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July 2009



Adblock Plus Nasty Ads Poll

Thursday, 30 July 2009 2:10 P GMT-05
 Like many Firefox users, I have the Adblock Plus add-on, so that I can get rid of annoying and/or disgusting internet ads.Recently, while zapping yet another nasty teeth ad, I began wondering what are some of the most-zapped internet ads by Fir

A Musical Trip Down Memory Lane

Wednesday, 29 July 2009 4:11 P GMT-05
Recently, I acquired a used MP3 player to use while driving, so I don't have to lug around dozens of CDs any longer, nor worry about changing them in traffic.In preparation for loading it up with music, I ripped all my CDs to my computer's Wi

Pointless Speculation

Tuesday, 28 July 2009 10:06 A GMT-05
A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to a right wing talk show -- I can't remember if it was Boortz or someone else -- where the host was sneering at modern Americans, saying the average 21st century American would never survive if we were sent

Learning Styles Test

Wednesday, 22 July 2009 10:19 P GMT-05
Your result for Your personal Learning Styles Inventory Test…The Great Communicator63% Visual, 63% Musical, 75% Linguistic, 25% Kinesthetic, 38% Logical, 50% Interpersonal and 67% Intrapersonal!Verbal/Linguistic: This style, which is related t

Forty Years Ago Today

Monday, 20 July 2009 11:32 P GMT-05
Forty years ago today, I was spending a hot summer in New Jersey between my fifth and sixth grade years in school.  There was nothing special about this particular summer. I did the things a kid my age generally did in the Sixties: rode my bike

Hypocrisy: The True Amorality

Sunday, 19 July 2009 12:19 P GMT-05
While idly browsing the net today, I came upon a most interesting post that expressed similar ideas to my own about the recent flurry of public moral hypocrisy we’ve seen lately on the news.  What caught my interest about this post was tha

And That's the Way It Was

Saturday, 18 July 2009 10:28 A GMT-05
Last night, I came home to find out that veteran newsman Walter Cronkite had died at the age of 92.   Chosen several times over as “the most trusted man in America” in viewer opinion polls, Cronkite’s long and distinguishe

Capsule Hotel

Wednesday, 15 July 2009 10:00 P GMT-05
Are you traveling on a budget and unenthusiastic about having to resort to Motel 6 and other down at the heels lodgings? Cheer up — things could most definitely be worse. In Japan, the budget-minded frequently resort to capsule hotels, which gi

Hypocrisy and Human Nature

Saturday, 11 July 2009 1:12 P GMT-05
With all the recent outings of politicians engaged in extramarital sex, my favorite liberal news site, Alternet, has been doing a flurry of articles relating to this subject.   In a recent article, Relax: Adultery Is Not That Big Of a Deal by Sa

Manipulation 101

Thursday, 9 July 2009 2:50 P GMT-05
While browsing the main Yahoo page this morning, I noticed a particular link: 6 Ways to Train Your Boyfriend.  Irritated about this obvious bit of sexism, I clicked on the link, thinking it might be ranty blogging fodder.And it was.  While

4th of July Celebrations Fizzle Out in Recent Years

Sunday, 5 July 2009 1:10 P GMT-05
When I was a kid, the towns I lived in always made a big production out of the Fourth of July.   There were outdoor festivals, public and private barbecues, parades, and the town always sponsored a fireworks celebration, usually held at the high

The Elephant in the Living Room

Saturday, 4 July 2009 1:37 A GMT-05
A recent article on Alternet, For Many, Marriage is Sexless, Boring, and Oppressive:Time to Rethink the Institution? by Amanda Marcotte, asks the question: Marriage is failing many, many people. Why do we still idealize it?My response to this a

Advertising Rants

Thursday, 2 July 2009 2:26 P GMT-05
I've not picked on the advertising industry in awhile, so here goes.  I've been hearing different ads lately that talk about "that guy".   "That guy" is usually a bumbling, figure of universal scorn; someone


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