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Hey Folks, I have wanted to build a " Rat Rod" for some time now. Just looking for the right...

Yes. I am, or was, a member of Mensa. In all actuality, I stopped paying dues when I had kids and found that I no longer had time to actively participate, but I'm still on the rolls and can reactivate at any time...and probably will sometime soon, now that my kids are grown. There are a lot of misconceptions about Mensa in general and mensans in particular. People are intimidated, but...

I have a life-long history of learning everything the hard way. I've even mentioned it with a perverse sense of pride in conversation. Dozens of times. Mary Chapin Carpenter's song, "The Hard Way" from her album "Come on Come on" was my anthem for about a decade. But this morning brought a new appreciation for taking the time to read the instruction manual once in a while before embarking into...

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner....

Andrea D. Lyon is a defense attorney. Well known in her field, she was the first female in America to represent a defendant in a death penalty trial. I watched her in action last week at a Casey Anthony hearing where one of the motions was to preclude the death penalty. I think she is just warming up. Meanwhile, her new book is due out next month. I decided to take a look at it... (Originally...