Beeker’s Words

Please read this article by Jeffrey A. Miron. He says everything I have been thinking.  This mess is because our government decided to guarantee money lent to individuals who had poor credit, an inability to budget, and had no understanding of the mortgages they had agreed to pay. Versus throwing money at the problem, the [...]

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How many times did you hear this growing up?  I have met kids that could test a saint and I am amazed at how their parents keep their cool.  I think parents have the toughest job in the world but I was amazed when I read this news story out of Nebraska. Nebraska decided to [...]

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Peta has written a letter to Ben & Jerry’s asking them to use breast milk versus cow’s milk to make their ice cream. I would not mind a soy based option but I don’t really think I could stomach breast milk ice cream. What do you think?

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photo by: Coast Guard News
While living in Texas, I often found that Texans are not afraid to voice what most people are thinking. I really miss that.  Today I was reading a story about the Texas Open Beaches act which is going to prevent a number of people from rebuilding in Galveston. The storm eroded [...]

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Pete and I are currently renting. This means no painting the walls. Yahoo Shine highlighted a company called The Picture Wall Company. They create groups of picture frames that you and I can install without measuring or having to think about layout. If you have ever tried to hang a grouping of frames, while maintaining [...]

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photo by: Joshua Lott
Pete and I opened our Washington Mutual account two years ago when we relocated from Austin to NJ.  We needed a local checking account because no one in NJ seemed to want to accept an out of state check.  We selected WAMU because they offered free checking and they had a number [...]

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I am a HUGE Sookie Stackhouse fan or more importantly I am a HUGE fan of Charlaine Harris who writes the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series. I just finished watching the first episode of True Blood on HBO which is based on the series of books. I am excited to say that Alan Ball (Six [...]

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Today, I was kid sitting for our friends and had the pleasure of spending the day with their 4 year old son.  I watched Finding Nemo twice today.  He just LOVES the movie Finding Nemo. Apparently he has watched it so much they have gone through at least one copy of the DVD.  Well as [...]

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photo by: Alex
Don’t you love looking up into the canopy of the trees around you?  I love driving down winding roads that are draped with the limbs and leaves of surrounding trees. If I ever need to focus and find an inner calm quickly, I think of trees.  Well today I was doing some research [...]

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