Daily Archives: July 14, 2012
Lee Child
A friend of mine told me, when I asked him for a suggestion for a good book, to check out Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. I just finished the second book in the series and I find My friend's recommendation reasonable. The books are basically what I would consider brainless reads. That isn't necessarily a [...]
PSA: The New Hot Field of Work: Pick Pocketing
I recall an advertisement from several years ago which had as its background music the Breakfast March of PeeWee Herman fame. In the commercial shoppers were systematically moving around making purchases with plastic and the whole process went swimmingly until someone wanted to pay cash. Then the whole system came tumbling to a halt. The [...]
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Non-Conference Games
I read this article and got to thinking that maybe college football would be better off eliminating the scheduling of non-conference football games. There are currently 12 games in this regular NCAA schedule. Most conferences have at least 12 teams these days. Why not have the conferences fill up their schedules with conference games first, [...]
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Non-Conference Games
I read this article and got to thinking that maybe college football would be better off eliminating the scheduling of non-conference football games. There are currently 12 games in this regular NCAA schedule. Most conferences have at least 12 teams these days. Why not have the conferences fill up their schedules with conference games first, [...]
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Some People Defend OJ,Too
The AP needs to stop running stories like this.
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Amazon: Same Day Delivery
Now that amazon.com has agreed in principle to start levying sales tax on purchases, it has announced plans to build and manage warehouses inside of the largest metro areas in order to facilitate same day delivery. The most important advantage brick and mortar had over amazon.com in the first place was the immediacy of the [...]
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