Did you know that Thomas Edison began his business career selling newspapers, candy and fruit as a newsbutcher on the Grand Trunk Western Railroad? He learned to walk up and down the aisles practicing his selling skills and it was that talent of selling that he had developed that made him so successful.

I had a really nice visit with a friend of mine today who knows more about humor and comedy then anyone in this whole world that I know. We talked a few minutes about timing and in comedy the difference between a great laugh and a smile is just the matter of waiting a mini-second for the humor to sink in. A mini-second seems like a year as you wait patiently for that laugh.

Hallelujah Chorus -Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurviat 5th Grade – Quinhagak, Alaska

An airflow sensor for a constant temperature anemometer comprises a copper foi l resistor mounted on a polyimide foil which is supported in the airstream to be measured. The support preferably is a flat frame having an aperture over which the foil sensor is mounted so that the airstream can strike the sensor on both sides of the film.

SPECTACULAR 2019 2nd floor condo in gated community near schools, including Hamilton High one mile to the south! Property features a 2 car garage with direct access to the property through a ground floor foyer.

Port Hope, Michigan – Congratulations

The Age of CDs

The fun in life comes from striving for excellence. The frustration comes from seeking perfection. Only God is perfect.

The Instructor’s Manual – Compliment to the Ross Reck’s book, Revved!

Sometimes when I am explaining something to a friend my thinking goes beyond its current state and moves on ahead. In other words, I improve on my own idea just by orally sharing it with someone else. Of course, there is always the possibility that the other party might add something and take you even further down the road to discovery.

I saw the following list of kind acts that we all can easily do to make the world a better place posted on Facebook:

The political response is predictable: Republicans infuriatingly offer “thoughts and prayers,” but nothing else. Prayer can be a holy and beautiful start when it inspires action — but when it’s abused as a lazy, blasphemous excuse NOT to act, then it’s nothing more than taking the Lord’s name in vain.

A friend of mine posted this quote by writer Nikki Banas on Facebook. It’s titled, Impact. I think it presents a very important reason why we all need to be kind.

Prominent Republicans continued their boot-licking, ass-kissing reverence for Donald Trump after it was announced that he has been indicted by a Manhattan, New York grand jury. The indictment remains under seal, but that didn’t bother Republicans from groveling and expressing fake outrage over unknown charges against Trump. Running their mouths without knowing any facts is a hallmark of today’s Republicans.

Accept everything about yourself — I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end — no apologies, no regrets. Clark Moustakas

Indicted and defeated former President Donald Trump and his lawyers are preparing to fight his recent felony indictment in New York with his favorite tactic: Delay, Delay, Delay. The number of ways Trump can try to postpone facing a jury is only limited by the legal imaginations of his lawyers.

A friend of mine told me this morning that she gave in to her sixteen-year-old twins pleading and loaned them her van to drive to the beach. Well, they rear ended a vehicle that stopped for the yellow light and her son was so busy watching the light that POW! He hit the car in front of him whose driver had decided he couldn’t make it.  Thank God, nobody hurt. Her van was totaled. Just the same that makes it just about 100% of the young people I know who drive that have now totaled out a vehicle as a part of their continuing driver training program. I seriously suspect that our young people are not being given the proper driver training in schools.  A big share of these accidents involves rear end collisions. For the most part I actually believe that these young folks were driving an a fairly sensible manner.  Maybe it is the way that most of us drive and teach our young folks by our example. Whatever, I have been hearing about far too many teen deaths from driving and just wish we could find a way to prevent them. 

Herb True PhD from Notre Dame was my mentor.  One time he walked onstage at a huge convention with a pistol and fired blanks  several times in the air and he said, “Nobody sleeps during my session.”  I would guess that Herb did about four thousand live presentations in his life time and nobody ever slept. Today I would not recommend the pistol routine but I certainly hope that you realize that flashing a dull power point slide on he wall won’t do the job for you.

We have no clue what Mitt Romney’s personal beliefs are or how these beliefs could affect the United States relationship with Israel. When visiting with some previous Mormon neighbors, it was shared that it is a common Mormon tenant that Zion (Jerusalem or the new Jerusalem) refers to the entire continent of America and even specific areas such as Salt Lake Valley; Kirtland, Ohio; Jackson County, Missouri or Nauvoo, Illinois. (Doctrine and Covenants 57:1-5 and History of the Church 1:189). If this is true, why would Romney even care about the current State of Israel’s right to exist except to promote political ambitions.

I figure that the only reason I have lived to celebrate my 80th birthday is the fact that in 1954 I quit my three packs a day cigarette smoking habit and then in 1961 I gave up alcohol.  I figure either one of those habits might have done me in. Now my addiction seems to be writing. It was wonderful having all my family together and nice to share with them my new book The Old Man and the CD.  In Battle Creek we had loads of illegal fireworks and a couple of the hot air balloons swooped down low to wave to our party and signal the ending of an awesome day. Bring on another challenging decade, I’m ready.

