Posted on 11 March 2010
Do you need to safeguard your spouse, family, or business from financial loss associated with your death? Do you find the myriad types of insurance policies and coverage options available to be confusing? Is finding the lowest possible premium for your insurance coverage a priority for you?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, [...]
Tags: Advantage Term Life, insurance products, life insurance
Posted on 10 March 2010
According to the legendary ancient Greek epic poet Homer, during the ten-year siege of Troy, the Greeks plotted to invade their enemies by leaving a giant wooden horse at the gates of Troy. This “gift horse” was carefully timed to coincide with what appeared to be a recession of the Greek fleet. Assuming that the [...]
Tags: ACLU, Big Brother, George Orwell, invasion of privacy, right to privacy, Trojan Horse
Posted on 09 March 2010
Have you ever considered how frequently you complain? If you are like most people, hardly a day passes without the utterance of some form of complaint. For some people, conversation would virtually cease, but for the expression of any of a litany of their personal complaints.
Very early in life, humans learn to complain in order [...]
Tags: Christ Church Unity, complaining, complaint-free world, narcissism, Rev. William Bowen, Walt Disney
Posted on 08 March 2010
America’s plate is heaped high with terrifying unemployment rates, the issue of national healthcare, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. If this not enough to give us indigestion and worse, we were informed this past week that a portion of the nation would not be able to view The Oscars. The tug-of-war between ABC [...]
Tags: ABC, Academy Awards, Cablevision, Disney, Hollywood, Oscars
Posted on 05 March 2010
The economy troubles me; no doubt about that. So does this second Vietnam (the war in Iraq and Afghanistan), and the bailout of industries whose heads I’d prefer to see on stakes. I have a full metal jacket of other issues ripe for baring in a blog whose writers are adults and desirous of exercising [...]
Tags: Bono, Clive Davis, Eric Clapton, ieem.com, indie artists, indie music, indie music artists, U2
Posted on 04 March 2010
Letting each other have a little space is an important ingredient in the recipe of any successful relationship, particularly those of the romantic and/or spousal variety. Some people just don’t grasp this simple concept, so eloquently phrased as the old adage, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” Technology has now made familiarity a lot more widespread, in the [...]
Tags: relationship advice, smothered by love, smothering your partner
Posted on 03 March 2010
I recently had a computer problem that caused me to consider the nature of customer service and of business itself in a technology-driven world. It is a story of an industry behemoth, a local shopkeeper, and my not so surprising experiences with both.
My story begins with a relatively minor problem experienced at one time or [...]
Tags: customer service, customer service problems, death of customer service, Norton Internet Security, Pritek Technologies, Symantec
Posted on 02 March 2010
An “elephant in the middle of a room” is an English idiom for a subject on the minds of those at a gathering which remains unspoken, usually out of consideration or for the convenience of one or more of those present. The phrase implies that the subject is one that should be addressed, but is [...]
Tags: elephant in the room, taboo subjects, unspoken thoughts
Posted on 01 March 2010
To the average American, the passing of Robert L. Howard went unnoticed but for the family and friends who survived him. Yet, one of the most decorated soldiers of the Vietnam War compelled the news media to devote a brief commentary to him. So, who was this man?
Born on July 11, 1939, at the age [...]
Tags: American hero, Arlington National Cemetery, Medal of Honor, Robert L. Howard, Robert Lewis Howard, Vietnam
Posted on 28 February 2010
In the 17th century, King Louis XIV of France elevated the humble pea by ordering it to be placed, en masse, on the dishes served at the parties in his most elegant palace. Tasty snow peas were being developed in Holland at about the same time Louis’ guests were rolling them around on their plates [...]
Tags: Gregor Mendel, Italian-Americans, King Louis XIV, pasta e fagioli, peas