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Unsurprisingly, to many people, "frugality" is synonymous with "cheap" or "stingy". You hear about your frugal grandparents when they lived through the Great Depression, pinching every penny just to make ends meet and stay alive. But what about when … [Read more...] about What is Frugality?
Faith & Spirituality • General
16 years ago • Comments
Actually, it's the countries that our church tours that are cursed. Here are some examples: Spain 2004 - Just a week or two later, terrorists killed 191 people and wounded 1,755 in coordinated train bombings. Sicily - Just days after visiting … [Read more...] about Our church is cursed!
16 years ago • Comments
Merry Christmas! The photo that you see above is the birthplace of Jesus in the city of Bethlehem, Israel in the Church of the Nativity. The city is now Palestinian-controlled, and isn't really the "little town of Bethlehem" from the Christmas song … [Read more...] about Merry Christmas from Bethlehem!
16 years ago • Comments
A few weeks ago, I told you our neighbor sold their house in 12 days. I took it as a good sign that the demand for a right-priced house in our area is still strong. Well I have a correction to make. They didn't sell it in 12 days. They sold it in … [Read more...] about Updates on the home sales on our street
16 years ago • Comments
I was directed by a Snopes article to a commentary written by Ben Stein at Yahoo Finance about why America needs to bail out the big 3 automakers (Ford, GM and Chrysler). I do recognize both sides of the argument (for and against the bailout), and … [Read more...] about Ben Stein’s reasons to bail out Detroit
16 years ago • Comments
Around Thanksgiving, I wrote a little humor article called "Being More Thankful than Those Little Brats!" where I talked about the "hardships" of my childhood. For example, using a rotary phone, or not having a cell phone or the internet. A friend … [Read more...] about Everything is amazing, but nobody is happy
