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Best Gadgets I Bought in the Past Year

I was thinking about a few of the cool things I bought last year, and I thought I’d share a few of them. Keep in mind that I am definitely NOT a technologically advanced being. Sadly, I am often the last of the great spenders to jump in. And note, I almost never buy the [...]

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Clay Shirky’s Social and Cognitive Surplus

Through a link on the Twitter-sphere, I found Clay Shirky speaking on what he purports may be the biggest social change since the Industrial Revolution, and we are in the midst of it right now. Not recommended for the cognitive deficient. What do you think? addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fphilladden.com%2F2009%2F01%2F12%2Fclay-shirkys-social-and-cognitive-surplus%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Clay+Shirky%26%238217%3Bs+Social+and+Cognitive+Surplus’; addthis_pub = ”;

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Christmas Stamps

I want to thank those of you who sent out a Christmas Card this year. I had every intention to send cards this year and did not get it done. It is an example of how lazy I can sometimes be. While the cards were great, I always love the unique stamps that are available [...]

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The Past Couple Months in Pictures

I decided to pick out pictures from the past couple months that the blog has been unavailable. We’ll start with the sunrise on September 30th: Here we have …. In October, we had a team builder and went bowling. As the score card proves, I (Dr. Phil) am athletically superior on my team. Having not [...]

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Another Beginning

It has been 76 days since I last entered a blog post. That was September 30th! I can’t begin to tell you about all that has developed. The last post was showing what I found to be a humorous bumper sticker about the state of the approaching election. So, since the end of September, I [...]

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SARAH PALIN: VP Elect Speech

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Childhood Memories

A friend sent an email today with some pictures in it. They bring back a few memories. And what better time to be a little nostalgic, with just 25 days prior to a half a century worth of memories. At first, I didn’t know what this was. It’s a 45 RPM spindle. It allowed you [...]

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