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I've always been told I'm opinionated, and these are the entries to prove it. Whether it's a review of a product, news commentary, information I feel needs to be shared, or just a rant on something that makes my blood boil, you'll find it here.
Thu 06/25/2009 2:23 PM
Remember how I was saying I would probably be whining about how jealous I am within a week of Chris getting his iPhone 3GS (yes, Apple has officially removed the space from the spelling)? Well, I'm not...
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Fri 05/22/2009 1:54 PM
I've been looking into some of the new "pocket" video cameras, and for the next few weeks I'm borrowing a friend's Flip Video to try out and decide if it's a design I can even use. My issue is with holding it upright and still being able to see the screen...
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Tue 05/19/2009 4:52 PM
Ever since I first noticed the option was available, I have had Twitter set to not show me replies (tweets beginning with @username) sent by my friends to other people I am not myself following. I was happy to see the option, as I found it confusing and distracting to watch one-sided conversations...
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Fri 05/15/2009 3:53 PM
Maybe I've just been living under a rock, but it seems to me like the US Postal Service didn't do much to publicize this latest postage increase. It was by pure dumb luck that I found out about it...
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Mon 05/11/2009 4:41 PM
As you know, I've been trying to lose some weight for the past several months, in order to look good when I go home to Oregon in a few weeks, as well as at the three weddings we're attending this year. I guess I shouldn't say "trying", because as of my last weigh-in on Tuesday night, I have lost about fourteen pounds, with about ten more to go until I reach my "healthy" weight range...
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Fri 05/08/2009 1:59 PM
With the exception of November, when I received payment for my first web design project, this is the highest total since I started my money making mission back in July of last year...
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Thu 05/07/2009 5:40 PM
In a few weeks I'll be taking a vacation to go visit my family in Oregon. While I miss them and love going to see them (especially my little niece and nephews, some of whom admittedly are not so little anymore), it's always a hard decision every year whether to spend my limited vacation time there, or on a more... vacationy vacation...
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Tue 05/05/2009 4:26 PM
A bit of advice on how to give advice, if you want it to been taken as constructive criticism rather than an attack. Consider that the person you're giving said advice to might actually have an intelligent thought or two in their own head, and may have already drawn their own conclusions which may differ from yours...
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Thu 04/23/2009 5:50 PM
I mentioned on Twitter last week that I had received spam e-mail from Rhode Island Congressman Jim Langevin, sent to a throwaway e-mail address I had used a while back for a free gift card offer. This suggested that the company I gave the e-mail address to had placed it on a list to resell to e-mail marketers, and that the congressman's office had purchased that list...
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Tue 04/21/2009 3:16 PM
Just about everyone shops online these days. I do, for several reasons: 1) it saves me waiting for someone to be available to take me to a store Chris doesn't like to shop at; 2) it allows me to shop privately for gifts and surprise purchases; 3) it's easier to find things online when I don't know where to start looking; and 4) sometimes what I need isn't in stock in the local stores...
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Fri 04/17/2009 3:53 PM
Of course, I go from nothing to write about earlier this week, to having all sorts of entries in mind and no time to write! For now, I'm going to have to point you to my current favorite game on the new arcade, Reactor...
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Thu 04/16/2009 11:28 AM
This post on the This is True blog made me feel so much better after the stupidity that took place last week...
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Wed 04/15/2009 12:02 PM
Here's something we can all use... freebies! Not only does Shop4Freebies update their list of 100% free sample offers on a daily basis, they also give you printable coupons, money saving tips, and a listing of cheap gas prices looks to be coming soon...
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Tue 04/14/2009 11:11 AM
I've ranted before about people who don't bother to spell and/or write correctly. But the bottom line is this...
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Wed 04/08/2009 1:55 PM
I hate my cable company with a passion. We've had high definition television for about four years now, and we've suffered with reception problems since the beginning...
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Tue 04/07/2009 11:57 AM
On a note related to all of this, I have to get something off my chest. There seems to be this sense of entitlement people feel when it comes to things on the internet, and I find it really disturbing...
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Fri 04/03/2009 4:12 PM
I'm sure I've talked before about VistaPrint and their great offers on printed materials for your business, such as business cards, magnets, labels, letterhead and more. However I did not know that they now offer design and hosting for business websites...
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Thu 04/02/2009 11:58 AM
In case you didn't figure it out from the rickroll, yesterday's post was an April Fools' joke. (Also because it appeared in the new "attempts at humor" category, but you wouldn't have known that without looking.)...
