The (Other) End of the Internet

Welcome back!The local phone company is running a public service announcement on the radio warning customers of a scam currently making the rounds. The way it’s described, someone will call you and attempt to convince you to accept a collect call from someone, usually a lonesome prison inmate who just wants to talk to someone, [...]

This was sent to me with no eplanation as to where it originated or when it was written, so I looked it up on snopes.com and discovered that it is actually an editorial singer/songwriter Charlie Daniels wrote and posted on his website in April, 2006. It may be four years old, but I’m posting it [...]

Are you on FaceBook? Have you seen the group that wants you to join because they’re going to give away a Dell Laptop? Remember two things before you join that group: There ain’t no free lunch. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. According to Mining 101, the only thing that [...]

My younger sister sent me this video By Lou Dobbs on CNN talking about the Amnesty bill for illegal immigrants. In the beginning of the video, Mr. Dobbs quotes the Senate Minority Leader as saying the bill is “a piece of … expletive deleted” and, after watching the report, I’m inclined to agree. We don’t [...]

I heard on the radio this morning that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. While I was still staring slack-jawed at the radio in disbelief, the voice went on to explain that the awards were actually decided upon in February, when the President had only been in office for one month! What, one [...]