Shut Up And Get To The Point

The other day I was finishing my dinner and about to watch the latest episode of 24 when the phone rang. “No problem,” I say to myself and quickly pressed the pause button on the Tivo. I glance down and who’s on the phone but Ted – an old high school buddy. Now, this might • Read More »


Building Or Placing A Duck Blind

Building a duck blind on freshwater lakes and ponds, one of the most important things to remember is that there should be a harmony between the color of the material used and the surrounding growth. In other words, a big green blind in a bed of yellowish green or a light straw colored one along • Read More »


Real Discipline For A Child

Quite often we think of a disciplined child is a kid that does what they’re supposed to do instantly. Instant obedience is really only one example of good discipline by an outside force applied to a child by their mom and dad, teacher, or later as they’ve grown, by a work supervisor, or an officer • Read More »


Using The Fillet Command In AutoCAD

One of the handiest tools in your AutoCAD arsenal is the “fillet” command. Why is it so handy? Well, if you have two lines that you want to join that are at different angles to a junction point, it does this and also lets you to draw an arc between two intersecting lines or adjacent • Read More »


Thomas Edison Teaching Tip

Do you know who invented the talking doll? How about the electric vote-recorder? Would you be surprised to learn it was the same man who invented the phonograph and the electric incandescent light bulb? None other than Thomas Alva Edison, whose birthday was February 11, 1847. Here are some tips for celebrating his accomplishments: 1. • Read More »




Tips For Posting on a Christian Message Board

Actually, these suggestion would help on any Message Board. Give them a try. 1. It’s OK if your post is a one liner like “I’ll be praying” or “You made a good point”. A poor practice in posting is making one liner statements like “That’s just plumb dumb” or “That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever • Read More »


Developing State-enabled Applications With PHP

Installment 1 Developing State-enabled Applications With PHP When a user is browsing through a website and is surfing from one web page to another, sometimes the website needs to remember the actions (e.g. choices) performed by the user. For example, in a website that sells DVDs, the user typically browses through a list of DVDs • Read More »


Backyard Chickens

A good start is a flock of 10 or 12 early hatched pullets or yearling hens and an early hatched, mature rooster. I don’t really recommend any particular variety of chicken. All breeds are good layers with the exception of those fancy breeds like Polish, Frizzles, Red Caps. etc. For the backyard chicken coop, any • Read More »