Pet Peeves

Things to love about sports? Here are 10

Lunch Special: Taking my cue from a disgruntled reader, I decided to go positive today. So here are 10 random things I love about sports. (News Source: Denver Post - 19:46:45)

Tax money for nasty ads? This system needs reform

Today’s newspaper carried a story about one of my pet peeves in Florida politics - the fact that tax money is used to subsidize the campaigns of politicians who neither need nor deserve such a subsidy. This year it was nearly $6 million. This system was created with noble intentions, to give under-funded candidates a chance […] (News Source: Orlando Sentinel - 13:21:17)

The Sins of Web Site Design

By Gwen Moran for Entrepreneur Magazine Is your Web site driving away customers? If you’re committing these site development sins, it could be costing you more than you know. Being cluttered. Your site can’t be all things to all people, says Drew Ungvarsky, founder of Grow Interactive, an interactive studio in Norfolk, Va. Be selective about the content you decide to put on the site and organize … (News Source: TheStreet.com - 16:49:33)

Almost Iberia in suburbia

I can’t remember exactly when I first began eating tapas. (One of the many problems with getting old is a lot of your life just blends together — especially things that involved pitchers of sangria.) I’m pretty sure it was on Smith Street in downtown Brooklyn. And I know it was before I’d ever traveled to Spain. If I were to guess, I’d probably go with 1998 or 1999. (News Source: Las Vegas CityLife - 01:45:44)

Gloomy county economic outlook

MONTICELLO, NY - Even as Sullivan County officials continue discussions with the unions representing county employees regarding wage freezes, lawmakers are already looking ahead to the budget to 2012 and 2013, and the forecast is not inviting. (News Source: The River Reporter - 15:30:00)

Butterfield: Repeal effects big

Congress’ expected vote Wednesday to repeal the year-old federal health care law - should it be repeated in the U.S. Senate - would have a major impact on northeastern North Carolina, negatively affecting thousands of residents who are just beginning to reap the benefits of the legislation, U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield said. (News Source: The Daily Advance - 23:20:55)

Wine, Etc.: Ruminating on malbecs

When it comes to appreciating technology and what it can do for a business, don’t count us among the intelligent. We may be wine geeks, but it’s too late in life to become tech geeks. Still, we have crossed into the new frontier with the launch of our wine blog - www.wine-guys.com - after witnessing the success of a number of similar wine blogs. Why not? Our hope is to … (News Source: The Capital - 18:13:32)

FISCHLER: Tragic events will seldom hit home

HOW do I make my fears small enough to fit into this column? How do I encapsulate the dangers we face into the few hundred words I write each week? (News Source: Kingston Daily Freeman - 08:08:37)

Why can’t we just be nice?

Kent Eanes still kicks himself for not confronting a grocery shopper who loaded her bags into a vehicle and pushed the empty cart into an adjacent parking space - a handicap spot. (News Source: Florence Morning News - 19:02:58)

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