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Sunday, February 2

Piranhacide

   
This strikes me as rather odd; but then again I do live in the United States. Wasn't there a joke about nuclear bomb goes off, safest place would be Ohio, takes 10 years for stuff to get there? Anyway, I was thinking about the "do not call" list; generally applies to land line phones. I am hearing the list of all cell/smart phones was recently thrown out to the piranhas known as "Telemarketers". Well, a new list of phone numbers for the piranhas to fester over. "Fresh meat" so to speak. We will define "Telemarketer" as one that markets products/ services/not profit/political info/one that calls strangers off a random list with the sole intention of passing information, advertisement, etc. Basically an electronic Piranah.


     

Sunday, December 19

More useless info.

On this day in 1732, Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia first published Poor Richard's Almanack. The book, filled with proverbs preaching industry and prudence, was published continuously for 25 years and became one of the most popular publications in colonial America, selling an average of 10,000 copies a year. There's more here