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Happy New Year 2019!!

Hey Everyone! All 3 of you that bother to read these. It has been a while. I am constantly planning to write here and always get sidetracked. Seems like I come up with my best material when I am nowhere near a device. "I will take charge of my time and achieve my goals." What's new? PJs 99 Tasks - my new business venture started at the end of July 2018. I racked up a few clients out the door and have 1 solid long-term client keeping me motivated. This year my goal is to expand my client count to at least 3 long-term clients and at least 2 one-off projects per month. Money Management: Budgeting, Bookkeeping Image Editing: Merging, Enlarging, Decorating, Enhancing Business and Personal: Letterhead, Cards, Newsletters, Bulk Mail Notary TurboTax Tutoring (I am not a CPA or any kind of Licensed Accountant but I do have decades of experience filing my taxes using TurboTax. Including work related expenses and self-e...

Peeve - Cigarette Butt Litter

One of my many peeves is littering. But the worst kind of littering, specifically, is cigarette butts. Setting aside the fire hazard of butt flicking, and the disgusting aesthetic of dirty ciggy butts everywhere you walk, there is a real and immediate environmental impact from all of those discarded, chemical soaked filters. An article published in 2009 by The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health states that, "Discarded cigarette butts are a form of non-biodegradable litter. Carried as runoff from streets to drains, to rivers, and ultimately to the ocean and its beaches, cigarette filters are the single most collected item in international beach cleanups each year. They are an environmental blight on streets, sidewalks, and other open areas. Rather than being a protective health device, cigarette filters are primarily a marketing tool to help sell ‘safe’ cigarettes. They are perceived by much of the public (especially current smokers) to redu...