In A.D. 2009.  War was beginning.  Courtesy of Fortune.Get this: Microsoft – the king of paid software – will announce today that it is going to give a version of Offic… Read More

I haven't said much about anything lately, but for some reason, this struck me as a classic, appropriate of Michael Jackson.  You want proof on how much the King of Pop has influenced c… Read More

Just because I'm in that kind of mood, and because Thanksgiving is approaching:WKRP in Cincinnati: Thanksgiving Turkey Bomb! @ Yahoo! Video...may it stay on this blog until doomsday Read More

Yes, people, I have more news on Starcraft 2, which I've been impatiently awaiting ever since Brood War made it's appearance way, way back forever ago.  From CNET:   Anyway, I ha… Read More

"Remember that you can eat right, exercise, drink lots of water, not smoke, not do drugs, sleep well, and focus your mental state, and the end result will still be death."    - Cla… Read More

You probably noticed that I haven't been writing a whole lot lately. It's no coincidence, and yes, I'm still alive. I've just been busy. Besides doing some writing for Divorce 360 and my… Read More

I have... returned. It's been a while.And are you all in trouble. Even so, please, no hacking.But I'm not going to break Rules 1 and 2. No sireee. And if you don't know what those are, d… Read More

Ha ha ha!   -- Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division. Federal Bureau Of Investigation. J. Edgar. Hoover Building, Washington D.CTelephone Number: ( 202 ) 324-3001   AT… Read More

Hooray Friday!Simply because I want to, I'm going to post my personal entry for the best cartoon ever. You're welcome Read More

Shoot.  I was suffering Internet burnout before.Then I found this game: courtesy of Addicting Games - The Impossible Quiz.Go ahead and try it.  I dare you.  This makes other t… Read More

Over at HR World, they have an excellent article for remote workers: 6 Ways Remote Workers Can Prove That They're Working.  Why?  I tend to think that it's because, well, let's fac… Read More

Ah, looking for a job.  We all love it.Fortunately for the jobless, Yahoo has posted 7 Things You Must Do In An Interview.  My highlights?Show You Get the "Big Picture"Find Out Wha… Read More

I suspect that this will not end well.NEW YORK - Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put th… Read More

A cautionary tale for parents, divorced or otherwise.Yesterday, I was at the park with my daughter, Grace, her half-sister Noelle, and their mother.  It was a gorgeous day, and the play… Read More

The other day, this topic came up, and my thoughts were just too juicy to pass up.  So I have decided to post a few thoughts here on the subject.What I Would Tell Myself If I Could Go B… Read More

It's quite simple really.  Get them a camera phone, sit back, and see what happens.BARTOW, Fla. -- On their own videotape, six Polk County girls laughed in another girl's face as they b… Read More

To the right of this post, you'll see the picture that has all of the Internet abuzz. To prove my point, try googling "cheney sunglasses". As of this moment, I have over 137,000 hits, most… Read More

Over at Valleywag, they've done a beautiful post summing up Time Magazine's article on the World's Best 25 Blogs.  Somehow, they managed to limit it to one page.  Nicely done, Vall… Read More

I took a pretty extended break from blogging for a little bit (my most significant break since, oh, 2004 or so) but after a vacation to SXSW, spending an increasing amount of time with my fo… Read More

This simply is not a good time to be a teenager.  SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A 17-year-old Sheboygan boy is facing criminal charges after allegedly fathering a child with his 16-year-old girlfri… Read More

...somehow, I knew that the Arizona State University men would get left out of the NCAA Tournament.I fully expect them to prove how good they aren't and lose in the NIT.Good thing that I'll… Read More

Speechless. WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that individual participants in the most common type of retirement plan can sue under a pension protection… Read More

I have some bad news for you, unmarried teen parents.  One of your legislators has judged you, and found you... slutty. Republican Representative Larry Liston of Colorado Springs compl… Read More

Yet another idea that seems like a good idea at first glance, but is a terrible idea in practice. From Diego Olmos-Alcalde, charged a decade after the murder of Susannah Chase in Boulder, to… Read More

