This Week 7’s (12.14 – 12.31) Affirmation: Mindfulness – I will reach for mindfulness each day.
Date – 12.26.17
B-Book 44: Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
The key message in this book: Often we stop dead in our tracks …
First category I added when I started this blog many moons ago. I jot stuff here I can't otherwise categorize.
The section you will see a swear or two in. Not that I am a big fan, but sometimes situation can't be helped
Here you will find books that I have read, reading or intend to read. More Recent Reads => CLICK HERE.
I intend to use this area to catalog my writing journey and collect tidbits of information on the authoring process.
These are areas I am very much interested in. From time to time, as I am so moved, I free think here as well
Summer Activities for Kids
Aesop’s Fables—Professor Copper Giloth at the University of Massachusetts Amherst teaches Introduction to Computing in the Fine Arts. She assigns her students the task of illustrating the traditional Aesop’s fables alongside their own retellings of …
Title: Your Money or Your Life
Title: Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Vicki Robin
Publisher’s Summary
Now more than ever-given today’s uncertain economic climate-a transformed relationship with money is the …
My Freakin' Mac is On Life Support
Yep! It finally happen! My trusty ol’ Macbook fail me for the first time in 4 years. The truth really is…I fail him. His fan had been complainin’ and I had been disregardin’ for some …
8 Critical Steps Every Family Should Be Taking to Prepare for the Next Financial Crisis
It remains to be seen whether or not the worst has passed, or if we are merely enjoying the relative calm during the eye of the latest financial storm. I personally believe we are in …
Funny Toons
Food Fight
Food Fight at a UN Famine Camp in Somalia – Dude got carried away
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Capital Punishment
Playing Hangman can be dangerous – especially when you live among idiots.
Borrowing Money from Family
Article from: Money Smart Life
Borrowing money from family has kept people out of the cold for thousands of years. It hasn’t always taken the form of borrowing money directly but the family structure has offered …
The Art of Tenant Selection
This is a column by our resident real estate expert Rachelle at the Million Dollar Journey Website.
I have been renting properties in the GTA since about 1997. Here are my hints and tips for selecting …
Saving on Summer Utilities Bills
Saving Money on Summer Utilities Can Save Hundreds of Dollars Each Year
There are countless methods available for lowering your energy bills and one of the best times to cut back is during the dog days …
The Cost of Maintaining the Perfect Lawn
One thing I’ve noticed since we’ve built a house in suburbia is that everyone strives to have a perfect lawn. It’s quite the sight to drive through a subdivision, and all you see is …
The science of predicting football results
Predicting football results is a rapidly growing area of academic interest. Economists use models to assess the efficiency of betting markets, operational researchers use models to experiment with the various effects of tournament design, and …
Negotiating 101 – Landlord Edition
Article from: Million Dollar Journey
Negotiation is an important skill to develop as a landlord. Using the principles of negotiation and planning how to deal with difficult situations will save you a lot of money and …
Heavy Rain – Wow!
Started playing this game yesterday – it like playing a movie; you can’t wait to get to the next scene. Â The difference here is that you determine what the next scene is going to be. …
God of War II – Completed!
Borrowed the God of War Collection from a friend after purchasing and beating God of War III. I am currently on my final battle with Zeus, hope to beat him today. I will update below …
Title: The Rational Optimist
Title: The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley
Publisher’s Summary
Life is getting better at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down all across …
God of War III Rocks!
Before playing God of War, I was the typical Ms Pacman player…now I am a believer. This is great stuff. Â Purchased it at the end of April and beat it 4 weeks later. Â I …
Title: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
Title: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain De Botton
Publisher’s Summary
We spend most of our waking lives at work – in occupations often chosen by our unthinking younger selves. And yet we rarely ask …
Title: World War Z
Title: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Publisher’s Summary
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences …
Title: The Talent Code
Title: The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Anything by Daniel Coyle
Publisher’s Summary
A New York Times best-selling author explores cutting-edge brain science to learn where talent …
Title: The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class
Title: The Top 10 Distinctions Between Millionaires and the Middle Class by Keith Cameron Smith 3
Publisher’s Summary
If you’re ready to take the journey to wealth and personal fulfillment, here’s your ticket. In this life-changing audiobook, …
Title: Poor People
Title: Poor People by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Publisher’s Summary
As both a masterpiece of Russian populist writing and a parody of the entire genre, Poor People is an early example of Dostoevsky’s genius.
Written as a series of letters, …
Title: Animal Farm
Title: Animal Farm by George Orwell
Publisher’s Summary
George Orwell’s classic satire of the Russian Revolution is an intimate part of our contemporary culture, quoted so often that we tend to forget who wrote the original words. …
Title: World War One
Title: World War One: A Short History by Norman Stone
Publisher’s Summary
In 1914, a new kind of war came about, bringing with it a new kind of world. World War One began on horseback, with generals …
Title: Sample Capitalism
Title: Sample Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction by James Fulcher
Publisher’s Summary
Capitalism deals with the issues that have preoccupied thinkers from Marx and Weber through to Cuddens and Soros. It examines not only issues of …
Obama’s Address on the War in Afghanistan
Following is the text of President Obama’s address on a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, as released by the White House on Tuesday 1 Dec 2009; for me this is one of, if …
The Low Profile Milionaire Next Door
Note: Quick read by Thomas Stanley on low profile millionaires…
A producer from ABC’s 20/20 news magazine television show once asked if I could identify neighborhoods where the millionaire next door types live. After checking my …
China 'steps up US cyber-spying'
Chinese spies are aggressively stealing secrets to build up China’s military and economic power, a US advisory panel on US-China relations has warned.
Its members urged the US Congress to ensure the country was adequately …
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