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Alan Schmidt
Mar 19, 2026
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King of the Hill Revival Reveals Hank's Most Surprising Job Yet

I recently read Johann Kurtz’s excellent “Building a Legacy” and it gave me a necessary kick in the rear to decide what I’m doing for my posterity that goes beyond an inheritance. I homeschool and am their primary instructor along with co-ops that will build their foundation. We do pretty well with extra-curriculars like sports and I’m getting them into woodworking and am starting to do more outdoors stuff now that everyone is getting older. I also have friends and a cohesive band of families with the same life philosophy that I’m hoping against hope will eventually bring marriageable prospects. Not bad, but my career at a large corporation doesn’t translate to anything I can transmit easily, nor do I have good channels to local politics. I have a way to go.

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