Leave it to people who sit around noticing the circulation at the library is down and that there are many less people utilizing the printed matter these days to blame it on technology. Why, we should loathe the day Guttenberg developed his press - those old wood-cut manuscripts had much more passion and character. [...]

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Okay, I admit that sometimes writing a thing or two is fun, thereby why I blog. However, I have to admit that sometimes knowing where and when and how your copy will be read can make it even more interesting - like when you are posting comments on ABC News stories or product reviews on a high-traffic website. Like Amazon or TigerDirect.

Today via Seth’s Blog I learned about some ridiculous product reviews on Amazon. Innocent enough you suppose - providing a dose of humor that we can all use in our day - or the beginning of people expressing themselves artfully in a forum best reserved for people making gallant comments that are truly within the realm of reality and provide you with a great resource in making your purchasing decision.

The first review provides a multi-day view of an individual obviously totally immersed in the product - a Bic pen, by the way. Here’s how it goes…

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The Environment. It’s critical in our ability to - simply put - live.

What can be more simple to understand? If we continue to poorly treat the environment around us - the one which sustains and satiates our every need - it will no longer be able to do anything for us. Won’t be able to protect us from the harmful rays of the sun. Won’t be able to keep the polar caps frozen.

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I’ve talked about them before - “WikiHow Explains Cheating a Polygraph Test” and “WikiHow to Assist Reducing Prison Rape?” and more - but this time it’s downright scary, “How to Survive a School or Workplace Shooting.” It’s always something with these WikiHow people. I guess it’s my fault - I ask for it [...]

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As YouTube’s community responds to the swirling controversy regarding LonelyGirl15, the bigger questions come into play. It’s not all about is she/isn’t she real, who is she, where is she, it’s about - can a company achieve marketing success after getting people to get involved and end up feeling ‘duped’ in the whole affair?

Will lonelygirl15 be lonely after all? M

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Today, most of America sleeps at this time, unaware of the passing of Steve Irwin, the beloved host of many US television shows and the most infamous Crocodile Hunter I can think of. While most will only awake to find the news some time during their day, perhaps not even until Tuesday until getting back in front of a computer all day at work after the holiday.

When they do, not only will they find the news of his passing, spreading like wildfire across the world, saying great things about the man that has brought hundreds of hours of entertainment, joy and adventure to millions of people worldwide - they will find that some tasteless reporter by the name of Frank Robson is already talking trash.

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When our police threaten our citizens for peaceful protesting, won’t allow witnesses to a non-violent arrest of a peaceful man, and watching him be held in a headlock and another police officer threatens to shoot anyone if they don’t ‘get back’ - What has happened to our constitutional rights?

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The blogosphere continues to grow and expand at an ever increasing rate, as does the number of new ‘writers,’ ‘journalists,’ and new breed of individuals who like to sit at home, in their pajamas, sipping coffee and scanning thousands of rss feeds daily and posting away.

You know, kinda like me! Well, times are continuing to develop more symbols of recognition, network affiliation and other points of reference to assist site vistors with signs of credibility. With so much to read these days, it helps when a simple symbol can lend at least some guidance, like movie and game ratings.

Well, now I wanna be a ‘SOB.’ Ahem, yes, I wanna be a ‘SOB.’ Stumbling along the site of ‘Successful Blog’ with the lovely host Liz Strauss, vis-a-vis some other site I can’t even recall at this time, I became instantly interested in what the site has to offer.

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Steve Irwin, more famously known as the Crocodile Hunter, is loved by millions who watch him fight with animals online. He has passed overnight in a diving accident where he seemed to have been fatally “stung.” the Syndey Herald’s report Frank Robson immediately says “Crikey! It’s Steve-O” and prints an 8pg tome from [...]

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The blogosphere, or Internet or whatever you’d like to call this assembled mixture of electrons that comprises what we spend most of our time on… Looking at little pulses of energy — Don’t you feel like you do so much good!? Well, after posting a “Friday Freebie” from the Union Democrat, I was positively flattered that the author found that I had quoted his article and was notified

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