Kristy's Blog

Since I’m an Arizona resident, thought I’d give this a shot. Mexicans don’t get any free benefits unless they have green cards. If you think they do, you are wrong. Free lunches at school is the only thing you got right (regarding benefits), and that’s only because you don’t have to show ID to get […]

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When Einstein was about age 3, his parents brought him to a pediatrician because he was not yet talking. Researchers have learned that Einstein had developmental dyslexia. More than a century ago, it was found that lesions of the left angular gyrus—ie, Brodmann’s area 39—induce acquired alexia. Therefore, it is possible that people with developmental […]

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Just Released! All 'Bout Credit – Episode 2 – What is a Credit Report?

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You can send a $10 donation to the Red Cross by texting “Haiti” to 90999. You will be billed an extra $10 on your phone bill. By giving up a one entertainment activity, you can save a life in Haiti. $10 = one bottle of wine $10 = 2 six packs of beer $10 = […]

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Love this post. Finally someone talking some sense. Read whole article. The world’s greatest nation seems bent on subjecting itself to a similarly humiliating defeat, by playing a game that could be called Terrorball. The first two rules of Terrorball are: (1) The game lasts as long as there are terrorists who want to harm […]

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Another application from Facebook which is actually pretty cool…

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In response to this story: WSJ article: People are screaming about TSA, but the guy boarded in Amsterdam – not the U.S., where the TSA has complete control. The TSA works with all foreign airport securities to make sure they are TSA compliant, but we can’t control other governments. Since there’s no proof positive that […]

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I’m sorry, but kids do not require cell phones. Classrooms at all schools have phones in each room, so messages can be taken and relayed to kids in emergencies. How about forcing kids to take responsibility for being where they say they will be and being on time. I think it’s ridiculous that any kid […]

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https://skepticsannotatedbible.com/ My favorite passage: Numbers 31:7, 16-17 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. … Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known […]

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For teenagers, the world is their social peers; they live and die on popularity. As adults, we never quite escape this – you never really leave high school emotionally. When agonizing over the angst of high school, I wish I had gotten this advice, as it still applies: You’re not responsible for what other people […]

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