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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Do It Yourself DYI Shed Plans Designs

Use Shed Plans to build your shed

If you have little knowledge of carpentry then you should try and do it yourself. Search plans from the internet and build your own storage shed in your garden. If you start working on it after you have charted out the type of shed you want and its location in your garden you will find it easy to start building the same.  Avoid taking up professional plans that may confuse you. Get simple shed plans designs and start systematically.

The Need for a Shed

There are many times when you find everything is mismanaged at home and things are just lying about here and there. When you go out in the garden you find the lawn mower in the path of your walk and other garden tools lying in the corner gathering dust. If you have a shed in your garden you can store all these useful things in a proper place so that you can locate them when they are needed.

You can also create space at home by installing a small shed or a cupboard in your shed to store all those excess belongings safely. A shed can be useful to you in many ways. There may be times when you have purchased a new motor cycle and you have more space in your garage, you can park the same over there. For storage to provide you safety not only from theft but also from the weather conditions, it should be built in a proper way.

How to build your shed

Now that you know why do need your shed you can go online and get shed plans that will enable you to build your required shed. The plan should be easily understood by you and should provide you the list of materials required and the tools used to build the same. If it is a do it yourself plan which is professionally designed it would be better.

These shed plans will instruct you to do the job all by yourself. You may take advice from some professional or some forum on the internet. It is not necessary that you should know all the ins and out of constructing a shed, these plans will take you right from the foundation to the roof of the shed smoothly.

Get quality plans

Since you are going to build the shed yourself, go for those plans that include quality materials for constructions. The designs may be simple but if the material is sturdy the shed will last you for long and become a property that will rise in value, providing you convenient for always.