You won't see this happen in the suburbs. Passengers were left open-mouthed when a group of commuters - including a suited man - got up from their seats and performed the dance featured in… Read More

A growing number of hospitals are giving up Big Pharma schwag for good. Here's one that went the extra mile. MINNEAPOLIS - When a Duluth-based operator of hospitals a… Read More

I'm always looking for ways to improve my blog, so you can imagine that I was pretty excited to hear that the guy from Zen Habits quit his day job to become a full-time blogger . How will t… Read More

In what can only be bad news for the average consumer, Bank of America is about to grow, one subprime lender at a time.CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Bank of America said Friday it will buy Countr… Read More

I noticed that EW.com (Entertainment Weekly) has posted a list of Sci-Fi's Top 25 Movies and TVs moments of all time.  Unfortunately, in order to read the whole list, I'd have to click… Read More

Something that you need to definitely have to do when you divorce is watch yourself, and watch your name. Google it if you have to. I have personal experience with this phenomenon. My presen… Read More

It's a time waster, people.If you don't know what Xiao Xiao is, then you can check it out here. Suffice it to say that it's been around a long time and many people were waiting patiently fo… Read More

Obama won the Iowa caucuses.I don't know about you, but I think that change is pretty good.  But I refuse to handicap this in his favor yet. But what a result Read More

Every year, the venerable Buffalo Beast releases a ranked list of the most loathsome people in America .  Yearly I wait with bated breath to find out which of my favorites have made the… Read More

I don't know what the heck it is yet, but I'm definitely going to go see it.  I do know that someone I know is actually in the movie, and pretty much everything that I've seen has made… Read More

I so enjoy discussing race relations.An Arapahoe County employee was arrested Tuesday and faces a charge of misdemeanor harassment on allegations that he left two nooses — one holding… Read More

Victory!The grandfather of Kevin Everett, Junior Nico, told 2 On Your Side's Scott Levin Wednesday night that Kevin is planning on returning to Buffalo to walk out on the field for the Decem… Read More

Many years ago, I knew a woman that I'll call Jill.  Jill was an attractive woman, more intelligent than most, who was at heart, a nice and relatively well meaning person with an intere… Read More

...but frankly, I have no idea.  Apparently, 10 years old is old enough to consent to sex in northern Queensland. A judge's decision not to jail nine men guilty of raping a 10-year-old… Read More

Because I'm always interested in passing on invaluable information, Consumerist has posted a list linking to the landlord/tenant law for every state in the union .Worth a bookmark, people, e… Read More

Can anyone explain the murder of professional football players this year?  First Darrent Williams, then Sean Taylor.  Well, at least in Sean's case, the police have found who they… Read More

Figures that the latest proof that Americans are not all completely ridiculous comes from a librarian.Storytime ceased abruptly when the picture book Eileen Issa was reading her 2 1/2-year-o… Read More

No people, I haven't forgotten about you.  As you can probably tell, I've been changing a lot of things here at POW lately, and my other blog, Single Dads, is really taking off and taki… Read More

Lifehacker, that wonderful website with so many hints on how to do things in oh-so-many wonderful and simple ways, came up with a list of top ten food and drink hacks.  Among the highli… Read More

More good news for children this Christmas season. According to a news report released today, apparently the Food and Drug Administration believes that the flu drugs made by Roche and GlaxoS… Read More

People, people, people.  You might as well accept the fact that you really want to avoid credit cards.  Don't think that bankruptcy will help you, either.It's not as easy to get a… Read More

In another sign that the present way that the government does business is literally for sale, Gizmodo has a story on a particularly odious bill addition.In a ridiculous display of just how… Read More

Is it possible that science has finally created the device to predict the dreaded red wine headache?  Can a cure (besides not drinking it) be next?… Read More

Priorities. When it comes right down to it, I have only three of note: first is myself, then is my family, finally would be work and friends. Why does this single dad mention that? This… Read More

Just because I have them as a sponsor (gaze left), doesn't mean that you have to think that they are the absolutely greatest, but certainly recent results have borne out that Netflix has co… Read More

And now, with a quick annoucement that I tried to post three days ago, but it seems that Blogger dropped a post on me:   Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox.But, as today, we have the… Read More

