This is not about money – not directly, anyway. The United States has been running at a deficit for years – it seems that our government can always find reasons to spend more money than we have. Occasionally politicians will go on about the dangers of defcit spending, but not enough of them to actually … Continue reading
These days, I spend a lot o time trying to remember things like WHY DID I WALK INTO THIS ROOM? (I’ve had this problem at least back to my teens, and I have distinct memories of wondering why I was in the room, then remembered I was looking for a pencil, and THEN realized that … Continue reading
Magic is dangerous. (No, this is not a caution against trying to cast spells at home, although you should be careful about that, too.) I’m done reading A Storm of Swords, and I’m taking a brief break from that world by reading R.A.Salvatore’s The Dame. I’ll return to the land of Westros afterwards. A writer … Continue reading
So – yesterday I curtailed my book listings on Amazon due to the abuse of their return policy. You see, that policy relies on TRUST– the trust that a customer will only make a return if there are technical issues, or they mistakenly made the purchase. That trust was violated and the rules broken. Rules … Continue reading
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