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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Writing: NaNoWriMo Preview: 1,667
[This is a repost from my Worldview weblog] A week from now, National Novel Writing Month begins, which endeavor challenges its participants to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Success requires writing 1,667 words a day. Many people, mostly non-writers, ask why in the world anyone would want to do such a thing. […] Continue reading
Readiness: Immediate readiness
The simplest part of immediate readiness is assembling a readiness kit. The government website Ready.gov has a good list for a basic kit, and a quick Google search can reveal hundreds of variations on the theme. That said, everyone’s kit is going to contain different things based on each person’s views, approach, and the kind of changes […] Continue reading
Posted in Preparedness
Tagged Being ready for whatever comes next, Immediate Readiness, planning, readiness
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A kind of litmus test
For all you conservative voters out there who plan to vote for Republicans on 2 November, here’s an interesting test for you to use to see if you made the right choice between then and 2012: Did federal government spending … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Politics, Quid Facis, Spending, Voting, World Watch
Tagged Congress, Constitution, questions, Republicans, Spending, taxes, Tests, vote
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Did you know there are other choices?
I haven’t had much to say about the upcoming election, mostly because I decided who I was going to vote for two years ago, and my mind hasn’t changed much since then. That’s right, I decided who I was going … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Government, Philosophy, Politics, Quid Facis, Voting, World Watch
Tagged Choices, Voting
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Farming: The global food crisis
The specter of another global food crisis on par or worse than the events that shook parts of the world in 2007 and 2008 has once again reared its ugly head. Drought and fire in Russia have combine with poor harvests and reduced yields elsewhere in the world to dramatically increase demand even as the supply is […] Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming, Food
Tagged Choices, farmers, Farming, food production, Self-sufficiency
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