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August 19, 2006
Volume 4, Number 16
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 COUNTRYWhat's Happening in Our Neck of the Human Experience
In Carpenter Country, we know that not everyone likes to read, but for us a good book adds pizzazz to life.
An outstanding story can fly us to the beach, to the mountains or to a snow-filled valley. If we’re feeling really adventurous, dipping into a foreign intrigue featuring a hero involved in a secret or underhanded scheme will keep us sitting on the edge of the couch all evening.
Well-written history books zing us onto a ‘bombs bursting in air’ battlefield. Or drop us quietly into the halls of government to watch the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
If a move backward in time fails to inspire, science fiction can spaceport us to distant planets peopled by aliens. Even better, a time capsule can speed us to a weird and wacky future where all problems are solved by the latest scientific invention.
Mysteries inspire our sleuthing skills. Figuring out how to unravel a puzzling crime works better at keeping us awake than a jolt of caffeine. And, when spiked with plenty of dragons, giants and swashbucklers, even kid tales dish-up great adventure.
Books offer community. The good, the bad, the beautiful, the wicked and the wise live on each page. They suffer turmoil, strife, danger and fear. Sometimes they laugh, sometimes they cry. Almost always they make it to a happy ending.
More than one hundred years ago, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned these words: The love of learning, the sequestered nook, and all the sweet serenity of books.
In today’s slanguage - Read On!
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TOP DRAWER ARTICLE
The History of Social Security
by
HL Carpenter
Are you an August baby? The Social Security Program was, too. August 14, 2006 was the 71st birthday of the program, making this bit of American history old enough to sign up for benefits.
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TOP DRAWER TIPS
Topics and Tidbits
Look
here for facts about the Social Security trust fund: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ProgData/fundFAQ.html
You
can find data about past payments, investments, and trust fund assets
at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ProgData/funds.html.
What's
the outlook for the Social Security Program going forward? http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/TRSUM/trsummary.html.
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TOP DRAWER BOOK REVIEW
byHL Carpenter
Blog Marketing
by Jeremy Wright
ISBN 0-07-226251-6
321 pages; hardcover; $24.95
McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006
What came first? Short attention spans or information delivered in soundbites? Like the chicken and egg conundrum, it may not matter, since both appear to be here to stay.
Blogs are here to stay, too, according to author and consultant Jeremy Wright. These interactive web sites are updated frequently with brief blasts of news and are designed to encourage comments from readers. Both characteristics appeal to today’s fretful, twitchy audiences.
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TOP DRAWER SATIRE
The Trouble Magnet
by
HL Carpenter
Oil companies drilling Middle Eastern deserts for a new oil reservoir discovered instead what scientists believe may be the reason for two million years of continuous warfare in the area: A trouble magnet.
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HL Carpenter, an experienced investor and a CPA, specializes in reader friendly financial and tax topics for individuals and small businesses, and publishes Top Drawer Ink, a newsletter that's chock full of humor and common sense information.
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