I
was just reading about how the American Girl dolls are really made in
China. It seems like every week we hear of a manufacturer sending jobs
overseas where the labor is cheaper. As I was reading, I decided to
learn a little more about the this subject. After some time spent in my
research, I decided that the entire topic makes me very tired.
The way I understand it is that Americans want the cheap prices found at superstores and in foreign-made products - so that’s where we put our dollars. Manufacturers, in turn, have to figure out ways to cut costs which sends manufacturing out of the country. We lose jobs and have less to spend on our wants and needs, so we go for the superstores and the foreign-made products. Nice little cycle.
Yes, I know that I am way over simplifying it - like I said, the subect makes me tired. Fortunately for me, I don’t have to worry about it too much, since Fisher Space Pens are still proudly made right here in the USA. Yep, the Apollo Pens, the Astronaut Pens, the Shuttle Pens, and the Thunderbird Pens … they all sound like they should be made in America … and they are!
Cyber Space Pens Team
I teach a class of ninth graders once a week. Teaching is at once exhilarating and intimidating, because those kids take my words at face value. They believe and trust me, so I try to be careful and extremely intentional with every word I say. I want to teach them, influence them, but not mislead them.
My daughter is turning twelve on Halloween. She has known what one of her birthday presents will be since January, a
I
ran into an old friend from high school last weekend. We had a blast
just talking and reminiscing about classes and friends and all that.
It was one of those times that could have been a Hallmark commercial …
and then it got even better. Naturally, at some point I started
talking about
The
What
do you do when a friend just doesn’t get it? I brought my 
Have
you ever wanted to try to figure out your dreams? Of course you have -
everybody has at one point or another. Have you ever wished you could
know you are dreaming in your dream? My son is always telling me about
his dreams and about 50% of the time, he says, “and then I knew it was
a dream, so I ….” Now I would love to be able to do that.
Incidentally, that is called lucid dreaming.
Today was a good day. I was at work and I got to tell someone about