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As the worldwide economy sways, customs should readjust - Ya' think? For a while it made sense to think that dollars spent like pennies. Tipping dollars - rounding off percentage amounts - ignoring the pennies...leaving a bit more than double the tax tip at a cafe or minimum twenty percent tip at a fancy eatery made your presence smell sweet. That was common practice then.

Have you readjusted? Do you do the same thing now? Will an unpleasant odor linger after you're gone if you readjust… Continue

There's a stock market slump, prices higher at the pump and my throat's got a lump! It's a "bad tears" day and I'm gonna' put these droplets in reverse. Gonna' listen to a Susan Boyle video, let the "good tears" roll and release magical moments.

There are tears of joy that go on automatic when Scotland's most famous spinster, Susan Boyle lilts of promise and dreams her dream...and I remember repeated tear sightings when obese and single, Kate Smith sang, "God Bless America" with the USA at war,… Continue

Letterman lives up to his name. He has met a specific level of participation in his performance and is elite in his craft....he earned his jacket. In the other corner, Palin took her jackets without paying her dues or apologizing for her inappropriate behavior.
David Letterman's public apology to Sarah Palin and her daughters is an explanation - a defense of his inappropriate words and is an act of remorse for something judged by others to be wrong. Honest realists judge taking expensive… Continue

Gee Sarah, you're pretty, very energetic and have a gift of gab. However, I don't want my girl child or any-one's daughter upset by public comment or to follow your example of mothering. Picking on TV comic, Letterman's bad-taste, comment and getting insulted is "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" , forked-tongue, media attention-getting, politician's tactics. You say one thing and do another in the name of family values and child-rearing that I don't want to see in the White House.… Continue

The number wisdom for today and for the month of June 2009: Seize the power. A #8 Universal vibration directs nations and people to solve problems. So? - you may ask...what does that mean to me?

Investments mean a lot. It's timely to think about getting back into the market or adding to your 401K or making any major purchases...there are bargains to be found. There are risks. However, in a #8 influence, there are less risky risks.

Exercise means a lot. It's timely to begin a fitness regimen...… Continue