Mrs. William Etzel – Port Huron – Charlotte C. Etzel, 83, of 1300 Beard St., died Thursday in Marwood Manor. William Etzel, 74, of 3215 Wadhams Road, a retired Great Lakes sailor and resident of Port Huron 61 years, expired Saturday, July 20, 1963, in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Sarnia, after a short illness.

Bernard (1874-1960) & Martha (Schubring) Pochert – 1953

SPECTACULAR 2019 2nd floor condo in gated community near schools, including Hamilton High one mile to the south! Property features a 2 car garage with direct access to the property through a ground floor foyer.

SPECTACULAR 2019 2nd floor condo in gated community near schools, including Hamilton High one mile to the south! Property features a 2 car garage with direct access to the property through a ground floor foyer.

Failed ex-President Donald Trump has been indicted on felony charges for the third time this year. The latest indictment is the most significant with the most serious charges.

The novel “Far from the Madding Crowd” by Thomas Hardy has an interesting story about sheep in Chapter Five.  Some of compared this story to the current Republican Party.

Who actually is reading the documents stored in the bathroom?

Legal fees for defending yourself in one criminal case can be pricey — I can say that firsthand as a former trial lawyer. Now multiply that in former President Donald Trump’s case by two jurisdictions — New York state and federal court in Florida — totaling 74 felony charges against him.

A report released last Friday by the U.S. Conference of Mayors claims that the nation’s major metropolitan areas have been shortchanged in the receipt of federal stimulus funds for transportation infrastructure administered by governors and state highway departments.

Jim Lamon, who launched a failed U.S. Senate bid in Arizona last year, was outed by campaign finance expert Rob Pyers, who shared documents identifying Lamon as the lone backer of a super PAC that has aired multiple anti-Trump ads on conservative media.

A wise woman named Cheryl Richardson said the following in her weekly blog at cherylrichardson.com. See if this sounds familiar. “I stood at the kitchen sink rinsing plates and putting them in the dishwasher when I noticed a familiar train of thought laying tracks in my head. Let’s see, I told myself, I’m done paying bills, balancing the bank accounts, and cleaning up the kitchen, so now I can make a cup of tea and finish reading my book.

“Republicans sure seem to hate democracy. In a …

The Compact DiscList [now owned by Connert Media, LLC] was originally published during the early 1980s when music CDs became very popular. It was one of the first companies to index new releases and provide catalogues to various music stores and distributors. Once the Internet became the source of this data, the company ceased publication of the Compact DiscList.

A friend of mine made the following post on Facebook recently about her drive from the east coast to San Diego. It’s an excellent example of a great attitude. “I just finished driving across this beautiful country of ours—what a thrill!! The majority of drivers were courteous and yet too many were driving dangerously aggressive.

Michigan Elections Director Jonathan Brater Thursday sent an official letter informing Stanley Grot, a longtime Republican politician, that he is being relieved of duties related to elections administration while the criminal case against him plays out.

Find that aisle or window seat. A great website that notifies you when folks on your schedule flight change seats or cancel their trips leaving their previously selected seat open.

Tripadvisor has an incredible website which shows you where the best seats are on specific flights.

Recognizing Arizona heroes who have moved equality …

Not long ago, I found myself feeling a bit down. There was no particular reason for it, I was just in a funk. One of the things I have learned over the years is that the quickest way out of a funk is to do something that puts a smile on someone’s face.

A little gem when driving the historic Route 66 through Arizona. This little unassuming historic building maintains a great staff serving down home just good food that you would expect in a small town diner.

Hundreds of folks always ask about an alternative to the TREE command in Windows using the CMD function. Clunky and visually out-of-date.

In adults, healthy levels are important for general health, disease risk, body composition, sexual function and just about everything else.

You may remember that a young woman was recently abducted from a Target parking lot in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City Her body was discovered many miles away in Missouri. They were able to locate her by the sequence of cell phone towers that picked up her cell phone location.

Follow the money.” This is a phrase which most investigative reporters must follow to find the truth.

White Christian nationalism is a political ideology that says we should be a Christian nation where Christians receive special legal rights. Its adherents believe they are on a holy mission and will stop at nothing to seize power, which is why Christian nationalism played such a strong role in the January 6 insurrection.

A friend made this post recently on Facebook: “I’m feeling down. I just learned that a friend I knew when I lived in Illinois passed away. The last time we spoke, which was a month ago, she seemed so up, but evidently, she wasn’t. She took her own life. Her sister said she felt lonely because many friends and family members had recently died. Her other “friends” were too busy with their own lives to spend any time with her.

