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Blog Crime and Copyright Infringment

December 16, 2009 By Brian Leave a Comment

Checked your blog for content theft lately? While the Internet has become an essential part of our lives, it's also a rip-off channel for blog crime and copyright infringement thieves who steal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogging, Crime Tagged With: internet

Newspapers Losing Readers With Irrelevant Content

October 25, 2009 By Brian Leave a Comment

Reading through this morning's San Jose Mercury News reinforced my belief that U.S. newspapers are contributing to their demise by printing stories that are, in many cases, irrelevant to the majority … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Learning, Newspapers Tagged With: internet, news

Hurley Creates Golf Courses and Hope On Lost Islands

During an episode of the TV series “Lost,” one of the best television series, Hurley, the big guy in need of a diet, told Jack: “You know what’s wrong? We’re just not having fun,” the best kick-in-the-ass comment made by any character in the series. Jack, the medical doctor, the guy who always needed to [...]

Time to Think in a Wizard of Oz World

In the movie “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy and her friends–the scarecrow, the lion and the tin man–had one thing they each lacked. The tin man had no heart; the lion, no courage, the scarecrow, no brain; Dorothy, no home. Only Toto, the dog, and the Good Witch and Bad Witch seemed satisfied with their [...]

On the Day Nothing Happened

Tuesday morning pretty much started out like any Tuesday in our town People who still subscribed to newspapers and magazines found copies delivered on their front porches or in the mail. Web readers, after grabbing a cup of coffee, looked at their computers and mobile phones to read the latest local and world happenings. Early [...]

Where Angels not Mom’s Fear to Tread

Our Mom’s are intimately part of our lives–from birth, as we grow up, eventually separating to live our own lives. But sometimes things happen. Illness strikes us. Things go wrong. We’re incapable of taking care of ourselves. And that’s when Mom’s come where Angels fear to tread. That’s the case with Elsie, a 75-year old [...]

Reality In a Land of Dreams and Nightmares

I awakened the other morning while still in REM dream sleep. Although I don’t recall if my eyes opened into reality from a dream or nightmare (it could have been a mix of both), I was uncomfortable with the experience. You’ve probably experienced a similar occurrence as your alarm clock went off. You’re in a [...]

Cannabis Clubs for People with Pain Hit San Jose

People suffering with painful illnesses keep getting hit up by city law enforcement. They’re at least 20 states across the nation where cannabis clubs that secure pot for medicinal purposes flourish. And San Jose is one of them. Per this morning’s Mercury News, patients used to have to trek up to San Francisco to get [...]

Insurance and the Risks of Life in an Uncertain Universe

Have you ever thought about why we buy insurance to handle risk in our lives? After purchasing auto, home, health and life insurance, you’ll probably get a sales pitch from an appliance store sales person to insure your washer, dryer and fridge. Walk into an electronics store, like Best Buy, and out you walk with [...]

Susan Boyle’s CD and the Magic of Live Audience Recordings

I picked up a copy of Susan Boyle’s first CD spawned by her appearance on “Britain’s Got Talent” and the viral results of her YouTube video. Her renditions of “I Dream the Dream” and the other eleven songs on the album with the exception of “Wild Horses” have lost their magic in the world of [...]

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