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Simply Complicated

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I love gadgets and all things computer related. I was an early adopter of cell phone technology, and I anxiously look forward to the opportunity to upgrade my cell phone every two years. Thankfully, that’s part of my contract with Verizon and the upgrade comes at little or no cost. I [...]

When A Telephone Was Just A Telephone

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I’ll admit it. I love Gadgets. I was hooked on computers long before I could afford to buy my first one, and I walked by the little store in town and stared at the little Atari computer sitting in the window every chance I got.

I remember the first cell phone I had like [...]

Civil Discourse

Old NC Senate Chamber

This afternoon, the local school board is meeting in Raleigh to take a second vote on doing away with mandatory year-round schools. This comes as the result of elections at the end of last year that saw a group of new board members elected after running on promises to do just [...]

I Hereby Resolve…

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My Virtual Daughter, Meleah, has a post asking what peoples resolutions for the new year are going to be. I listed my ten resolutions, which I am absolutely positive I can keep. I can keep them because they involve things that I would not likely have to face in the first place. You [...]

Professor gives Starbucks a roasting - Food - NewsObserver.com

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Professor gives Starbucks a roasting – Food – NewsObserver.com.

A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, Professor Bryant Symon, is garnering some attention with a book he has written outlining research around the Starbucks phenomena. In his book, Everything But the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks, Symon, who is now a professor at Temple [...]