Sometimes we can fall into a rut where we’re doing the same things at the same time every day and watching the same television programs every evening. When this occurs, life can become a little stale or even boring. One inexpensive and enjoyable way to pull yourself out of such a rut is to take a walk with someone.

The Bishop of Tyler, Texas, is a Christian-nationalist election denier who spoke to at least one “Stop the Steal” rally before the January 6 insurrection. The fact that he is still in a powerful leadership position should concern us all: for the ways he has harmed people in Jesus’s name, and for the damage he’s done not just to Catholicism but to the broader Body of Christ.

At its core, the filibuster is anti-democratic because it allows a minority of senators to block legislation that a majority of the American people support.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema formed a congressional caucus to raise “awareness of the benefits of personalized medicine” in February. Soon after that, employees of pharmaceutical companies donated $35,000 to her campaign committee

Always check with your health professional before taking any supplements, especially if you are taking other prescription medications. The following are some of the popular supplements used by bodybuilders.

Yup, somebody in Scottsdale, Arizona, doesn’t like Trump

On June 30, 2023, the Court, for the first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class.

Despite what her speech filled with lies says, …

Gov. Katie Hobbs signs executive orders restricting conversion therapy and making Arizona a safe haven for people seeking reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare.

Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was mobilized and deployed to the War in Afghanistan for seven months in 2014.

Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) must stop cherry-picking the Bible otherwise he also needs to admit that he is wearing mixed clothing, telling lies, bearing false witness against his neighbor and about 10 other Leviticus laws he has violated.

Our family vacationed in Southwestern Michigan where my wife and I grew up for years. I would buy gas, bottled water and sodas at a Shell station which also had a convenience store. One of the ladies who worked behind the counter was especially friendly and we struck up a casual friendship.

A Shameful Politician Who Doesn’t Represent Many People in His District – Andrew Steven Biggs (born November 7, 1958) is an American attorney and politician who represents Arizona’s 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Community opposition had successfully blocked the 300-mile pipeline, but in the recent debt ceiling negotiations, Sen. Joe Manchin took advantage of GOP extremism to extract promises to fast-track the construction of the MVP.

In life, one step leads to another, but you have to take that first step before it can lead to another. Sometimes our dreams appear so far away that they seem out of reach. When this happens, it’s important to remember that every journey has a starting point that begins with that first step.

The dumbbell bench press is an extremely effective movement for increasing upper body strength and muscle mass for both aesthetics and performance.

I have always appreciated the phrase “stop and smell the roses.” Not long ago, I was out for a morning walk while feeling a bit frustrated because a project I was working on wasn’t progressing the way I wanted it to.

Several years ago, when I was conducting a seminar in Atlanta, one of the participants stood up and asked, “how come there aren’t more millionaires?”  As I mulled this question around in my mind, it began to occur to me that the reason there aren’t more millionaires, or highly successful people in any endeavor for that matter, is that most people don’t recognize the important role that personal relationships play in being successful in any profession. 

Being kind allows you to be the real and complete you—open, honest, transparent, and free. You have no need to be validated because you’re confident in who you are—you are kind. There is no need to play games, no need to impress people, no need to try to be someone you’re not and no need to compromise your integrity.

Paul Nicolaus posted a fascinating article titled, “Want to Feel Happier Today? Try Talking to a Stranger,” on npr.org. According to the article, talking to strangers puts us in a better mood, makes us feel more connected to our community and improves our level of happiness. Despite these benefits, Mr. Nicolaus points out that many of us will do just about anything to avoid conversation or eye contact with a stranger.

A right-leaning think tank, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, states that the in 2020 the Trump deficit reached $3 trillion dollars. This deficit accounted for 14.9% of the economy.

TMJ issues plague many folks on a regular basis. When TMJ is minor, vitamins and supplements may help when the situation is minor and temporary.

Justin Jones must be reelected after stunning expulsion from Tennessee state house of representatives.

Art Fettig, a friend of mine, passed away two years ago at the age of 91. Art was an international author and speaker, actor, playwright, and railroad executive. Art led a wonderfully long, happy, and rewarding life. Several years before he died, Art decided to share with the world his advice for achieving happiness.

This time it happened in Keene, Texas, which is about 30 miles south of Fort Worth. [Where else but Texas?]

We all know that having lots of warm, personal relationships, whether with family or friends, is the key to our health and happiness. Relationships are strong living connections between two people. They need to be intentionally fed and cared for if we expect them to thrive. This involves connecting with people in person, by phone or dropping them a note.

Kindness often gets dismissed as a trifling activity and yet nothing has the power to impact our life more and the results for being kind are guaranteed! Numerous studies show how kind people are healthier, live longer, feel better about themselves, are more popular, more productive, enjoy greater success in business, have better relationships and are happier than those who aren’t kind.

