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Q: Which Freon should I choose? I have been given a choice of 410 or 22? A: "Freon" is a brand name. The new refrigerant is R-410a. The old refrigerant R-22 will be phased out by 2020. The...

I was joking with some friends at work that what we're doing here is "making the world a better place, one email at a time."  The truth is that creating and deploying email marketing campaigns for huge brand name companies is hard work.  Not only that, but in most people's minds email marketing is synonymous with spam.  So telling friends and family what you do for a li

I'm all for people who work hard for their money doing whatever they want with their own money. However, sometimes I have to question their values.

Why spend five thousand dollars on an Hermes purse when that same five thousand could save five thousand lives in many different ways?

It seems like I buy stuff in bunches, especially computer stuff. And I’m always looking for bargains, especially when I’m upgrading my old stuff. I may be a nerd, but I’m frugal–i.e. you won’t see me talking on an iPhone anytime soon. Here’s a quick rundown of the things I’ve purchased most recently…

Earlier today, Rhapsody launched a new MP3 store as well as many other initiatives (read the press release here). Users of Rhapsody's subscription service will feel at home, and users of its free streaming web site will notice similarities.

Republicans who have been losing their national brand name as the party of smaller government and low taxes, have relied on the very group they are often embarrassed of to propel them across finish lines: social conservatives. But as I’ve written about many times before, if a Democrat takes those issues from us, uh-oh….he can win.

Roger Abramson doesn’t have a problem with it personally but the fact remains, he asserts, that Barack Obama’s middle name is a problem:

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E told me about this story last night and it has me pissed off mightily.

A group named Campaign for Safe Cosmetics has finished their analysis of consumer lipstick and the results aren't pretty. From CNN: "According to new product tests, 61 percent of the brand-name lipsticks tested contained detectable levels of lead, which can be toxic if ingested."

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Too hot to blog? Apparently so, or maybe too busy with mundane local things to not bother writing about it. 12 days this month with temps over 100 degrees. It rained a little a couple of nights ago, and I practically did a "Tim Robbins in Shawshank Redemption" dance.