lottery
August 3, 2009
- Exciting times in the land of Mice Don't Taste Like Chicken. With the help of talented PM Moon editor, Martha Smith, the first round of edits are near completion. We've traded chapter after chapter and created some substantive changes. I endured painful cuts. Martha slashed necessary blunders. Together we added items to the story that will have you rereading till the pages fall out.The ...
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May 29, 2009
- In these trying economic times, we all need a little lift now and again, a little ray of hope on the horizon. And we all try our best to keep it together, to cut back, to stretch the almighty dollar or yen or denomination of your choice just a little further. Some of us even resort to games of chance to improve our lot. I hear the lottery is doing well everywhere. I used to play, when I was a ...
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September 18, 2008
- My 8-year-old son came home from school the other day and told me that when he's 18, he plans to spend half his salary on the lottery. "What?" I ask. I don't play the lottery. Neither does my husband. Well, OK, maybe he does a few times a year when the jackpot prize for Megabucks is near a peak and he's got a buck in his pocket and nobody's watching. The point is, my son's misguided ...
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September 16, 2008
- I've come to the conclusion that it's a mistake to mortgage the present for the sake of the future. There's a paradox in this, of course. I don't mean squandering money, or any kind of resource, because the future is uncertain, but making an investment in who we are as individuals and as a society, so that we can have confidence that there is a future within us. This is not a fashionable way ...
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