Since 2019 I have consumed Coca-Cola products as much as I have watched TV news: just twice. One Coke in May 2020 (at a graduation party with no water available) and a Sprite in February 2021 (snow/ice storm caused water pipes breakage and outage in restaurant we were in). No tea or ice was available.…
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Martin Luther King, Jr., himself said he looked forward to a time when it was the character, not the skin color, that one was judged on. That time is not now for millions of Americans who agree with the cancel culture and the woke movements. This division, as pursued by social and news media, is…
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Do you want to know a secret? No one knows that… A scientific study of 13,000 real life secrets found the average person has 13 secrets. Most have been keeping quiet about them for at least 15 years. It’s human nature to keep secrets and tell little white lies, but until recently most people didn’t…
When the power goes out, your refrigerator and freezer will only stay cold for so long. According to the American Red Cross, an unopened refrigerator will keep food cold for four hours. After this, temperatures will begin to rise to unsafe levels. A full, unopened freezer will keep food frozen for 48 hours; a half-full freezer…
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Let’s cut to the chase. These are the basics: Water Your family needs at least one gallon of water per person, per day, to function during an emergency. You’ll also need extra water for pets, cooking, and hygiene. If you’re preparing for a two-week emergency, that comes to 56-112 gallons or more of water. Many…
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In our bug out bags, we keep assorted bandanas among our emergency gear. One of my favorites is this mammoth one: Other uses for bandanas include: Use as a hat or scarf. Make a protective mask with one of them. Cold compress (wet one or add ice if available). Make a splint with a paint…
Summary of Tracy Goss book The Last Word on Power: Executive Re-invention for Leaders Who Must make the Impossible Happen I first met Tracy Goss, one of the foremost experts on transformational leadership in the late 1990s, as an executive at H-E-B Food/Drugs in Texas. I had been warned that grown men and women, people…
I first met Pam Tillis in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 1979 while she was singing backup to her father, country music singer Mel Tillis. Mel surprised his daughter by announcing to the crowd at the Frontier Hotel that night that he was inviting her up front so she could sing a song by herself. “Daddy would…
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Healthgrades released its 2021 America’s Best Hospitals lists Feb. 9. America’s 50 best hospitals represent the top 1 percent of hospitals in the nation. Healthgrades used 2017-19 Medicare data to evaluate the performance of nearly 4,500 U.S. hospitals in the treatment of 32 conditions and procedures, including heart attack, pneumonia and sepsis. For more information on the…
JackNotes Executive Summary: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray, Ph.D It is important to remember that men and women have reciprocally different natures. Men and women need to appreciate these differences, and cease expecting each other to act and feel the way they do. Chapter 2: Mr Fix-It and the…
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In 2011 music enthusiast Liz Hajek and I traveled to New York to spend a day with May Pang, Lennon’s girlfriend for almost two years in the early 1970s. After enjoying 12 hours with May in her home, and at a nearby Gilligan’s Seafood Restaurant near Pomona, NY, us two Texans understood why John Lennon…
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Be careful what you bet.
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