent of our exports to China are integrated circuits. Learn about integrated circuits here. And you thought we were a bunch of country pumpkins.


  • Economics 101: Triangle Trade
    [News-and-Society] Triangle Trade sounds like a good idea. Examples are discussed in the West Indies and the East Indies. Better not to be Chinese or African in these triangles. Those nasty British must take most of the blame for opium marketing and slavery.


  • Hobnobbing with a Blackfoot Chief
    [News-and-Society] I have a chat with Paul at the Idaho Blackfoot Indian Reservation. Paul's joke. Did the Blackfoot Indians know about supernova? It sure looks like it.


  • UFO: The Chnileieenien Wager
    [Computers-and-Technology:Software] Our ezinearticle.com pool is threatened by aliens. Xrytspet’s plan to save us from the Fonlikors from G78899445 until 2024.


  • The Great Molasses Flood
    [News-and-Society:Economics] It’s good that the Saudi Guards were able to stop the attack on Abqaiq. Let’s hope they can prevent future attacks. If the attack had succeeded, the implications would be dire indeed. I salute the guards that died in the attack.


  • What Really Happened at Three Mile Island?
    [News-and-Society] The President wants to crank up more nuclear reactors. The past has shown are failure to run nuclear operations safely.


  • Writing 101: How to Write an Unknown Article
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Sometimes you want to write an article and you just can't come up with an idea. Well, here is how you can find a humdinger of an idea in minutes.


  • The Horrors of War: Will it Ever Stop?
    [News-and-Society:Religion] I’m against war. Most former infantrymen are against it even though we love to talk about our glorious army days. Manufacturing weaponry is a major economic function on our planet. Our children pay dearly.


  • Population Crisis: Billions to Go
    [News-and-Society:Politics] The earth is over populated and strife will increase if we do nothing about it. I suggest no sex on odd days of the week and during leap year.


  • Who Should Control our Port Operations?
    [News-and-Society:Politics] "Portgate" should be resolved assuming that things will continue to isintegrate in the War on Terrorism. We must not assume that Arab countries that now support us will not be forced to support terrorist activities in the future.


  • Renovations for Improvement on Capital Hill
    [News-and-Society:Politics] We’ve got to fix things in Washington. Well, here are some suggestions.


  • My Week as an Army Cook
    [Food-and-Drink] Cooks get more time off than other GIs. That’s why the food in the stockade is the best around. Too much time off can get a GI in trouble. I tried cooking for one week. Here are the results.


  • When to Wear Your Olympic Medal
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Olympics] Olympians should be proud of their medals. It can be confusing to a new medal winner as to when he or she should wear the medals won. Here are my guidelines.


  • Your Bad Olympic Experience
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Olympics] Are you having an enjoyable experience with the Winter Olympics? I'm glad for you, but what about curling and ice dancing? Why we should have more medals.


  • Flag Day: Will You Be Ready?
    [Home-and-Family:Gardening] Flag Day is on June 14th. Will you be ready to fly Old Glory? Some hints on flying your flag. Types of flagpoles. How to destroy a flag.


  • Winter Olympics: Ice Skating Pointers
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Olympics] Midori Ito in 1989 was the first woman to land a triple axel in a major ice skating championship (the Worlds). So what are triple jumps and what is a triple axel? Will Sasha Cohen land a quadruple in the Torino Winter Olympics? Hints on watching women's ice skating.


  • What Can a Robot Do for You?
    [Computers-and-Technology] Robotics are working in factories. They can lay down a weld that you wouldn’t believe. They can do those hot, dangerous jobs that nobody wants to do. They don't care if the air stinks. But what about robots to perform my daily drudgeries? I need a robot to drive my car so I can watch Humphrey Bogart movies in the back while the robot drives. Also, a robot could shovel my driveway.


  • Come Let Us Lament
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] The sister-in-law of Taylor Jones, the hack writer, asked him to write an article on lamenting. Well, here it is for all you who need to lament at the Wailing Wall but don't have the airfair to get there.


  • Selling on the Internet: Who Said What?
    [Business:Marketing] A wounded reputation can hurt your business. Superior customer service generates favorable testimonials. Use them to promote your Internet or other business.


  • Old Folks Exercise Guide
    [Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Cold weather limits outdoor walking. Here are some suggestions to help old folks get the exercise they need to stay happy and healthy and sore.


  • The Good, the Bad, and the Government
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Taylor Jones, the hack writer, ponders on Presidents Day, the power assumed by Vice President Cheney, the inept Congress, lobbyist, Congressional term limits, and a forest fire or two in Arizona. Oh yes, the Medicare Rx Plan.


  • UFO: The Sentillon Quaduthunk
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Xrytspet from Fanton in G10009845788899990766 tells me about the Sentillon Quaduthunk. Will it endanger earth? A welding incident at West High School in Salt Lake City.


  • Cheney Was Right
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Taylor Jones, the hack writer, thinks that the Texas Shootout was handled by Dick Cheney as well as it could be. If the Vice President were not doing the shooting, we would probably have not heard one word about it. They wouldn't even have bothered to call the newspaper.


  • Writing 101: Getting Intimate
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Readers expect intimacy with the characters in your stories. Leave it out and your reader will grab a sandwich from the fridge and flip on the TV.


  • The Charge of the Light Brigade
    [Reference-and-Education] What do you know about the Charge of the Light Brigade? Here is a pop quiz.


  • A Note from Jose Caliente: White House Informant
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Jose Caliente shows the Vice President a back way to his office. Jose gives the Vice President advice on talking to reporters about the hunting accident.


  • Let's All Go a Curling!
    [Recreation-and-Sports] Taylor Jones, the hack writer, pontificates on the Olympic sport of curling. He is distracted by the Westminster Dog Show. There is to be no smoking or cussing during curling. The Golden Labrador won the Sporting Group.


  • Should Same-Sex Couples Marry?
    [Relationships:Marriage] How do we guarantee the rights of same-sex couples living together sharing property? Marriage guarantees certain rights. Same-sex couples have to go to their attorney. Removing the assumption that all same-sex couples are homosexuals or that homosexuals are engaged in sin will help. These assumptions are too often incorrect.


  • My Fourth Interview with Jose Caliente: White House Informant
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Jose says the Vice President never drinks while hunting. Jose is boning up for the White House Press Secretary Job.


  • Dick Cheney Shoots Game Birds and Wealthy Attorney
    [News-and-Society] Dick Cheney caused a hunting accident that injured Harry Whittington, a richer-than-most of us Texas attorney. Was a 28 gage shotgun the correct weapon? Poor Scott McClelland was on the hot seat again. Poor Scotty.


  • Scientist Wipeout Half of Endangered Pupfish
    [Reference-and-Education:Science] The pupfish population in Death Valley is at a low ebb after a scientific disaster that killed half of an endagered species. The remainder are not sexy anymore. Can the endagered pupfish be saved?


  • Goodbye Garden of Eden!
    [Travel-and-Leisure:Outdoors] The Conservation International expedition to the Foja Mountains of New Guinea found a Garden of Eden. How long will it last now that its been discovered?


  • Things Old Men Shouldn't Do
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] I'm always getting myself into some kind of exercise that I should have steered clear from. That cost me time and money and deprives me of being a lazy old man.


  • Nothing is Smarter than a Winter Housefly
    [Reference-and-Education] I thought we had them beat. It is February and we again have one of those high-IQ winter houseflies buzzing around in our bathroom. Well, here are some suggestions on how to get rid of smarty winter houseflies.


  • The Super Bowl 2005-2006: Iron Men and Girlie Men
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Football] Did you see those Iron Men on the football field yesterday? Two great teams. What were those “girlie men” doing out there at halftime.


  • On Her Passing: A Way to Remember Coretta Scott King
    [News-and-Society] Coretta Scott King suffered from three of the main five killer diseases. Her fight against cancer ended in Mexico. What we can do in her memory.


