Random Thoughts

Why I am buying real books again. No, it is not so my one year old puppy can nibble on them, though that may have happened! My friend & I visited Costco the other night (yes, it was a big Friday night!) and I purchased 3 classic books in hardcover. I had orders two more. They are stacked on my HS son’s computer desk in a suggestion to encourage him to read these important works (DM me for my essential reading list!). For a long time I veered toward paperless. We have always been library patrons (yes, mostly through overdue fines, my main philanthropic contribution through the years) & frequent visitors, particularly as former homeschoolers. I wanted to save trees and money. However, recently, it had come to my attention (alarmingly!) that it may be dangerous to depend upon the internet for our sole or primary source of information & research. Here’s why. We have to look to who is controlling the information database and what might be the agenda and value system of these controlling groups/entities. This hit me like a ton of bricks recently when trying to provide research sources to one of my older children supporting our decision not to vaccinate. It alarmed me that information and studies I had easily found a few years back have either been eradicated or bombarded by the governmental pro-vaccine push of statistics and “studies.” Contained among these is heavy condemnatory opinion pieces slandering those who choose to keep their bodies feee from foreign matter produced in laboratories (because we should definitely trust laboratories after the recent events!).

Why I have started answering my phone with my firm’s band instead of my own. Because so many people take it upon themselves to solicit me with everything from professional listings to SS scams every day. Unfortunately, due to the dubious nature of these people I found the need to filter.

Why I do not support mass transit public transportation government initiatives…while on a recent business trip to my long time home Denver, Colorado I learned some interesting history. Pre WWII there had been an extensive commuter railway system between Denver, Boulder and their outlying “suburbs” at the time. Following WWII these were dismantled due to modern highways. Fast forward to a push to now build “light rail” infrastructure along these very same lines to the tune of millions and billions of taxpayer dollars. To me this little historical bit underscores government inefficiency and highlights why the market and private enterprise is the better avenue for infrastructure initiatives.