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June 02, 2007

Random Rants and Raves #104

Here's how I generally measure the difference between major and minor pain: Major pain keeps me up at night; minor pain does not.


One of my ultimate goals in life is to make the grand transformation from a slave to one who is slaved over.


Answer: Government workers on steroids.

Question: How would you characterize the 535 members of the U.S. Congress?


I know I shouldn't, but I can't help enjoying it when muckety-mucks get in trouble. Many of them think they're better than everyone else because of their lot in life, all their education, their pedigrees, etc.


Never grab the first cart you see when you arrive at your local grocery store -- it's probably damaged. 


It's okay to indulge in something that makes you feel good, as long as it's also good for you.


If I fail to give you an opportunity, it's my fault; if you fail to take advantage of an opportunity I give you, it's your fault. 


Sometimes you can avoid having to make a complete stop at a traffic light by "crawling up" to it, i.e., slowing down to 10 MPH or less as soon as you see that the light is red. By the time you get to it, there's a good chance it will have turned green. Speeding up to a light, only to have to screech to a halt, makes no sense.

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  • No-holds-barred commentary (and humor) by Terry Mitchell on a variety of subjects such as current events, society and culture, politics, personal finance, technology, religion, health and well-being, sports, media issues, and trivia.

    His blog entries have been picked up or linked to by mainstream news services like Reuters, CNN, Wall Street Journal Online, USA Today, the Houston Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman, the Dallas Morning News, the Chicago Sun Times, the Palm Beach Post, CoxOhio.com, Northwest Florida Daily News, ConsumerAffairs.com, WWL-TV, WMUR, and WNBC. In addition to his blogging, he is currently a regular columnist for etalkinghead.com and American Chronicle. He has also written over 100 feature-length articles that have appeared on numerous Web sites.

    In this blog, Terry will never miss an opportunity to assail political correctness or take pot shots at the conventional foolishness.

    In this age of information overload, Terry knows that most people don't have time to read long, rambling blog entries. Therefore, he serves up most of his posts on this blog in small, bite-size portions. You'll appreciate his cut-to-the-chase writing style that gets straight to the point without the unnecessary and boring lead-ins.

    Also, Terry makes following promises in regard to this blog that very few bloggers will make:

    1) Posts which are always family-friendly and free of profanity and vulgarity (despite this fact, this blog is never boring and never shies away from controversy).

    2) A reasonable effort to assure proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and sentence structure.

    Readers are free to comment, both pro and con, on any post. However, any comments that include profanity or name-calling will be promptly deleted. One who cannot defend his position on a given issue without resorting to such tactics is, at best, too ignorant to adequately defend his position, and at worst, lacking a defensible position altogether.

    For Terry's biography (in his own words), see the "ABOUT" link on the left side of this page, just below his photo.

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