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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008From raw carrot sticks to Leptorexin diet formula, there are a million ways you can try to control your food intake and lose weight, a million diets and eating plans to help you keep the pounds or (or take the pounds off) during the upcoming holidays.
So you probably don’t need any “inside tips” from an [...]
Warning: Be careful about public WiFi access security
Thursday, November 13th, 2008After I posted just now about working online via my laptop in a public place, it occurred to me that I should mention various security issues you need to be aware of when going online using public WiFi — most public wireless networks are NOT secure.
Now, I really barely know the difference between a Linksys [...]
Whatever happened to good old campaign buttons??
Monday, November 10th, 2008Do you collect election memorabilia? I confess mostly what I collect related to elections is 1) impatience with the whole drawn out process, and, 2) a great deal of relief when elections are over.
I saw a segment of “This Old House” on PBS over the weekend which featured a collection of various promotional lapel pins, [...]
If each one of us just helps one other person each day …
Friday, November 7th, 2008From the Outer Banks of the Carolinas on the East Coast to Catalina Island (or whatever the western-most point of the U.S. is?) on the West Coast, our nation is facing problems unlike anything we’ve seen for many years.
I’ve heard nothing but doom and gloom economic information today. Our national unemployment rate is approaching 6%, [...]
Writing the personalized book that is your life
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Have you ever bought a child one of those personalized books which have been around a few years now? You know the kind I mean, the kind where they insert the child’s name, parents’ and pets’ names, and in some cases even personalized details about the child’s home and school, into the book.
I thought about [...]