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Tips for Safe and Sane Indy-Pendence Day (and avoiding diahreah)

Hey! Guess what time of the year it is! If you guessed it’s time to start Holiday shopping cause the religious holidays are just 5 friggin months away, you’re damn right!
It’s also….. <drum roll please>….. POP BANG POP BANG KABOOM, OW MY F*CKING HAND IS ON FIRE! Yes, it’s Independence Day weekend.
It’s too bad, so [...]

A few words to those who think “they can handle their pills and booze.”

My spouse was diagnosed as being bi-polar 15 years ago. She would not accept responsibility for what was going on in her life, but rather took the “If you were a better husband/if you did this/if you had NOT done that I would not have this problem to begin with. Bi-Polar disorder is a disease, [...]

Dish Network Disaster

Whatever Media provider you choose, do not, I repeat, do not use Dish Network.  I started with them about 1 year ago.  I have had nothing but issues ever since.  They announced in December of 2009 that they had more than 14 million customers.  I also learned upon researching Dish Network and it’s executives for [...]

Bad Tax News Turns Into Good Tax News

A while back we did our taxes for this year and TurboTax told us we had to pay $900 this year. We were stupified <?>.
Our son Johnathan ran the whole thing through again the other day and found out we actually should get a refund of $2500. He said we can still claim him as [...]

The Web - Can’t Live Without It

I tried to do without, but I have to have my World Wide Web. In fact, these days, most people agree, the Internet is more important than the old media — like TV.
 “For the first time more people would choose to eliminate television from their lives than the Internet, if they were forced to choose.” [...]

Don’t Listen To Mechanics-You Can Fix More Than You Think

I drive a 1995 Ford Explorer that’s doing ok, but showing it’s age. It needs a lot of maintenance now that it’s over 100 years old. I discovered I can do more repairs on my truck (and probably yours too) than what many mechanics at auto shops told me I could, thanks to sheer desire [...]