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The one area where incompatibility is a reality is in computers. Computer manufacturers and software developers build computers to be incompatible. Maybe not always intentionally but they often have no intention of designing a system to be compatible wit more »

In a Microsoft Windows world there's a wealth of options to choose from for software. In our Internet world there's also an ocean of free software you can use for surfing messaging and searching the waves of the information superhighway. more »

In our locality we subscribe to the weekend edition of the local news. That gives us Friday Saturday and Sunday issues. The highlight of the weekend is in the Sunday comics. That's the only section I read faithfully and the comic that I'm most likely t more »

Years ago the stock market was something for the wealthy to invest in. Today with much of American business going "public" most everyone has some kind of investment in the stock market. At every turn there's a philosophy about how to play the stock ma more »

I don't really remember when but at one of my places of employment I must have been contemplating some job change or something. When it became known I was given this advice. Put your fist in a bucket of wa more »

There is a west African proverb that goes thus "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." You may remember a similar saying from one of our presidents. Theodore Roosevelt liked using this phrase and was recording as first quoting it more »

On numerous occasions I've heard talk show hosts and preachers proclaim that to not have insurance is to be morally irresponsible. I still don't believe it. Insurance is one of the biggest evils of our modern society. It is a worldly assurance of our ear more »