The Senior Category –

October 23, 2013 · by huntmode | in Commentary - Modern Times | tagged airlines, budget, car rentals, discounts, food, grocery stores, living well, seniors | 11 Comments

In these days of tough economic times and tightening the belt, locking up the wallet, etc., I got an email from a friend of mine with a handy-dandy list of establishments offering discounts to seniors, some as young as 50 on up. I did some research myself and it looks accurate – nonetheless, verify, verify, […]

Wake Up!

May 2, 2013 · by huntmode | in Commentary - Modern Times, News of the Day | tagged attitude, budget, economy, family, government, judgement, living well, politics, stress | 4 Comments

The clock is ticking be it biological, financial, day-dreaming time… Richard Fernandez writes with clarity, poignancy and vigor that the signs are here in The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.

Grand Bargain or Death by Detail?

April 9, 2013 · by huntmode | in Commentary - Modern Times, News of the Day | tagged budget, economy, government, Grand Bargain, health, Immigration, Obamacare, politics | 3 Comments

We are hearing more and more of a Grand Bargain coming out of Washington, D.C. whether of an economic budget, immigration, gun control or the current cause of the day. It makes me twitchy. What about you? In 2009, a Democratic Congress passed the wonder of our time, Obamacare or, wait for it, its proper […]

Food, Glorious Food ~ Nothing is better….

March 21, 2013 · by huntmode | in Commentary - Modern Times, Stocking Up the Cupboard, Freezer and Under the Couch | tagged 72 hours, budget, emergency, food, health, living well, preparedness | 11 Comments

Second article in a series of being prepared for an emergency. First, you’ve got to have water, next, you’ve got to have food. But what kind of food? How much food? Well, how long of an emergency are you preparing for? A couple of days, a week, six months? We used to talk about a […]

Stocking Up the Cupboard

March 10, 2013 · by huntmode | in Stocking Up the Cupboard, Freezer and Under the Couch | tagged 72 hours, budget, economical, emergency, food, living well, preparedness, stocking up, water | 19 Comments

Beginning a new category – Stocking Up the Cupboard, Freezer, and Under the Couch. Why? Because stuff happens. I was posting with another friendly blogger and we got to commenting on good times to stock up, i.e., March is freezer month. I have been in emergency management (EM) in one capacity or another for over […]

Debt Limit? What Debt Limit?

February 26, 2013 · by huntmode | in Commentary - Modern Times, News of the Day | tagged budget, Debt, economy, limit, recycling | 8 Comments

Helping to bring home how it works… Is this a green policy or a recycling policy? Or maybe trickle down in the truest sense?

Economics – OMG – they did what?

January 2, 2013 · by huntmode | in Commentary - Modern Times | tagged budget, Chris Christie, courtesy, current-events, democrats and republicans, economy, fiscal cliff, frustrating, government, Harry Reid, Hurricane Sandy, inflammatory speech, John Boehner, politics, senate leader, taxes | 6 Comments

All day, I’ve struggled with this. I’m so mad, I’d be spitting nails, but it is bad for my teeth. Instead my teeth have been clenched so hard, my jaw aches. The uproar over the Fiscal Cliff negotiations and the last second before the clock strikes one and I strike the other has passed. Nobody […]

Economics – how did we get here?

December 28, 2012 · by huntmode | in Commentary - Modern Times | tagged budget, credit, economy, government, instant gratificaiton, politics | 4 Comments

The news coming from Washington, D.C. isn’t good. To say there is a problem between the House and the Senate is to say that you’ve got a cold when you’ve really got walking pneumonia. I find myself going numb, shaking my head, and saying I did not vote for this. So what? My world still […]