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Archive for April, 2007

How to Get Rid of an Old Computer

My mother has about 3 old computers in her basement that she has accumulated over the years and that she feels bad throwing away but doesn’t know what to do with. The local thrift store won’t even take them because it costs too much to fix them up, and old computers are so abundant that [...]

Becoming Educated

I am reading Elder Richard G. Scott’s new book. I’m really liking it. I wanted to share a quote with you from it.
Elder Henry B. Eyring learned a valuable lesson from his father, Henry Eyring, that has served him well. That father is honored as a world-renowned scientist and educator whose brilliance left a heritage [...]

TaxSlayer

For years I’ve used TurboTax online, and it has worked well for me. It usually costs $50-100 to file that way. However, this year I had a little more complicated form, and I ran into a bug in their system. No matter what I did, I couldn’t get around this bug.
I had heard recently about [...]

Being "Obsessive"

Based on some realizations about my personality, I’ve been learning what it means to be “obsessive” and/or perfectionistic. Being obsessive isn’t the same as having obsessive-compulsive disorder. It’s an accepted term that describes a series of personality traits that can help you be successful but when taken to an extreme can hamper you, causing you [...]