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Brian Jaeger

Jacksonville, Milwaukee
Writer newjaxwitty.com mcnewsy.com / satisfamily.com | Web Designer passiveninja.com luthernet.org bravenewchurch.com | Educator educabana.com
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Jacksonville 1901 Fire Highlights Poor Mattress Material Choice, Rich History of Property Theft

Jacksonville 1901 Fire Highlights Poor Mattress Material Choice, Rich History of Property Theft

newjaxwitty.com — I saw an article about the great fire of 1901 in Jacksonville, and I was surprised by two primary takeaways: the highly flammable material that caught fire was being used for mattresses and Jacksonville residents used to opportunity to steal from one another.
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NOT Buying College T-shirts for School

NOT Buying College T-shirts for School

satisfamily.com — As a teacher, I always spend the $250 that the government allows me to claim. Some teachers might spend it on learning materials for the classroom or for themselves. Others buy goodies for the kids. Some like to decorate the rooms. Because my district didn't find a piece of technology useful when I requested it, I bought it myself recently ($300).
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Entertaining (and selling) Myself on Craigslist

Entertaining (and selling) Myself on Craigslist

satisfamily.com — Maybe my ads don't sell any better than the one liners with no photos, but I like to make buying items from me on Craigslist something of an entertaining adventure. I know there's a Best of Craigslist where people generally create parodies of real ads.
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Largest LCMS Churches, Kinda

Largest LCMS Churches, Kinda

satisfamily.com — I know LCMS churches are losing out to mega-churches, and maybe the extra-large church isn't really a Lutheran thing. There are some LCMS churches in America with over 3,000 baptized members. However, I thought it was interesting to note average attendance percentage with these Lutheran chuches.
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Get the Cranium Chromebook Protector Here

Get the Cranium Chromebook Protector Here

educabana.com — Details Category: News Published: Wednesday, 05 August 2015 12:04 Written by Brian Jaeger Hits: 4512 Nothing can compete with the Chromebook as an economical alternative to Windows Laptops, and nothing can compare to The Cranium Hard Screen Protector for Chromebook Laptop (linked Cranium is for 11.6" Acer C720 C720p C740 , but Educabana makes them for your Dell, Samsung, CTL, Lenovo, Asus, Toshiba, or other machine.
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Top 5 Tasks When Starting Your New Website - Jeff Glauser. Consultant. Writer. Trainer. Branding ...

Top 5 Tasks When Starting Your New Website - Jeff Glauser. Consultant. Writer. Trainer. Branding ...

www.jeffglauser.com — When you get a new website, you should have some tasks ready to implement. Whether you initially built the site yourself or paid someone to build the site, you might think waiting a while before you dive into the use of it is a good idea, but these tasks really should get taken care of before you sit back and bask in the glory of your new home on the internet.
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Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice as a Play Will Have Flaws

Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice as a Play Will Have Flaws

newjaxwitty.com — Before my wife and I watched the Northeast Florida Conservatory's version of Pride and Prejudice, I knew it would have to be a bit of a disappointment. We'd just discussed how the Keira Knightly (Joe Wright-directed) version was a slight disappointment, even if it was the most beautifully-filmed version of the story ever.
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Everything Guide to Jacksonville, FL

Everything Guide to Jacksonville, FL

satisfamily.com — After two years of living it, I have tried to create a comprehensive guide to Jacksonville, Florida. The only problem is that it's over on my blog, and in parts, so I'll try to create a post on this site so that you can find what you might want to know about the River City in one place rather than searching through the entire blog.
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Northeast Florida Real Estate Agents: What You're Missing

Northeast Florida Real Estate Agents: What You're Missing

newjaxwitty.com — While there are a few local real estate agents / realtors who blog about areas they like to sell in Northeast Florida, it seems that there may not be time or desire to create the evergreen content necessary to become established in one area.
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If You Have to Ask How Much Fortress Garage Suites Cost...

If You Have to Ask How Much Fortress Garage Suites Cost...

newjaxwitty.com — That's right, you can't afford one. If you have to ask, I mean. But they do (or will) exist in Jacksonville. 13 of 30 are sold at the location I saw near Beach and I-295. If you don't have to ask, they start at about $170,000.
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Quick, Now is Our Chance to Kill Public Schools

Quick, Now is Our Chance to Kill Public Schools

newjaxwitty.com — Jacksonville entered into one of the most liberal educational experiments of any city when the city basically became the county. While I am not sure forced busing was ever associated with the move, it's still fairly unique as an attempt to bring all the awesomeness of the suburban schools into the city schools.
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Duval or DuVal or du Val?

