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I love humorous and interesting and political T-shirts and literally have a collection of 60 hanging in the closet. As they’re worn and washed, they go to the back of the line to wait their turn again. One of my employees liked one of the T-shirts so much she wanted it for her graduation present! […]
Phil’s Favorite Song Three
A few years ago I quit all social media because I was not going to give Zuckerberg and his ilk even one more penny off my data given how much they have destroyed the fabric of our society and its political discourse. There is a 30-day window before your page is shut down. It was […]
Narcan saves lives
There have been news stories in the past couple of years about the decline in opioid deaths, but I have not seen any of them crediting Narcan becoming an over-the-counter drug for that decline. If administered when somebody is overdosing it blocks the effect on the nervous system of the opioid and saves lives. Most […]
The Unreported Economic Catastrophe Coming in 6 to 12 Months Because of Trump’s Iran War
I have been traveling the rural roads of Georgia for 40 years. I used to make two week long East Coast trips when I did the stamp shows in New York City and saw clients all up and down the East Coast. Over the years I have so much enjoyed getting off the Interstate and […]
Helping to Keep Wildlife Safe
I don’t usually buy canned sodas or its like but recently due to a medical procedure I needed to not eat for a day I need to hydrate very heavily. When I was throwing away the plastic that ties the six cans together I remembered something from years ago. Always use a knife or a […]
Where have all the children gone?
Approximately 7 million dependents—mostly children—vanished from U.S. income tax returns filed for the 1987 tax year. This massive disappearance occurred because the IRS began requiring taxpayers to list Social Security numbers for any dependents over age 5, making it impossible to continue claiming “phantom” dependents. The Cause: The Tax Reform Act of 1986 introduced the requirement for Social Security […]
The Anhinga – the Clown of the Everglades
When I was a child living in West Miami, I rode my black 3-speed Phillips English Racer out along the Tamiami Trail and went fishing every weekend. That was when I first saw an Anhinga. After they swim underwater, looking sinuous like a snake (which is why they’re nicknamed the snake bird) they get out […]
The Path Between The Seas
Another great history by David McCullough about the creation of the Panama Canal. There’s only one of his books that I haven’t liked and out of courtesy to him I will not name it. Without getting into a whole lot of history about the Panama Canal at one point the US was arguing over whether […]
The Avalanche
I’m sitting in the student union at the University of Miami with some friends. They’retalking about messy dorm rooms. One of the guys nominates me as having the […]
What “FSU” means in Hebrew
This is a partial repeat of a previous post adding a humorous additional memory to it. While sitting in the student union that day (See the story “The Avalanche” in the post “What Me, Focus?”) there […]