Organizing Chaos and Pushing on a Rope

Well the pilgrims (tourists) are here for the annual migration so summer is in full swing in the Black Hills. So far May and June have been cool and wet, not unusual except for the amount of rain. Usually our monsoon season is over this week and things start warming up and drying out. We are about 4 inches of precipitation ahead this spring. Good news for the growing things but I'm still trying to rebuild our road from a 5 inch rain storm four weeks ago.

All this rain has a bright ...

I received one of those "exclusive pre-approved' credit card offers in the mail today. I found it
interesting the offer was sent presorted bulk mail! How exclusive ist that? When enough offers
to qualify for bulk postage rates, let alone justify presorting, are sent out.

I got to thinking about exclusivity. I was once offered a membership in an "exclusive"
organization, I was just the type of person they wanted to have in their membership.
That ...