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While perusing some of my usual blogs this morning I stumbled across an old story. Its about a small business man who decided to cut costs in order to prevent losses in the “forth coming recession”. Problem is the cutbacks were likely one of the problems. Find the original story below:
Once upon a time there [...]

The 2008 NYC Marathon started off on a cool Sunday this year. Cathy and I cheered on the runners from sidelines of Vernon Blvd. in Long Island City. LIC is halfway through the marathon and this year the streets were lined with excited spectators. There were competitors from all corners of the globe. See video [...]

Its Friday - Your sitting at your desk counting the minutes until you get to go home. Why? Everyone loves the weekend! That is until you realize Monday is going dictate your weekend… for the rest of your working life. Lets do this, Lets go there, Lets take a long weekend. Aww dang… I have [...]

Less than a month ago I purchased the iPhone 3G 16GB. The phone came with the 2.0 software which was continually bouncing (every couple of seconds, while the phone was sitting on a table) between 3G and Edge data networks. I upgraded to 2.0.2 immediately. The “issue” went away but 3G performance was poor. When [...]

Ok, I might be dating myself here, but remember the WuTang Clan? As long as your over the age of 18 you should know at least one of the members: Ghostface Killah, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, RZA, and U-God. How did they ever come up with those names? [...]

There just hasn’t been enough competition in the personal transportation market. At least that’s what the manufacturers of the easyglider think [http://www.easy-glider.com]. Their new product is aimed at making quirky personal transportation devices more entertaining while also making them more “hip” in appearance. There is no doubt that the product is bound to end up [...]

It’s no secret that General Motors is having a great deal of difficulty moving cars. In an effort to boost sales GM announced the resurrection of employee pricing for everyone… translating to roughly 10% discounts on most cars, and much larger discounts on most trucks and SUV’s. There are two ‘08 GM models that have [...]

In a move that will surely bring negative attention, consumerist.com has begun to censor user comments. Were not talking about the run-of-the-mill spam censorship, but rather banning user accounts from commenting if you have anything questionable to say about comsumerist.com postings. A couple of weeks ago one of the editors felt is was necessary to [...]

Cathy and I were able to see 3 shows last week; August: Osage County, Boeing-Boeing, and Alfred Hitchcocks: The 38 Steps. Its actually kind of funny because we generally go for musicals but decided it would be nice to see a play for a change. Instead we saw three!
August: Osage County
After cleaning house at the [...]