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Beyond Twitter: James Andrews and Memphis

5 May

It’s been several months since PR professional, James Andrews, sent a message on Twitter that set the blogosphere on fire.  I’ve been seeing more mentions of the incident lately so I decided to weigh in with my perspective which appears to be different than the majority I have read. If you are unfamiliar with the [...]

The Curious Case of Julie Amero

3 Jan

The Curious Case of Julie Amero

The case involving Julie Amero was decided the day after Thanksgiving. For those that are not familiar, Amero is the substitute teacher in Connecticut that was convicted last year of 4 felony counts of “Risk of Injury to a Child” stemming from a 2004 incident involving porn popups displaying on a classroom computer while students [...]

United

7 Nov

United

Click To Play A bunch of folks watching Barack Obama’s victory speech at Art & Soul in Washington, DC.

On Hope

6 Nov

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He came out of nowhere.  He was a long shot.  Certainly I had heard of the freshman Senator from Illinois but why was he already running for President of the United States?  He hadn’t even been in the Senate that long and I knew nothing about him. It was going to be George Bush’s last [...]

Not Just Consumers Struggling With Gas Prices

10 Jul

Not Just Consumers Struggling With Gas Prices

I had been wondering what happened to my local Exxon station, one of only two gas stations in Oakton, Virginia.  I even Uttered about it.  I noticed some time ago that it no longer displayed prices on the sign.  Later I noticed that there was police line-like tape around the pumps.  Now just this past [...]