If you live near a major metropolitan center, I'd search eBay for 'pickup only' auctions in the vicinity. I paid $50 for an HP LaserJet 5000tn (large duty cycle monochromatic network printer). After replacing the old toner cartridge I had spent a total of about $150, and it has worked without a hitch with both PC and Mac. It was very easy plug into our wireless router and set up so that we can print wirelessly.
Some quick explanations on commercial HP printer suffixes: (e.g. 5000dtn)
d— duplexer for double-sided printing
t— comes extra 500-page paper tray
n— network card included
Downsides with these: They're huge and heavy, so make sure you have a place to put it. Toner is expensive, though you might only ever buy it once in your lifetime.
most Mormons My guess is that most Mormons have never considered this; plus there's plenty of room for disagreement here (e.g. mine). Plural marriage did the Church a lot of good to keep semi-committed people from joining, (and thereby kept the Church from dying out and losing the priesthood and falling into general apostasy as it has a tendency to do). But it's not an eternal principle is it? If you think so, what's your source?
To those who think that it's hilarious (a 5, Funny) that Jesus is coming to Missouri, boy are you in for a surprise!
Books won't teach you everything you need to know, but if you want to be a graphic artist (as a hobby) I'll suggest one, for starters: Ellen Lupton's 'Thinking With Type' is a great intro to graphic design for the non-so-typographically-inclined. The second book I recommend is a sketchbook. You provide the content. This is the way it's done, and the only way real artists learn. If you haven't got the time, then take [virtually] everyone else's advice and hire some talent.
That's precisely the comment I was going to post. Stellarium is a super resource for learning the stars. I took a girl out stargazing one night who was a huge enthusiast (I was interested too, I just didn't know much of anything). The day of, I spent some time visualizing with Stellarium, so when the stars started coming out, I could identify just about all of them.
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If you live near a major metropolitan center, I'd search eBay for 'pickup only' auctions in the vicinity. I paid $50 for an HP LaserJet 5000tn (large duty cycle monochromatic network printer). After replacing the old toner cartridge I had spent a total of about $150, and it has worked without a hitch with both PC and Mac. It was very easy plug into our wireless router and set up so that we can print wirelessly. Some quick explanations on commercial HP printer suffixes: (e.g. 5000dtn)
d— duplexer for double-sided printing
t— comes extra 500-page paper tray
n— network card included
Downsides with these: They're huge and heavy, so make sure you have a place to put it. Toner is expensive, though you might only ever buy it once in your lifetime.
Books won't teach you everything you need to know, but if you want to be a graphic artist (as a hobby) I'll suggest one, for starters:
Ellen Lupton's 'Thinking With Type' is a great intro to graphic design for the non-so-typographically-inclined. The second book I recommend is a sketchbook. You provide the content. This is the way it's done, and the only way real artists learn. If you haven't got the time, then take [virtually] everyone else's advice and hire some talent.
That's precisely the comment I was going to post. Stellarium is a super resource for learning the stars. I took a girl out stargazing one night who was a huge enthusiast (I was interested too, I just didn't know much of anything). The day of, I spent some time visualizing with Stellarium, so when the stars started coming out, I could identify just about all of them.