Success Lessons for Legionnaires
The French Foreign Legion was founded in 1831. Their spiritual home and former training centers are in former French colonial North Africa, although they now train primarily in the south of France. What made them the legendary force they were and still are? What success lessons can we learn...
GEO – Grand Epic Online Game Review
Grand Epic Online is without a doubt the most attractive browser-based MMORPG on the Internet. Although it describes itself as a 2.5D dungeon crawler, the graphics are beautifully animated. The feudal Japanese style of the game will surprise many fans of the RPG genre around the world. Before starting...
What Should Be on the Tombstone of Gifted Education: Part 1 – Invasion of the Gifted Thieves
Each of us in the early retirement set remembers what it was like in school. It was a tiny microcosm of fragmented social groups. Some groups were popular, while others banded together to rebel against the popular crowd. Even within these groups, further stratification was based on who was...
Starting a Lawn Care Business During a Recession
At a time when jobs are scarce, starting a lawn care business may seem like an alternative for those who have been laid off or are unable to find work with reasonable compensation. This article will offer advice to those thinking of starting a lawn care business during an...
The Tailgate Party and Responsibility
We are only a few weeks away from the fall football season. Millions of rabid soccer fans will throw food and drinks at their favorite vehicle and head into the soccer stadium parking lots. When they arrive, the grills will go out, tables and chairs will be set up,...
6 reasons why Georgia will win the national championship
The 2017 Georgia Bulldog football season was one of the best seasons for the program in years. Led by seniors Nick Chubb, Sony Michel, Lorenzo Carter and Davim Bellamy along with Butkus Award winner Roquan Smith, the Dawgs experienced many successes including taking over South Bend, defeating the Florida...
Comparison of apples with apples – Hydrated weight versus dehydrated weight – Home dried versus store bought
In the interest of scientific research on what happens to apples when they are dehydrated, I conducted an experiment. Actually, it was sheer curiosity that prompted the study: apples needed drying anyway. To proceed: 4 apples were cored and weighed before dehydration. Weights ranged from 7 ounces to 7.5...
The Shrinking Federal Reserve. Beer excise tax launched in 2018 is now permanent in 2020
The alcohol tax has been with us since the Revolutionary War and then was a device used to help pay for the Civil War. Honest Abe gave us the first tax on beer in 1862 at $1 per gallon. Even Cleopatra VII imposed beer taxes on the Egyptians to...
Fantasy Football: A Lesson in How to Monetize Anything
Attention entrepreneurs: the following would have seemed as fictional as Star Wars to our grandparents, not to mention Vince Lombardi. However, it is all true and there is a valuable lesson in this: you can monetize anything! Congratulations to the NFL. They have found a way to maintain a...
Top 10 tips to cure insomnia naturally
Living in a digital age is indeed a blessing, as we are endowed with a multitude of sources of learning, advancement, and entertainment that are right at our fingertips. However, these numerous facilities come at a hidden price. Excessive use of all kinds of electronic devices can cause a...