I haven't done a shout out to my fans for a while, so while I'm in the midst of doing yet more changes (as you can tell by the various updates on my sidebars), I figured that I'd do a little… Read More

As you might recall, I'm a big fan of ghost stories and Halloween in general.  Yes, I do believe in them, but they don't scare me.  I don't find movies like House On Haunted Hill… Read More

Obviously, the Colorado Rockies are rookies when it comes the mad crush of ticket demand generated by the World Series. DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado Rockies suspended World Series ticket sale… Read More

The Colorado Rockies are going to the World Series.The Colorado Rockies are going to the World Series?!Yikes! Ah, yes. Yes, it's sweet indeed Read More

I simply must see the movie 30 Days of Night.The IMDB page.The IESB.net trailers.The Graphic Novel.See it, I must. I shall Read More

I find it funny how a rut can begin and how quickly familiarity can breed contempt.  Even a person that spends time on the ever-changing Internet (like myself) is not immune from the b… Read More

Two famous people.  Two audiences whose popularity are worldwide.  Two equally powerful American political parties.   Today, for your consideration, from NobelPrize.org: "fo… Read More

Lifehack.org, yet another of my favorite websites ever, put out an excellent article on how to turn your USB thumb drive into a mobile, primary office.  With very little work and no… Read More

One might think that the combined cultural power of racism and homophobia would doom a fairly large portion of the population that was both black (or African-American...oooh, I hate that ter… Read More

Over at How To Change The World, Guy Kawasaki ( you know, the Mac guy) tossed out a post about a tool called Website Grader. This free tool gives your website a SEO "grade" based on a few c… Read More

Last night, I had this crazy dream that I added some of my favorite and more popular podcasts to this blog.  Imagine my surprise when I actually got up this morning and did it, changing… Read More

You might have noticed yet another change to my sidebar.  I've added Blogrush, a blog syndication tool featured in Business Blogging Tips.  I've only had the Blogrush widget on my… Read More

One might think that the combined cultural power of racism and homophobia would doom a fairly large portion of the population that was both black (or African-American...oooh, I hate that ter… Read More

Wow.  Mashable, which I've written about before, has finally lost their minds and complied over 5000 resources to do just about anything that you want on the web.   There is way… Read More

If you watch baseball, you know who the hottest team in the National League right now.  They might be a team that I might find entertaining and interesting to watch.  Unfortunately… Read More

The news is full of information about the problems in the housing market, but the most interesting thing that I've read so far is something that I read in a recent article about the curren… Read More

With all apologies to Rodney Dangerfield, here's a good list of a bunch of Google products that simply get no love.  But how many people do you think would discuss being able to… Read More

On occasion, and sadly, not often enough, I derive enormous amounts of pleasure from snippets that I read on the Internet.  Most articles that you read about kids consist of the doom an… Read More

Today is the anniversary of 9-11, which some Americans consider to be the most significant event in their lives .WASHINGTON (AFP) - Six years after the September 11 attacks on the United Sta… Read More

Today I'm faced with a challenge.  First I'll present the news, then the challenge. From Seattle PI.com:   LOS ANGELES -- There are dozens of surprises among the more than 400 Em… Read More

.and boy, does Mashable have them in the article 50 Great Widgets For Your Blog.Here's a few that I found interesting: MyBlogLog's Recent Readers - this widget can easily be called a hit am… Read More

Yes, I know, I'm in a posting mode.  I'll have you know that I'm spending a lot of time elsewhere at the moment - it's on the freelance gig still.However, I couldn't let this get by wit… Read More

I can't remember if I had posted this before, but an article title on Fark reminded me of it.  The Fark article title? "Oh my God, there was this study where kids ate lots of food color… Read More

Yet another post on television. Sorry, but it's a must. Thank MSNBC for this article. CHICAGO - Watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention prob… Read More

This year I have read an average of a book a week - probably the happy result of both deciding to get more into reading for information and entertainment and the decision to read on my commu… Read More

It's time.  You're fed up with your job, you've found another gig, and want to give your two weeks notice? Try looking at Lifehacker, first, to craft the winning resignation.  &nb&hell…Read More