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Thu 03/26/2009 11:40 AM
My lips are so bad that even when I'm constantly wearing protectant and/or moisturizing products, they are still covered in dry, flaky skin, which I end up chewing off, leaving my lips cracked and bleeding...
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Wed 03/25/2009 3:22 PM
I hate listening to people arguing and screaming at each other. I hated hearing my parents do it when I was younger, and now I have to listen to it at work...
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Thu 03/19/2009 10:02 PM
I'm violating my one post per day rule, but I had to grab this opportunity to write about this cool new behavior the dolphins at Sea World in Orlando have been observed engaging in, as reported on the Dolphin Bubbles blog I wrote about a few weeks ago...
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Thu 03/19/2009 1:30 PM
I want to thank a few bloggers for helping me promote my survey on supporting your favorite blogs. Thanks to The Transparent Hypnotist, MoneyXperiment.com, and Make Money Online - all great blogs which you should definitely check out...
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Tue 03/10/2009 1:12 PM
This month I am conducting a survey to find out just what you, my blog readers, are willing to do to support your favorite blogs. If you fill out the survey and provide a valid e-mail address, you'll be entered to win a special prize at the end of the month...
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Thu 03/05/2009 2:47 PM
We all love to make fun of those silly TV commercials for the latest and greatest miracle product that is "not available in stores" and "available only through this exclusive TV offer". We laugh at them because the claims are often far too good to be true, and the product rarely lives up to the hype...
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Fri 02/27/2009 11:55 AM
I'm slowly but steadily losing the weight I want to lose. And slow is fine as long as it keeps coming off. I've been working out on Wii Fit for twenty to twenty-five minutes about every other day...
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Wed 02/25/2009 2:45 PM
I'm not sure when or why my obsession with dolphins started, but I think they are just about the most beautiful creatures on Earth. When we went to Florida in 2007, I got to fulfill two of my biggest dreams by not only visiting Disney World, but also swimming with dolphins at SeaWorld's Discovery Cove...
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Thu 02/19/2009 2:40 PM
It's been a while since I've done this, but I can't think of anything to write about today, so why not? Here are a couple of the items that have recently appeared in the "across the web" section over in the sidebar...
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Wed 02/18/2009 10:25 AM
Do you think you're one of the smartest people in the US? If you are, you could win a 15" Apple MacBook by entering the Smartest of the US IQ contest...
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Mon 02/16/2009 12:22 PM
Anyway, last week I heard my share of Valentine's Day dissent - that is, people encouraging the boycotting of Valentine's Day for various reasons. The general gripe is that it's a holiday that was invented by greeting card companies, designed to make you spend money, with no basis in religion or historical events...
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Wed 02/04/2009 12:35 PM
Time to update you all on my efforts to make money online. In December, I earned $46.78, and in January, $65.85...
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Mon 02/02/2009 3:21 PM
Commenter Ricky asked for my feelings on the Lose It! iPhone application now that I have been using it for a while, so I thought I should post an updated review. If you don't remember, this is the app I am using to track my calorie intake as I work to lose the weight I put back on in 2008...
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Thu 01/29/2009 3:51 PM
I have big plans this year for some new web sites, and one way I intend to advertise them is through sponsored blog posts, also known as blog advertising. You're probably a little bit familiar with this form of advertising, as I have sold sponsored posts here on confoozled.com for quite a while, and it has in fact been my most profitable method of earning money online...
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Tue 01/27/2009 10:36 AM
I love these web sites that sell one product a day, usually at amazingly cheap prices. I just discovered another one, Dillyeo.com...
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Thu 01/22/2009 4:16 PM
Hey, City of Warwick, since you're so hard up for cash... instead of just reminding people that the law says you can fine them for not shoveling their sidewalks, how about you go out there and start issuing those fines?
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Fri 01/16/2009 10:17 AM
I want to add something to my rant from yesterday about school cancellations. I know that with the economy the way it is right now, to have to unexpectedly pay for a day of babysitting or lose a day of work can be quite the financial hit...
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Thu 01/15/2009 3:01 PM
We've had a crazy winter here so far - a lot more snow than usual and some ridiculously cold temperatures. And as a result, school has been canceled a few times...
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Wed 01/14/2009 1:04 PM
It's no secret that I have become quite addicted to Twitter. I know not everyone reading confoozled.com knows or understands what Twitter is, so I'll try to explain...
