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Company Sues Mommy Blog for Libel

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 28th, 2005  
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Check this out.
(CP) – A stay-at-home mother of three who created a website to alert the government about allegedly dangerous environmental problems in her southwestern Ontario neighbourhood is facing a $2 million libel suit by one of the developers she reported on.
Louisette Lanteigne of Waterloo, Ont., said she grew sick of what she saw during [...]

After Thanksgiving Day Shopping War Stories

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 25th, 2005  
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Normally, I detest being around large groups of people. But I make two exceptions: Ohio State football games and shopping the day after Thanksgiving. It has been a tradition for my wife and I to get up at 04:00 the day after Thanksgiving and trek off to Best Buy, Kohls, and whatever other [...]

The Sweet Taste of Victory: Just Me and My XBox 360

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 22nd, 2005  
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Posted in: Video Games     

My wife is absolutely convinced that Microsoft engineered this entire XBox 360 “shortage” in order to drive Christmas sales up through I can’t get it so I must have it shopping frenzy mentality that once led to mothers slugging each other over cabbage patch dolls and beanie babies.
And I saw firsthand today how basic economics [...]

A Hip-Hop Tragedy: The Supernova Career of the The D.O.C.

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 22nd, 2005  
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Posted in: Film, Television, Music and Books     

I was in Best Buy the other day and was walking past the music section. I was approached by a young burly black dude who offered the seminal Best Buy greeting, “Is there anything I can help you find today?”
Normally I just say, “No thanks, I’m just looking.” But today, for some [...]

Why People Who Play the Lottery are Idiots…

Posted by Joshua Bradley Minton in November 21st, 2005  
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I took a Risk Management course from ESI last year and as an introduction to Risk, the instructor handed out a statistical analysis on playing the lottery. I thought I had lost it but came across it today. This should make you think twice before wasting your money on the stupid lottery…
Lotteries: A [...]

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