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I hope everyone's Ramadan has been going well. I have been pretty busy, so not much time to post.

I have moved a lot in my life. Starting off as an "Air Force Brat" born overseas to parents who were both officers started it, and I have lived and worked abroad as an adult. I have probably moved some twenty times in my life.

I really HATE moving. It might sound funny for someone to say who has moved so much, but it is true. I have learned over the years to not accumulate too much stuff. I am the "anti packrat". In my travels I never collected a lot of junk. I'd pick up a few bits and pieces and leave it at that.

This hatred of clutter and excess stuff has caused me to be a big fan of E-Bay. My motto is if you dont use it, or wont use it anytime soon, you shouldnt keep it.

Since I have been here in Virginia from Alaska I have sold some 500 CDs on E-Bay and probably about $1,000 worth of horse equipment. It made me much more money than I'd have gotten selling the stuff on consignment at some store where they take a cut of the proceeds.

Sometimes you get more money than you thought for an item. I had one CD, a Mike Ness CD, that ended up selling for $45. Not bad when I paid $12 for it. Sometimes you get less. I find that some things that used to be collector's items are now going for much cheaper because anyone can sell them when they find them in their homes. Some of my silver dollars were like that.

Ramadan is a good time for this as we are required to pay zakat (charity) for certain items that you have. We have gotten rid of some jewelry which stuck around forever and non of us used.

Anyway, hope things are going tell. I'll be back soon to talk about the Republican VP pick and the life of a special needs parent, which the Republican VP pick happens to be.