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Archive for September 1st, 2009

No One Knows Nothing Redux

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Are you kidding me? Daily dosage of aspirin is harmful; we are now called the “worried well” because we listened to our doctors?; geesh — tens of millions of dollars are spent every week promoting aspirin’s usage for people who are middle aged to prevent heart attacks; doctors tell us to take an aspirin daily.

Whoops — now a study says that is all BS; read this article asap; no one knows nothing; this is crazy. Who to believe — what to believe?

Who?

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

John Entwistle was perhaps one of the greatest bass players in rock history — he was called the “Ox”; as he played with power for the WHO.

He died of a drug over dose in Las Vegas on a Who reunion tour — here is a great film of his life and times — and it is all about our generation — and the Who. I feel like I grew up with this band — this is a very meaningful film — check it out by clicking here.  And who are you?

There is No Facebook Exodus

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Click here to read a very good article about Facebook and debunking the myth that Facebook is no longer hot.

Facebook is in fact booming; Twitter too — but anything that gets hyper popular and crosses the chasm from cool — to utility — will get its detractors from mainstream media and hipsters.  And — both Facebook and Twitter are really all about global expansion — the US market is teeny tiny now compared to the rest of the world. (more…)