Seriously, what did you do with the five years’ worth of Shared items that I’ve amassed in Google Reader? Wanna give us a chance to extract our links maybe instead of just deciding arbitrarily one day that you’re going to render them inaccessible for everyone?
Month: October 2011
Yes, This!
Sheriff in SC says at a press conference describing a heinous crime: get qualified and carry concealed.
I agree (duh).
Violent criminals don’t go after cops (openly armed) or people who look like they could defend themselves. They only go after easy victims. If they can’t tell who the “easy” victims are, then they’ll think twice about attacking just anyone. They never know whether that potential victim will defend themselves.
Simple, Brilliant
One of my future life dreams involves a houseboat. This is simple, inexpensive — though no numbers are actually shared — and brilliant:
Couple thoughts though:
– time to have the hull cleaned and painted, I think.
– he kinda reminds me of the late David Graf (Tackleberry from Police Academy movies)
Good Idea
Not ideal for your ECB, GHB, or your lightweight BOB, but for general camping, these are a neat idea.
Looks like it’s just inexpensive mini Dixie bath cups, some sawdust (don’t use pressure-treated stuff), and a bit of unscented paraffin to coat the sawdust and bind it all loosely together.
Might need to whip some of those up.
You Do It
If any of these things applies to you:
- one or more cars
- you’re overweight
- one or more televisions
- you live in house or an apartment
- you have heat in the winter
- air conditioning in the summer
- a credit card or credit account
- one or more pets
- a mobile phone
- two or more years of college
then you are neither poor nor impoverished. By the standards that the rest of the world has, all of those things are luxuries and you are, in fact, wealthy. If you have three or more, you are well-off. If you have all of them and then some, then good for you.
Look, I’ve been below that arbitrary poverty line — nearly 20 years ago. We accepted public assistance for our family, but only after much discussion and begging from extended family. There was a point in my past where I was not only jobless but also homeless and ended up squatting in a few parks and forests.
I’ve worked jobs at minimum wage and in some pretty unsafe environments. That’s the way it goes. I didn’t like it, so I worked harder and dragged myself out.
Don’t like your pay at your current job? Work harder to get noticed then negotiate a pay raise.
Don’t like the job you have now? Spend your time away from work looking for a better one.
Unhappy with the amount of debt you have? Stop incurring more debt and pay off what you’ve racked up. Would also help to understand some basics about personal finance (like “don’t spend more than you earn”)
Don’t like where you live? Find somewhere else.
You do it. Nobody can do it for you.
the rest of me 