Mar

6

Blogging Good for your Health?

Posted by cameron

March 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

Discovery News recently reported on an Australian research study suggesting that blogging is good for our health, at least mental well being. It seems we have a need to be connected to other people, less isolated etc. I don’t find the needs surprising but I do find it surprising that people can really attend to those […]

Mar

3

Ever Thought About Cryonics?

Posted by cameron

March 3, 2008 | 4 Comments

I was curiously ‘Googleing’ Cryogenics today and came across the Wikipedia definition, which refers to the study of very cold temperatures. The actual term I was curious about is Cryonics; the freezing of people so that one day in the far off future they might be ‘awakened’ and the future state of medicine can cure […]

Feb

26

How We Change

Posted by cameron

February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

How many times have you said, “I used to hate that when I was younger but I find it very interesting now”? For me that would apply to history, literature, museums, art, classical music etc etc. I guess maturity causes this in some way but why does it take so long for the finer points […]

Feb

23

Oh My! Another Snake to Worry About.

Posted by cameron

February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Discover just reported that I could see Pythons moving into my backyard in the future. Yes, you too. It seems that global warming is enabling wild life to move north. This study shows that the Python is already on the move and slowly spreading northwards. Today it can be found thriving in the Florida Everglades, […]

Feb

14

Presidential Election 2008

Posted by cameron

February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I hadn’t planned to write another political post but I stumbled across a web site today that has a handy tool for sifting through the issues. There is an online quiz you can take where your answers to major issue questions will lead to a list of candidates that best match your positions. I don’t […]

Feb

7

Favorite English Things – Memories of growing up in England.

Posted by cameron

February 7, 2008 | 5 Comments

It has been a long time since living there but great memories persist:

The countryside is not only beautiful but free of critters that might embed, or poison or eat me.

Everywhere is close by, even the next town.

Who can forget Tommy Cooper, The Two Ronnies, Morcombe and Wise, and Norman Wisdom. They were all hilarious.

England wins […]

Feb

6

Clark County, Nevada – Foreclosure Hell

Posted by cameron

February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

Sin City house prices had a huge run-up in the past decade. Today Clark County, Nevada is once again leading the pack, only this time it’s the foreclosure Capital of the USA. I think it is fitting that the gambling capital of the world should hold this record. Vegas runs true to form.
Clark County, Nevada […]

Feb

1

John McCain

Posted by cameron

February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

Have you ever wondered why John McCain worked with Ted Kennedy on the failed immigration Bill last year? I have. Everything in Washington is about politics and never how it appears on the surface. I read in a New York post article that exit polls in the Republican primary show McCain picking up 50% of […]

Jan

31

Phishing@IRS.GOV

Posted by cameron

January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments

The IRS has posted a scam warning related to the government economic stimulus rebate checks.  It seems the scammers are quicker to enact their own plans than the government is to sign the deal. The scam pretty much centers around identity theft in the guise of helping you with your rebate. Their methods are the […]

Jan

30

Brands in Politics

Posted by cameron

January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Sometimes the candidates can’t help themselves; sometimes they just inherit labels that take a long time to shake off. Case in point; the current primary candidates have brand awareness but may not like the label(s). It’s the first thing you think of, or image that comes to mind when their name comes up. Some of […]

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