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Talk so much yet barely breathing.
Air exiting the mouth to speak down on that and criticize this
Hot air, like a balloon full of hot air
Out, but what’s taken in?
Where is The Inhale?
the entrance of, not just an inward leak of just enough to get my next word out, but
* (deep breath) *
to the dome to awaken The Sleeping for too long
To get the necessary in-flow to ignite The Light
To take IN warm air, cool breeze, magnetic mother
Earth and her trees, her flowers that breathe
out what I need ~
How dare I not appreciate more, the other side of My Breath
The Keeping me from death
The Much needed depth from The Depths of
* (deep breath) *
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Also called the "fat tax", this tax has been introduced in New York and California. Now President Obama is looking fund a portion of the health care plan with it.
Please understand that I'm no fan of soft drinks ever since I learned they contain benzene! While it may be popular to tax sugary snacks like soda pop, ultimately it will hurt those who can least afford it.
Follow this logic. The government will not stop at soda, it will impose taxes on salty snacks, greasy fast food, and so on. Now the folks who want to live my life for me would say "This is all to make you more healthy". But what about the folks that have limited access to healthy alternatives. The ones who live in food deserts? A food desert is a district with little or no access to foods needed to maintain a healthy diet, but often served by plenty of fast food restaurants. Until you solve this problem first, only the poor (the ones without adequate heath care) will suffer.
It seems only a few short months ago that I wrote my last birthday post here. I can't believe it's been another year already. Really, I can't believe how time flies when you're living your life. But most of all, I can't believe I'm now 30 years old. When I was a kid, 30 seemed ANCIENT. Now that I'm 30, it seems like I'm just a few short years out of high school. Strange how perspectives change, huh?
This year's birthday is a mixed bag - I'm always happy and grateful when another birthday rolls around, especially when it makes me a little introspective and I focus on how things have been going. On the other hand, I'm on an assignment in Minnesota right now with 6 weeks in between visits home to see my family (currently going on 3.5 weeks and rounding the home stretch to my next visit home in mid-August). Additionally, I have to work 1pm to midnight today (what's with making me work on my birthday!?!?) which sort of sucks, but at least I got to sleep in late this morning and putter around the hotel a bit. Sleeping late + reading a good book and drinking coffee in bed is not a bad start to a birthday - I recommend trying it sometime.
So without further ado, I'll jump right into my yearly introspective retrospective, semi-objective super-collective of selective reflectives:
Over the past year I:
- Took a vacation with my family to Playa del Carmen, Mexico (would love to be back there with the family again!!)
- Celebrated
Rosalie's First Birthday in the traditional family style, Violet's 4th
birthday, and Dee's __th birthday (that's classified info and if I told
you she'd have to kill me)
- Read some good books
- Rediscovered the time suck that is Facebook and Facebook apps like Bejeweled Blitz, Poker, Lexulous and Scrabble
- Set up my Homeowner's Association community website and continued to maintain it
- Started running (again!)
- Finished first in my age division in my first 5k in 5 years (ugh, now I'm in a new age division, guess it's time to work my way up again)
- Dramatically improved my cholesterol levels through diet, exercise, and a couple of helpful cholesterol medications
- Appear to have gained a lot more grey hair (probably from chasing after my kids!)
- Sold another piece to epiffunnies.com and had it voted as ePIFfunny of the Week
- Joined my synagogue's Brotherhood's book club. Although I'm missing out on most of the meetings this summer, it's still fun. Plus, I'm the youngest guy there by about 15-20 years :-)
- Built a playset for my kids in the backyard with the help of my father and brother-in-law (thanks Dad and Brian!)
- Watched Violet's very first dance recital (cutest video EVER coming soon to a blog near you!)
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Kept afloat in my role as lead electrical on this project and began my stint up here on-site in Minnesota for commissioning
In the coming year I expect I will:
- Spend a lot of long hours on-site here in Minnesota cursing equipment and working my butt off to get things running properly
- Not see my girls NEARLY often enough, but will immerse myself in their lives at every given opportunity
- Finish this damn Vox Export tool (I swear it's almost ready for testing!!!) and get it out to the
massespeople who have asked about it
And just like last year, I also have some things I hope to do, including:
- Bring smiles to the faces of every one in my family as often as I can
- Get back into running regularly
- Wrap up this assignment as quickly as possible and get back home to see my family SOON
- Get back into posting regularly on Vox
- Enjoy every day - Time's a one-way street and I don't want to miss any of the sights along the way
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Many people at various discussions boards have claimed the only thing they lose by signing up for a utility budget plan is the interest. I can’t argue with that, but let’s do some math and see how much you lose over the long term. Based on my earlier post, the difference was $43 over 12 months. An annuity of $43 at 11% (my rate of return) for 30 years is $1477. Now lets take the “I only lose the interest” another step – improper tax withholding. Lets use $40 as your annual refund. An annuity of $40 at 11% for 30 years is $1374. Finally, lets take the “I only lose the interest” one last step – not sweeping idle cash balances into a money market. Assume an average cash balance of $500 at 4% for 30 years. That comes to $600.
Grand total = $3451.
WOW! :-))
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