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Need A New Way To Fundraise Online?
2008-01-05 02:26:00 I went to private school for 8th-12th grades. One of the things that bugged me was that we were always doing fund raisers for something. Z’s in public school and we have the same problem (though now I’m on the opposite end). shoutback thinks they’re the answer to fund raising woes and ... More About: Education , Online
Storm Madness In Gilroy and Morgan Hill
2008-01-05 00:18:00 I just went to pick up Z because her Mom won’t drive in this weather (I don’t blame her, but Rover was built for this kind of weather). On the way down I passed bunches of branches, trash cans, etc in the middle of the street, but the worst was a guy whose car ... More About: Shopping , Storm , Morgan , Hill , Madness
For Those Who Think Corporate Propaganda Is A New Thing
2008-01-04 22:13:00 About 15 years ago I stumbled across a fascinating book (that was already dated at the time) about the history of capital punishment. This was not a political history, but a technological one. It dealt with the various methods governments have used throughout the ages to execute criminals. I was about halfway ... More About: Business , Corporate , Propaganda , Thing
Tokyo Shows Us The Future Of Universal Health Care
2008-01-04 21:57:00 According to Reuters, a japanese firm has taken the concept of Universal Health Care to its logical conclusion- TOKYO (Reuters) - Hoping to send the message that pets are life-long partners not disposable accessories, a Japanese maker of medicines for animals has begun giving employees who own dogs or cats a monthly “family allowance” for their ... More About: Health Care , Hillary Clinton , Tokyo , Future
Rain, Rain Go Away
2008-01-04 19:59:00 Its poring rain here in Northern California and has been for more than 24 hours with roughly 72 hours left in the storm according to the weather reports. It seems our first real rain of the winter is actually strong enough and heavy enough to make the national news. ::sigh:: This is not ... More About: Rain
BlogRush - The Widget That Wouldn?t Die
2008-01-04 11:44:00 Well, it’s been almost two months since I last wrote about Blog rush, but it seems the story is not over yet. Check out these two screenshots from Clicky (my web analytics program)- They clearly show that despite my removing the widget, requesting removal, mocking them incessantly and, finally, being kicked out of the ... More About: Technology , Widget , Blogging
Let The Games Begin! Iowa Caucus 85%-97% In
2008-01-04 05:04:00 The first actual contest in the Presidential race has just about concluded. The Republican results are rather predictable with 85% of precincts reporting- Mike Huckabee - 34% Mitt Romney - 25% Fred Thompson -14% John McCain - 13% Ron Paul - 10% Rudy Giuliani - 4% Duncan Hunter - 0% The Democratic side, however, was shocking (at least to me) with 97% ... More About: Games , Barack Obama , Hillary Clinton , Iowa , Iowa Caucus
New Year?s Eve Proposal Surprise?
2008-01-04 04:37:00 New Year ’s Eve is one of the most common nights for wedding proposals. Not too surprising when one considers the weight we as Americans put on new year’s resolutions, changing with the calendar, etc. frankly, I’ve never been a big adherent to the theory that a new digit at the end of the ... More About: New Year , Proposal
Fox Affiliate Points Out Fox Censorship Of Dr. Ron Paul
2008-01-03 07:57:00 A giant huzzah has to go out to television station KPTM in Omaha, NE for running the following news segment- via videosift.com The segment details how Fox News and the New Hampshire Republican Committe has neglected to invite Ron Paul to the New Hampshire Forum on January 6th, despite his polling higher than Thompson who was invited. ... More About: Affiliate , Censorship
Confusion Reigns As Dow Has Worst First Day Ever
2008-01-03 06:45:00 According to MSNBC the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its worst first day of the year, ever today. Oil spiked 4% to $100 per barrel and the Dow dropped around 220 points. Meanwhile, silver prices (where I’m currently investing) barely increased. As a novice investor, none of this makes sense to me. ... More About: Education , Power , Confusion
How Oblivious Would You Like Your President?
2008-01-03 03:03:00 Okay, I know all of the President ial candidates are mighty busy with less than 24 hours before the Iowa Caucus, and my opinions on the television writer’s strike have been made pretty clear, but can the so-called leading Republican candidate really be this oblivious- NEW YORK (AP) ? The return of TV’s late-night funnymen after a ...
Looking For Some Shade From The Winter Sun
2008-01-03 03:02:00 Winter brings shorter days. We all know that. However, those shorter days have brought a rather unusual problem for me and mine. The hours that I drive haven’t changed, but the sun has dropped in the sky to such a degree that it seems I’m almost always driving into the sun now, ... More About: Winter
BBC Technology News Covers Yuwie!
2008-01-02 19:45:00 Q. How many online earnings programs get international news thanks to the BBC Technology pages? A. Very, very few. But Yuwie received that honor a few weeks ago. In an article titled Should you get paid to Facebook ?, the BBC gave a full account of Yuwie and how the program works- In what could be the first ... More About: News , Get Paid To , Covers
Are Surplus Assets A Drain On Your Profits?
2008-01-02 15:04:00 At the auction we attended yesterday it didn’t take Z long to ask the most salient economics question I had hoped she would ask: “Where do the auctioneers get all this stuff so cheap that they can sell it for so little?” The answer, of course, is businesses that are selling off their surplus ... More About: Business , Profits , Surplus
Social Security Was Doomed From Day One!
