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End of April News

April 25, 2014
Here’s a brief update: I need to put my Saltwater Fish Keeping blog into a maintenance mode while I rebuild it to see if I can overcome some issues with it. I think it happened when I first moved it to the new host. I didn’t export and import it, I copied the files and

Long Time No Blog, Well, Not Really

April 12, 2014
It sure feels that way though. I’ve been blogging, quite actively in fact, just not here. I started a blog about my gardening exploits (or lack thereof) over at I am NOT a gardener. Now I’ve done a lot of research into gardening for money such as gourmet mushrooms, baby corn, antique roses, corn/soy for

River Monsters with Jeremy Wade Part 2

May 7, 2013
Part 2 of an article about Jeremy Wade who goes to where there are stories of giant monsters in their river and tries to prove or disprove them.

River Monsters with Jeremy Wade

May 7, 2013
Jeremy Wade goes to various freshwater areas of the world where there are stories of giant monsters in the river and Jeremy tries to prove or disprove them via catch-and-release fishing.

Was it really a waste?

November 21, 2012
Last week I took a vacation.  I didn’t go anywhere, I didn’t do anything. Oh I had a list of things I was going to do, but I only accomplished two. A minor project in my room, and rest.  I think that sometimes we forget that our body needs rest.  I learned the hard way

How Would You Start Over?

November 5, 2012
Editors Note: This post was originally posted a few years ago and was lost but eventually recovered, however without pictures (where applicable). By Jeffery Wood | March 15, 2010 SO today I have now finished college…for this term anyway, and now I have a little time to do some writing and…uh, hmmmm. I haven’t really

Forced Teamwork?

October 12, 2012
Can you force a group of people to be a team? No, not really. In an employment situation, you can force the group to be polite, but you cannot force them to do much else. You can’t force them to respect each other, nor trust each other, nor to work as a team. Trying to

The Best Kind of Arguments

October 5, 2012
Yes indeed, there is a kind of arguing that is great to have. Politics or religion? Nope. Superheros. Superheros? Yes, superheros. A guy I know, not quite a friend but more than a friendly acquaintance, has a girlfriend in college and she invited him to a homecoming dance which is a superhero formal theme. Now

Your lucky number this week is 9

September 27, 2012
That’s what the fortune cookie said. What’s that supposed to mean anyway? Why 9, and why for only a week? It’s not like you can play the lottery or anything.  After a week does it drop to an 8? Of course I don’t take fortune cookie fortunes seriously, but sometimes they are silly, profound or,

In memory of Jim Rohn

August 3, 2012
[UPDATE: The video is no longer available, apparently.] Editors Note: This post was originally posted a few years ago and was lost but eventually recovered, however without pictures (where applicable).   By Jeffery Wood | December 9, 2009   I don’t know why this video struck me so much, but it did, so I’m sharing