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100-yr-old Virginia Writes limericks On iPad
Moderators/authors of blogs ( are you the same person?) should always read and moderate their readers’ comments and post them ASAP. Otherwise the people who commented will think you thought we were shmucks.
Procrastination and Wildflowers
You must elevate the importance of all the things you’d rather do, especially if they are not of immediate importance. Take all phone calls, write your grandmother, clean out your sock drawer, sort photos, whatever it takes to avoid the inevitable.
“Transforming” Your Internet Business
As it is now, the Internet is practically the embodiment of liberty and capitalism, in all its untethered glory… Anyone can make money and tell stories and lie and preach and chase dreams and do evil and get into all sorts of trouble; all in this boundless unmonitored field of work and play. Everyone has access to it; and it’s virtually free. This must not be.
The Gathering Clouds of “Cyber-Katrina”
We’re wading through an era of massive, protective government like I’ve never imagined. What used to sound like science fiction is now a plausible possibility. Last May, when President Obama declared cyberspace to be a “national security priority,” he asserted, “Let me also be clear about what we will not do. Our pursuit of cyber [...]
Hey, That’s My Niche!
“Toy building blocks to fix the ravages of time on permanent structures.” Out of nowhere, the tired old walls are transformed with color and childlike handiwork, and the pedestrian spirit is lifted.
Washington: The Gloves Are Off
Unwavering business men and women kept their heads in the game while government assumes power of yet another private industry — our healthcare, no less; by nationalizing private insurance and inserting itself into the private lives of its citizens in the most intrusive way…How do we go about our business while a small group of people organize together and yank our God-given rights under the guise of making laws? Horror.
The Word “Book” Now Up For Grabs
This week Penguin Books’ CEO John Makinson teased the digital media world with a preview of some of the interactive ebooks it will be publishing for the iPad.
Currently, I and millions of other bibliophiles own countless books that “do” one thing. Well, okay, I take it back. They don’t actually do anything. They are done unto. To think that I may wish my books to someday perform amazing feats that my (future) digital reader can’t facilitate…I can’t even go there yet.
Your High Risk Job
I’m guessing it’s because the risk of earning a living doing anything else than doing your own thing is unthinkable. All the hazards of owning a small business pale in comparison to the work-a-day rat race of working on someone else’s dream. Or it could just be nobody would hire them wearing that superhero outfit.
Haig’s Role in Starting AOL
“Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.”