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If you have read my blog, you’ll know I have a daughter and a husband. My hubby can be just as big of a kid as my daughter when it comes to games. So it comes to little surprise to me on how they rather dominate the new PSP 3000 we recently got.

My hubby only jokingly gripes that we got the kid version game pack and not the football game pack. That didn’t stop him from playing the game with my daughter helping out her Daddy getting more points to buy more weapons to use in the game. It actually is rather funny and sweet at the same time.

My hubby has a knack for analyzing games and memorizing the patterns the programmers use so he can easily adapt to any game and defeat it. That is why he isn’t a fan of games that do not have a significant factor of randomness in them like there is in a football or wrestling game.

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In any case, the PSP has amazing clarity with its fair sized screen. The game selection seems to be fair but I like the other features of it and not the games side. That’s my hubby’s thing provided he’s not paying more attention to the PSP than me.

As is his nature, he allowed my daughter and me first pick of new games. It will be his turn next for his football and wrestling.

If you are wondering why the PSP and not one of the other systems that attaches to the TV, there is a very good reason for it. Our TV can’t handle them. Since we don’t have cable TV and the antenna will no longer be working soon, we really don’t use the TV. So the PSP works for me.

It is also fun listening to my hubby giggle while playing the game as he talks about turning the enemies into cows that walk around and explode in miniature nuclear explosions leaving behind a milk splatter. If you have played the game that commonly comes with it, you’ll know what I mean.

Thanks,

Anah

If you have followed the economic news closely and dug down deep to find what is going on, you will find that those who have been the most accurate are predicting the USA is headed for a complete economic collapse just like the USSR did in 1989.

Basic rationale is the USA government and people have spent too much and lived beyond their means for too long. It will hurt the global markets as the global markets are based on the dollar. But tama na…enough of the gloom and doom talk.

I’m shifting focus to how to deal with one of the leading causes of higher utility bills. There are three main culprits being heating the air, cooling the air, and heating the water. Cooling the air when it is really warm usually calls for an air conditioner of some sort. They can really eat up the energy budget. The environmental air conditioners or energy efficient kinds often do not have the same power so they have to run longer or you need more of them to get the same effect. I haven’t done the experiment but I would think that would negate the energy efficient part.

As for heating the air, you can invite people over for a political debate. Between the boiling blood of your guests and all the hot air they’ll be spewing, your energy bill can go down quickly.

I am quite interested in this article about a device known as SETS (Space Energy Time Savings). It is a tankless water heater that does a silly thing. It heats the water as you need it instead of keeping 40-120 gallons of water heated all the time. Our electric bill was $45 a month just for the Hot Water heater that we didn’t use much. Cutting that down to only a fraction can easily assist in shifting some of the burden off of the energy bill. The savings can be used to help chip off other debts.

Perhaps the US government should learn a thing or two about running a household. You cut your expenses wherever you can then cut them more with efficient methodology and tools. But that would just be silly common sense.

Thank you,

Anah

Often people will send up a prayer requesting an area of personal weakness to be strengthened or improved. Many times someone will ask for greater patience or the ability to be calm under trying circumstances. Well, we often get those prayers answered by receiving circumstances that allow us to practice those skills and refine them usually in the way we didn’t really want.

When you are a self-employed business owner or independent contractor and that deadline is looming or you get paid for performance, you need your tools to work with little to no interruption. Naturally, this is the perfect time to learn lessons on remaining calm, having patience, and foresight.

We have all likely experienced this example. Imagine working feverishly on a presentation that you must give tomorrow. You have put together a thing of beauty as you worked non-stop with great inspiration. This will surely land you the account or secure that large payout. Except in your time of creativity, you forget to use the save feature. Sure enough, a lightning storm knocks out your power supply, a Canadian goose flies into the transformer, a drunk driver smashed into the main power station for your grid, an auto update finishes and restarts your computer or your computer simply locks up.

That is when our patience is really being honed and our ability to remain calm is important. Yes, we would all like to give out a primal scream at that time but that doesn’t resolve the problem. Time is money and you are rapidly running out of time.

When this happens with Windows Vista, there is a backup plan. With 95 and 98 long dead and XP retiring soon, Vista is the next step in the MS operating systems. What comes with Windows Vista is a Windows Vista Small Business Assurance that includes a responsive customer service team. They can easily handle the issues that lead to the lock ups and compatibility issues with the variety of software a small business owner may be using.

Will that redo the project that just got messed up? No, but you can hope the Auto-Save feature kicked in recently. Then you can take it as a lesson in patience and gain the wisdom of saving early and often.

Anah