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Thu 12/04/2008 1:32 PM
If you have an avid reader on your list this holiday season, here's a gift idea. BookSwim is an online book rental service... essentially, it's Netflix for books...
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Tue 12/02/2008 11:57 AM
I feel a week of rants coming on. Today it's about digital rights management, otherwise known as DRM...
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Mon 12/01/2008 1:27 PM
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving (or just a great four-day break from me, if you're not in the US). I can't believe November is over already...
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Wed 11/26/2008 3:26 PM
Sorry for two contest posts in a week, but I had to enter this one. John Chow is hosting a $6,000 cash giveaway sponsored by tiny URL service XR.com!
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Tue 11/25/2008 4:08 PM
Some bloggers like to include a stock photo in each of their posts relating to the content of the post. I personally feel that doing so in each and every post is too repetitive...
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Wed 11/19/2008 11:33 AM
For some reason all the stores seem to be starting the Black Friday madness early this year. Instead of reducing prices for Christmas shopping starting the day after Thanksgiving, many of them started as early as the first of November.
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Thu 11/13/2008 1:23 PM
While creating a Facebook group to promote my new home business opportunity, I noticed a group titled "Petition Against Facebook Charging a $2.99 Monthly Fee". First of all, as this is the first I've heard about any kind of monthly fee for Facebook, I doubt this $2.99 fee is anything more than a silly rumor...
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Wed 11/12/2008 11:44 AM
Annoying phone calls are a fact of life, it seems. The creation of the national Do Not Call database here in the US does not seem to have made one bit of a difference...
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Mon 11/10/2008 4:31 PM
My latest time-waster game obsession is Diner Dash: Seasonal Snack Pack. I'm a huge fan of all of the Diner Dash games, and this one is no exception...
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Fri 11/07/2008 8:40 PM
With all of my computer problems last month I never got around to posting my September online earnings, or setting a goal for October. My goal for September, if you'll remember, was $45...
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Thu 11/06/2008 11:50 AM
It's very rare that I post anything political here. That said, I cannot believe that even now, with the election over, people are still spouting the same, tired, false information about Barack Obama that has been disproven time and time again...
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Wed 11/05/2008 1:22 PM
When we received our invitation to a Halloween costume party last month, I had no clue what to dress up as. When I was young my mom would usually make my costume, or piece it together from items bought at thrift stores...
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Thu 10/23/2008 10:49 AM
If you're a geek like me, you probably know about the popular tech/gadget blogs like Engadget and Gizmodo. The problem with those sites is that they post every piece of tech news that comes along, which results in tons of posts per day...
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Mon 10/06/2008 2:24 PM
The truth is, most people go to work sick because their employers give them no other choice. Most of us can't afford to lose any of our pay...
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Thu 10/02/2008 3:04 PM
I couldn't decide what to post about today, until Angela at mommy bytes reminded me that it was time to go pink for October! I've turned the sidebar section headers pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month...
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Tue 09/30/2008 12:26 PM
I'm a big fan of VistaPrint. I got some business cards and refrigerator magnets from them back when I had my attempted eBay business, and they were surprisingly good quality for the price I paid...
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Wed 09/24/2008 9:32 AM
I'm so relieved to report that I've finally made some headway on my Christmas shopping. I've bought a couple of things and stored a few ideas for later purchase. And I think I just found my niece Breana's gift...
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Tue 09/23/2008 2:44 PM
I know you all know by now how much I love my iPhone. I've been on a quest since the beginning to find a protective case for it in my favorite color: purple. I had a silicone skin, which was supposedly purple but in reality was more pink...
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Mon 09/22/2008 12:04 PM
I've been having a problem with my home computer for a while, where many of my startup applications would fail to create an icon on the system tray in Windows XP upon initial boot-up. Logging off and back on to my user account would fix the problem, and since my computer stayed on most of the time I didn't have to deal with it often, so I just let it be...
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Fri 09/19/2008 10:06 PM
Food and a nap finally brought some relief, and then I was stuck in that state I get into far too often when I haven't been feeling well: too awake to sleep, but too tired to really get up and do anything. When that happens to me I like to plop myself in front of my computer and play these fun little time waster games, like the one I played today..
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Wed 09/17/2008 3:11 PM
Something I'm quickly finding out as I explore affiliate marketing as a way to make money online is that I am not a natural born salesperson like some people are. Some people, like Chris, seem to have a salesperson gene...
