If you deal or have dealt in words in some way this will amuse you………. – Don’t you sympathize with anyone learning English as a second language? We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called… Continue reading The English Language

Below is the introduction of a revealing article about how Wall Street operates with little, if any, regard for investors. With all due respect, we can only wish those Tea Party activists who gathered in Washington and other cities this week weren’t so single-minded about just who’s responsible for all their troubles, real and imagined.… Continue reading Bilked by Wall Street?

True Stories from the 20th Century at Pacificorp By J. Charles Cheek1 © September 2005 Cool Dave Dave Beadle, Manager of Contract Construction, and I were on a flight from Spokane, Washington to Portland, Oregon via one stop at Seattle, Washington. We made the brief stop at Boeing Field to deplane one F-27 and board… Continue reading Cool Dave

How to Gauge Your Middle-Class Status I expect that most everyone would like to know where the fit in the economic and social group known as the middle class. http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgetingk/article/109155/how-to-gauge-your-middle-class-status?mo Additionally, there is another Yahoo reference on the page of the above link for an article titled “How to Live on 70% Less.”

True Stories from the 20th Century at Pacificorp By J. Charles Cheek © January 2005 Basque Design Engineer – His First Years in America I met Joe Sangroniz in the early 1960s. He came to work at Pacific Power & Light Company through Idaho Power Company where he was a design draftsman. Joe had left… Continue reading Basque Design Engineer – His First Years in America

This year Social Security will bring in less deposits than is being paid out so where will the balance come from. Read all about it here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100314/ap_on_bi_ge/us_social_security_ious

How to make your electronic batteries last longer: http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscious_consumer/126/how-to-make-your-electronics-batteries-last-longer. Recycling Electronics: http://green.yahoo.com/living-green/recycling-electronics.html Researching Your Green Vote: http://green.yahoo.com/living-green/researching-your-vote.html Guerilla gardening: Eco-friendly landscaping on the cheap: http://green.yahoo.com/blog/daily_green_cheapskate/32/guerilla-gardening-eco-friendly-landscaping-on-the-cheap.html Researching Climate Change (or is it Global Warming?): http://green.yahoo.com/living-green/researching-global-warming-basics.html

– The introduction below leads into one of the best articles I have seen regarding Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, strike back at remarks made by President Obama in his State of the Union speech. Pershaps you will agree with me in admiring the writing ability of the author – or maybe… Continue reading Why? Because I’m the Judge!

Thanks to ASA friend Elston for this vivid video demostration. Stay safe, John www.jcharlescheek.com Subject: Serious Gotta Watch-water boarding… Serious Gotta Watch-water boarding…WHOA!!!! Water boarding video (under controlled conditions) Need to watch this—pretty intense and a perfect example of the psychological aspects of interrogation. It’s not what you believe but what the brain perceives. This… Continue reading Water Boarding Demo