Category Archives: Entertainment

Let’s Go Amphibious
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Let’s Go Amphibious

Full disclosure: This month I became an “Advocate” for Icon Aircraft, an airplane manufacturing company founded by Kirk Hawkins who flew F-16s in the Air Force and always wanted to design a light, sport airplane that would fly like a fighter – in other words, responsive and safe. I am a pilot and a member […]

Habla C-SPAN Y’all?
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Habla C-SPAN Y’all?

  Like many boomers, I sometimes have a hard time getting to sleep or going back to sleep.  You too?  Well here’s a great remedy that works for me and when it doesn’t work you’ll be even happier. I take my cell phone – well, actually, I take my old cell phone that’s no longer […]

Noise Isolation – Music Appreciation
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Noise Isolation – Music Appreciation

Review of Etymotic ER4SR Earphones There are basically four ways to listen to music; Live, over-the-ear headphones, open-air headphones or earphones.  Until now, I’ve thought the over-the-ear headphones, especially the Bose active noise-canceling headphones, were the best, but now I’m thinking otherwise.  The Bose and other active noise-canceling devices have microphones that listen for noise.  […]

Why Not Single-Payer Auto Insurance?
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Why Not Single-Payer Auto Insurance?

Many boomer-age Americans believe that the time is ripe for automobile insurance “reform.”  Current liability and collision coverage policies are built around the most costly, inefficient model – that is, multiple commercial insurances that drive wasteful complexity and high administrative costs. Commercial multi-payer auto insurances rely on public subsidies to preserve private insurance profits. The private […]