Wow, it's been a busy couple of months.  Very.  I've been spending an awful lot of time over at my brother blog, Single Dads, for the last few weeks - for reasons that soon will be… Read More

...yes, that said Financial Quote of the Day.  Believe it or not, I'm not kidding. Like many who have jobs and kids, I am one of those that actually has a 401(k).  Unlike many that… Read More

It's time.  You're fed up with your job, you've found another gig, and want to give your two weeks notice? Try looking at Lifehacker, first, to craft the winning resignation.  &nb&hell…Read More

I haven't made a post about Google in a while, so imagine my surprise when I saw how you can be an independent contractor for them , especially since it's not April Fool's Day.  Require… Read More

When you are a single parent, frustration is a constant companion, which is oddly enough why no single parent should be lonely for even a minute. Besides the usual complaints: - your ex… Read More

The funniest quote of the week comes from Patricia Calhoun, editor of the Westword, Denver's weekly alternative newspaper, during a trial where the weekly was sued by some guy named Steve H… Read More

...and...the Sun is there.   A MAN who lived in his own "zoo" of lizards and insects was fatally bitten by a pet black widow spider — then eaten by the other creepy-crawlies. Po… Read More

You might remember a previous post about Google Checkout, the service that competes with Paypal and thus has caused rifts between two Internet giants - Google, and eBay.   Enter Amazon… Read More

Yep, I've been on a sporadic hiatus.  Between holidays, working two jobs and doing freelance work (expect yet another announcement soon, as I started this project a few weeks earlier)… Read More

An article in Gizmodo on the efforts to unblock the iPhone comes with the best photoshop that I've seen all month. First, the article:Apparently, the amazing code wizards at the iPhone De… Read More

...and it's on the Internet.  Who would have guessed that?Overlooked and difficult to find, there are hundreds of thousands of U.S. government web sites that can help you accomplish a v… Read More

Apparently, jest they do NOT. Many of our problems come from within our own minds. They aren't caused by events, bad luck, or other people. We cause them through our own poor mental habits… Read More

You do.  And here's a surprise.   The connoisseurs may cringe, the snobs may even sob, but the judges have spoken: California's best chardonnay costs less than $3.  Charles S… Read More

…and I don't mean that one that you're probably thinking. I devote a lot of time thinking about things that I'll tell my three year old daughter when she gets older, and lately… Read More

It's been a long time.  My home connection is still on the fritz.  I hope to have it fixed today, as it's now costing me money.   I will, however, make my return with this nug… Read More

I've been quite the busy man - and quite the sketchy Internet connection as well.   Sorry about that.  Look for some interesting news Read More

Infuriating.   LITTLETON - The families of two young men killed in a drunk driving accident want the stiffest penalty for a store clerk who prosecutors say sold alcohol to one of their… Read More

NOOOOOOOOO!   Check our Walmart's awesomely evil deal: Cashing your check costs $3.00, but if you put the money on a Walmart MoneyCard, they'll waive the $4.64 "loading" fee. Neat! Af… Read More

Compare:Michael Bloomberg, present mayor of New York, after the thwarted attempt to blow up John F. Kennedy Airport on Monday on how ordinary citizens can relate to possibility of terrorist… Read More

On the Freakonomics Blog, our heroes spend some time with Stephen Chau, one of the wizards at Google Maps behind Google Street View - the application that allows you to see a street le… Read More

Yes, I'm aware that this is two Consumerist posts in one day.  However, this couldn't be more useful unless you had a handy clone willing to punch the keys or dial the phone.   Th… Read More

Via The Consumerist, here are some tips on the best wines under $10 from the Dr. Vino blog .   Why is it only a list of nine wines under $10 instead of the usual ten under ten? Becaus… Read More

An interesting theory on Microsoft and Yahoo that I simply could not fathom occurring... until now.   May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.'s plan to buy AQuantive Inc. for $6 billion… Read More

I'm not a young guy anymore, but I'm positively giddy about the game which is arguably the best game of all time.Introducing: Starcraft II.Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct an… Read More