  • Why I Have a Beard
    [Health-and-Fitness:Mens-Issues] For freedom from daily shaving and to put the conservation effort to the forefront, grow a beard. You will love the little birds that perch there eating the crumbs you accumulate while eating. Women can make money growing beards. They should try Rogaine


  • Set Term Limits on Congressmen Now!
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Here’s a plan bound to be unpopular with Congress; set term limits on all congressmen and senators. Nobody could serve more than 12 years.


  • Recipes: Who Says You Can't Make Enchiladas?
    [Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Enchiladas are easy to make. They don’t always turn out the way you remember them from the Mexican restaurant. Try this easy recipe. Enjoy!


  • How to Behave at the State of the Union Address
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Two citizens with proper credentials were booted out of the State of the Union Address. Well, I think it was their own fault. They should know better than to wear T-shirts to an important State Function. Hillary, please don’t smirk. Condoleeza doesn’t smirk.


  • Come to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] This is the time of the year for cowboy poetry. There's not that much too do until spring. Are ya' goin' to the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada?


  • Attack on Amona: Jews versus Jews
    [News-and-Society] When the migration to Israel started, some of the immigrants probably now wish they had stayed home in Russia or Bulgaria where they would not be persecuted. Well, they were told to get off the West Bank. Now they are in trouble with the Israeli police.


  • UFO: A Bride for Bigfoot?
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Xrytspet tricks me into getting a sample of Big Foot’s DNA.


  • Business Ethics: How to Stay Out of Court - Can You Look Your Kids in the Eye?
    [Business:Ethics] I guess you know they had "Ethics Training" in the White House. That's because of corruption at the highest levels of government and business. The President needs to send the White House Ethics instructor over to Congress. Honesty must begin with you. Let's teach our kids to be honest and hope that the present generation of thieves passes quickly. Some suggestions for business folks.


  • It's Time to Exempt Me From Income Tax
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Do you think old people should have to pay income taxes on pensions and such? I don’t. I think that President Bush will agree. Why I love the IRS. Really! They’ve always been good to me.


  • The Only Horoscope Reading You Will Ever Need
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Our leader asked that we write about astrology. I decided to solve the problem once and for all. This article will give you all you will ever need astrology wise.


  • Things You Can Do to Live a Lot Longer than You Think
    [Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] My paternal grandfather lived until he was 95 or so. My parents both died at age 88. Yet I’ve had uncles and cousins die much younger from heart disease. Medicine has kept me alive along with a fine young pig that gave me his aortic valve. Despite your genes you can live longer by following some rules. There have also been breakthroughs in gene therapy. If you are young or old, you can live longer. That’s my theory and I’m stickin’ to it.


  • How I've Come to Love President Bush II
    [News-and-Society:Politics] George Bush II has had negative ratings, but they will go up again after his State of The Union Address. I try to tell you why I think this is so. Boy, I wish I could write that address to give Congress a piece of the President's(my)mind.


  • Writing 101: Setting
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Setting can make or break your story. Here’s what it is all about. Well, almost. I’m a writer not an English teacher.


  • Writing 101: I Can't Write Limericks - Can You?
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] I’m not good at writing limericks but I do love to read them. Bennett Cerf, the great writer and publisher said that he judged the winner of his limerick contest by throwing out all the indecent ones and keeping the one that was left. So, I hope as you go through this text, That your humor will not be hexed. May all of your days, Be filled with bright rays, Our discussion of limericks is next.


  • A Letter to Americans: Is Freedom Slipping Away?
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Taylor Jones, the hack writer, tells what he thinks about our country and politics. He still is lamenting over the cruel treatment of Harriet Miers. On the invasion of Iraq and the White House Cartel. A needed change in the Presidential and Congressional Oaths of Office. How Congress should perform their duties. Why we need more than two political parties.


  • How to Lose One Pound Each Year
    [Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] The government is in its usual tizzy about obesity. The health nuts want us to look like George Bush. What’s good for George is good for all of us. Just ask him. Anyway, obesity is dangerous. You could end up with diabetes or coronary problems. Here’s my weight loss plan.


  • Brides: Picking Your Fine China
    [Shopping-and-Product-Reviews] Fine china is a major purchase. Make sure you do it right. Here are some hints to improve your selection process plus hints on how to take care of your china.


  • Those Crazy Football Rules
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Football] This is big, the final games of the playoffs and Seattle and Pittsburgh are going to the Super Bowl. My wife now likes football. We lived in Pittsburgh and our son lives in Seattle. Most boys like football and never stop liking it. What I don’t like are some of the silly rules. Let’s take a look at them right after I stop gabbing.


  • Help Your Child Belong
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] Children need bonding. If you don't provide it, they will search until they find it. That may be in a gang rather than the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. If your child needs help seek professional advice.


  • Unsafe Things Some Kids Do in Automobiles - Don't You Be One of Them
    [Kids-and-Teens] Hey, Teens! Drive carefully, don't distract the driver if are not driving, have your car checked for safety, let up on that gas pedal, slow down for that turn, don't drive too close to the vehicle in front of you, obey the traffic laws, and live longer. Have you got that seat belt on?


  • Lessons for Life: How to be a Grandparent
    [Home-and-Family:Grandparenting] In days of yore grandparents often lived with their grandchildren. That allowed the creation of good bonding between grandparents and grandchildren. Now days many loving grandparents live long distances from all or some of their grandchildren. Being a good grandparent is more difficult. We have to work at it.


  • Bush War II: Twenty-Dollar Meals
    [News-and-Society:Politics] We continue to live in a world of stupid decisions that are costly in lives and resources. Anthony Eden was Chief British Dodo Bird during the Suez Canal crisis. Are Tony and George his products? Cheney decided that troops could be better serviced by companies such as Halliburton during Bush War I. Right after he set this plan into action he left government and joined Halliburton. Watching the PBS documentary on Halliburton, I’m all for having McDonalds replace Dick Cheney’s Halliburton for military service logistic operations.


  • How to Flop in Direct Mail and Mail Order
    [Business:Marketing-Direct] Most everybody I know in Direct Mail and Mail Order has failed, especially early in his or her career. In fact failure stories sell tons of stuff every year. I’m no exception to failure mode. In fact, I’m still very good at it. It seems to succeed you must have experience in failure. It’s best to learn how to fail early. As a public service I tell you how.


  • I Write A Love Article
    [Relationships:Love] Can a woman of 86 years fall in love? Well, my friend did. They say that love has no bounds.


  • UFO: Geoglyphs How and Why
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Xrytspet attributes the Geoglyphs to Pulog the Gigantic. Pulog was last seen on Centelous in G10009845788857. That was in 29054 Centelous Equatorial Time. You can never believe Xrytspet. Silzrack finds water.


  • Cover Letters and Resumes: What's Hot and What's Not
    [Business:Resumes-Cover-Letters] There are several skills needed to find a job. Some of these take place before the interview. A precise but inclusive resume must be prepared. A study of each employer and possible positions in the company will better prepare you to write the resume. Different employers or job opportunities might require different resumes. The cover letter is to introduce you to the company. It is not a resume. At the interview, you must listen to the interviewer and show interest. His first impression will be what he sees. Wear a conservative suit or dress, comb your hair, shine your shoes. Your resume should not be all inclusive. Discussion is what you want.


  • Tattooed: To Be or Not to Be?
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Tattoos] Tattoos are fun at first and not so fun later when your belly tattoo of Betty Grable turns into the lady in "When the Fat Lady Sings." Piercing has become more offensive to us Idaho folks than tattooing. Combining tattooing plus multi-piercing of body parts is now popular here. Some considerations if you are about to get your first tattoo.


  • Mobile Video Systems I Have Known
    [Automotive:Mobile-Audio-Video] Now days, many SUVs, vans, and station wagons have a video system. Some even have them up where the driver is sitting where he can watch it as he speeds down the Interstate. I have a system in my late 1996 GMC conversion van. It consists of a VCR player and a television set. I haven’t watched it since 1997, but my grandkids have.