Duval or DuVal or du Val?

newjaxwitty.com — I was just on an insurance website that listed DuVal as the county we're in. Some people go by DuWhatever, while others use DuSomething. Still others are du Frenchplace. So, I wonder what the deal is with Duval. Duval County is named after William Pope Duval, who was the first governor of Florida.
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Self-Driving Car Death Settings

Self-Driving Car Death Settings

satisfamily.com — A self-driving car will make a decision about the best way to navigate an imminent collision, and maybe it's best to leave the decision up to logarithms. But if artificial intelligence can make a decision that costs someone his or her life, should the owner of the car be able to choose settings that might alter the outcome?
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Vacation to Asheville - Watch For Gas Gouging

Vacation to Asheville - Watch For Gas Gouging

newjaxwitty.com — We were visiting the Biltmore in Asheville when I ended up at a gas station that seemed impossible. At first, I felt lucky that a Shell was right there, since our AAA gas discount has been giving me $.15 a gallon recently.
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Vacation to Asheville - Watch For Gas Gouging

Vacation to Asheville - Watch For Gas Gouging

newjaxwitty.com — We were visiting the Biltmore in Asheville when I ended up at a gas station that seemed impossible. At first, I felt lucky that a Shell was right there, since our AAA gas discount has been giving me $.15 a gallon recently.
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Don't Let Your Parents Get a Reverse Mortgage LOAN

Don't Let Your Parents Get a Reverse Mortgage LOAN

satisfamily.com — Tom Selleck seemed like a trustworthy spokesman. Not that I'm in a position to get a reverse mortgage. But he made it sound like a good idea for some people (who aren't wealthy Hollywood stars, I assume). Get cash, stay in the house, and retire the way you want with no mortgage payments.
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I Miss Milwaukee

I Miss Milwaukee

mcnewsy.com — Back in 1991, when I moved to the Cannon Park area of Milwaukee, I thought it would be for a few years. I'd go off to college in 1994. Maybe I'd come back to visit my parents, but I was going to conquer the world and see new places.
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Start Saabing - My 9-4x Radio Odyssey

Start Saabing - My 9-4x Radio Odyssey

satisfamily.com — There's a lot of blame to go around, and it surely starts with me. However, I'd like to drag a few others down with me. Nothing too bad, mind you. Just dumb, annoying, and unfortunate. Like the demise of Saab.
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Retiree Guide to JAX

Retiree Guide to JAX

newjaxwitty.com — Jacksonville just made the Top 10 in some list of places to retire. The only problem is that the city isn't really in the Top 1000 for people who are actually looking to retire, so maybe it's time New Jax Witty works on putting together a local guide for folks who no longer have to work.
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Age at Which Children Can Use a Treadmill

Age at Which Children Can Use a Treadmill

satisfamily.com — Helena asked to use the treadmill recently. The same day I was asked the question, she got into some kind of altercation with James and got thrown off the mini trampoline we have for them.
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Beating the System: Progressive Snapshot

Beating the System: Progressive Snapshot

mcnewsy.com — Insurance companies are in business to make money, not to help you. The contract you have with them says they have to help you when you mess up. They want to know if you are likely to mess up, and they can predict your risk in many ways, like where you live.
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Voucher School - Poetry Books About Teaching

Voucher School - Poetry Books About Teaching

voucherschool.com — This isn't how to teach poetry or poems about your teachers. It's poetry about being a teacher or teaching. Poems about that profession that gives way more than it ever receives. Poems written by teachers, many of whom actually can DO as well as teach.
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Florida Should Not Be The Laughing Stock Because of Election

Florida Should Not Be The Laughing Stock Because of Election

www.newjaxwitty.com — I've seen it on local and national news. People are trying to cast Florida as a laughing stock because we had insanely close elections. But if you really think about it, we should not be ridiculed in Florida for close elections or recounts. Not even for all the posturing and lawsuits.
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Cause and Effect: Walmart and Riffraff

Cause and Effect: Walmart and Riffraff

newjaxwitty.com — A nice lady from St. Johns County was being interviewed on the news about the big shopping center going in near her house. She wasn't all that excited about the traffic, but she specifically didn't like the idea of a Walmart going in. She said Walmarts bring in the riffraff.
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