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Taking a nature walk can help with ADHD:
[W]alking in nature or viewing pictures of nature can improve directed-attention abilities. (Source.)
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Hat tip: 43 Folders Clips.
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Here’s an instructive video. You might find its techniques useful in certain social settings.
Dear Willy,
We are so happy to have another Logan boy in our home over the holidays. We will be heading into the hills to cut a Christmas tree and then decorate it. We can also go to zoo lights to hear Melissa sing, eat, watch the Christmas ships on the waterfront, make puzzles, eat, play games, eat, go for drive bys of Christmas lights, enjoy hot apple cider, watch a goey Christmas movie or perhaps snowball express, eat a few mandarins, perhaps play in the snow (we can always hope), play ping pong and Foosball, eat, read nostalgic Christmas stories, eat and just enjoy being together. Plan on building Legos and making paper airplanes! There should also be time to just relax with a good book.
Please bring any good vegan recipes you would like us to make. Ashley would be happy and we are trying to cook more that way. Also if a few are vegan and gluten free you would be my favorite nephew.
Tell your mom thank you for sharing you with us. Are you heading down with the girls on Wednesday?
Safe travels and we look forward to seeing you.
Suzi
Looks like our holiday plans are stuffed full of fun. 
Don’t forget to read the fine print. And I’d apologize for the language, but it’s mild compared to how I feel.
It’s like buying a car, but without getting the car.
Want to hear some really bad investment advice? Listen to most of the talking heads on this clip. Then listen to Peter Schiff. Amazing!
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Hat tip: Treowth
- Churches should act in such a loving, honest and humble manner that no one ever wants to protest us.
- Churches should act in such an outrageous, radical, counter-cultural manner than someone is always protesting us.
Yet another job I’m not qualified to do.
Our favorite chicken giver, Dustin, has another another video on birds’ head tracking abilities. Can you say “mutually orthogonal”?
Now that I’m on vacation, I have time to write thoughtful posts. The time, mind you, not the inclination. You get this instead. Enjoy!
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Hat tip: Procrastineering.
I hate taking my cars to mechanics; I feel like I’m setting myself up to get screwed. I’d do the work myself but I can’t. I don’t have the equipment, the know-how, and I can’t seem to do even “simple” things on cars without getting upset, hurting myself, and swearing. So for me, mechanics are a necessary evil. I have to trust them to fix what’s broken, only what’s broken, and not break anything else in the process. Maybe that’s how other people feel about lawyers, doctors, and other experts. If so, my sympathies…
Recently, my aging Honda Odyssey decided it needed another transmission. Not wanting to pay the higher cost of dealers, I took it to Dave’s Trans Action Transmission. After telling me I needed a remanufactured transmission, Dave’s told me that if they installed the transmission, I would get a warranty on the parts, but if a Honda dealer did it, I would get a warranty on both parts and labor.
After investigating the cost difference, I decided it was worth having Beaverton Honda do the work. Immediately upon getting my car back, the check engine light went on. I returned the car to the dealer this morning so they could read the error code with their diagnostic computer. As I sat in their waiting area, I wondered what they’d done to my car and how much more I’d have to pay to them.
After a few minutes, Mark came in to tell me the news. It’s not the transmission; it’s the catalytic converter. They can’t get the error code to stay cleared without replacing the converter. The car won’t pass emissions testing with the error code present. The car has to pass emissions testing before I can renew its registration. He concluded by reminding me my registration expires next month. A perfect storm of events. Wow, this guy’s good selling his services.
Mark then recommended that I take my business elsewhere. What?! That’s right. An exhaust shop can replace my converter for a fraction of what he would charge. As he said, there are a lot of repair jobs that should be done at the dealer, but replacing a catalytic converter isn’t one of them.
Two mechanics, in as many weeks, diagnosed my car and told me I could get better results elsewhere. Is it Christmas already?
Thanks, Dave’s and Beaverton Honda.
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