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I received email titled “John McCain’s Sons” recently that created quite a stir. This particular email told the beautiful story of John McCain visiting a woman he’d met during the New Hampshire Primary. At the end was a quote, supposedly by Obama, who by the way was referred to as Barack Hussein Obama, apparently an [...]

Like many of you I receive dozens of chain emails from well-meaning friends. The problem is, often they are guilty of spreading mis-information.  I’ve become the debunker, which really just means I head over to www.snopes.com and see if there is any truth to the email. Most of the time of course it’s a load [...]

That’s classic “Your Government at Work trying to ruin you and the economy for votes.
What is a BILLION??
This is too true to be funny
The next time you hear a politician use the word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax [...]

I love humor, especially the kind that points out the intricate contradictions in life.  If it makes me think while making me laugh, I appreciate it more.
I get these things, and I am sure many of you do, via email. I decided to intersperse some of what I receive in hopes that I can bring [...]

In fact, your attempts at laying the blame at the feet of the cable companies is pitiful. You sleep with the cable companies who charge hundreds of dollars in extra fees to carry your network and games and fan packs. But you’ve found that their market penetration isn’t growing like you thought it would.
That is [...]

The small-mindedness of our legal system continues to amaze me.� From the Duke LaCrosse rape fiasco to the Julie Amero school porn debacle, it seems that our district attorneys are more concerned with getting ink for convicting citizens than they are in defending citizens.
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
Is it because they [...]

On November 4th the Tampa Bay Buccaneers paid tribute to Jonathan and another local soldier, SSgt Michael Thomas, who died in April while serving in Afghanistan.
The Bucs were gracious hosts, providing tickets, concessions, field passes, a photo opp with GM Bruce Allen and, to our suprise, a special commemorative football. We were told they had [...]

Did anyone besides me find then irony in UAW’s recent announcement that it was going to strike against General Motors? With a glut of cars on the showroom floors, new models hitting the streets, and last year’s models going unsold, the UAW in its infinite wisdom decides it is time to strike for… get this…
Job [...]

My son Matthew didn’t take long to make his decision. Just a few days after burying his brother, Jonathan Rossi, Matt told me that he had joined the Army.
Obviously I had a lot of questions and concerns, but I let him explain to me why he made the decision.
It wasn’t a complete shock. After all, [...]

Many thanks to the wonderful people at Patriot Guard.
This weekend I received a call from Mike Rossi, Jonathan’s father. He was hard to understand but finely I heard the words “He’s dead. Jonathan’s dead.” Then the phone disconnected.
Jon Rossi was my childrens’ stepbrother. He was a quiet, unassuming young man with both the [...]

You know it is springtime when the various foibles of NFL players begin to surface en masse. It seemed this year was no different, with several players reportedly running afoul of the law or the NFL’s substance abuse policy.
Enter Roger Goodell, the new NFL commissioner.
I wasn’t sure what to think of Goodell when I [...]

I didn’t write the following, but I included it in my newsletter a few years ago. I came across it while cleaning up some old files on my hard drive and felt the need to post it again.
While we stress through the ever-increasing pace of life, this poignant tale reminds us to, as Chris Dautry [...]

For the last few months I’ve not been able to write about my favorite subject, fantasy sports.  You see, until recently I was writing for Matt Berry and his TalentedMrRoto.com web site.  Matt and I had a falling out, and I resigned. 
My agreement with him came with a three month non-compete clause, and even though writing [...]

This morning when I logged in to my computer at the office, I saw an email from my sister in Seattle with the subject line “I love you.”
Like many siblings we (my three brothers, my sister and I) pass along words of wisdom, jokes, YouTube videos and what not, as a way of keeping in [...]

The problems continue to add up for Dell, the beleaguered former #1 PC company. In this weeks episode we find that hanging your shingle with another sinking monolith likely spells doom.  I know when I look over the Horizon I don’t see Vista in my future. Heck it took a couple years for the Redmond [...]

Why is it that I can’t by a new Dell Laptop with the Windows XP Pro operating system?
I don’t understand this. Shouldn’t I have a choice?  I don’t want the new OS Redmond is foisting on us, and I really don’t care what the reasoning is. I’m not a geek, so forget Linux. I am [...]

One of the news items I have been following, or at least been trying to follow, is the alleged rip-off being perpetrated on small businesses by the very government agencies that were put in place to help small businesses.
It opens some old wounds. Back in the day when I was owned an IT body shop [...]

I’d mentioned in an earlier post that it didn’t surprise me TrimSpa was in trouble for its marketing tactics.  Since the FTC recently announced it was investigating claims made by the manufacturer in 2003 and 2004 you knew it wouldn’t be long before the tort lawyers grubbed their way into the picture. 
Anna looks like she [...]

Two weeks later and sitting at the same 19 pounds down. I was fighting what I thought at the time was a common cold, but what turned out to be bronchitis. I have never experienced this before and it really sucks. I was at the gym on the treadmill and was having problems getting a [...]

Two weeks into the new year and 19 pounds lighter.  I know a lot of it is water weight but who cares?  A good jump start is critical in the early days to gain momentum for the inevitable hard times. I actually had three days when I didn’t go to the gym or I am [...]