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Tue 09/16/2008 3:03 PM
We were eating dinner at the bar at Dave & Buster's last night during the start of the Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. When pop singer Kat DeLuna began her rendition of the national anthem, the sound box was turned down very low, so I wasn't sure if I was hearing what I thought I was hearing...
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Wed 09/10/2008 2:00 PM
One of the secrets of affilate marketing is to register domain names and build niche web sites around the products you want to promote. Now I love my web host, even though they're not the cheapest in the world. The excellent service and support they provide is well worth the extra money, and it would take a serious problem to get me to move confoozled.com to another host...
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Thu 09/04/2008 7:23 PM
A few years ago, before I was employed, I tried to start a business selling products on eBay. I signed up as a student of the Disabled Online Users Association, a non-profit organization which aims to help people with disabilities learn to operate successful online businesses, with a main focus on eBay...
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Wed 09/03/2008 6:48 PM
Yesterday I was contacted by a promoter representing the Chicago band Liquor Boxx who asked if I would consider featuring the band on confoozled.com. After listening to a few tracks I was more than happy to oblige...
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Tue 09/02/2008 2:13 PM
The August online income total is in, and this time I well exceeded the $15 goal. For the month of August I earned $75.81...
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Wed 08/27/2008 1:03 PM
Remember how I mentioned that I'm always cold, but if I turn up the thermostat even one degree, I get hot? Not to mention how annoying it must be to others that I'm constantly changing the temperature on them...
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Fri 08/22/2008 11:21 AM
I don't normally stir up controversy but on this I just have to speak up. Sparked by the use of a particular word in the movie Tropic Thunder, there has been a campaign making its way through the web to get people to pledge to "stop using the r-word"...
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Tue 08/19/2008 7:49 PM
And here's another reason for you bloggers and web site owners to sign up and install an ad region... If you are one of the first ten people to sign up through my affiliate link and keep your ad region up for thirty days, I will buy an ad on your site after the thirty days is up.
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Fri 08/15/2008 2:12 PM
It's time for the 2008 Alzheimer's Memory Walk! Walks are being held in more than six hundred communities across the United States this fall, with over 200,000 participants, to raise money for Alzheimer's research...
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Thu 08/14/2008 2:19 PM
I think the reason for the low number is that I spent most of July tweaking my site design and trying to get it ready for monetization, as well as trying to increase traffic. As a result I spent less time doing things that would actually make me money...
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Mon 08/11/2008 4:26 PM
So, consider this a review of the tools available specifically for Movable Type users on the iPhone. Unfortunately, there aren't many, and the ones that do exist are rather inadequate, at least for my needs...
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Thu 07/31/2008 9:34 PM
Here in Rhode Island, paratransit service comes with a lot of rules. You must schedule your ride at least a day in advance - no spontaneously deciding you want to go somewhere... yet this is considered equivalent to regular public transit...
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Wed 07/23/2008 6:12 PM
The number and type of disabled dolls available is increasing, and I and others think it's fantastic. But there are some people who don't feel the same way...
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Tue 07/22/2008 8:35 PM
Is it ever ethical to use such a thing? Maybe to track your own vehicle in case of theft, and maybe to track company-owned vehicles driven by employees, though I have mixed feelings on that...
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Mon 07/21/2008 5:39 PM
The basic concept is that you check in with Brightkite wherever you go, and you can see both who has been there in the past and who, if anyone, is there right now. Then you have the opportunity to post messages and photos and communicate with other Brightkite members near you...
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Wed 07/16/2008 8:54 PM
The most awaited feature of the iPhone 2.0 software was of course the App Store. I spent the weekend browsing the free applications and downloaded my share...
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Mon 07/14/2008 5:40 PM
My next door neighbor's battle with pancreatic cancer ended early Saturday morning. She was fifty-nine...
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Thu 07/10/2008 6:24 PM
I found out today that Google has released the Browser Sync code to the open source community. What this means is that anyone can now get their hands on the source code and improve upon it...
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Wed 07/02/2008 9:51 AM
We spoke, and Netflix listened. After thousands of customers pledged to reduce, suspend, or outright cancel their membership plans if the company went through with their decision to remove the profiles feature from their site, Netflix has reversed their decision and profiles are here to stay...
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Fri 06/20/2008 6:11 PM
Maybe you've forgotten, Netflix, but you have competition now. Being that some of your competitors already have an edge over you (in-store returns and exchanges at Blockbuster, anyone?), you need to make sure you have something the others don't...
