Author Archives: Mark
Ava
I’ve tried starting a post about my daughter a bunch of times before but I’ve previously failed at actually writing anything until now for a couple of reasons. Firstly, every moment of my spare time since our daughter’s birth has been purposely and most pleasantly filled with supporting my wife, caring for my daughter, playing [...]
Cat + Treat + Empty Kleenex Box =
Explanation from the people who recorded the following video: This is what our cat did when tempted with a treat in an empty kleenex box. He’s dumb, but we love him. To those concerned for his safety and worried about psychological cat trauma: I promise he’s absolutely no worse for wear. Happy, laid back little [...]
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FDR & The New Deal
To piggyback on top of my previous post I did a bit more digging around and thought the following was also worth sharing. The following passage concludes with a quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s treasury secretary. Note: feel free to substitute the word Obama in place of the word Roosevelt. [source] Roosevelt embarked on an antidote to [...]
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UCLA Study from 2004: Federal Stimulus Packages prolonged Great Depression by 7 years
And what did Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s policies consist of? Increasing the Federal Government in it’s scope, it’s power, and it’s size by spending amounts of money that were previously unheard of and creating federally subsidized programs to regulate labor contracts, housing, the financial sector, and the agricultural sector. Here are a couple of great selections [...]
Merry Christmas!!!
I love Christmas. It’s literally better than all of the other holidays combined. I’ve always enjoyed Christmas, but in the past few years I’ve really grown to love it. I’m not quite certain what has caused me to really love the holiday, but I think it comes down to the fact that our family has [...]
YouTube Muppets Queen Cover (Video Clip)
Never thought I would be using that as a post title, but here’s a YouTube clip of the Muppets covering the song Bohemian Rhapsody by the band Queen. It’s quite well done.
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v3.0
Hello all! As you may or may not have noticed, version 3.0 of the blog design is up and running. It’s extremely minimal as this is kind of my theme lately. It will have very odd (and ugly) bugs here and there until I get everything updated and back to normal. Thanks for your patience!!!
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Keep it Simple
I love this quote: The letter I have written today is longer than usual because I lacked the time to make it shorter. -Blaise Pascal Another random thought: It is my contention that one of the best feelings in the world is the feeling of throwing away something that would otherwise only serve to collect [...]
Request
If you happen to have a spare minute I would ask that you say a prayer for my Aunt Janell. She was very recently diagnosed with cancer—a cancer they have classified as very aggressive. She is quite young (45ish) and she and my uncle have 3 children, with their youngest daughter being about 18 years [...]
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Melissa