This afternoon, as I was lying down reading On the Road by Jack Kerouac I had a thought I wanted to share with you.
I saw this news clip earlier today, and the impact of it didn’t hit until now…
You can’t get ahead by hanging on. Clinging to where you are or what you had will [...]

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Christine’s Books is proud to announce our weekly Twitter giveaway.
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Every Tuesday is Personal Development Tuesday at Christine’s Books where we will give away a book from our Personal Development/Self-Help library. (If [...]

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I’ve been to the edge, and there I stood and looked down. I lost a lot friends there baby, I got no time to mess around – Van Halen – 1978
I’m going to give you another glimpse into my soul.
As I’ve written before, there are at least a dozen experiences that should have killed me. [...]

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Why I Drive a 13 Year Old Car at Get Rich Slowly: I know this isn’t popular with the auto companies or the UAW, but this post is excellent financial advice for most of you. I drove a $500.00 car from 1988-1992. I drove a $1000 car from 1992-1997. I drove a $2000 car from [...]

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Tina Su rocks. I’ve always loved her blog Think Simple Now. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better she writes Overcoming Fear in an Economic Crisis. This is the part that should get your attention:
Suddenly, my hard earned, frugally saved, carefully budgeted savings appeared to have been chopped in half. Given that I [...]

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A Sunday drive, enjoying cigar in a 1930 Ford Coupe

Americana – Bent Metal and Concrete

This playground is too dangerous for our precious 2008 children.

An old restored rural North Dakota gas station. (I think they called ‘em Fillin’ Stations)
For more great photos see Paul E Olson.

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I have always been uneasy about the personal development industry. Something about it seemed unbalanced. I was never sure why, except to say that I couldn’t see myself consistently writing some of the content I see standard on personal development blogs. The content interests me, but something seems missing. Something seems wrong. Now I think [...]

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My brother, Paul E Olson, took these HDR photos last weekend in Northern Minnesota at the the Big Fork River 20 miles south of International Falls.
Believe it or not, none of these photos were photoshopped.
Click one to see a larger version. The large ones are spectacular.

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A few changes you’ll see around here.

You will see more frequent posts
You will see more short posts
You will see more posts from Christine
We will be posting updates on what’s new at Christine’s Books (formerly Soconik Books).

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You spend too much time in front of a screen. We all do. Here are some things you need to know (stolen from Carrie Schmitz at the Ergotron blog). First I am going to give you the list of things you need to know followed by a list of things you can do to prevent [...]

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