Wow, now there’s a title you probably thought you’d never see. Cell phone discrimination, is it real, or is it just advertising?
The most well known is the one “If you are a Cingular user, text to XXXX and vote for your favorite Idol. Well wait a minute. What if I’m a US Cellular user? [...]
Cell Phone Discrimination
Published in January 13th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Advertising
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Killings By Veterans Is On The Rise
Published in January 13th, 2008
The title reads “Report: 121 veterans linked to killings”
First a little background on me. I am a veteran. I spent 15 years in the army some years back. I have a 17 year old son who is considering joining the military forces so I have spent some time with recruiters lately. So, I do know [...]
Christina Aguilera Is A New Mom
Published in January 12th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Celebrities
The news came out that Christina Aguilera gave birth yesterday.
You can read the full details here.
Christina has been quiet and out of the spotlight lately. She seems to be one of the few pop stars from that era that hasn’t completely lost her mind. I think that there is actually some hope for this child. [...]
Is Jamie Lynn Spears and Britney Spears Competing For Coverage?
Published in January 12th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Celebrities
Talk about a dysfunctional family. It almost appears as though Britney Spears and her sister Jamie Lynn are competing for publicity. Currently on ask.com Britney is ranked number 4 for the top searched news story. Jamie Lynn is ranked number 10. Both are in the top ten for all major searches on news stories. I [...]
Tata Nano The New Cheap Car
Published in January 11th, 2008
Posted by Rob in Automobiles
The Tata Nano. When you hear that name you may wonder did Apple came out with a new MP3 player. But, it’s actually that latest in inexpensive cars.
After reading about this new car here, I didn’t really know what to think. I was kind of split on my opinion of it. The car company [...]
Go Ben Go
Published in January 11th, 2008
I just saw a story on the local news station about a guy who is donating his weight to a local food bank. Well, not actually the pounds he’s losing, but an equivalent amount in food.
He has a website at http://donatemyweight.com/
Ben is not dong this for publicity. He’s not trying to make a buck. [...]
Bank Of America Is Growing By Buying Countrywide
Published in January 11th, 2008
Years back the government decide to put a halt to monopolies by breaking up large companies such as AT&T. I was a great idea, but the idea became even better when this smaller companies allowed others to become a part of their market. This gave us choice.
That the heck happened to that idea?
A Daytime Nap Improves Your Memory
Published in January 10th, 2008
Now this is some research that was worth the money.
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It seems that you memory works better if you take a nap during the afternoon. Maybe we can get employers to adopt some kind of a nap time during working hours.
United States Is Protesting Against iran?
Published in January 10th, 2008
This article states that the US is lodging formal protest with Iran over an incident last weekend in which Iranian speedboats harassed U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf. YahooNews
HUH?
When the heck did we become wimps?
Deanna Favre or Hillary Clinton?
Published in January 10th, 2008
My brother sent me an email today. It’s typically what I call spam mail. You know the ones I mean, where you get a cute or funny email so you feel like you have to send it to everyone in your address book.
It went like this:
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