2008-01-02 00:20:00 The imminent failure of the Social Security system has been a fairly hot topic for several years now. But according to their own brochures it seems to have been doomed from day one. I was down at the local Social Security office with one of my clients yesterday ( he suffers from fibromyalgia ... More About: Doomed
First Live Auction Experience
2008-01-01 23:40:00 A few week’s back I shared Z’s first experience as an eBay seller. Well, today, she and I headed to a real life auction to experience the tradition first hand. I had received a flyer from Somerset Auction s a few days earlier announcing that they would be holding a New Year’s Day auction ... More About: Travel , Experience , Live
World?s Largest Christmas Tree, or? Robbed On The Midway!
2008-01-01 08:09:00 Despite the Christmas trip being cancelled, Z and I headed up to Vallejo and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom on Saturday. The trip was canceled because I was no longer going to support her spoiled nature. The DK trip was permissible because she paid her own way. The primary motivation for the trip ... More About: World , California , Midway , Tree
Holidays Bring Welcome Greetings
2007-12-30 06:38:00 The interconnectivity and searchability is both a blessing and a curse. Especially when it comes to maintaining a personal site such as Philaahzophy. Everyone’s Google d themselves at some point and they’ve likely used the Big g as a starting point for finding old friends, lovers and acquaintances as well. Much of my ... More About: Holidays , Aahz
XBOX As A Tool Of Political Education
2007-12-28 04:01:00 It’s always a struggle trying to educate people when it comes to politics and government. Although it’s often easier to educate children because they haven’t been quite as brainwashed by the state (yet), the conversations tend to be quite different. Today, Jim Pontillo from the formykountry blog, gives us a great example. The bulk ... More About: Education , Xbox , Political , Tool
One Day Insertion Fee Sale At eBay - 10¢ Listing Fees!
2007-12-27 08:35:00 I just received notice that eBay will be having a one day only sale on their insertion fees. All listing fees for auction and Buy It Now listings started today, Thursday, December 27, 2007 will only be $0.10 regardless of the items starting or reserve price! This is a savings of up to ... More About: Ebay , Sale , Fees , Listing
eBay 10¢ Listing Sale 12/27/07
2007-12-27 07:22:00 In order to combat the post-Christmas doldrums, eBay is offering a sale on their insertion fees. For one day only, Thursday December 27, 2007, insertion fees will be only 10¢ for both auction and Buy It Now listings, regardless of the starting price! That’s a savings of up to $4.80 on insertion fees! Full ... More About: Ebay , Sale , Listing
Follow The Lead Dogs To Direct Marketing Success
2007-12-27 05:05:00 Yeah, yeah, I know “if you’re not the lead dog, blah blah blah”. But you can’t just start out at the head of the pack. You’ll need some advice, trainging and guidance along the way. Although I’ve been posting a fair amount about different direct marketing services of late I haven’t really ... More About: Marketing , Dogs , Direct Marketing , Success , Direct
Yep, It?s Christmas
2007-12-25 21:44:00 Another Christmas successfully concluded. Well, for me at least. See, Z’s Christmas tradition is to spend the day with family friends at their Christmas and that just doesn’t seem right to me, so I spend most of Christmas Day alone. I got up early and headed over to her house for Santa ... More About: Fatherhood
Dotster Customer Service - A Big Fat F
2007-12-25 04:49:00 Almost seven years ago I wrote a glowing review of Dotster focusing primarily on their service. Over the years since domain registration has become highly competitive and prices have dropped dramatically, but I’ve always stuck with Dotster as my primary registrar. I’ve also highly recommended them to friends and argued that their higher ... More About: Technology , Customer Service , Service , Customer
Kinks Working Out At Top Hosting Center
2007-12-22 15:53:00 It’s been about 48 hours since I signed up for my new web hosting account at Top Hosting Center and things just keep getting better. It may be hard to believe that things can improve over a one-time payment of $95 to get hosting and a domain for life, but they do. ... More About: Technology , Blogging , Working
Designing Custom T-shirts Just Got A Lot Easier
2007-12-22 06:59:00 One of the new projects I have in development for 2008 is a daily blog dedicated to t-shirts. I’m not at liberty to divulge any further info at this point, but it’s shaping up to be pretty sweet. Of course, you can’t have a t-shirt blog without having your own custom shirt ... More About: Designing , Shirts , Blue , T-Shirts , T shirts
Happy Birthday Comrade Kropotkin!
2007-12-22 06:42:00 Okay, so it’s kind of late for this, but it’s still 12/21 here in California and I’ve had a crazy kind of day. It’s amazing I’ve got any work done at all. If anarchists were immortal, Peter Alekseevich Kropotkin would be 165 years old today. I’ve always been open with y’all ... More About: Happy , Birthday , Happy Birthday
Who Knew I Could SAVE Money By Homeschooling?
2007-12-22 01:36:00 As I get further and further along the path to homeschooling Z I’ve been researching different areas. The latest has been the actual cost of schooling her myself (considering I’ll still be paying taxes to the useless public schools). It turns out that, thanks to www.CostCaptain.com I can actually save money on ... More About: Education , Money , Microsoft Office , Save Money , Homeschooling
I?m A Winner! Thanks Teresa!
2007-12-21 21:29:00 Remember my brief mention of the most beautiful blog yesterday? Well, not only is Scribblescratch easy on the eyes, but they just made my holiday shopping a bit easier as well. As you can see in the picture at the right I was lucky enough to have my name drawn from the ... More About: Contests , Blogging , Winner , Eres
Ski Vacation Dreamland
More articles from this author:2007-12-21 21:19:00 Z’s snow obsession is evidencing itself again as the weather has finally turned cold here in Northern California and it occurs to me that it was at about her age that I first learned how to snow ski. Of course, I wasn’t able to learn at anyplace as wonderful as a Courchevel chalet ... More About: Travel , Vacation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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