  • Our Leader Request Specific Articles: Mobile Audio and Video
    [Automotive:Mobile-Audio-Video] I discover what I’ve been calling the "Super Auto Boomer" is really the Kicker KX-Series KX2500.1 1-Channel Amplifier - 2500W RMS x 1 @ 2-ohm. They have them on Blue Lakes Boulevard in Twin Falls, Idaho if you want to hear one of these babies. Where ear protection.


  • Exciting Words for Your Ads and Promotion Copy
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Copywriting] Just as passive words and helping verbs can drive your ad or promotion copy to the depths of your readers wastebasket, action words can excite your readers and skyrocket your sales to the moon. Well, if not to the moon at least to your breakeven point.


  • Writing 101: The Short Story
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] I’m not a short story writer. I prefer to write one of my hack poems for the short stuff. Also, I like to ramble which is better suited to my novels. I often think about writing a short story but I never do. I do love reading short stories. Will you write one for me? Here are some ideas to help you get started.


  • How to Watch Leno and Letterman
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Let's face it. Late-night talk shows can bet pretty routine and boring. So what should you do while you are watching it? Well, you could crochet an afghan. I give some other ideas.


  • Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., Women, and Minorities
    [News-and-Society:Politics] The Senate hearings on the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito, Jr. show the fear of the leaders of minorities and women's rights groups. Judge Alito has integrity and ability. He also is a conservative in the Bush mold. The question is not what he would do if he were confirmed. The question is: What will he do when he is confirmed.


  • Don't Embarrass Your Dog
    [Pets:Dogs] Dogs, like people, have feelings. Don't embarrass your dog.


  • Lessons for Life: Will Paying Tithing Make You Rich?
    [News-and-Society:Religion] Will paying tithing make you rich? Probably not, but all tithe payers say it brings blessings. Getting wealthy depends on financial and business laws. Paying tithing can help you learn to manage your money which is a requirement for financial success. You will be blessed and so will those who are in need and require your help.


  • Judge Samuel Alito, Jr. : He will be Confirmed
    [News-and-Society:Politics] I’ve been taken in by Judge Samuel Alito, Jr. I like his style and I think that his confirmation will not be as one-sided as some would think. Yes, some Democrats will vote for him thinking they could do worse. Well, maybe only the Republicans will vote for him, but does that matter? He’s still in.


  • On Abortion and Judge Alito
    [News-and-Society:Politics] I rant and rave about abortion, the Constitution, how disgraceful the Congress was with Harriet Miers, Judge Samuel Alito, Jr. and the Supreme Court, the Bill of Rights and how it might be fixed for our age, and other things I know little about.


  • What Old Folks Think and Do
    [News-and-Society] Old age brings new traits to old folks. We sleep less and complain more. We live in the past. To protect ourselves we become cantankerous. I can’t remember the other things we do that I wanted to mention here.


  • The Revenge of the Red Hot Mouse
    [Home-and-Family] A New Mexico man threw a mouse he caught in his house into a fire out in the yard. The mouse caught on fire, ran into the house, and destroyed the house and furnishings. How to handle those house and garden pests.


  • Dumplings: Another Stunning R & D Breakthrough
    [Food-and-Drink] I overcome my hang-ups and try cinnamon role dough dumplings on soup. In a dumpling emergency, I had no other options. Wow! Desert was cinnamon role frosting on graham crackers. Yum!


  • Don't Let New Postal Rates Put You Out of Business
    [Business:Marketing-Direct] The USPS has done it again. How will the new postal rates affect your business? You will have to think about what you are doing. Don't give up without a fight.


  • UFO: I Chat with Big Foot
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Xrytspet takes me to the Yeti Confutation. I chat with Big Foot.


  • Why We Like Dogs Better Than People
    [Pets:Dogs] No greater love has any dog than yours who bites your mailman's leg.


  • The Song Writer and the Poet
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Longfellow, Percy French, and Robert Service wrote poetry and song lyrics that even a child can enjoy. Simple in theme and in vocabulary, they have a rhythm that grabs the reader and makes him read on. We have chosen a serious poem from Longfellow. The rest is very funny.


  • Why I Have a Horse
    [Pets:Horses] Yes, I have a horse. In Idaho, it is best to have one of the critters. Why? When you’re old, retired, and have your spouse as your boss, you will understand.


  • How to Hide from Sudoku
    [Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Sudoku has gone crazy! Everybody seems to know about this trivial pursuit. A 9 x 9 matrix has missing ijs (missing elements) that number from 1 to 9. Nine sub squares contain all nine numbers, as does each full-length row and column. On completing a Sudoku, you will know that you have created nothing, learned nothing, and that you must solve another Sudoku.


  • Why Television Football is No Fun
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Football] Do you remember when watching football was like going to the game? Now it’s agonizing pain. Much of the coverage is weak and lame. Here are why things are not the same.


  • Don't Forget Superman: Christopher Reeve
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Christopher Reeve died in October of 2004. He had suffered from paralysis due to an accident that broke his neck. After the accident, he did all that he could to promote research to help those so suffering. He formed the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation to support medical research. When you contribute to the foundation, you will help Christopher Reeve reach his dream.


  • The Long Sales Pitch: The Internet Guru's Sales Letter
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Internet-Marketing] The characteristic of all the Internet gurus is their long sales pitch. What are the objectives of the sales letter and how do they reach their goal to get you to click on the Buy Now button?


  • How to Live without Your iPod
    [Computers-and-Technology:Personal-Tech] Once you own an iPod you can’t live without it. It stores your music and pics and replaces a life of work with one of entertainment. What to do if you get separated from your iPod for more than ten minutes.


  • UFO: I Chat with the Real King Kong
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Xrytspet takes me to Skull Island to chat with King Kong. Out interpreter is Jonathan Hawthorne. Xrytspet deceives me. She speaks Kong.


  • Crossing the Rubicon
    [Reference-and-Education:Languages] English is an idiomatic language. The words in a phrase have a different meaning than the phrase itself. For example, the phrase At Night All Cats are Black does not mean that that yellow cats turn black at night. What does it mean? It means that in the dark all ladies are pretty. Read on!


  • Why Do Folks Watch Birds?
    [Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] Bird watching is an enjoyable individual or family pastime that can be started any time in life and can be practice under many conditions. If you can’t get to the birds, you can have the birds come to you.


  • What I Learned at the Minneapolis Airport: Plant Them Turnips!
    [Travel-and-Leisure] I spent a good part of last Monday sitting around in the Minneapolis Airport. Turnips! That’s what I learned about from some Nebraska farmers. Plant turnips with your corn and oats. After the harvest, when you turn the cows out into the field, they will be able to pull up the turnips, gobble them down, and get fat with a more nutritious diet than from corn stalks or oat straw alone. I’ve got to get this farming news back to Idaho. My granddaughters wedding.


  • Steer Wrestlin' in the Snow
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Las Vegas has the big rodeo every year but that doesn’t give those of us that are too old for rodeo competition much chance to exercise. So up here in Idaho, we do a little rodeo ourselves while we’re waiting for the boys to get back from Las Vegas.


  • I Can't Write Jokes but You Can Become a Standup Comic
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] I can’t write jokes. The process is lost on me. However, I found a site where you can learn to write your own jokes and become a standup comic. Enjoy!


  • 'Tis the Season to do Something for the Down and Out
    [Home-and-Family] This is the time of the year when we should care about the needy, widows, widowers, people in nursing homes, etc. You can’t do something for everyone but you can for someone. First, put yourself in their shoes. I offer suggestions or you and your family.


  • Some Ship Wrecks We Have Known
    [Travel-and-Leisure:Cruising] Many thousands have lost their lives in shipwrecks. Here are those that caused over 1000 to die in a single event. Was the Titanic the most costly in human life?


