Hats off to “The Rat Race Trap” (one of my favorite blogs) for the inspiration on this post! The compass? It’s about “finding the right direction.”
Stephen’s post today was about “In defense of laziness,” and he pointed out that different lifestyle choices are just that – choices. For instance, he said, if you enjoy living in a pizza box, beer bottle strewn apartment, but then hook up with a neat freak who wants “more” out of life, chances are you’re going to be miserable, or you’re going to change or …

Two weeks after 10-year old Sarah’s parents told her she couldn’t have a dog Sarah bought a small little collar. It was pink with rhinestones. The rhinestones captured her heart like only rhinestones in the eyes of a tween can. She clipped the price tag off and threw away the receipt.
“You know you can’t return it if you do that,” I said.
“I’m not going to return it,” she said smugly.
A week later she picked out a name.
“I know what you’re up to Sarah,” her mother told her. “And it’s not …

I had to laugh. I had to. I have been interviewing people all week for several articles I’m writing on RVing. I spoke with three women today – two older than me, one younger. And they all said pretty much the same thing – “When I learned I could use a bucket with a plastic bag and some cat litter and an old toilet seat for an emergency toilet in my trailer, I was okay with the idea of camping.”
Folks, these are attorneys and government administrators I’m talking to. Women …

There are 22,000 homeless kids, maybe more, on the streets of Orange County California and across the United States who are waiting on Apple to do the right thing. What’s the right thing? Replace my MacBook, a piece of technology even the Mac Genius’ have told me “is a lemon.” The problem, as I understand it, is Apple doesn’t make the black MacBook anymore because they had so many problems with it – including bad batteries – of which I’ve gone through three and am on my fourth….
13 homeless kids …