Portrait of a blogger as a young focus group participant

Recently my dinner was interrupted by an invitation via a telephone solicitor who invited me to take part in an advertising survey. Because I find the number of people in the world who value my opinion is constantly shrinking, I jumped at the chance to share that opinion with someone who cared.The concept was simple. I agreed to accept a video tape in the mail, watch it and answer some questions in exchange for entering a prize drawing. I'm a pragmatist...

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Coworker looks like Encyclopedia Britannica guy

There's this guy where I work who looks like that kid off the old Encyclopedia Brittanica commercial. Well, he looks like how I imagine that kid would look today anyway. You know the kid I mean? He was on two commercials back in the 80s. In the first one he played a guy who needed encyclopedias because he had a report due on space. And when the second commercial came around a year or so later, it started with him in a stark white room in front of...

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Which blog is better?

Number 1. Number2My Ballot BoxWhich blog layout do you prefer? Number 1 Number 2View Resu...

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It's high time I pimped my blog

When I first discovered blogging almost a year ago, I knew I wanted a blog but had no clue how to start one. Having purchased a domain name (see remnants of my first attempt at a personal webpage including photos by clicking here) I then needed the nuts and bolts to comprise my online diatribe. I searched computer stores for software related to the subject but couldn't really find any. Now I know that's because any monkey can start a blog provided he has an internet connection and a browser he can use to point to Blogger.com. I know the cooler...

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Cocktailswithkevin site feed is up and running

WARNING: The following entry contains mildly technological terminology and may be considered boring by most audiences. If dullness offends you, you are encouraged to discontinue reading this entry and instead check out this guy or this guy. You have been warned.<boring>Just when I thought my computer skills peaked during the era of the Commodore 64, I seemingly successfully probably maybe but not sure managed to get my site feed up and running through Blogger. I was only vaguely knowledgable about site feeds to begin with and frankly I'm...

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As Seen On TV Store covers all your needs

Isn't it a tad ironic that the types of must-have merchandise you see advertised on late-night television along with the disclaimer not sold in stores are now sold in a store called the As Seen on On TV Store? I stepped into this walk-in closet sized boutique today and spent a good ten minutes ogling the strange and unusual merchandise that was to be found here. Apparently that's all anyone does that comes here is ogle because most of the boxes,...

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The serial killers I-Can read series

Normally I try and refrain from making impulse purchases, but recently when I was wandering the consumer wasteland that is Gwinnett Place Mall, I stumbled across a rare find sitting atop a discount display outside the Waldenbooks. This book was huge, like the size of an art book you might diplay on your coffee table to show people how pretentious in vogue you are. Two words in the title, "SERIAL KILLERS", stood out in big bold capital letters and...

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It's Intermittent Explosive Disorder Awareness Month so bite me

As I was riding around on lunch today I was taken aback by a radio news story that suggested people formerly thought to be reacting to road rage might actually suffer from something newly dubbed Intermittent Explosive Disorder. At first thought, you might suspect this new age infirmity is gastrointestinal in nature, but it's actually much different from the silmilarly named Intermittent Shart Disorder. Allegedly people suffering from intermittent explosive disorder are prone to sudden outbursts of violence or anger. The degree of aggressiveness...

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