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If times are good for you, I have bad news. If times are bad, I have good news for you. Times are going to change. They always do. As Willie Nelson sang, "Cause nothing lasts forever but old Fords and a natural stone, Diamonds are forever and these old cars they still keep rolling on...". In these days you wonder if, in fact, that diamond you have will keep its value forever and will...

I want to share with you a little something that may be of interest to anyone who is into weather, such as storm chasing and the like. On my most recent trip back home to Illinois (my home state), I stopped in Belvidere, which is about 65 miles northwest of Chicago, and I purchased a book entitled "The Belvidere Tornado, April 21, 1967, A 40th Anniversary Perspective". For starters, the title is...

My brother was worried about saving his 1000-finger banana plant; I was worried about saving my life. I’m not a major worrier, but when there’s a tropical storm/hurricane in the front yard, I get a little apprehensive. I mean, when the water is rising, you can’t see the road anymore, and there’s a good-sized alligator checking out the neighborhood, I get a little testy. I grew up in...

Nothing much out of the ordinary happens in my home town. Beyond the occasional tornado scare or bad snow storm, life is predictable. I like that. It gives one a sense of order not to be jolted by unusual circumstances. Even though we are just a stone’s throw from Cincinnati, OH, what happens in Cincy stays in Cincy, as far as we are concerned… you know, like Vegas. The other...

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