Random Thoughts #2 - Pharmacies and Privacy
I was standing in a pharmacy line yesterday waiting to pickup my prescription. The woman at the front of the line was talking with the pharmacist and then proceeded to have a literal breakdown. There wasn’t much about her story and her problem that those of us in line didn’t get to know by the [...]
How Low Will the FED Go?
When I consider House Refinancing I can’t help but ask myself if this is the right time to be doing this or if I should continue to wait in anticipation that the rates will continue to drop. With the “R” word (recession) on everyone’s mind I look at where my mortgage and my second mortgage [...]
My Thoughts on the eBay Seller Strike
As many of you know I dabble with selling on eBay. You can put “eBay” into the Search Box on the left over there and you will find me looking for seller tools, you will read about Gixen sniping software, I comment about Auctiva, I even commented on the recent 66% increase in final value [...]
TSA - Consistently Inconsistent
In my travels there is one thing about airport security that is consistent… that one thing is that it is inconsistent. Sure, there are a few things that have BECOME consistent… you now have to take your shoes off at virtually every airport and you get two chances to pass through the metal detector [...]
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
As I get older, items related to individual health are always of interest to me. Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Irregular Heartbeat are among those things. Did you know the average survival rate for Sudden Cardiac Arrest is only 6-7% and that 2/3 of Unexpected Cardiac Arrests occur without prior indication of any heart disease. [...]
How to Stop Telemarketers and Maybe Make a Few Bucks
It’s the same old story… You just sit down for dinner or you settle in to watch your favorite program on television and the phone rings. It’s one of those pesky telemarketing firms wanting to sell you the latest and greatest things since sliced bread, or the carpet cleaning company offering you some great deal [...]
Nickel and Diming Customers - To what end?
I work in the software industry and recently in my conversations with a few of our customers I was told that the perception they have of our company is that we nickel and dime them to death. I of course wanted a little more information and so I probed a bit to find that [...]
Geek Speak for Dummies
I got this great piece of email today… you know one of those that is forwarded to all your friends, etc…
Even lowly smurfs (computer users that know nothing about the inner workings of their systems) use common jargon like “megabyte”, “network”, ”motherboard” and “crash.” If you truly want to set yourself apart from the noobs, add some [...]
North and South Dakota and Wyoming Where Are You?
I use amung.us on my blow to show what posts people are currently viewing and where they come from… that is what this icon at the bottom of the pages does. If you click on it and go to the MAPS you will notice that there is a large gap of missing stars in the continental US where [...]
Say What You Need to Say - Movie Review - Bucket List
The subject of death and dying is not a very pleasant subject to talk about. In the “Bucket List” our lead characters, played by Nicholson as the wealthy billionaire and Freeman as a family man and mechanic, face death head on when both are diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Through the course of the movie, these hospital [...]
