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 Readers are invited to comment on any of the items or discussion seen below, or any matter of concern here in Beautiful Marion County! Will Christmas shopping season turn out to be a boom or a bust- November 30, 2007 Perhaps its a cynicism that comes with old age, but I frequently am afflicted with that old deja vu feeling when confronting the everyday world I live in. Take for example, the Christmas shopping season, which started off with a bang the morning after Thanksgiving. Many shoppers, all across the country, got up in the middle of the night to take advantage of special pricing sales in many mainline retail establishments. Almost everyone in the retail game offered deep discounts, two-for-one...http://blogs.myspaceocala.com/Home/tabid/195/EntryID/4772/Default.aspx A Sunday walk in the woods does a fellow good this time of year- November 28, 2007 Last Sunday, I took a little trip over to the Land Bridge Trailhead located on County Road 475-A just a tad over two miles north of County Road 484. Theres a trail through the woods over to the Land Bridge which straddles I-75. In fact there are several trails through the woods there, one for walkers, one for horses and their riders, yet another for bicyclists. Sunday was a beautiful day for getting out and enjoying the great outdoor beauty this part of Florida has in such abundance. Ive been.http://blogs.myspaceocala.com/Home/tabid/195/EntryID/4766/Default.aspx A fantasy come true might not be so great after all- November 26, 2007 One of these days, Id like to just forget all about the few cares and woes I have, and just float aimlessly down a peaceful, quiet river in a canoe, soaking up the sun, listening to the birds and wildlife along the banks of the river, and the gentle lapping of the water along the length of the canoe. No paddle, no compass, no map, no itinerary, just a peaceful little excursion down the river, letting Nature carry me along with abandon wherever and however it may. Im not really sure why I find.http://blogs.myspaceocala.com/Home/tabid/195/EntryID/4760/Default.aspx Keeping up with growth is a never-ending challenge for officials- November 23, 2007 Last week, I was on vacation, so thats why there were no blogs written for a period of time. Last Sunday marked the final day of my vacation, but I had to attend to a matter that got inked in on my calendar months ago. I was a guest of the American Jewish Club in the State Road 200 community of On Top of the World where I was invited as a guest speaker. On Top of the World is a gated community, and I recall when the bulldozers first showed up in the area and began toppling trees and ripping...http://blogs.myspaceocala.com/Home/tabid/195/EntryID/4757/Default.aspx Almost time to start on that long, long list of stuff to do- November 21, 2007 The old calendar is slowly closing in on the final days of my career. Its a time I approach with some trepidation, but with a certain amount of joy as well. My list of things to do after I retire is so long I know, realistically, Ill never even approach getting all the tasks taken care of, but if I stick to the list, then I certainly wont lack for anything to do. And then theres the matter of travel. There are lots of places in this country Ive never seen. I do believe Ive seen more of Europe.http://blogs.myspaceocala.com/Home/tabid/195/EntryID/4754/Default.aspx There's just something endlessly fascinating about pi- November 19, 2007 Lots of numbers are endlessly fascinating, but none more so than . In speech, its pronounced pie, but in its written form, its pronounced more like pee. It is, of course, our old friend from geometry and algebra days, the one that allows us to solve math problems that involve circles. Modern computers have figured out the value of to a trillion places. In 2002, the value of pi was computed to 1,241,100,000,000 places, or if youre not very facile with numbers, thats 1 trillion, 241 billion,...http://blogs.myspaceocala.com/Home/tabid/195/EntryID/4749/Default.aspx A little bit of magic, please, Maestro!- November 9, 2007 Its odd how just a little misdirection and a flair for razzle-dazzle can cause someone else to totally misinterpret what youre doing to the extent that they are completely baffled. A buddy of mine way back in the fifth grade in grammar school once showed me the secret of a trick he used to do with a rubber band. The effect is this: You show your closed hand, in a fist configuration, to your about-to-be startled spectators. A rubber band is wrapped tightly around the index and ring fingers....http://blogs.myspaceocala.com/Home/tabid/195/EntryID/4735/Default.aspx Thank you very much, but no thanks!- November 7, 2007 There are lots of little nit-picking peccadilloes that plague us during our everyday activities. Among the most annoying, at least to me, is whenever I buy some little gee-gaw, the sales clerk always asks if I want a service contract to go with the item. As a marketing tactic, it strikes me that this is not a very sound strategy. It can have a deleterious effect in the mind of the customer. Im sure this technique adds a lot of additional bucks to the bottom line of the ledger, but most of the..http://blogs.myspaceocala.com/Home/tabid/195/EntryID/4726/Default.aspx |