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Wed 06/04/2008 7:39 PM
The last time I wrote about LifeLock, there was a comment left on the post regarding a lawsuit against the company for illegally placing fraud alerts and failing to honor their million dollar guarantee. I asked the commenter if he had any links with more information, and he never came and backed up his comments...
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Wed 05/21/2008 9:41 PM
But for those of you who need a new phone and can't afford the initial expense of an iPhone, there are cheap and even free AT&T cell phones. Or for Sprint users, how about a free Samsung Instinct?
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Fri 05/09/2008 8:04 PM
But, these are large, obnoxious ads that layer on top of your blog, forcing your visitor to either click the close button or wait for the ad to time out. Then, it places a big ugly frame at the bottom of the window...
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Tue 05/06/2008 8:58 PM
Design is very much a matter of personal taste, and just because one designer thinks things should be done a certain way does not mean that's the only way to do it. And I would highly recommend that before he preaches a "rule" of design, he double checks whether it's something he does himself...
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Thu 05/01/2008 6:52 PM
At that time, I read all of the entries which appear on the feed... usually the last ten. If I end up skimming through or outright skipping more than half of them, then it comes right back off the list...
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Sat 04/26/2008 6:32 PM
Now, it may be semantics, but none of this actually prevents someone from stealing your identity. It only ensures that you will be alerted to it as quickly as possible, so that the steps can be taken to ensure that you won't be held financially responsible...
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Fri 04/25/2008 7:49 PM
I've found a lot of my old high school classmates recently, thanks mostly to Facebook. And that makes getting to those reunions seem a lot less important...
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Wed 04/23/2008 8:06 PM
Does anyone actually get a list of locations upon entering your zip code? Or does everyone just get sent to the contact form? And if anyone has occasion to actually use their services, I'd love to hear about your experience...
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Tue 04/22/2008 6:51 PM
I'm not being paid to write this (only if you sign up!), and yes, it really does work. I've confirmed that my $25 was deposited to my bank account last week...
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Sat 04/19/2008 6:50 PM
We're far better off continuing to buy our cartridges one set at a time from our office supply chain of choice. Never mind the fact that I have some strong opinions on the quality of generic inks and what they do to your printer...
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Wed 04/16/2008 3:04 PM
Calls are answered in the order in which they are received, they admonish, so hanging up and calling again will only further the delay...
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Fri 03/07/2008 6:38 PM
In this day of rapid written communication, i.e. text messaging and internet chatting, replacing spoken conversation, I'll concede that spelling may not be as important in these media, as long as your point gets across...
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Thu 11/29/2007 12:00 PM
Still, I may have a need for a food basket at some point, in which case I will definitely try them out. Here's their press release anyway, for anyone who might be interested...
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Tue 08/21/2007 7:49 PM
So back to my point. Internet advertisers these days only pay for action. Viewers who actually click through to the advertiser's site, and maybe a bit more for those that result in a sale...
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Wed 06/13/2007 1:26 PM
I love all of these restaurants, but unfortunately, unless they change their tune, I'm just going to have to avoid them at least until I've reached my goal weight...
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Mon 06/11/2007 11:25 AM
Join the confoozled.com SparkTeam and track your progress against me and other readers. Let's support and encourage each other while engaging in some friendly competition...
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Sat 06/09/2007 8:50 AM
I can't even explain why or how, but I was immediately more motivated than I ever have been. Maybe it was the fact that this site offers more features than eDiets, while being completely free, or maybe it was because I saw no less than three different disability support groups, and knew that if these other people with disabilities could do it, then I could too...
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Thu 05/24/2007 3:32 PM
Look, there are other things you have to do to earn consumers' trust and loyalty besides just having the superior product. And I'm pretty sure that threatening them with legal action is not one of those things...
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Wed 05/23/2007 12:48 PM
So, since my first post did in fact get approved, and I now have $5 headed my way (after my post has been up for 30 days), I will stick with it for now...
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Thu 05/17/2007 2:11 PM
Does this indicate Menu Foods and other big suppliers are policing themselves? In this era of Enron, Worldcom, and corporate greed in general, is it a good idea to let the big boys police themselves...?
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Wed 05/16/2007 3:57 PM
When asked why the files were not restricted with DRM, one of the companies' co-founder was quoted as saying, "Making a legal, paid-for version of the file less useful than a copied or pirated one doesn't make sense..."
