There are a few things they could have done to help themselves gain votes with Floridians: Campaigning here in August instead of January. Florida in January is a no-brainer. Who really wants it? Participating in a spelling bee with only Spanish words. Having a first name that isn’t a four-letter word. Having a first name that sounds like a name instead of an inanimate object. Lobbying consulting with the National Read More ...
If Mitt Romney had been thinking ahead, he could have put an ace in his pocket that he may just need. In rasslin’ terms, this would have been the proverbial foreign object or loaded boot. It may even be sneaky enough to be called an eye gouge. Think about it–the guy’s been running for President pretty much continuously for the last 4 years. How shrewd would it have been to Read More ...
I’m happy to say that Michael Silence is blogging once again. For some of us who were (and still are) D-list Z-list bloggers, one of the first major milestones of our endeavors online was getting linked to by Michael. I’ve always appreciated the fact that he was out there bringing attention to the stuff us weeds growing among the tall trees of the internet had to offer to the blogosphere, specifically Read More ...
I know the general rule for missed short workouts is to just move on without worrying about picking them up. I usually follow this to a fault. I’m rethinking this a little right now though, at least for the swim. I usually don’t place a huge amount of importance on the swim anyway…those are definitely workouts I don’t stress about missing since it’s the shortest leg of the race by Read More ...
If you aren’t really sure what Pinterest is, I’ll assume you are a male. If you do know what it is and have spent any amount of time on it, you may have noticed the words that show up in the comments section underneath the photos of Stuff-Women-Fantasize-About-When-HGTV-Is-Not-On. On occasion, Pinterest users put these words together to form things that begin to approach sentences. My proposal is that we improve Read More ...
The 2% payroll tax holiday has been extended for a couple of months, and it will probably be extended for the rest of 2012. I’m guessing a lot of people don’t realize this 2% goes straight to Social Security–no other government spending is involved. Long term, that means Social Security isn’t going to be funded as planned. You can’t keep a pyramid scheme going ad infitum, but this may bring Read More ...
Google added some really nice touches to Plus Photos yesterday–pretty lightboxes, and better navigation for tagging and comments. But there are a couple of problems I still have… Photos and Picasa are basically the same thing now, but in order to manage my albums, I have to go over to Picasa and move/copy/delete. There isn’t any album management available in Plus anywhere. Kind of weird. I’d also love to have Read More ...
Proposed rule changes by the Labor Department may be bad for farmers, but they are worse for kids. We never owned a farm when I was growing up, but I knew plenty of people who did. Having the opportunity to do farm work at a young age is one of the single biggest advantages I’ve had in life, second only to being as handsome as ten movie stars. That was Read More ...
Assumption: you bought your current residence as an investment with the intent of selling it for a profit at some point. Paper Street Soap Investment Property Similarities Both are purchased with after tax money No capital gains taxes due when the gains are realized Not taxable as income when the gains are realized No guaranteed rate of appreciation Differences Roth IRA has a $5k/year limit on how much you can Read More ...
The fact that PETA is suing Sea World for enslaving orcas is ridiculous on so many levels. These are killer whales. They lost all their constitutional rights when they violated the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of food of the seals and fish they devoured while they were in the wild. I consider their imprisonment justice for their misdeeds. Doing flips and splashing me with their tails a few Read More ...
Real quick…two articles in Mashable today that should give Facebook a clue:
Sean Parker (a FB shareholder) notes that Facebook’s power users are moving to Twitter and Google Plus
and
Users surveyed dislike Timeline.
What do these have in common? It’s the perception that users’ privacy is being chipped away too rapidly. For instance, I think Timeline is awsum! I want to look at my Timeline…what a great tool! It’s just that I want to be able to lock it down and only show it to a few people (or no one).
What if Facebook’s default position was to make all new features super-private in the beginning and give users a chance to adjust to them and open up themselves instead of forcing everything to be public and ratcheted down? They continually come at things from the wrong direction.
UPDATE
And teens will leave Facebook for Google+? I’ve said it before…they really screwed up by putting off that IPO.
This could be a long-ish post for me, but I’m going to try to keep it short and sweet. I’m done with my time in the Clydesdale division. It was fun, but it has really just held me back. The last race I ran I was struggling to keep my weight above 200 for the last few weeks of training. How much faster could I have gone if I’d let Read More ...
Ok, so I have some questions about the whole “Occupy” movement. Not trying to be a jerk here, even though that will surely be the way it’s interpreted. There are just some things I don’t get about this movement. I don’t think what they are doing is wrong or a bad idea necessarily, I’m just not sure they are doing it for the right reasons or if they’ve thought about Read More ...
I’ve been going back and forth for a while on what should be done about Facebook in my particular case. It would be kind of nice to eliminate it completely since I don’t ever post there, but there are some work-related advantages to being there that I just can’t deny. Oh, and I also need a FB account to use Spotify. My first thought was to go to an extreme Read More ...
Nothing is easier than self-deceit. - Demosthenes Last week I wrote a post that stated Facebook had no long-term direction. Boy was I wrong. The F8 keynote address made it obvious that they have a very clear vision…they want to know everything about everything you do. They want to seamlessly allow you to share your entire life with your friends. No effort required on your part. Just install the right apps to your Read More ...
