Linked!

Rob over at PACNW Righty gave me a lovely book review for The Simplicity Primer.

Thanks Rob!

Whoo-hoo! Forbidden fruit!

I must offer an apology to everyone who has emailed me but not yet received a response. Right now I have 133 unread and unanswered emails stacked in my inbox. I'll admit I tend to neglect my correspondence but it doesn't mean I don't appreciate everyone's emails! Please be patient and I'll try to unclog the clog.

Meanwhile here's a bit of humor over at the PACNW Righty blog called God's Children that will give you a chuckle.

A kick in the pants

You folks know how I feel about entitlements and other factors that are bringing down our once-great nation. Blogger Rob Hirl at PACNW Righty doesn't mince words when it comes to this very point.

"There was a time when living in poverty really meant something. It was difficult to put food on the table when you were living in poverty. Now it just means you can’t have i-phone for everyone, or there are only two TVs with cable hook ups in the house. Cut the entitlement programs to a point that when folks are on a program, they want off as soon as they can. Entitlements shouldn’t be so folks can pay for their fancy cell phone plans or for cable TV hook ups. If folks want these things, then they need to get jobs. So what if they have to do without these luxuries for a while, it can be an incentive..."

Read the rest of Rob's kick-butt essay here.

Linked!

I'm slowly catching up on my emails and just noticed that Rob Hirl at PACNW blog linked my WND column Serfdom: Coming Soon to a Country Near You. Rob had some very interesting observations about it!

Also, here's a fellow with a nifty blog on retirement who got a kick out of my Simplicity 101 column.

Aww shucks

Rob over at PACNW is very kindly recommending my new book. Thanks Rob!