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Magix Software Can Help Edit Family Photos

The good people at Magix Software contacted me some time ago and asked me to look at their photo editing software and review it. Well. A photo editor I am not, mainly because I don’t really have the patience for it. The Mercenary, on the other hand, is pretty...

Watch Out for Holiday Hazards

It’s almost Christmas day, Heroes! Hanukkah is just over, and we’re in Kwanzaa as well. Then of course, we’ve got New Year’s. All of these holidays so close together mean that there’s plenty of opportunity for injury. Check out the...

Have You Shared Your Birth Story With Your Kids?

Have you told your kids their birth story? I know I’ve told the boys at least some of theirs, but I probably haven’t done it very completely. The story of the older boys is kind of funny to me. It was May of 1998. I had been off work already for a few...

A New Resolution: Addition, Not Subtraction

There’s something about the calendar flipping over to a new year that motivates people to attempt personal overhauls. Some declare that they’ll stop smoking or that they’ll drop twenty pounds; others promise that they’ll cut back on time devoted to television or...