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Wed 04/04/2007 3:54 PM
If you want to get a little bit smarter, say, every week or so, then there are three web sites you can't afford to miss...
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Fri 03/23/2007 2:20 PM
Though the claims right now are that only wet food is affected, I am anxious to see what really turns out to be responsible, and whether it is a result of some kind of neglectful practice...
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Wed 03/21/2007 12:32 PM
Being a completely free service with no ads, I've wondered how they've been able to afford the royalties they already pay. Granted, they allow users to buy songs and albums heard on the service...
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Tue 03/20/2007 11:11 AM
His gallery does contain one image of mine: something I did many years ago in MS Paint, more as a just-for-fun doodle, and which I never really considered to be artistic...
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Wed 03/14/2007 12:51 PM
If you think about it, sound is just vibrations travelling through the air, and the louder the sound, the more forcefully the air is pumped. Intense vibrations like that could damage any part of your body...
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Fri 03/09/2007 1:55 PM
The focus of many pet owners seems to be directed towards their animals, which makes a great deal of sense in most cases. However, when trying to correct unwanted behavior in your dog you might want to point that finger inward sometimes and have a little glimpse in the mirror...
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Thu 03/08/2007 12:47 PM
And so, I started to think maybe this is something I could do, and keep it honest and un-evil. I'm giving it a try, on a trial basis, with the following rules...
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Tue 03/06/2007 12:46 PM
The battle over music copyrights and digital rights management continues to wage. If I buy a song or an album, I want to be able to listen to it on any device I might have, anywhere I might be...
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Wed 02/28/2007 8:29 PM
To an outsider it may seem like I'm strangely obsessed with bathrooms. It's something that's constantly on my mind when planning whether to go out, where to go, and how long I can stay...
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Fri 02/23/2007 2:17 PM
I love hearing stories of kids doing things far more mature and selfless than many adults would ever do...
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Thu 02/22/2007 10:02 PM
I have a confession to make. I am a cute freak. No, that doesn't mean I'm a freak who happens to be cute (although Chris might agree with that)...
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Thu 02/22/2007 3:05 PM
Take 3D modeling for example. The thought of trying to create something in three dimensions on a two-dimensional screen, and trying to imagine how that works, hurts my brain...
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Wed 02/21/2007 10:03 PM
It's time that condo boards learn that they can't just make any rule they damn well feel like. Bylaws can't directly violate local, state, and federal laws, such as a little thing called the Americans with Disabilities Act...
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Fri 02/02/2007 12:20 PM
Many abused spouses refuse to leave their abusers without knowing that their pets will be safe...
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Thu 02/01/2007 4:29 PM
The problem is, the ones we see forwarded around in our e-mail are the same every year, and most of them aren't true...
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Thu 02/01/2007 3:48 PM
The company isn't saying how they managed this one, but units manufactured during a one-week period back in October were shipped infected with the Backdoor.Win32.Small.lo virus, which will attempt to install other malware on any Windows-based PC the unit is connected to...
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Wed 01/31/2007 9:15 PM
Mamacita is a former grade school teacher who now teaches at a community college, and she's starting to see the first generation of students subjected to this touchy-feely philosophy in her classes...
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Wed 01/31/2007 2:01 PM
The 16-year-old son of a woman who successfully fought off the RIAA has now filed a response to their suit against him, alleging that the record label cartel has defrauded the country by demanding extortionate settlements far in excess of any actual damages...
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Tue 01/30/2007 9:40 PM
In recognition of the more than 500,000 photographers who participated in the software's testing, Photoshop Lightroom will be available to all customers at a $100 savings through April 30...
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Tue 01/30/2007 9:31 PM
Historically, disabled users often had to wait up to eighteen months for assistive technology products to support a new operating system...
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Fri 01/26/2007 11:55 AM
Losing a pet can be hard enough, but it is especially devastating in conjunction with a trauma such as a house fire...
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Thu 01/25/2007 1:55 PM
If you think you've been getting a lot more spam lately, you're right. The reason is the "Storm" worm, the spammers' latest weapon to make their spam go out more efficiently and make themselves harder to catch...
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Wed 01/24/2007 1:00 PM
Not only is it the first store of its kind to do so, they're taking the progressiveness one step further by offering standard MP3s free of any and all digital rights management...
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Tue 01/23/2007 1:59 PM
The only thing that matters is that I recognize that I don't have a right to impose that belief on anyone else, which is something that a lot of people out there can't seem to wrap their heads around...
