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SOMETHING I FOUND FASCINATING -- IS IT BECAUSE I AM OLD? The slow death of handwriting Christmas cards, shopping lists and what else? The occasions in which we write by hand are fewer and fewer, says Neil Hallows. So is the ancient art form of handwriting dying out? A century from now, our handwriting may only be legible to experts. For some, that is already the case. But writer Kitty Burns Florey says the art of handwriting is declining so fast that ordinary, joined-up script may become as hard to read as a medieval manuscript. "When your great-great-grandchildren find that letter of yours in the attic, they'll have to take it to a specialist, an old guy at the library who would decipher the strange symbols for them," says Ms Florey, author of the newly-published Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwritin...

1. I am DONE shopping. If you know me, you know this is MIRACULOUS!! Last year (there were some unusual circumstances) my biggest shopping day was actually the 24th of December. Not kidding. 2. I want these things for Christmas: a) a cannister vacuum - found at Home Depot for about $42.00 b) a dirt devil carpet cleaner - found at The Cleaning Supplier for $199.00 c) new slippers - found wherever d) a new winter bathrobe - again, found anywhere

I realize the internet is not a bastion of always correct information and I am not going to actually look this up to see if it is fact. I am just going to post it here. Think what you will.

Corporate begging in style

There is always talk about leaving our planet/world/country a better place for our children. Better environment, better ecomony, more peaceful -- seriously, I don't think that's going to happen. It is a nice idea, but mostly what we leave them is more crap. I know "CRAP" isn't a very specific term, but that's really what it is. Crap in the way of global/local environmental issues. Crap in the way of socialist political issues. Crap in the way of stifled freedoms in the "free-est" country in the world. Crap in the way of valueless, amoral leaders, entertainers, teachers, etc. I am not able to leave them something better in terms of the planet/world/country - I don't have the means, the time, the man-power, the political power, the resources, etc. I can do just a little part when it comes to those greater and grander things (and rest assured I will do my little part ). What I can leave them with is resiliency , independence, creativity an...

I am going to post some links to some articles I have read recently. I find them interesting and thought-provoking. I would like the 1 or 2 people who read this blog to read them also. I am not a doom and gloomer, nor am I any kind of political activist for any political party. I think our country is changing. We can all agree on that. How it is changing, remains to be seen. I am prepared (at least as much as I can be) for whatever the changes are. I see two possibilities for the direction our country will be taking over the next several years. I will choose the articles carefully because I know how valuable your time is and I don't want to waste it. On these issues, these people speak better than I. Enjoy. Maybe that's not the right word. History is Repeating Itself While We Look Powerless to Stop it.

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