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2011 100 Post Marathon #20 – Stregulation, California Style

I cannot understand why anyone still lives in California. Sitting here on the east coast, it sometimes appears as if the goal is to drive as many businesses and residents away from the state as possible. Stregulation is choking everyone from Amazon to Mom and Dad, Inc. Under AB 889, household “employers” (aka “parents”) who … Continue reading

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02/11/2012

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A Request

I won’t go into great detail, but just say that May is a historically bad month in our household. Two large and largely unexpected expenses have hit in the past two weeks. Combine those with one income that is totally dependent on tips (which tend to be a bit spotty in May) and here I … Continue reading

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Looking Back at 2010 – Part 4

Welcome to New Year’s Eve 2010. Time to continue my look back at the paucity of posts here at bRight&Early. October was no exception. I did tell everyone about a new site I had created – The Polk Family Fun Guide. It is a directory for local family friendly businesses, and something I will be … Continue reading

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Lunchtime List & Lass – 6

Hope you are off to a good week. We are still working our way through 100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About, if any of you are actually reading the lists. Today we take a look at Gadgets, and I comment in italics. Gadgets 57. Typewriters. 58. Putting film in your camera: 35mm may … Continue reading

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Going Open Source

A few weeks ago I shared the news that I had lost everything on my hard drive (making me the poster boy for those who don’t do backups like they should). I’m still a bit sick about all the pictures I’ve lost (although I have recovered all those I lost that I had posted here … Continue reading

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Doing the Math

I know it’s awfully early in the morning, but I’ve been up for two hours and I’m on my second cup of coffee, so I shouldn’t strain anything trying to do some math. If you’re going to play along at home, please stretch first. I don’t want you hurting yourself, and numbers can do that … Continue reading

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A New Week – A New Begining

I hope that all of you enjoyed a great Memorial Day Weekend and that you managed to find time to remember those who paid the ultimate price to secure our freedoms. This weekend marks the traditional start of summer. Schools here have just eight more days, the four this week and the first four next. … Continue reading

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A Taxing List

100 Post Marthon #44 Want to engage in a little taxing reading this evening? How bout this list — Tax List The TAX LIST is still growing. So far, we have the following 177 Taxes that are in common use (some are a little bit quirky, but Google them and see- they really do exist … Continue reading

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A Good Day

If you ever thought about dropping something in the tip jar, today would be a great day. UPDATE: Some have helped already, and I can’t say thank you enough. If you can help, it would be greatly appreciated. There is a tip jar button in the right sidebar. Tweet Sphere: Related Content

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Moving

Sucks.

Even when the move is less than a mile. Continue reading

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