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Meat On Friday (MM #1437)

The fact that my wife and I are not the same religion rarely causes a problem for us except once a year, during Lent. I try to do my best and support my wife’s religious practices, but for me not eating meat on Friday is not easy…

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Urgent (MM #1436)

In school they taught us that the word urgent means something requiring immediate action or attention. But to me it seems that we’ve overused the word so much that it means anything but what it should…

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Driving In Snow (MM #1435)

While there many wonderful things I can say about living in the south, it’s difficult to say anything nice if there’s snow on the ground. Even all the transplanted Yankees don’t make driving in snow much easier…

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Mail Delivery (MM #1434)

The US Postal Service is broken. I probably don’t need to tell you that. For a lot of people in Tennessee last week they gave us a reason to wonder why they’re still providing mail delivery services…

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The Water Bill (MM #1433)

I’m really pretty blessed. I don’t often get stressed out about bills. I make enough money to pay my bills and enjoy the other comforts of life. But every now and then a bill comes in and it drives me crazy. Just the other day, I got the water bill…

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Tinted Windows (MM #1432)

There’s something alluring about a car with tinted windows. Perhaps it’s the association with fancy limousines, or wondering what you’re unable to see behind the darkened veil. But there is one HUGE drawback to them…

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Stop Bars (MM #1431)

If you’ve followed the podcast for any length of time you know that I like to drive. And in all my travels I’ve noticed that people seem to have problems with the stop bars that are placed on the pavement. And for the life of me I can’t understand why…

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Out Of The Loop (MM #1430)

Being self-employed has many advantages as well as disadvantages to working directly for a company. A lot of times when you come in as a vendor or contract employee you;re often times out of the loop when it comes to company politics…

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The Connected Car (MM #1429)

When I got my first car it only came with an AM radio. It was a big deal when I could finally afford to buy an FM converter. Now, I’ve got a connected car and I don’t think I can ever look back…

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Where’s The Snow Shovel (MM #1428)

After years of living in the north, I was finally able to get rid of my snow shovel when we moved south. Of course, what did I find myself needing the other day? The snow shovel of course…

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