As more and more people rely on the opinions of others online to make decisions about where they’ll eat, who’ll they will hire to fix their roof, or even where they will go for health care the more critical it becomes for them to understand there are devious people out there trying to trick them [...]
I’m in the middle of an e-mail “discussion” with Google AdWords over an arbitrary decision to disallow an ad I’m running for a treatment center within our company. The ad is for the exact search phrase “prescription drug rehab” – because the treatment center treats prescription drug addiction and has been doing so for two [...]
There are quite a few tea partiers who come from states that are quite happy to suck at the Federal teat. Of course, many people have known for years that Blue States tend to support Red States financially. There are a few exceptions (such as Texas), but they are the exceptions that prove the rule. [...]
I came across some photos I took while making a recipe the LA Times voted one of their top 10 recipes for 2009. You not only get a hearty, rich ragu from this recipe, but the pork comes out fall-apart tender. I special ordered pork from Flying Pig Farms in New York after a friend [...]
I’ve been working on building a comprehensive online guide to Culver City – right now Arny who works at The Conservatory for Coffee and Tea is helping out by adding all the listings. The next step will be to add reviews and to get people to join in and do reviews. If you are from [...]
Sometimes the simplest meals are the best. A simple 6 hour marinade made this grilled tri tip so flavorful – the fat cap doesn’t hurt either
I’m in the middle of a move. Moves are tough. It’s nice when companies make it easy for you. My financial institutions do: my bank, my credit card companies. The US Postal Service does too. They all let me process a change online. Apparently water delivery requires some special security regulations regarding address changes. I [...]