ShopTalk 2021: Tools Extend Life!

Almost 72, Planning Still Works Happy Aging Zone?  There is a delightful balancing place most of us can find, with a little effort.  It comes down to three concepts we’ve covered on Peoplenomics and here this year.  For those who missed, these concepts revolve to form a “balanced life.” It’s marvelous to have/be-in  a relationship … Read More

Sunday Woo-Woo: Dreamwork Payday

Short story time.  Fiction?  You decide… By now, most of our readers know I am a huge fan dream research and I’ve been doing copious amounts of personal “dreamwork.” My book on topic (“Psychocartography: Mapping the Human Dream”) has managed to become one of the least-read books on Kindle. Yet I persist in the work.  … Read More

Prepping: Metal Detecting 101

In Saturday’s column I hinted that I would wade a little deeper into the idea of “hobbies that can make money” for you…and by the title, you ought to know where this one is going. For the gold! Bit of personal background:  When I lived in the PNW – and even when I was on … Read More

Coping: Notes from “Around the Ranch”

As I was sitting quietly contemplating some of the major problems of physics (“Why do composite resistors have much Johnson-Nyquist noise figures than think-metal film varieties?”) it struck me that a useful column for the end of a weekend would be to round up a few things that haven’t found their way into our regular … Read More

Turkey – With a Side of Woo-Woo

Well, here we go – a probable record cold Thanksgiving Day ahead, particularly in the Northeast: This will also likely be a record setting weekend not just for travel, but for online sales as Black Friday comes tomorrow. Wait!  What About Economics? Yes,. of course that is still our “stock-in-trade.”  With the markets closed for … Read More

Coping: The 5th Annual “Turkey Leftovers” Column

By request from last Thanksgiving – only this time in advance so you can have everything on hand this year… Back in 2013. we share the best turkey leftovers recipe  we’ve ever found.  Our Ode to 13 Coins’ SST Sandwich column from 2013.  I don’t remember if Gale, the daytime bartender at the ‘Coin’s place … Read More

Coping: New Year Resolutions Contest!

Just for Fun:  Elaine and I are sleeping in this morning, so rather than roll-out at the ugly hour (4:30 A) I thought it would be fun if we collected as many New Years Resolutions as possible this morning. Go ahead….think of some good ones and post them as comments. I’ll be checking several times … Read More