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Next to North Carolina ’s Governor Pat McCrory , I’m nominating his Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest for the “ Testicular Fortitude in Government Award.” The Testicular Fortitude Award will be awarded to those government figures who maintain commonsense approaches to their duties as elected officials, without bending or wavering in the face of pressure from fringe special interests groups . The nominee for this award will also hold true to Constitutional principles, call a spade a spade, with no fear of incrimination, but holds true to the rule of law laid out in our Constitution, in a good faith effort to maintain our Republic and assure the common good, for all citizens, and not just those backed by professional misery pimps . Expect this award to become even more prestigious than the vaunted Nobel Peace Prize , which has lost its once-glorious luster, due to its emerging lack of honorable qualifications. When any bird-chested despot can win the top prize, it’s time to start filli...

A Free Standing Shower may be the missing piece of the puzzle that will complete your master bathroom . Unlike traditional enclosures , a Stand Alone shower captures the feeling of elegance that will indulge the senses and restore your body with new vitality. Being the central location that you use to pamper yourself, the shower is your safe-haven, the place you escape to when you need to find a bit of peace of mind after hectic day. Balancing work, family-life, the kids, and after school activities can leave you utterly exhausted by the time Friday finally rolls around. Stand alone showers rejuvenate your body and remove all of those small aches and pains that slow you down throughout the day. Just imagine, steaming hot jets massaging away the tension in your neck while enjoying the soothing benefits of a heated sauna. Free Standing Shower Cabin Right For You?" /> The KOS Aluminum Shower Cabin Avec . Image via Style Homes. Free Standing Shower Accessibility A stand-alone...

Pretty much since I learned to walk, I have had an unusual disdain for waste. I noted the inefficient route of the school bus and wondered why it couldn’t just pick us up at a few centralized locations. Tracked my allowance with multi-year forecasts and kept the dollar bills organized in a photo album. Always cast a fiery eye towards a fridge or a front door left open , a car left idling , or a credit card bill left unpaid . This odd condition has proved to be profitable over the years, as I have naturally sought out ways to use less energy and waste less money, with very positive side effects like getting to spend more time outside and retiring from work relatively early. This is the reason the concepts of money and energy efficiency mingle so freely on this supposedly-financial blog: you can look at your energy consumption as a very close measure of the wastefulness of your life. The ideal life, even a very modern one, will require you to spend very little of your earnings buying ...

I expected to live my entire life without price-shopping for truck-stop showers. Then I spent the night in Breezewood. The adventure began last August when my main squeeze James and I drove to Colorado. We passed through Breezewood, Pennsylvania, as do many drivers heading to the Rust Belt and beyond. "What do you think about vacationing here for a week," James asked. I laughed loudly and dismissed the idea. If you've been there, you understand why. Breezewood has been a travel hub for centuries. It was a stagecoach stop in the late 1700s and then became a stop on the Lincoln Highway, America's first cross-country road. The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened in 1940, and thousands of World War II veterans exited at Breezewood, stopping at what now is the Gateway Travel Plaza to trade their unit patches for meals. Today, Motorists driving between I-70 and the turnpike are forced off the highway and onto a congested half-mile stretch of expensive gas s...

Are showers costing us our health? Probably not, but I do think Epsom salt baths deserve an in-depth scientific look. After all, tradition supports bathing with most ancient civilizations highly valuing baths especially those with therapeutic added salts , minerals and oils. Epsom salt was discovered in 1618 in England in a town fittingly named Epsom . There’s countless websites and medical practitioners who swear by the healing power of Epsom salt baths . But in today’s age of misinformation should we buy this treatment idea? There are 2 widespread rumors about the benefits of Epsom salt baths : Epsom salt baths are an effective way to increase magnesium levels in the body Epsom salt baths help our body detoxify more effectively We’ve been recommending Epsom salt baths to help with die-off symptoms since 2009. And at this year’s Weston A Price Foundation conference , I heard two very well-known speakers recommend Epsom salt baths . Dr. Campbell McBride, the creator of the Gut A...