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Recently I learned of the dangers of even a baby aspirin taken once a day.  I'd like to share this with you. The reduction in heart attacks and strokes in people taking aspirin was almost counterbalanced by major bleeding in the gastrointestinal system and the brain. The researchers concluded that for individuals without previously diagnosed cardiovascular disease, “aspirin is of uncertain net value.”  Aspirin should not be recommended as an across-the-board option to help healthy people prevent heart attack and stroke. ~from Harvard Medical School newsletter Here's more from this site: Aspirin for cancer prevention- promising, but not proven

Gnarls Barkley "Gone Daddy Gone"

This clip gives me goosebumps every time.  I love Billy Holiday's voice. Let me know what you think.  I trimmed it from a perfume commercial.

Just last night I was looking for some notes, news clippings, leaflets anything having to do with retirement. As I do with my other papers, whenever I find anything of interest I skim it and file it away believing that someday I'll use it. I knew I'd put the retirement papers somewhere but I just could not remember where. I checked my files. In the folder labeled with a dollar sign "$" there was everything of a financial nature except for retirement. There was no folder labeled "Retirement". Then I remembered a large loose leaf binder I bought a few years ago at Staples: On the cover: "Better Binder, Flexible Spine, Lasting performance, Ultra flexible design, Our most durable binder."  I was so impressed I bought it with much enthusiasm. I knew I'd find something to put in it once I got home. Back at home after playing with the binder for 5 or 10 minutes I filed it on a shelf somewhere happy that if ever I should need one I'd have t...

In my last post I wrote about how difficult it was for me to find some important information about retirement that I filed somewhere but forgot where. In frustration I imagined giving a class called: "How to Organize Your Life" "Now class pay attention to the 5 cardinal rules to organize anything in your life: First : Never put anything back in the same place where you found it. Second : If something is empty (like folders, papers, empty tissue boxes...) put it back where you found it without making a note or telling anyone. Third : Never put a label on anything you own. Fourth : Every so often go back over your possessions and shuffle them around a bit. Fifth : When possible use the four rules above to "organize" your wife's or friend's things.