Saying no to a couple has consequences beyond forcing them to look for another church. It can cause conflict within a couple who wants to be part of a faith community or house of worship. It may ultimately may result in them leaving, noted Terry Pochert, who married his husband, Joe Connolly, in California in 2008

The above is an old Turkish proverb that I came across on Facebook recently. Picture yourself taking a car trip by yourself across the entire country.

Although donations come from all sorts of individuals, …

This is the title of a Wall Street Journal opinion …

The Good Life by Robert Waldinger and Marc Schultz The …

If you want to make your world a brighter, happier place, all you need to do are two things: 1) smile and 2) get to know the people you meet on a regular basis—the people who work at the grocery store, the bank, the post office, the restaurants you frequent, and so forth. You do this by showing a genuine interest in them—asking them questions and learning what’s going on in their lives.

We circumcise our kids, and people think that’s really weird, right? That’s my right and if you try to take it away from me, I’ll shoot you, you know.”

The Investigations and Lawsuits Against Trump You will …

Led by the oil and gas industry, this sector regularly pumps the vast majority of its campaign contributions into Republican coffers. Even as other traditionally GOP-inclined industries have shifted somewhat to the left, this sector has remained rock-solid red. Since the 1990 election cycle, more than two-thirds of this sector’s contributions to candidates and party committees has gone to Republicans. Besides oil and gas, the electric utilities industry is another big donor in this sector. Less generous, but even more partisan, is the mining industry.

During the course of pursuing your dream, sooner or later, the going will get a little tough. When this occurs, it’s very tempting to think something like, “This is way too difficult; maybe I should just give up.” What most people don’t appreciate is that any dream worth pursuing is going to have some tough stretches along the way.

Like the prophets who brought God’s Word to the people, Jesus had sympathy for the poor and often rebuked rich people who were selfish and did nothing for the poor. In Jesus’ parable, the poor man Lazarus who died was carried by angels to Abraham’s side in heaven, and the rich man was sent to hell, where he was in torment.

Mark Twain had this to say about travel: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”

One of the best ways to make your life more enjoyable is to make it easy for people to be kind to you. And the easiest way to do this is to be kind and positive. People absolutely love to be kind to positive people because it’s pleasant and fun. When you approach them, they greet you with a smile and say something like, “Hi! It’s good to see you! How have you been?”

Onion of the Soul attempts to help people along their journey of healing and self discovery. I focus on some of the painful layers that cause people to get stuck along their life journey. As I explore my layers and present the painful experiences of my life, I work on my healing along with the reader.

The most effective way to increase muscle creatine stores is to ingest 5 g of creatine monohydrate (or approximately 0.3 g/kg body weight) four times daily for 5–7 days.

The White House lies again. As of today, COVID-19 …

In a society where unconscious bias, microaggressions, institutionalized racism, and systemic injustices are so deeply ingrained, healing is an ongoing process. When conflict and division are everyday realities, our instincts tell us to close ranks, to find the safety of those like us, and to blame others.

Many people view their comfort zone as a wonderful and cozy place where life is easy, familiar, and totally risk-free. While this may sound like an ideal environment, it’s impossible to grow as a person if you stay inside your comfort zone because there are no opportunities to try new things, make mistakes, experience failure, and learn from those experiences.

Far too many people worry about what other people think of them. Instead of living their life on their own terms doing things that bring them joy and happiness, their primary motivation is to impress others.

An article by Chelsea Bailey, which was posted on bbc.com, featured Hody Childress, a life-long resident of the small rural community of Geraldine, Alabama. Mr. Childress was known as a humble man, “who would often send handwritten get-well cards and share vegetables from his garden with neighbors.” One day, when he was in the town drugstore, he asked Brook Walker, the pharmacist, if she ever had anyone who couldn’t afford their medication. She told him that it happened quite a bit. Then Mr. Childress handed her a folded $100 bill and said, “Next time that happens, will you use this? Don’t tell where it came from, and don’t tell m

A legal group is planning to file bar complaints against four lawyers representing failed Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake in her baseless voter fraud litigation.

Arizona – You should be ashamed of yourself! …

There Is Hope For those that may seem disparaged by …

Millions of Americans were surprised to see two ads about Jesus run during the Super Bowl on Sunday. Big game ads are notoriously pricey, and the idea that Jesus needs a slick marketing agency and $20 million dollars to get His message across felt cringey.

I came across an article by Frank Martela on cnbc.com which points out that Finland has been named the happiest country in the world by the World Happiness Report for the fifth year in a row. This begs the question, “What do the people in Finland do that makes them so happy?”

We Are Ashamed of Our Republican Friends!…

Insurrectionist pastor Greg Locke — a frequent speaker and even host of Michael Flynn’s anti-democracy ReAwaken America megachurch tour — is releasing a movie he claims will help people cast out the “demons” that supposedly cause homosexuality, feminism, and Catholicism.