This Is Going to Hurt Me More Than It Is You
If you think no one cares whether you’re dead or alive, try missing a few credit card payments. I also have bills sent directly to my...
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Rick Townley
Jun 24, 20113 min read
The Graduate, 2011
“Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.” Erma Bombeck I’m not a...
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Rick Townley
Jun 14, 20113 min read
“Ground control to Major…corporations?”
The Future Just Isn’t What It Used To Be Many of us were into science fiction all the way back to the 1950’s and 1960’s when all we had...
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Rick Townley
May 10, 20113 min read
What’s In a Name?
“…that which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” Wm. Shakespeare As if the modern world wasn’t confusing...
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Rick Townley
Feb 18, 20114 min read
Beechwood 4-5789?
“Communism is like one big phone company.” Lenny Bruce I want land lines back. And I want a phone from Bell Telephone. I want the kind of...
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Rick Townley
Jan 24, 20114 min read
Caveat Emptor…at the Supermarket?
“LESS IS MORE” IS STILL LESS I like fresh Florida orange juice. The kind that comes from Mexico where the oranges are grown, then get...
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Rick Townley
Jan 13, 20114 min read
Shop Til You Drop
EMO USQUE AD MORTEM Right after the holidays the usual thing to do is visit the mall to return or exchange things. Around here however,...
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Rick Townley
Dec 1, 20104 min read
T’was the Month Before Christmas…
Get it here first! Our intern Diane gets a big scoop on holiday releases that Hollywood hasn’t even publicized yet! For a long time it...
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Rick Townley
Nov 23, 20104 min read
November News Briefs
Since this is a holiday week our entire staff decided to take time off so publishing was left to our night watchman Fred (see, Survivor...
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Rick Townley
Nov 2, 20103 min read
Smartphone Apps for Baby Boomers
So here is a very quick update on phone technology for the less savvy or the technophobes among us. The world is about being connected...
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Rick Townley
Oct 26, 20104 min read
The Beat Goes On…and on…and on…
Will Tunes Downloads Join LP’s as Ancient Relics? Poor pirates. They get blamed for everything these days – stolen music, stolen movies,...
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Rick Townley
Oct 22, 20104 min read
“Don’t Walk Away Renee” – Survivor Syndrome in the Age of Downsizing
What about those left behind who were not laid off, or “riffed?” (RIF = reduction in force). What of these “survivors?” How are they...
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Rick Townley
Oct 19, 20104 min read
Women and Shoes: A Guide for Men
Miranda: I had to walk all the way from the subway in these heels. My feet are killing me. Steve: Why didn’t you just carry them...
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Rick Townley
Oct 16, 20104 min read
“Wrap Rage”
noun. Anger and rage, especially among people over the age of 50, caused by frustration from plastic product packaging that is difficult...
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Rick Townley
Oct 12, 20104 min read
Some Truths About Lying on Resumes
…I’m up to here in lies, guess I’m down to size… from Talk Talk, Sean Bonniwell, 1966 There are dozens and dozens of books and studies...
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Rick Townley
Oct 8, 20102 min read
“Who’s The Leader of the Club…?”
The world seems to be bubbling over with turmoil these days. While we try to avoid political topics or taking sides on political issues,...
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Rick Townley
Oct 5, 20105 min read
Too Young to Retire, Too Old to Hire?
Part 3 of a 3-Part Series on Baby Boomers, New Technology and the Job Market …one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come....
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Rick Townley
Oct 1, 20103 min read
We’ve Been Outsourced!
Part 2 of a 3-Part Series on Baby Boomers, New Technology and the Job Market Since My Job is Now in India, Can I Go There and Continue...
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Rick Townley
Sep 28, 20104 min read
Self-Service, or Self-Serving?
Part 1 of a 3-Part Series on Baby Boomers, New Technology and the Job Market Since I Have to Do It Myself, Can I Get an Employee...
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Rick Townley
Sep 15, 20104 min read
The Cinderfellas
There is a secret war going on as you are reading this. Very little information about it gets into the news media, yet it involves some...
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