Archive for April, 2010

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 674

Posted on: April 29th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

If you believe in the hereafter, believe in what you are here [...]

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HOW THINGS CHANGE

Posted on: April 29th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Used to be, that in order to build a massive fortune, you had to invent something wonderful, create a large productive industry employing many thousands of workers or run a giant criminal cartel. No more. These days, great fortunes are being made by people [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 673

Posted on: April 28th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Nobody cares all that much when rich people suffer, but most people don’t get pleasure from it. It’s only other rich people that enjoy [...]

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SAMMY SCIENCE DOESN’T CARE IF YOU BELIEVE

Posted on: April 28th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Sammy Science back in the house, readers, ready to talk science. At least, that’s the whole idea of this web forum. I’m the scientist, you’re the readers, you write e-mails about science and I answer them as best I can. What I don’t [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 672

Posted on: April 27th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Barbers always know when you’ve been seeing another barber, and they don’t like it one bit. Tread [...]

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JIMMY, THE BLOGGING DOG, WATCHES TV

Posted on: April 27th, 2010 by Bob Crespo

It’s me, Jimmy, The Blogging Dog. In the interest of human science, I have been watching TV. Believe me, this wasn’t my idea, but one of the scientists who’s job it is to study me. They call me the Canine Einstein because I can understand [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 671

Posted on: April 24th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Bulls are colorblind. A red cape means nothing to them. What really pisses them off is all those creepy dudes in the funny clothes stabbing them with swords over and over. That would make anyone pretty [...]

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THE PERSONALS, 1450 A.D., and 2010

Posted on: April 24th, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Today Bobcrespo.com looks at the Personal Ads, a feature of the news media since Johannes Gutenburg completely changed the world with his printing press in 1450. Naturally they carried over into today’s printing press, the Internet. Instead of reaching [...]

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LIFE EXPLAINED, PART 670

Posted on: April 21st, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

Possibly the worst advice ever is to keep your nose to the grindstone. That’s got to hurt like [...]

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DOPOTO REPORTS: HEDGE FUND THUGS AND OTHER SCAMS

Posted on: April 21st, 2010 by Bob Crespo No Comments

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO) has been, like the rest of the world, following the disturbing events in recent years in the financial industries. Senior analysts and researchers here at The Department have been busy attempting to perform [...]