  • Give a Bird a Home; Leave a Legacy
    [Home-and-Family:Gardening] We can’t assume that we will enjoy wildlife in the future if we take no interest now. Wildlife habitat is in a drastic decline. Things you can do with your family to increase wildlife habitat and enjoy birds and other critters.


  • Five Christmas Trees
    [Home-and-Family:Holidays] My sister died in 1940 at age nineteen. Although she died in June, the family was still in bereavement in December. Few plans were made for Christmas. There would not even be the traditional Christmas tree. Here is the story. The charity of others to our family.


  • My Daughter-in-Law Hates Musical Recitals- Me Too!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Music] This is the busiest time of the year. That’s when music teachers love to hold recitals. They think that while you are out shopping anyway, you may as well drop in to a recital. Always stay clear of dancing recitals. How to behave at a recital. How to find a substitute. How to protect your ears.


  • Will Israel Strike Iran's Nuclear Sites?
    [News-and-Society] First I asked the question and then I found that the answer was already published. Israel has plans to attack Iran’s nuclear sites. What kind of wasp’s nest will that be? Will Iran increase terror in Iraq and Afghanistan and throughout the world? Probably! Anyway, that’s what I think.


  • I Have a Little Chat with Adam and Eve
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] I sent Peter a post card hoping for another chat with God. God is very busy so Peter sent me to Adam. Eve jives be about the FnL7 Time Craft. There are lazy people in heaven. Einstein’s delusions.


  • Stop Smoking Now!
    [Health-and-Fitness:Quit-Smoking] I wrote this article for your own good. Learn the benefits of quitting your smoking habit now. Lower your risk of cancer and heart disease and improve your daily functions. You can improve your financial position too. Where you can get stop-smoking help.


  • UFO: We Chat as We Tour the Cosmos
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Xrytspet takes me on a tour of the universe. She thinks my theory is silly that God made the large outer planets and our No Name Moon to protect the earth from space debris. She laughs at my theory that humans are God’s greatest creation. She doesn’t know where God lives. She humiliates me.


  • On Writing: Robert Louis Stevenson Never Quit
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] In this article on writing we discuss RLS who said that nothing would ever have been done if he had not got out of bed despite the fact that he was sick everyday of his life. Our thinking stops us from achieving our goals. Writing tricks that can help us overcome our writing problems.


  • I Talk with Herman the Hermit: How to Tell if You are Atheistic?
    [News-and-Society] I decided to talk to Herman the Hermit about God and what causes typhoons, ulcers, and bedbug bites. He inspires me to call Xrytspet from Fanton in G10009845788899990766. We could find life on Europa before the Chinese.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 9: Defects Generated During Gilding Operations
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] In this last segment of the Ceramic Decorating Defects series we touch on the problems of gilding. The fusibility of the glaze is critical. Too soft glaze means hard gold. Too hard glaze means soft gold. Soft gold rubs off. Hard gold will not burnish properly. The secret is glaze control because the gold emulsion supplier is not going to let you know how he formulates his gold emulsions. However, he will work with you to help resolve problems.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 8: Defects Generated During Enameling Operations
    [Home-and-Family] In this segment on Ceramic Defects we discuss decorating processes using stains, enamels, or colored glazes. Some processes have been automated which means that the control standards for enamels must be maintained.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 7: Defects Generated During Decaling Operations
    [Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] In this section of Ceramic Defects we discuss decaling. Two internet sources describe the current processes. The loss due to decaling is not high in the ceramic industry however the decal can often not be repaired after firing. Some decals incorporate enamels and precious metals eliminating further firings.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 6: Defects Generated During Glazing and Glost Firing Operations
    [Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] In this segment of Ceramic Defects we discuss glazing operations and how to prevent certain glaze defects by formulation before they can happen. We also describe the common glazing-operation defects and what can be done to remove or eliminate them.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 5: Defects Generated During Bisk Firing Operations
    [Home-and-Family] In this part of the series on Ceramic Defects we discuss the bisk firing of fine china, porcelain, and industrial ceramics. Drag, shrinkage, and slump that occur during firing must often be accounted for by using special setters and fixtures.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 4: Defects Generated During Drying Operations
    [Business] In this 4th in the series on ceramic defects, drying of ceramic parts is discussed. At first, water is easily removed allowing rapid drying, but then diffusion takes over and the water must be removed slowly or the ware will crack or distort. Finally, the last tightly-held water must be removed. The process is moderated by temperature, humidity, and airflow control.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 3: Defects Generated During Forming Operations
    [Business] Common defects from forming operations are discussed in this 3rd article in the Ceramic Defect Series. Dry forming methods generally have defects related to particle size distribution, binders, and pressing parameters. Wet processing methods have defects generated by the state of flocculation of the slip and moisture control.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 2: Defects from Raw Materials and Batching Errors
    [Business] Ceramic and Pottery Defects Part 2: Raw materials for use in ceramics may have primary and secondary contaminants. The secondary contaminants are picked up on the way to production by passing through storage facilities, ships, rail cars, barges, etc. Particle size control is essential to successful ceramic manufacturing operation.


  • Ceramic and Pottery Defects 1: Ceramic Processing Definitions
    [Business] The Ceramic and Pottery Defect Series covers: 1. Definitions, 2. Raw Materials, 3. Forming, 4. Drying, 5. Bisk Firing, 6. Glazing and Glost Firing, 7. Decaling Operations, 8. Enameling Operations, and 9. Gilding Operations.


  • How to Get Even with Almost Anybody
    [News-and-Society:Politics] It’s hard to get even with someone who has offended you. What can you do? Well, Harry Truman wrote a nasty letter!


  • 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall: Francis Scott Key
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] Francis Scott Key set our National Anthem to the tune of an old English drinking song. What he was doing on an American ship in 1814 while the British bombarded Fort McHenry. His religious and poetic nature.


  • Bumper Sticker: If You Can Read This, Turn Me Over!
    [Kids-and-Teens] Most of us like to read bumper stickers. That’s why there are so many rear-enders, isn’t it? Did you know that the Fountain of Youth actually exists? I tell you how to find it.


  • How to Pick & Use a Tennis Racket Like the Pros
    [Recreation-and-Sports:Tennis] Tennis is the sport for all ages. How to pick a tennis racket. How to worship your racket. Why your racket should be designed by engineers. Why a bull horn should be mounted on your racket. What to practice in front of a full-length mirror.


  • The Reunion: Oprah and Letterman
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] After almost 16 years Oprah was the guest celebrity on the David Letterman show last night. Oprah denied that there was ever a feud with Letterman. Letterman said that Oprah had send gifts to his son when the child was born two years ago. David and Oprah talked of her early years, her start in show business, and her relief efforts in Africa, especially about the AIDS pandemic which has affected millions. Oprah said the education is the key to freedom and that her foundation supports educational activities. She is building an Academy in Africa to train young African women for leadership roles.


  • Some Good Advice for Old Men
    [Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] When you get old and you are a man, you are in trouble. That’s because you and your spouse are becoming grumpier, short-tempered, and senile. It’s nice to have a big house so you can hide from each other. If you don’t, at least make sure she has a room to herself called HER ROOM. Take her a sandwich once in a while. Close the door when you leave.


  • How to Spot an Aztec: Who Has Einstein's Brain?
    [Reference-and-Education] This article was inspired by the two Aztec gods that look down on me while I’m banging away at the computer. They are Huitzilopochtli (the sun and war god) and Centeotl (the corn god). Can you place the Aztec, the Inca, the Toltec, the Maya, etc.? How to shrink a head. Where is the person that now has Einstein’s spiritual, mental, and moral qualities? A $5 reward is offered.


