In Our World
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Do We Really Need All This Enhancement?
Throughout the course of my life, I find that I read different parts of the paper. When I first started, I think I probably only read the comics (they were probably called the "funny papers" back then). One day I started reading the sports section, because there was…
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When Does Exaggeration Become Outright Lying?
The other day as I was listening to the radio – I don't recall which station, though I could probably guess if I really had to put my mind to it – I heard an advertisement about an upcoming show. During this ad, they mentioned something about the…
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Is the Fix (Unofficially) In on Television "Game" Shows?
A decade-and-a-half ago, the movie Quiz Show gave some of us younger pups (no comments, please) insight into the world of corruption amongst game shows like that we had never seen. It was the story of Charles Van Doren, the pretty boy who was given the answers on…
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Keyshawn Wins Best-Dressed Award (Really)
A couple of weeks ago, Keyshawn Johnson did his second round of broadcasting for the NFL draft, and I mentioned just how bad it was. To be fair, it was a bit better than it was last year. For someone who appears to totally lack the ability to…
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Do You Have a Sense of Security?
As I'm eating lunch yesterday, who should be on the television but the Pope! He's just pulling into Yankee Stadium in his Popemobile – a modified Mercedes that just looks wacky, with an enclosure on the back where everyone can see him, and presumably he is safe from…
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The Dilemma of Paid Reviews
An interesting comment was raised on my review of Web Hosting Bluebook. Someone by the name of "Internet Marketing Blog" (if you follow their link, you get a blog by the name of "Money Maker Jobs", and someone posting under the name of "admin", so finding out the…
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The Lost Art of Thinking Critically
In my job, I am often called upon to solve problems – in fact, most of my job is less about writing code or making things pretty (no comments from the gallery, please) than it is figuring out how to make things work the way that they are…
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Finding Deals at CompUSA Doesn't Get Any Easier
CompUSA continues to go out of business, and it seems that they are going to be at it for a while longer. The signs on the corner say that the discounts have reached 20-40%, and if you step inside, you'll see that some of the shelves are now…
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Do You Value Your Time or Your Money?
The other day as I was in the grocery store, I was struck by the absurdity of just how far one woman was going in her pursuit to get a discount on a package of hot dogs. Now don't get me wrong – I'm all for scoring a…
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Do You Write for You, Your Readers or Google?
I mentioned last week that some of the most successful posts (at least in terms of popularity) were written when I simply wrote, rather than ones that I felt I had to write. Just yesterday, Darren Rowse talked about thinking like a blogger – in other words, not…