His Point of View

Over the course of the last year or three social media web sites and services have taken over like only a few things do every decade or so.  I have noticed two types of people that use social media sites the first are those who feel that social media sites are all fun & games and don’t take them very seriously, the other type are those who understand the value/threat of social media sites and treat them with the respect they deserve.

Those of us who realize the value of social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and the relative newcomer FourSquare; know that these sites are a treasure trove of free information about our own companies, the industries we are a part of, and our customers/potential customers/former customers.  Never before have (continue reading…)

FastCompany has a project under way to show the amount of influence we have as individuals online.  I am quite interested to see how much influence I have relative to the other few thousand participants.  So I need you to follow this link fcinf.com/v/bkbr then re-Tweet this link, re-Post this link to all of your social media sites, post this link to Facebook and any other method that you can think of to legally spread my influence around the net I would appreciate it.  I wish there were (continue reading…)

For a long while, I have been interested in the discussions regarding interpretations and translations of the bible.  This topic is quite complicated, and I think that it is one of the issues that will likely never be resolved.  This past week I came across an article about a researcher who claims that there is a high likely hood that Jesus Christ was not killed while nailed to a cross.  This is one thing that I had never questioned, and I had never heard anyone argue this point until now.  This particular researcher did an analysis on the words crucifix and crucify(and their variations).  Apparently it was found that the words “crucifix” and “crucify” had nothing to do with the word “cross”, what the word crucifix actually meant thousands of years ago was “suspension device” or what we would call a pole or maybe even a tree in some cases.  According to the researcher at the time of Christ the word “crucify” simply meant “to suspend”. (continue reading…)

Why is it that some ladies want to keep their ex-husband’s last name after a divorce?  This is something that I do not understand.  If you no longer want to be with that man, why would you want to keep his name attached to yours?  Today I watched two television shows starring woman who are divorced and I spoke to a woman that I know personally who all are divorced yet have kept their ex-husband’s last name.  I have heard a couple of arguments of why a woman would want to do such a thing including: to have the same last name as her children and to maintain her name recognition (in the case of celebrities or well know business women).  I don’t think that either of those are really valid reasons to keep the name of a person you no longer wish to share your life with.  I think that these women simply do not want to endure administrative hassle of changing their name, or they are purposely attempting to keep a link to their ex-husband for some reason (e.g. spite, residual emotional feelings, marketplace name recognition, etc.) If you are attempting to keep the same last name as your children, what happens when you re-marry?  At some point these women are likely to have a different last name than their children, I do not know of any man who would be satisfied if his wife (continue reading…)

Do women(not all women of course) really feel as if they are doing men a favor when they decide to participate in sexual intercourse?  I ask this question because of the things that I hear people say.  I have heard women say that they should not have sex with a man unless they get “something” out of it.  That “something” is usually money or gifts.  I have also heard comments about how men “use” women for sex.  Both of those lines of thinking make me wonder how personal accountability was removed from the equation.  No one is forcing women to have sex, except in the case of a rape, which is a whole nother issue. If a woman chooses to have sex with a man it is either because she (continue reading…)

By now I am sure that you are aware of the rift among US Citizens created by the debate of the Healthcare bill working its way through congress (HR 3200).  Personally I am now quite sure if I am for or against the bill, as so many legislators and talking heads are publicly debating the bill, yet they have not read it themselves.  There are summaries and talking points available that many people are basing their arguments on, but any summary of a document is inherently biased.  Any time a person boils down facts into a summary they are using their opinion of what is important as a frame of reference, in addition to possible personal agenda(s) which might also skew their interpretation of the facts.  The only way to obtain unbiased information is to get it directly from the source your self.

The other issue I have with the controversy is that many people, including myself feel that the problem is not Health Care.  I am certain that the real issue here is control and power in Congress.  I do not believe that there is not a single Republican who wants to support this bill, it saddens me that decisions are made not because they are the best for the citizens of America, but because they fit into a political party’s agenda.  If all of the Democrats can’t agree to vote for the bill, I am sure that there are some Republicans who want to vote for the bill, but will not because it would equate to political suicide, their fellow Republicans would surely turn against anyone who steps out of line on this issue.  I don’t want the bill to pass if it is not best for the majority of Americans, but I don’t want it to pass or fail simply due to partisan politics. (continue reading…)

“What you know cannot really hurt you” That is a quote from a book I started reading this morning. The strange things is that I was trying to write this post last night but I tossed it in the recycle bin as I lost interest half way through writing it. I was surprised to open a new book to be greeted on page xx(page 20) of the prologue by almost the same words I wrote last night. I suppose that means I need to finish composing my thoughts on this subject.

The post I was attempting to write last night was about how the course of one’s life can and does change unexpectedly. I would bet that if you think about the series of events that brought you to your current position in life you would have only a handful of critical decisions or a handful of days that  didn’t unfold as planned, for better or worse. Most of the things we plan tend to fade into obscurity (continue reading…)

I was browsing blogland, when I came across this absolutely useless blog post.

Step one of this blog post about how to clean a Duvet cover is below:

“1) Read the care label. If the duvet is dry clean only, take it to your dry cleaners! Washing a dry clean-only duvet can result in shrinkage, and it will no longer fit over your existing comforter.“

I know that we bloggers should update our blogs daily, but c’mon if you have nothing to type about just sit back and take a loss for the day.  This is the primary reason I don’t post every day and the other is that I am often too busy.  For all of you who are not familiar with how blogging works (continue reading…)

I came across the video below of Scott Dunbar singing what appears to be a “freestyle” song about a timber mill in Canada which was destroyed by a suspicious fire.

We all have day jobs, and we all have bills to pay. But those things should not stop us from growing.  We must all find time, even if only half an hour a day to spend on self improvement.  If you work for someone else for 8-12 hours a day, you should make time to work for yourself 30-60 minutes a day as well.  Family is important, but you will be of more value to your family when (continue reading…)