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My ‘Social Media Strategy’

March 13, 2010

As an active user of the Internet, I have a presence on a number of ‘social media’ sites and services, as well as being active in a variety of forums (in addition to operating some half-dozen web-sites). And since I was raised to claim my [read more]

Designs I Like

Headless Dead Snowman

March 8, 2010

Some people don’t believe me when I tell them we live in a tough neighbourhood. Here is a picture from earlier today- notice that not only is the snowman dead, but one arm is broken and the head is gone.

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The Details Of My Unemployment

February 25, 2010

In between my job search and enrolling in college classes (now that I can enroll and not lose UI benefits) I occasionally post at various blogs and web-sites. Ignoring for the moment the insulting Neanderthal view I’ve run across that people who are unemployed should [read more]

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Violent Nature in the City

February 10, 2010

The following picture was taken a few minutes ago. We live just west of downtown Columbus (OH) – and most of the birds we see are cardinals, or smaller. Shot through a double-pane window at full (digital) zoom, there was no time to be fancy. [read more]

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Stop shopping at BigCo.

January 27, 2010

I see a very basic link between the shopping habits of American consumers and the dearth of manufacturing jobs in this country. Here is the story I’ve heard over and over; the amounts are not from any specific example, but reflect the shared traits. An [read more]

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Obama Stands Up to Banks

January 22, 2010

(Also- “Obama, The Banks and the Consumer Confidence Game“) Obama stands up to the banks; the Stock Markets fall – should we care? In an effort to turn our attention away from the Administration and Democratic Party’s multiple failures (most notably turning healthcare reform into [read more]