  • Stupid Ads versus the Bayer Lady
    [Business:Advertising] We are plastered with television ads everyday. Sometimes I get so tired of ads interrupting my favorite television show that I switch the channel for something else until the ads are gone. I’ve found that I can watch two football games and Bonanza all at the same time without missing a beat. But sometimes, an ad does get though my ad "spam filter" because of its sincerity or cleverness. That’s about the only time I watch an ad. My favorite ad right now is those sweet ladies saying, "I would say... And "It’s me! I’m still here!" They are trying to get folks to take action against breast cancer.


  • Osama Bin Laden's Winter Home
    [News-and-Society] Where is Bin Laden? Well, I’ve been telling everybody where he is for several years. I’m telling the FBI and CIA where he is again. I want my five million dollar reward.


  • The Amazons: Men Not Wanted Here!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] What would this world be like without men? I asked Ruby Oftnagger who knows such things.


  • Letterman Trashes Lindsay Lohan
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Lindsay Lohan career started while only three years old. Her showbiz parents showed her the way. After many years of acting, she fulfilled her dream to be a singer. She is now near the top of the Internet keyword popularity list. How David Letterman trashed her.


  • Britney Spears is Not All Fluff
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Britney Spears has donated to Katrina relief and other programs through the Britney Spears Family Foundation. Her new baby is doing just fine. Kevin is the proud papa. Her official site is a someting to behold.


  • Become A Nerd Today!
    [Kids-and-Teens] A nerd is a person that continually studies and knows a lot more than you do--or habitually does things socially that you think are creepy. You can become a nerd if you are not already nerdy. Take the Internet test to see if you are a nerd. After that, you must still pass my test to see if you are a true nerd.


  • UFO: 300,000,000 Day!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] We need to know who the 300,000,000th member of our population will be. We can have a holiday and give the person gifts. But how can we determine who it will be so that we can be there to greet her or him? St. Peter refuses to give me an interview with God so soon after my first interview. I call on Xrytspet from Fanton in G10009845788899990766 for help.


  • My Wife's Engagement Ring and Rat Poison
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] If you have animals, don’t have rat poisoning. How we found a wonderful jewelry repair technician.


  • CNN Salutes Big Mama
    [News-and-Society] Do you remember the Good Samaritan? A Priest and a Levite, both who should have known better, passed by an injured Jewish man because they were afraid to help him because robbers could be lurking under every bush. A lowly Samaritan not only helped the man but guaranteed his care after he left. Big Mama is a Good Samaritan. She takes care of the down and out. Fortunately, there are many Good Samaritans in our land of plenty.


  • The Good and the Bad James Boys: Frank, Jesse, Henry, & William
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Is it heredity or environment that creates the critters that we become? Frank and Jesse James were poor farmers who were destitute after the Civil War. They had no father. With no source of income, they followed Jesse's role model who was the violent and crazy William Quantrill. This led them into a criminal life that earned an early death for Jesse. Henry and William James were born into wealth. The wealth was not only money. Their father was a great thinker interested in literature, art, philosophy, and psychology, etc. His wealth allowed him to give his sons good educations. His work ethic taught them not to sit on their hands even though they were rich.


  • What! No Bonus!
    [Business] An employee bonus can be a blessing or a bust. Sound management can make the difference. Pros and cons of employee bonuses. Do you need a consultant?


  • Polygamy: A Problem Way Out West
    [Relationships:Wedding] Polygamy is practiced here and there in the world but not in the form in the Mountain West where it breeds excessive intolerance, servitude, and physical and mental defects. What is being done to stem it.


  • What Ever Happened to George and Alice Goeble?
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] George Goebel was a television pioneer. He inspired Tom Smothers. His show was big in the 1950s and was one of the reasons some folks bought there first television set. His show was copied and edited for BBC. George performed on Hollywood Squares. Let’s take a look at what he said.


  • The Dietrich Idaho Election Results
    [News-and-Society:Politics] The town of Dietrich, Idaho had a wonderful Election Day turnout. But what are they going to do about it? They have a 3-way tie and they only need two. The town law says they must flip a coin. Now what? In contrast, the city of Twin Falls had 15 spectators at a 10-candidate public forum. I think it was 10 spouses and 5 babes in arms.


  • The Best Christmas Shopping Day
    [Home-and-Family:Holidays] How we picked the best day to go Christmas shopping. We tell you the secret. It's not Christmas Eve unless you are poor.


  • Lessons for Life: Childhood Talents
    [Home-and-Family:Parenting] Children need an environment where they can develop their God-given talents. Parents can show interest in art, music, science, etc., without having talents in those areas themselves. Parental interest along can spur children into areas where the children do have talent.


  • Another Tower of Babel?
    [News-and-Society:Religion] A fellow Idahoan gives us a warning about a modern Tower of Babel. All the Mormons here are talking about it. Need we take heed to Chris Talkington?


  • Yummy Quick Recipes
    [Food-and-Drink:Recipes] Need to fix something good in a hurry with what you've got in your larder? Try these soup, chicken, rice, Ragu, dumpling, and vegetable concoctions and dream up your own.


  • Bush War I and Bush War II: Now What?
    [News-and-Society:Politics] I couldn't sleep so I meandered on the two Gulf Wars. Why the Iraqies forgot to hug our troops when we invaded. How the Congress has muddled things. What should we do now?


  • Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] The President learns from his mirror that he is not the most powerful man in the world. He reaffirms that he must go to Mongolia to meet President HU Jintao.


  • Toothpaste Gum: Nothing Too Good for Our Troops!
    [News-and-Society:Military] The Army is working on a new tooth-cleaning gum for our troops. In Korea, we could have used that.


  • My Third Interview with Jose Caliente
    [News-and-Society] Our discussion on the Congressional pumpkins. A note to the President from Jenna and Barbara. Jose finds a discarded memo in Vice President Cheney’s office while working the night shift at the White House.(Jose can not be trusted and is probably a plant.)


  • Headline: Cell Phone Causes Woman to Rob Banks!
    [News-and-Society] I guess you saw the pics of a woman robbing banks while talking on her cell phone. Well, the cell phone made her do it! My research results.


  • It's Okay Martha Stewart!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] My apology to Martha Stewart for not watching even one episode of The Apprentice. Why she should not have been put in the slammer for so long. When they should have let her out. Donald Trump has a normal brother. How Donald Trump escaped death. Some jokes.


  • UFO: Dinosaur Poop
    [Kids-and-Teens] Now that we know that dinosaurs ate grasses we know for sure that cows evolved from the dinosaurs. What happened to the dinosaurs. Xrytspet straightens me out in the matter.


  • Television, the Toad, and Demi Moore
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] You've seen the toad in the HD television ads. I don't have a HD television but the toad looks colorless and blurry before they show me what it would look like if I had HD. Then it looks sharp and of marvelous color on my non-HD television sets. So, do I need HD? My dad taught me to wait until things are perfected. How will Demi Moore look on HD television?


  • The Napoleon Dynamite Scandal Up In Idaho
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Dad use to talk a lot about Preston, Idaho. My family spent there time up that way freezing on the shores of Bear Lake, starving on Ten Mile Pass, and such. Now shame has come on Preston, a small Mormon town of about 500 if you count the horses. After the fame of Napoleon Dynamite, they have political corruption. How it all dampens the Festival of Light parade.


  • The $214,206 Threadlike Worm Mesenchytraeus Solifugas
    [Kids-and-Teens] NASA thinks that threadlike ice worm Mesenchytraeus Solifugas could be valuable. It might give light on the possibility of life on Europa! I think that if NASA does not find life on Europa they are going to seed the place with a zillion ice worms. Hopefully the Box Turtle will evolve. I explain my research with Dr.Wayne Rowley at Iowa State University.


  • My Second Interview with Jose Caliente
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Jose Caliente was promoted from yard worker to janitor. He is assigned to floor sweeping and cleaning up the Oval Office. We meet at the Restaurante Mexicana.


