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SmartyPants just published three fictionalized memoirs as Diane DeVillers. "From the Waters of Coyote Springs" is about the eighties, when a counterculture, self reliant woman leaves her home of Wisconsin and heads west to the eastern Oregon wilderness near Joseph, where she works as a forester doing timber stand inventories in some of the most rugged forests near Hell's Canyon. The crew of...

Very quietly, the Senate introduced a bill which would implement collection of state sales taxes on product sales made over the internet on April 16th . This Bill is called the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 with 29 sponsors is predicted to pass the Senate today and has been introduced in the House. The arguments for this act seem to come from people who think that the lack of sales taxes...

i just joined GB a few days ago, and had just gotten started here.... i had invited some people to be new friends here as well.... and then my internet provider did an update---which i dread----it means that the internet went down for an entire day, and i lost all of my data etc here on GB, including all of my new firends, my profile info, etc so i am starting over today i just hope that my...

Since 2006, the UN has been framing an Arms Trade Treaty, to be applied to the import and export of all arms from small arms to tanks, aircraft, missiles, warships and artillery. It also applies to weapon parts and ammunition. Much has been written about it and there is significant fear among Americans regarding the implementation of this treaty in our country. So what is actually in...

What Song Brings Tears To Your Eyes? Some years ago, and just after dad passed away, i was just doing some house-cleaning, had the radio going. “Smile” with Nat King Cole came on, and as i listened to this lovely song, tears just rolled down my cheeks. i felt sad as it made me want dad close again, and how i just could not smile . As i heard the words to that song, every word seemed to be...

Optomism Is There Ever Such A Thing As Too Much Optomism? . An old song says ” Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative” The advice in this song is simple…focus on the positive elements of your life. Don’t dwell on negative things that have happened. Is that the key to your future happiness? There are two keys factors of which point to if you should or should not think...

Along the lines of ....( a little something i came across and wanted to share) A man was dining alone in a fancy restaurant and there was a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table..He had been checking her out since he sat down, but lacked the nerve to talk with her. Suddenly as she sneezed, and her glass eye came flying out of its socket towards the man. He reflexively reached out,...

aging-memories… Aging…. Who says my mind has gone away I see my youth there everyday I replay my life where none can go I meet the friends who’ve had to go So don’t tell me im getting old And now must do just what im told I laugh and play inside my head And i wander paths that once i tread So when it seems i am not there Those just thoughts i...

The Health Dangers of Soda Pop (Carbonated Soft Drinks) So very often our health problems do not BEGIN on their own. WE encourage illness and disease little-by-little every day by NOT PREVENTING their cause. We even know better sometimes, but our bodies’ cells can’t be fooled about what we put in our mouths. Take soda pop for instance. Some people drink it as if its water and they allow...

The instant Kaisa from Valkoinenponi mentioned it, I recognized the Commonplace Journal. For me, it was a book I had seen before, with the words Vade Mecum printed on the cover, that my father used. It was a small notebook, and he took notes in it. About the weather, numbers and measurements he needed to remember, quotes on prices and on wisdom. Vade Mecum means "Come with Me" in Latin, and...