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July 8, 2006
Volume 4, Number 13
ISSN 1554-6330

In this issue:

1. Carpenter Country
2. Top Drawer Article
3. Top Drawer Tips
4. Top Drawer Book Review
5. Top Drawer Satire

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CARPENTER COUNTRY
What's Happening in Our Neck of the Human Experience

 

Some people can organize an invigorating, revitalizing, fun-filled vacation in a moment. In Carpenter Country mapping out such a trip took one of us (and a friend) most of last year.

The first question was where to go? Followed by where to stay? Then, how to get there? And what else is entertaining in that particular area?

Next came making reservations, the actual flight to our starting destination, meeting the friend and hitting the road.

We’re ambitious, so our itinerary included a cookout with relatives, an afternoon at the racetrack and a day in Atlantic City.

From there we moved on to touring the Liberty Bell museum, visiting historic sites, riding through the Amish countryside, shopping in a brand new mall and seeing a hilarious play.

We also dined until we were stuffed, hiked until our feet hurt - and kept getting lost.

One morning it took half an hour to find a train station our map said was four minutes from the hotel. The train was chugging away as we pulled into the parking lot.

Another frantic drive around countless city blocks and umpteen corners brought us to a museum just as the doors were closing.

But all those ‘where-in-the-world-are-we’ moments failed to dampen our spirits. We had a great time, quite a few laughs and learned a valuable lesson.

Next year planning is out - and taking along someone who can read a map is in.

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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE

Trusts
by
HL Carpenter

 

So you’re thinking of looking into that free lunch offer you received in the mail or read about in the newspaper. You know, the one that says you ought to have a trust, and you can learn why by attending a seminar, eating a sandwich and listening to a speaker. You know it’s a sales pitch – somebody has to pay for your meal – but you’re left to wonder if maybe you do need a trust.

Read the entire article here

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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits

 

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TOP DRAWER BOOK REVIEW

by
HL Carpenter

 

Blink
by Malcolm Gladwell
ISBN 0-316-17232-4
277 pages; hardcover; $25.95
Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2005

What’s one thing a first date and a job interview have in common? In each case, you make - and form - an impression within a time span approximately the length of a blink. In addition, whether you acknowledge your initial conclusion or not, you’ll base future decisions on it.

Given such high stakes, you might wonder whether your immediate response is accurate. Can you rely on what author Malcolm Gladwell calls the power of knowing? The answer is yes – and no.

Read the entire review here

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TOP DRAWER SATIRE

Got Personality?
by
HL Carpenter

 

Tired of putting up with less-than-perfect personalities – including, perhaps, your own? If so, NewU Creations, a manufacturer of behavioral characteristics, has good news: The company is designing an array of temperamental, emotional and mental traits that will hit the market on Labor Day.

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