  • Peaches with Cinnamon Dough Dumplings: My Amazing Late Night Vision
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] You never know when you are going to come up with a culinary idea that will rock the world. Well, I had one last night: Peaches with Cinnamon Dough Dumplings. I woke up from a nightmare with a sugar high. Wow! I'd done it!


  • Wolves, Bears and Buffalos, God Love 'em!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] Wolves are overflowing from Yellowstone Park (and other reestablishment areas) as are buffalo and Grizzly Bears. Wyoming and Montana are seeing brucellosis in their cattle herds from buffalo. Wolves and bears are killing cattle and other stock. In Wyoming, a school has a chain link fence to protect the children from Grizzly Bears. I talk to the environmentalist Maggie Finch-Hunter.


  • Tingling Brilliance: Earthquake Prone Tunnel
    [Travel-and-Leisure] I become nervous about the proposed 11-mile tunnel through an earthquake-prone mountain in Los Angeles County. I find that the Mexicans have already built it.


  • UFO: Where Did the Man on No Name Moon Hide in 1969?
    [Kids-and-Teens] Xrytspet from Fanton in G10009845788899990766 takes me to No Name Moon in the FnL7 Time Craft. A message from Silzrack teaches me that the Fantonians don’t care one zitelelick about the speed of light and earth time.


  • Cal Worthington: World Champion Car Salesman
    [Business:Branding] I find many television commercials to be tedious. Occasionally I will find one that is entertaining. In 1974 we moved to the Los Angeles area. There we found Cal Worthington, the Johnny Carson of automobile dealership commercials...


  • We Need Land and Water
    [News-and-Society] Things are not getting better as we diddle dawdle on resolving our environmental problems. The massive changes required by industry and within the population are not forthcoming. Land is disappearing and global warming is raising havoc with the weather. These things are cyclic but we must take action to preserve not our way of life, which must change, but our environment.


  • The Two Oliver Wendell Holmes
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Poetry] Two great men have contributed to our well-being. The father left us a legacy of fine poetry and a solution to a serious medical problem that has saved many lives. The son gave help build the foundation of our legal system.


  • UFO: I Practice Levitation
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] Knowing that I had psychic powers predicting the two come-from-behind touchdowns of both Washington and Dallas over the Eagles, I decided to practice my levitation skills to make TV watching more enjoyable. How Xrytspet stuck her nose into my business.


  • Tsunami: Why I'm Buying a Pig
    [News-and-Society] Earthquakes and tsunamis caused by earthquakes are killing thousands of people and doing endless structural damage. We need to know when these killers are at out door. Can the animals help?


  • Dumplings: My Deepest Culinary Secret
    [Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] When I was a boy I had two neighbors vying for my affection. One was Mrs. Matthews from Germany. The other was Mrs. Mullins who was from Sweden. These two ladies had the common habit of running out into the road whenever a horse passed by. Mrs. Mullins knew how to make dumplings. The results of my years of research to duplicate her dumplings.


  • Happy Birthday to Condoleezza Rice
    [News-and-Society] Have you ever seen such a dedicated government employ as Condoleezza Rice? Well, Henry K. was diligent to, a real party cat, but I could never understand a word he said, although I could understand his brother who was raised with him and dumped his German accent. I hope that Hillary doesn’t pick Arnold S. for Secretary of State. I couldn’t stand the confusion.


  • Wrong Product for a Conceived Market
    [Business:Marketing] Big corporations make mistakes all the time. They can take higher risks than small businesses because they have more resources to fall back on than do small businesses. A marketing disaster can wipe a small business. It happens all the time. Business executives must watch out for a "conceived" market dreamed up by marketing personal versus an actual market.


  • Grandiose Plans: Why I Got Out of Bed This Morning
    [Business:Marketing-Direct] You have to get up in the morning to keep ahead of your competition. This is true not only of mail order and direct mail, but especially in your Internet business. Small advances by your competitors can drastically reduce your sales. You also can be your own enemy.


  • UFO: Futuristic Concepts and the End of the World
    [Reference-and-Education:Future-Concepts] Xrytspet got into my computer. Miss Know-it-all added her two bits to my futuristic article, completely destroying my intensions. Now I'll have to write another one to properly fill my commitment to write an appropriate article for every category at ezinearticles.com.


  • UFO: Keeping the Human Gnome off Mars
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] We were first to put a man on the moon. But were we first in space? I report the Soviet Mars Exploration from January 17 to June 14, 1969 after the 17-man crew there. What they found and why they hurried home. What happened to the Mars Creature that was displayed in the Huge Mammal Exhibit in the Moscow Zoo? Why Xrytspet and I had to leave an abandoned cosmonaut on the planet.


  • Home Schooling in Southern Idaho
    [Reference-and-Education:Home-Schooling] Here in Southern Idaho my son and his wife are raising thirteen children. Nine are adopted. Five come from an underdeveloped country. The children are diverse in educational skills and talents. Most all of the children, for some reason, are musically gifted. This article explains how home schooling works for them.


  • The Weather Hermit
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] I went to "The Weather Hermit" to learn what "is up" with all the crazy weather we are having.


  • The Fan Dancer
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Dad was a politician. That's how he got off from being an auditor for the WPA. His actions were always political. That's why he bought us Uncle Sam costumes to wear on the 4th of July. He paraded us up and down the streets of Salt Lake City. We ended up at the Lyric Theater.


  • Sleep Apnea Can Kill
    [Health-and-Fitness:Sleep-Snoring] Sleep apnea is a common condition that can kill you. Are you a heavy snorer who stops breathing during the night? Get help at your local sleep clinic. All about me.


  • Memo to White House Staff: Please Get Your Ethics Together (and Help Scott McClellan...)
    [News-and-Society] It's sad to watch Scott McClellan in front of the press corps. He needs help! I wanted to do my part. I talked to Cindy at the Blair House.


  • Top Ten Reasons David Letterman Always Wears White Sox
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] There are three talk shows that I watch on television, "The Late Show" with David Letterman, "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, and, "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. Here's what I think of them and my "Top Ten Reasons David Letterman Always Wears White Sox"


  • I Have a Little Talk with My Brain
    [Self-Improvement] Your brain has twos sides. If you are right handed, the right side of your brain has no clock, but it will help you paint a masterpiece and solve a set of linear equations. Your left side can spell if you are a girl. My motto is (and I know it’s good because I invented it): "Never trust your brain: It’s double-sided and self-programmed." I talk to my brain side by side.


  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home
    [News-and-Society] The Idaho National Guard is home from Iraq. The headline this morning in "The Times News" said, “Home at last.” Let's help our vets adjust to their new surroundings. Remembrances from Korea and the suffering of the Korean people.


  • Wheel of Fortune in New Orleans
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Movies-TV] Wheel of Fortune will match your American Red Cross Donation for Katrina. The maximum amount is $100,000.00. Read about Amy who was a contestant on the show.


  • White Doves Flying: In Memoriam to Rosa Parks
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] This is my final homage to Rosa Parks. Comments by several who spoke at her funeral and my simple poem of eulogy.


  • Writing 101: Another Way to Get Started Writing
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] There are lots of tricks to get you started in writing. Sometimes a visual image will help. I painted a picture for my grandchildren. I wrote the poem in this article that follows from this painting. Why not look at a picture or painting and then write an article or poem about it. It’s good practice!


  • The Writer within You and How to Get Her or Him Out
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] How do you get your writing cells buzzing? Try this technique. You will need a book and a piece of paper. Yes, your computer is okay! Funny poem too! Tee, hee!


  • What Would We Do Without Unwed Mothers?
    [Home-and-Family:Pregnancy] Teenage births are dropping. Unwed births are increasing. How can this be" Using the demanding techniques of penetrating journalism, Taylor Jones, the hack writer, tells why.


  • Halfbreeds and Mugwumps
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] During the Gilded Age we had immigrants, robber barrens, Republicans, Democrats, Halfbreeds, and Mugwumps. In what I call our "Re-gilded Age" I try to bring the Halfbreeds and Mugwumps back.


