Im amazed at the amount of people online, on tv, and in real life that will go and complain that they dont have enough. They scream and yell that its unfair how theyre not rich like others, they dont have a ton of friends, they dont have girls/guys falling all over them, they dont have super nice cars, they dont have this they dont have that. And those that DO have that tell those that dont what they can do to get all that. Those complaining then jump up, stomp their feet, and bang their fist screaming...

Many people are offended by my C-D posts, so I shall endeavor to outline what I am doing here.

I think of myself as a First Principlist. That is, I try to cut through the accumulated overlays of dogma, and approach topics on the basis of established data and logical progressions. No doubt I still have some dogmas of my own, but at least I'm working on that.

Most of my posts will fall into one of two categories:

1. A direct answer to the question raised by...

Finally, a break in the rain long enough to check the hives. Walked down the drive to the eastern side of the field, then followed the treeline at the ravine between the front and back fields. Along the way I noticed some activity at the new raspberry canes about midway, loaded with blooms and bees buzzing about. Stepping in and partway down the gully I observed them- small, and black/white colored. Hmmmm, not my bees, mine are dark yellow/orange and black. Why aren't *my* bees here? Oh, well....

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I was spanked. I think all kids should be spanked. Dont agree with me? Too bad, this is my blog. Is there an age limit? Sure but you have to decide that on your own. When youre 5 a quit swat on the butt will make you cry. When youre 14 itll make you laugh. However, if every time you got spanked or are getting spanked the only thing you can think of is "Oh my God my parents are beating me" then you are TOTALLY in the wrong mindset. It is in no way about what your parents did. Its what YOU...