Brad Rourke’s Blog
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The Fuzziness Of About And Around
Let me just get something off my chest. There are two words whose current common usage I can’t stand. Those words are “about” when used as a weasel-word substitute for “is,” and “around” when used as a weasel-word substitute for “about.” Both transgressions are often committed by otherwise intelligent people. About First up, “about.” This…
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The Verizon iPhone Commercial
Happy Friday! My friends know that I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the iPhone to finally come to Verizon. I refuse to put up with AT&T’s network problems. Up to now, I have been happy with my Motorola Droid (I am a big-time Google guy) but in hindsight I have to admit it was…
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Call To Stop Child Sex Trafficking At The Super Bowl [UPDATED]
You might be surprised to know the the Super Bowl is one of the largest events to spur demand for the sexual exploitation of children every year. According to change.org: Texas Attorney General Abbott is taking a stand and has prepared a task force to identify and respond to traffickers who plan to sell children at…
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An Office Cleanse
As many of my readers know (as well as friends who aren’t readers), I have been working independently since 2003. Since it is primarily just me, I have not found a need to rent separate office space. Our house is large enough that there’s a room I use as my office. Thing is, it is…
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Start With Just One
My friend Cindy Cotte Griffiths wrote a piece as the year began that holds an excellent lesson. She tells a story of a project her young son was working on. Instead of trying to add a whole bunch of elements, he wanted to see how few elements it would take te get his task done.…
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Rearranging The Deck Chairs At The State Of The Union
As people wring their hands over the “toxic” rhetoric swirling throughout public life, a proposal from Colorado Senator Mark Udall has been gaining traction and winning approving nods from The Concerned Elite. The idea? At the upcoming State Of The Union address on January 25, don’t seat Members of Congress by party but mix them…
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Bad News From The Skies
I recently learned something that I simply refuse to believe. You see, an article recently made it clear to me that I have had my zodiac sign wrong since I discovered horoscopes. It turns out that the world has shifted since the ancient Babylonians originally parsed out the skies into the zodiac, and whereas I…
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What One Big Thing Will You Do Today?
Normally, I find articles about how to “minimize distractions in this distraction-filled world” to be unhelpful. They usually amount to: “Have more will power to avoid distractions, unplug, and do things in batches.” I sometimes get upwards of 200 emails per day. I have many filters in place, so the dross gets autofiled and ignored.…
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Man Attacked; Onlookers Film And Do Nothing
This is the kind of world we live in. Sunday before last, about 7:15pm, Allen Haywood was on his way home from working out at the gym. He had a gym bag and a book. He leaned against the wall, reading, waiting for his Metro train at L’Enfant Plaza station. He felt a whack on…
