“I thought you’re quite old! Found out that you were quite young! You didn’t take care of yourself or what!?”

That’s what someone said to me today! Instead of being polite, and refraining from comment or ignoring it; I spoke out! Just senseless, rude and … made him lose a lot of face, IMHO! The odd thing is that people who say that often find that it is impossible to take their foot of their…

Moving: if you’ve not moved recently, you’re not keeping with me!

Moving is a stressful time in your life, I know that because I have lived at over 30 different addresses in my life. This meant a move at least every year. I’ve had quite a lot of experience with different ways of moving house, including backs of cars, cattle trucks, large trucks, small vans, even…

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Healthcare in America SUCKS if you’re poor or even have a reasonable job!

I’ve been blabbing on about the current US debate on healthcare reform for quite some time now, so I went to the Blue Cross North Carolina site to check a couple of random rates for a family of four approximately my age. For my wife and myself, with two kids included (one under 12/one over),…