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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Waiting on the Kindle

05-Apr-08

After seeing Ross Turk’s Kindle while I was in Belgium, I decided that I’d order one for myself — given the amount of travel that I do and the amount of time I have on airplanes to read, it’d be much nicer to have a decent eBook reader with me than to schlep dead tree [...]

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Avoid Fifth Third Bank at all costs…

02-Apr-08

Without going into a great deal of detail, let me just say that if you’re looking for a bank for a checking or savings account, or if you have a choice of banks for an auto loan or other type of loan avoid Fifth Third Bank if at all humanly possible.
Long story short: I’ve been [...]

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What every American should know about the Middle East

01-Apr-08

Some basics about religion and ethnic groups that most people in the U.S. probably don’t know.
For example, frighteningly few know the difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and most think the words “Arab” and “Muslim” are pretty much interchangeable. They aren’t. So here’s a very brief primer aimed at raising the level of knowledge about [...]

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