Category: General
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On Facebook and Friendship
There’s a hole-in-the-wall vegan restaurant near where I went to college in Maryland. I went there a few times with friends and family. It was a decent place to eat, however one particular trait of the owner drove me absolutely insane. He always addressed me as “friend” time and time again. I passed this off…
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Re-branding doesn’t always work
You often see companies attempt to convey that they are offering more than just products. Some say they are selling a lifestyle, an image, etc… But when Zappos rebrands itself as a “Service Company that happens to sell…” it has people looking for what “service” it is offering. Are they now leasing shoes? Too far.…
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Couch to 5K
Over the course of college, especially the last two years, I gained a tremendous amount of weight. I tried to stem this by going to the gym, but “going to the gym” meant driving over there a couple times a week and doing half an hour on the elliptical. A lot of things changed once…
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Remember when people bought Soundtracks?
I used to buy soundtracks for movies I liked all the time. Sometimes I would own the soundtrack before even seeing the movie. Besides having top artists, they also served as mixtapes, introducing you to music you would otherwise never listen to, such as this sick track, from Inside Man. Here’s the movie version (this…
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Back in the Saddle
Or so they say. Haven’t blogged in a while. Been too busy with life and everything. Then started working on my own theme for this blog, which is a sinkhole I always seem to dive in to. Then found a nice pretty theme online, loaded that up, loaded most of my regularly read blogs on…
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Why I love Callwave
Haven’t posted in a while. Been busy in work, in life, and in other stuff…. Callwave asked me if I wanted to try out their new Vtxt feature. Callwave is a relatively new service that replaces your cell phone carrier’s existing voicemail, adding on e-mail/text message notification and web access. It’s a great service, with…
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What on earth….
A: : -) I don’t have any reason to deceive you. J: Yes, you do, you’re a woman. I Chat, Therefore I am