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THE MOWER OF ALL THINGS

On his way past the Abundance office, Lyle said he was looking for Bob. “I need to talk to the knower of all things.” For an instant I thought he’d said the mower of all things, which made sense to me because Bob mows like no one else I know. Bob mows at work and […]

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Health Care

ORWELL ROLLS IN HIS GRAVE

Corporate America wins another battle!  HR3200l effectively hands over every one of us to the Health Insurance companies on a silver platter, creating a monopoly in an industry which we cannot live without, unlike telephone service or car insurance. The sheer lie of the title, “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009” is as Orwellian […]

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Health Care

$35 MILLION A YEAR

Tsk. Tsk.  In the United States, we just keep right on throwing good money after bad, putting ourselves further and further into debt.  At this point in time, we owe the rest of the world more than $11.5 trillion.  That works out to $37,635.57 for every man, woman and child. The United States military budget […]

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METAMORPHOSIS

The moral of this little story is – it is not good enough to back up your website on the server, you must also back it up onto disc or external hard drive. The last couple of weeks have been a little unsettling. Unbeknownst to us, our Troutsfarm Website was slated for deletion by our […]

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Cookie's Bliss

WHITE WINE AND DARK CHOCOLATE

Another long day in a string of long days. It’s Saturday. I pour myself a second glass of white wine, head to the back of the trailer (ahem, Camelina) and pick up a piece of dark chocolate from the back bedroom. I put the glass on the bathroom sink, place the chocolate on my tongue […]