“What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.” ― Mark Twain As I take trips around the Sun on this rock we call Earth I get wiser with each trip, or at least I like to...

Imagine yourself in a second-hand store, browsing through the eclectic collection that a lot of people would simply call junk. While looking at the various items, you pick up an old, dusty lamp. To get a better look at the condition of the lamp you rub it with your...

The shopping frenzy has begun! Black Friday is here. Well, Black Friday sales started the beginning on November. Cyber Monday will be here soon – and it looks like it might be Cyber Week. Ok, this year is going to be different. The sales dates have been extended this...

It’s hard to believe that American Thanksgiving is here again. While Thanksgiving traditionally marks the start of the holiday season, this year is different. To allow for social distancing, Black Friday sales have been happening for weeks already. Public health officials hope that Americans can learn from Canada about...

For years I resisted the idea of automatic payments. There was something about the whole concept of automatic payments that made me feel like I would not be in control. While working at the electronics store, the phone company gave us the objective of getting people to sign up...

We live in a world where the Internet connects everybody. It allows us to connect with one another even when there are great distances separating us. We can work with people around the world in real time. We can take classes, conduct our banking, and invest online. There are...

After working for five years as a salesman in an electronics store, I learned quite a bit about cellphones and plans as well as how to get the most of our devices. There are some things that we can do to get the most out of our beloved little...

Save-On-Foods is our go-to grocery store. One of our favorite things about Save-On is their rewards program. We would use the coupons for the bonus points, yet one day as we were walking out of the store I got frustrated that we had missed our bonus points by only...

I am not a politically correct person, nor do I want to be. Somehow, it became socially encouraged to be politically correct in order to include everyone and not leave anyone out. My focus is growth and improvement. With so much civil unrest happening, I feel I must touch...

I wrote this post with a pen and paper at our rented cabin at Cottonwood House. It’s a beautiful historic site and remote enough that there is no cell coverage here. My family and I spent the night here on our way to Barkerville. It was the discovery of...