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GST in life, business and trading

One of the behaviors I am working on with my clients to is to train them to take a Goal/Strategy/Tactic approach to running their businesses. A Goal is the end state of whatever you are trying to achieve. A Strategy defines how you will accomplish that goal, and a Tactic is a...

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Thoughts on Lent

I came to the Xian Calendar fairly late. I was raised in a church that thought anything liturgical smacked of Roman Catholicism and since everyone knew that Roman Catholics were going to hell, we had nothing to do with liturgy. As a result, I had just about zero familiarity...

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In Memory of Ken Jessup

In Memory of Ken Jessup

I lost an old friend today. He had been in poor health - really  for as long as I knew him, so in some ways, today's news was not a surprise. But it still hurts. He was younger than me. He lived with us in Texas for a year. He worked for me. He moved on with life, found a woman...

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The Grandson

The Grandson

This is Logan Ryan Heald. He is the first born son of a first born son of a first born son of a first born son of a first born son... and it may go back farther than that. He's also the first Heald baby in generations without blue eyes. Now THAT is an accomplishment! Of course...

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For Twenty Billion Dollars…

...literally everyone in the world would have access to safe, sterile, sanitary drinking water. Here's the link. This guy has developed a hand-held water filter that filters out not only all bacteria but also all viruses. Amazing. Here's a couple of organizations that also...

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