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So there’s a lot of news about “economic collapse” and “federal bailouts” but the terminology, chronology and methodology of these stories is really confusing; laymen like us don’t really understand.  You’d have to have about three degrees to get it and explain it and the people writing the articles aren’t doing a good job- not […]

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Jezebel is a feminist slanting blog about media, pop culture and celebrity.  They foray into politics, the economy and literature as well.  Their bias, voice and overall tone is aimed at shaming people into agreeing with their ideas and opinions; at least that’s my conclusion based on my year and a half close reading of […]

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On Friday night, David Foster Wallace, a man whose words have done more than just about anyone on the planet to confront me, comfort me, console me, break me down, build me up, and create the person who is now known as Bryan Woods decided to kill himself.
I wanted to write some thoughts on all […]

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Netflix has the best customer service model of almost any company I’ve dealt with.  Why?  You don’t have to talk to a single idiot.  They do everything on the internet, and they trust you to be correct about your complaints.  If you didn’t receive a movie they just send it to you again.  It’s the […]

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While watching the RNC last week it struck me that republicans and democrats have neglected a demographic.  They’ve mocked, harangued, claimed and divided the demographic/geographies of “Small Towns” and “Cosmopolitan Cities”.  The republicans have decided to run with the whole small town values thing, and I guess the democrats have had the city thing down […]

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Ah, yes.  Open Source.  The Utopia of the software world.  The land in which all software is free, and all bugs are patched quickly.
At least that’s what it used to mean.  Or at least what it still means to some people some of the time.
For better or worse, the term Open Source has changed drastically […]

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It is September and only my second September of school-less-ness.  I miss the anticipation of a whole new academic year, but I don’t miss the academic year.  Every summer’s end, I anticipate fall; looking forward to cooler temperatures, better food and most importantly, the change in fashions.  This year my summer clothes were horrible- I […]

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I watched the RNC last night.  I had to stop watching the RNC last night.  Granted, I stopped after Sarah Palin’s speech, and the brief remarks from Senator Mccain.  And while there have been rumors floating around the past few days about Palin’s experience, family life and even her selection as Mccain’s possible future Vice President, […]

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U-Haul
Enterprise Car Rental
IKEA
What do these three companies have in common?  Besides the first two, they’re both vehiclular rental companies.  NO ALL THREE!  These three large corporations have something very specific in common.

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