  • You Can't Take It With You So Leave It To Me
    [News-and-Society] I hope that charities will stop sending me six zillion address labels. A solution to the problem


  • God Grants Me an Interview
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humor] I asked for an interview with God, but He took charge. His challenge to me was very distasteful.


  • The Katrina Disaster: Remember Doctor Alton Ochsner
    [News-and-Society] Do you remember Dr. Alton Ochsner teaching us about lung cancer by showing us the black lung of smoker and the pink lung of a nonsmoker? Well, it was a long time ago. Dr. Alton Ochsner established, with several other doctors, a hospital and a network of clinics to provide medical services to New Orleans and the surrounding areas. Three clinics were lost during Katrina and the hospital and a number of other clinics were severely damaged. Many of the employees of the system are without homes. They need our help.


  • How We Know the Morons in Washington Hate Us: The MedicareRx Plan
    [News-and-Society:Politics] The Feds have taken something that should be rather simple and mushroomed it into a plan that takes a zillion insurance companies to administer. It's the MedicareRx Plan. What's going on in Idaho.


  • Wal-Mart (r) Excursion: War is Hell!
    [News-and-Society] How the Spanish American war started. Isaac Fendish, a Wal-Mart® greeter, tells us all about his war experiences. What happened to three World War I veterans. How I came to terms with the way we treat prisoners in the military.


  • Economics 101: The Beginnings
    [News-and-Society:Economics] Alan Greenspan told me this story. I was told that Alan is the great great-grandson of the great grandson of Duonohandsome, son of Ugly, son of Uri. This is the beginning of irrational exuberance.


  • 10 Wonders of the World
    [Travel-and-Leisure] Roger Fundab has his own 10 Wonders of the World but we have listed them after the list of true wonders.


  • UFO: How I Met Xrytspet
    [Kids-and-Teens] What happened to me when I revisited the glass pool in the desert.


  • 37 Ways My Wife Says I Can Improve
    [Self-Improvement] Sometimes you shouldn't ask. I decided to go on a self improvement program but after 73 years of continuous improvement using statistical process control I couldn't think of one thing. The Devil said I was perfect. Still, I asked my wife.


  • O. Rosmarus: The People Watcher
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] O. Rosmarus is a walrus and a scientist. He tells me about the Anqallyt, the mammel-hunting people of the Chukchi Sea.


  • The Flying Machine
    [Kids-and-Teens] Flight was big with us neighborhood kids. Some of the kids were born before Lindbergh made the first solo intercontinental flight across the Atlantic Ocean in May of 1927. We tried to fly, at least my friends did. I was the skeptic. A poem describes the flight of our half-size airplane.


  • The Square Boat Which Wouldn't Float
    [Kids-and-Teens] When I was a boy we built things. Our problem was not having a supply of suitable materials. We made do with what we had and had a lot of fun doing it. Life was not all roses then and building a full-size boat was a good diversion. A poem describes the process.


  • Bill Shultz and the Teton Ride
    [Kids-and-Teens] Out scout troop took a trip to the Tetons right after World War II. There was thirteen of us in one car and eleven in the other. After repairing tires for a good part of the day we arrived in the Tetons late at night. Then the fun began! A poem tells the tell of Bill Schultz' Teton Ride.


  • The Celery Patch Wars
    [Kids-and-Teens] Cowboys and Indians and stories from World War I kept us tuned to warfare when I was a kid. Our big annual battle took place at the celery patch. A poem helps me to remember.


  • Y2K in Memoriam
    [News-and-Society] Y2K in memorium and who has the last can of beer during the millennium. A dedicatory poem.


  • My Interview With Jose Caliente
    [News-and-Society:Politics] Over the last few weeks I’ve tried to get an interview with a high White House official. I was not successful in this, but I did catch Jose Caliente when he got off work. When he came out onto Pennsylvania Avenue, I said, “Ho! Jose!”


  • One Day on the Oregon Trail
    [Travel-and-Leisure] The Oregon Trail takes one pass through Idaho. You never know when you'll drive right into it. How I learned more about my pioneer heritage on Ten Mile Pass.


  • Will Cuppy, Where Are You?
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] William Jacob Cuppy was an American humorist and journalist known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures. He was born August 23, 1884 in Auburn, Indiana and passed on to the Great Beyond on September 19, 1949.


  • Who Was Robinson Crusoe?
    [Arts-and-Entertainment] The novel "Robinson Crusoe" by DeFoe was based on a true story but the man marooned on the island was not named Robinson Crusoe. His name was Selkirk and his adventures didn't end on the island.


  • Why Fiction Writers Are CRAZY!
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] It's not the characters that you keep in a novel that drives you nuts, it's the ones you cut out.


  • Do You Really Need GPS?
    [Communications:GPS] It's good that those of us who can still walk up a mountain to hunt have GPS. One thing we have never forgotten how to do is get lost. There was this one time on the Maurice River...


  • All About Bull Fighting
    [Recreation-and-Sports] The Golden Rule for bull fighters is: Always Kill the Bull!. If you don't, he will be much smarter for each subsequent fight and he will surely kill you. Where is Osama Bin Laden, anyway?


  • Chicken Pox or Bedbug Bites: A Definitive Analysis
    [Health-and-Fitness] Remember those pesky little critters that gnawed on you at night, sucked your blood, and left you with red welts all over your body. I hope you are too young to remember BED BUGS!


  • What I Know About String Theory
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Philosophy] This article is only for the world's top scientest and those who like movies and Roberto Clemente. There are two kinds of strings. The first are closed loops that can open. The second are closed loops that can't open. Now that wasn't hard was it?


  • Latent Hopes of Tibetan Monks
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] The author interviews a Tibetan refugee in the mountains of Idaho. Comments on the Dali Lama's visit to Sun Valley. The difficulty of research in this area. The Chinese have not been nice in Tibet.


  • 17 Ways How to Spot a 1,2,3 Article and Run
    [Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] How to spot a trivial article and run from it.


  • I Was Wondering About the Human Genome Project
    [News-and-Society] I decided that the DOE was involved in the HGP because the White House cabal wanted to change the lesser of us humans into pillars of oil. Why I had to apologize to the cabal.


  • God Bless You Rosa Parks: Rest in Peace
    [News-and-Society] A beautiful but defiant black women started the formal civil rights movement in the U.S. Now we remember her on her passing and as she lies in state in the rotunda of our nation's capital. God Bless You, Rosa Parks!


  • Why I Don't Like Frederick Wilhelm Viktor Albert of Hohenzollern: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] Guess who we can blame for Daylight Savings Time. It started in Germany so we all know who to blame don't we? It is Frederick Wilhelm Viktor Albert of Hohenzollern: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.


  • Shirley Temple, I Still Love You!
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Humanities] Shirley Temple Black is one of our premier citizens. After entertaining us for years, she gave more years to us through her governmental service. Her beauty, her talent, and her service have made us all love her.


  • Here Come the Chinese
    [News-and-Society] I've always been facinated with China. How can a country so isolated and huge have so little impact on the world? It seems to suck in our technology and sprue out tons of cheap products for Wal-Mart, but it does not get envolved in major world affairs. Well, I think that is about to change. That is my stick-to theory.


  • Lessons for Life: FAMILY ACTIVITIES
    [Home-and-Family] Every family needs activities for physical, mental, and spiritual health. Here are some suggestions.


  • Lessons for Life: MARRAIGE
    [Relationships:Wedding] Your marriage is your most valuable asset. It is a place for love, children, and success and happiness: a pearl of great price. If it is your pearl of great price, then you will do everything necessary to preserve it. Polish your pearl! To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life: TOBACCO, ALCOHOL, & DRUGS
    [Health-and-Fitness] Our bodies will give out at some point in time and we will die. There is no reason to hasten the process by using chemicals and substances that damage our bodies. These substances not only shorten life, they can make life miserable. Too many of us suffer as the result of using tobacco, alcohol, and drugs.To read orcopy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Garage Sells Are Fun
    [Home-and-Family] Families need to do things together. Just visiting garage sales can be fun for the family, and having your own garage sale can bring in some needed cash. In this lesson, we will show you how to have a garage sale and even how to put you in the business. You can use the money for your needs, such as an education fund, or you can donate it to charity. Contact the author to view an illustrated version of this article.


