As readers of my blog will know, I tried the Open Beta Test of Champions Online back in August. My view of it was not very favorable, and my gut instinct after that weekend was to beg off. However, a good friend of mine was really into it, and for some reason I found, after [...]
Archive for October, 2009
You can lead a man to college…
Posted in Education, tagged college, quotations, Students on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back when I was a high school senior, one of the things you had to do was generate a yearbook quote (I assume this is still the case) . I worked in a local public library after school, and so I checked out a couple of books of quotations to try to find a good [...]
Absolutely nothing on this site has ever been paid for.
Posted in Internet, tagged blogs, FTC, law on Monday, October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Federal Trade Commission is apparently enacting a regulation requiring all bloggers who have been paid to review a product, to say so in a conspicuous and clear way somewhere in the text associated with their review. I’m of two minds about this, but before I get into my comments about the new regulations, I [...]
ED gets a facelift
Posted in Site Updates, tagged Agatha Christie, Blogging, Books, Champions Online, Hercule Poirot, Mysteries on Friday, October 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve had this blog for a couple of years now, with my posting activity varying from nearly-daily at some points, to barely once a month at others. I had one theme the whole time — “Ocean Mist” — which has been a great theme. But, it’s time for a change, so I decided to try [...]