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Tue 01/23/2007 11:06 AM
Digital Art & Photography is by far the toughest category to find good, noteworthy news for. If anyone has a good source for this topic, please share...
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Mon 01/22/2007 4:44 PM
Well, I'm sorry, but I have never seen any actions from Google that would give me any reason to doubt their commitment to remaining a socially and morally responsible company.
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Mon 01/22/2007 9:50 AM
Worse, the ad presents the message that the newly disabled character has lost his girlfriend because of his disability, further promoting the stereotype that persons with disabilities are incapable of carrying on romantic relationships...
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Sun 01/21/2007 3:06 PM
Dan not only updated the plugin to sort the icons alphabetically just for me, he also helped me troubleshoot a separate problem where the plugin stopped working altogether after a Movable Type upgrade yesterday...
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Sat 01/20/2007 4:06 PM
The American Pet Products Manufacturers' Association estimates that the number of Americans taking at least one overnight trip with a pet has almost doubled since 2003...
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Thu 01/18/2007 12:31 PM
Dubbed "multitouch" screens, these screens react to different gestures and even let you use more than one finger - or hand - at a time...
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Wed 01/17/2007 9:59 PM
Some encouraging news for those of us who hate having to jump through ridiculous hoops to get our legally purchased digital music to play where we want to play it, something we have a legal right to do. More consumers are getting mad and making a stand, and the record labels and content providers are starting to listen...
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Sun 01/14/2007 10:17 AM
You start by typing in the name of a favorite artist or group, and the site generates a playlist of music from that artist and other similar artists...
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Fri 01/12/2007 12:18 PM
What they're banking on is that you'll have already told people a trip was imminent, and when you find out you can't get the fare that was advertised, you'll feel obligated to go ahead and buy the ticket at a higher price, since promises have already been made...
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Tue 01/09/2007 9:35 AM
Yes, the site is intended to connect users with health-related advertisers (through legitimate, opt-in mailings), but somehow I don't think fixed rate mortgages from people who can't spell really fall into that category...
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Wed 12/06/2006 7:37 PM
While hunting for a way to add a restart button to Firefox I came across the Toolbar Buttons extension. The developer made a mistake in coding the version compatibility, which means that the existing version of Firefox refuses to install it...
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Fri 11/24/2006 12:43 PM
Aside from issues of lack of access to screening and other preventative care, the article also cites as a possible reason the special considerations some disabled women may have to make when choosing courses of treatment...
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Fri 10/06/2006 12:55 PM
I have always had a huge problem with the starving-kids-in-Africa line, and I'm so glad to see an expert who agrees...
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Wed 10/04/2006 4:28 PM
As you probably already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. What you probably don't know is that my mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer over the summer...
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Thu 05/11/2006 4:20 PM
It's a hobby I don't really spend much time on anymore...
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Sat 04/29/2006 2:21 PM
I've kept one link, but updated its description, added one that should have been there a long time ago, and added one newer one...
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Tue 02/28/2006 2:43 PM
Maybe I've just been grumpy, but things like this have really been pissing me off lately...
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Wed 08/31/2005 11:00 AM
I haven't written in a long time, and I will soon! The primary purpose of this post is to test something... don't mind me....
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Thu 02/03/2005 1:04 PM
Maybe this means they're about to finally open the door to the public. Maybe I won some kind of invite lottery...
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Tue 12/21/2004 7:53 PM
Post something meaningful and on-topic to any of the forums - let's get some discussions going...
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Mon 11/29/2004 6:15 PM
I will never share any information I collect with anyone without their permission, and if I ever catch any of my advertisers doing so, they will not be my advertisers anymore...
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Thu 10/28/2004 3:02 PM
Neil left this out, but I wanted to mention I'm trying out a new program that combines NNTP news and RSS/Atom feeds into one application...
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Wed 10/06/2004 12:15 PM
Sari's goal is to raise $4,700, enough to cover one night's hospital stay...
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Fri 09/24/2004 2:46 PM
I normally run a refresh rate of 85 Hz on my desktop, because at 60 I get terrible flicker that makes me go cross-eyed and gives me a headache...
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Wed 09/22/2004 12:11 PM
The biggest issue for me right now is video card compatibility. My nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440 is on the list of compatible cards, but it turns out it's just barely compatible...
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Sat 09/04/2004 1:22 AM
It just so happens that I've recently acquired my first batch of Gmail invitations...