  • Lessons for Life: TEENAGE DATING
    [Kids-and-Teens] Dating is the important process through which couples get to know each other's likes, dislikes, personality and traits. Mutual interest can be undermined by excessive familiarity during the dating process. Dating requires an adult mind to cope with its challenges. A child's mind usually matures at about age sixteen. Dating before that time can have serious consequences. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • The Cabal, Miss Miers, and How We Know that God is a Democrat
    [News-and-Society:Politics] The real reason Miss Miers was not processed to become a justice of the Supreme Court, how we know that God is angry with Florida and is a Democrat, and what a "cabal" is and why we should be against it. How to tell a Democrat from a Republican or how I become an Independent.


  • Lessons for Life: THE SPIRIT
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] The spirit of a person infused into her or his body yields the human soul. Like the mind and body, the spirit needs care and nourishment. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life: THE CREATION
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] It was God's business to create the universe and our earth. It is our business to garden the earth and to protect the flora and fauna from harmful activities and pollutants. We probably should spend a lot more time on our business and less time on God's business. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life: YOUR BODY
    [Health-and-Fitness] Your body is a precious gift that should be properly nourished, cleansed, and kept free from harmful substances. By preserving the sanctity of your body, you keep it as a holy temple for your spirit. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life: Your Mind
    [Self-Improvement] The human mind is a special gift; but it must be developed to succeed in life. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life Pornography
    [Home-and-Family] Our bodies are the temples of our spirits. We are co-creators with God. Modesty is a virtue. The domination of others, and the enticement of them into unsavory acts, degrades the human race and casts the participants into disgrace and jeopardy. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. Because of the nature of the subject, there is no story for little children in this entry. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life Profanity
    [Self-Improvement] Profanity is for the illiterate, not for you! You are an intelligent human being who can use a dictionary or thesaurus when you need to describe something or some action in more powerful words. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life Love
    [Relationships:Love] To show that love is a powerful influence in our life and is the cement that bonds families together. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life: Charity
    [Self-Improvement:Inspirational] To teach that charity not only takes care of the needs of people that receive it, but warms the heart of the provider. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life: Honesty
    [Self-Improvement] To show that honest is still the best policy. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life: Faith
    [Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Purpose: To show that faith is the force for worthwhile human actions. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • Lessons for Life: Gratitude
    [Self-Improvement] To show that ingratitude is a cause of strife and unhappiness at home, in the office, and in organizations. Lessons for Life are in two parts. The first part is for adults and older children. The second part is for little children told in story form. To read or copy an illustrated version, contact the author.


  • El Duce or How I Came to Hate Mussolini
    [News-and-Society] Of the three tyrants of World War II, Mussolini was never taken seriously by the kids on my street. But to the Italian partisans he was a cruel dictator bringing misery to thousands.


  • Ancient Record Reveals Polar Thumbprint! Who's Thumb Was It?
    [News-and-Society] The trouble with the world is the wobble in our earth's axis, isn't it? All these tornados, earhtquakes, tsunamies, and such have a source, don't they? Well, I've discovered the secret. It's the polar thumbprint!Read on!


  • Living With the Big Bang
    [News-and-Society] The Big Bang had to be just right, too little oomph, no people. There is a lot of stuff left over from the big bang that threatens us. Until the angels finish cleaning up the construction site, we are in danger of annihilation. You better watch out! Finally, our moon is given a name.


  • Texas Hold'em Ain't No Sport
    [Arts-and-Entertainment:Casino-Gambling] The propagation of Texas Hold’em has increased the compulsive gambling problem which is already destroying the stability of individuals and families. Creating this came of poker as a sport is greatly exasperating the compulsive gambling problem.


  • When Birds Don't Fly: The Bird Flu
    [News-and-Society] The spread of bird flu throughout the world from domestic birds to wild birds is a serious problem. Migrating birds can and probably will spread the virus worldwide. A reduction in the wild bird population could be as disastrous as the spread through the domestic bird population. If the virus mutates to be contagious from person to person, there may be an epic disaster.


  • Goodness Gracious! Is God Mad at Us Again?
    [News-and-Society] The recent devastations from tsunami, earthquakes, and hurricanes make us shutter. But don't blame or accuse God for natural disasters! Instead, recognize the human needs and do your part to help those who are suffering.


  • Defusing That Killer Storm Within You
    [Self-Improvement:Happiness] Internal anger, not depressed or eliminated, can be as deadly as a killer storm. A person with this self destructive behavoir needs counseling by trained specialist, but each of us can try to understand and help those with the problem.


  • Dump Those Helping Verbs from Your Ads and Promotion Copy
    [Business:Advertising] Like passive verbs, the 23 helping verbs you learned in grade school will kill your ad and promotion copy. Examples are given to make the point.


  • Ya' Know What Yur Doin' Thar? If You Don't Know the Nuts & Bolts of Your Business, You Might Stumble
    [Business:Small-Business] Knowledge is required to operate a business. You don't have to know everything to start, but you must have a basic knowledge of what is going on in your area of business.


  • Wow! What an Automobile! Hey! Where Did It Go? Somethin's Rotten in Denmark!
    [Business:Small-Business] Why do people shy away from good products? It's the complicated thing called PERCEPTION.


  • What the Internet Gurus Don't Tell You
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online] Did you ever get an email from your Internet guru offering you individual attention for a large fee. Did you think: Wasn't I supposed to get the information I need from his $300.00 course? Why do I need his individual guidance? Well, maybe he didn't tell you everything in his course. Maybe you should take him up on his guarantee.


  • Use Magazine Classified Ads to Build Internet Business
    [Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Site-Promotion] Print advertising has made many an entrepreneur rich. In our age of the Internet, you can provide a well-written sales letter on your Internet site that will bring you sales if you have visitors to your site. Internet advertising methods are not as effective as they were in the past. Print advertising to targeted prospective buyers can give you the push you need to gain success in your home-based or Internet business.


  • The Fast-running Chicken: Don't Get Snared in a Business Trap!
    [Business:Small-Business] Don't let your own good judgement stand aside when you are looking at a business opportunity. An old joke makes the point.


  • It Looked Pretty Good to Me: Junk In! Junk Out! It May not be as Sweet and Full of Flavor as You Thi
    [Business:Small-Business] If you sacrifice quality for cost, you will pay through the nose in lost sales.


  • How To Raise Chickens: Don't Sweat the Little Stuff!
    [Business:Small-Business] You can start a virtual business that requires no development of products or services on your part. You don't even have to see products to make money selling them by having vendors ship them to your customers. A true story makes the point.


  • Hey, Billy Goat Gruff! Are Ya' Sayin' What Yur Sayin'?
    [Business:Customer-Service] In Internet businesses little actual contact is made with customers. FQA pages take care of most customer problems. But, customers do call in and must be treated like customers if you want them back. With non-Internet businesses, customer contact is an everyday occurrence. We need to train those who contact our customers.


  • Empty Mailbox: The Truth About Mail Order and Direct Mail Businesses
    [Business:Marketing-Direct] Knowledge and financing are required to succeed in home-based businesses the same as they are required in other businesses. Failure to recognize this fact ends in total failure for the beginner. References are given to help you succeed.


  • Bottles! Bottles! Everywhere! One Man's Junk is Another Man's Fortune
    [Business:Entrepreneurialism] When I was a kid my friend, Paul Henderson, taught me a couple of facts about business. You have to be looking for opportunities and you must watch your money like a hawk. A true story makes the point...

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