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Mon 08/30/2004 7:26 PM
Mike was one of those rare souls, always positive yet real, with an incredible sense of humor. His death has left a deep hole...
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Thu 06/24/2004 8:49 PM
Carly to Yahoo: Your Messenger client is a clunky, unstable piece of junk.
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Tue 04/27/2004 6:06 PM
Although I don't know Kris personally, I'm sure I speak for all of Wil's/Anne's readers in saying we have come to care for her, cry for her, cheer for her, and pray for her...
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Mon 02/09/2004 4:51 PM
I have also purchased a new webcam, which will be brought online and open to the public within the next two weeks. However, there is a way to get a sneak preview...
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Mon 01/26/2004 6:23 PM
One thing I have considered is bringing back the webcam. This is a feature that was previously only advertised to my friends, family, and acquaintances...
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Mon 11/24/2003 3:01 PM
This is so opposite from the Wicked Karma philosophy I've come to know, I can't even make sense of it. It's truly political correctness gone insane.
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Thu 09/25/2003 1:43 PM
It's been a bumpy ride... you may have noticed some downtime, but it should be smooth sailing from here on out.
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Mon 09/01/2003 10:28 PM
Should we deny MDA's clients these services simply because of bad decision making by leaders in the organization?
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Thu 06/12/2003 9:39 PM
Once in a while I have an extremely good or bad experience with a company, and want to tell the world about it...
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Tue 06/10/2003 11:22 AM
I was deluded in thinking I could always write things that would be interesting and thought-provoking... I'm just not that deep a person! So, I'm going to start writing more often, but I can no longer promise that what I write will be so deep and profound.
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Sun 02/09/2003 12:12 AM
My message here is to parents and other caretakers of disabled adults: We are adults! Our physical dependence on you does not give you the right to continue to control our lives as if we were children...
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Mon 02/03/2003 1:07 AM
I have heard some people say that "they don't need to be sending people to space." Some have said it's a waste of time and money, that "they were only studying spiders," (only one of approximately 80 scientific experiments conducted on the shuttle)...
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Thu 01/09/2003 10:43 AM
Beware of RebatesHQ, a company that processes mail-in rebates for many manufacturers of electronics and computer products. When you submit a rebate request to them, they offer the option of giving them your e-mail address in order to allow you...
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Mon 12/23/2002 7:13 PM
Just a quick holiday wish to the few who read this. ;o) Here's hoping whatever holiday you celebrate is/was a peaceful and joyous one...
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Wed 12/11/2002 5:12 PM
For something voluntary, this is getting way too intrusive. Not to mention deceptive - why did the letter not tell us what we were really getting into?
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Thu 11/21/2002 9:15 AM
To my dear friend, Daniel, one of the best friends I have ever had... I have treasured every moment of our friendship. I love you, and wish you the happiest of birthdays.
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Tue 11/19/2002 5:43 PM
A little less than four years ago, I received the news that I was going to become an auntie. I was ecstatic. Despite circumstances which made my sister's pregnancy less than timely, how could anyone bemoan the impending birth of...
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Mon 11/18/2002 6:56 PM
Sometimes I wonder about my feelings, whether I have a right to them. And sometimes people tell me I shouldn't feel the way I feel, and that makes me angry, but also makes me doubt myself more. If this isn't...
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Wed 10/16/2002 4:04 PM
HeroicStories is an e-mail publication which attempts to show that you don't have to risk your life or show amazing physical strength to be considered a hero. The stories they publish emphasize that the smallest, seemingly insignificant actions can have...
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Wed 10/09/2002 11:29 AM
Not wanting to depress people this early in the life of confoozion, I have avoided writing any journal-style entries so far. Well, why should I hide it? I'm having a crappy time of it right now. Getting confoozion online was...
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Mon 10/07/2002 5:30 PM
I read an article today that rang so true I just had to comment on it. It talks about the increasing trend of bans on particular breeds of dog in many localities around the world. The author of the article...
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Fri 10/04/2002 3:20 PM
This is a silly little rant. Generally I try to be tolerant of spelling and grammar errors, especially in casual forms of communication such as chat, e-mail and newsgroups. Though I tend to be a perfectionist myself and proper spelling...
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Tue 10/01/2002 9:18 AM
There are many blogs out there that seem to be nothing more than a detailed log of the boring details of a person's day to day life. I find those types of blogs to be uninteresting and a waste of...
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