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"Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult."
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Natural Gas Development in Bucks County

Posted in April 13th, 2012
Published in People

I went to the “Educational Forum – Natural Gas Development in Your Community” last night (April 12, 2012) and decided  to make some notes: It was interesting… According to the ‘panel’ there aren’t any plans for fracking in Bucks County, and that since Bucks doesn’t have any ‘unconventional’ wells it would be very expensive to [...]

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Regarding Marc Randazza

Posted in March 14th, 2012
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Marc Randazza is a First Amendment attorney out of Las Vegas that has spent a lot of time defending Free Speech. Marc’s blog The Legal Satyricon is well worth a visit. A recent opinion piece he wrote regarding Rush Limbaugh can be found at CNN here. Marc’s been influential in promoting Anti-SLAPP legislation: SLAPP [Strategic Lawsuits Against [...]

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End of Life Decisions, Planning

Posted in December 10th, 2011
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Good article describing remarkable differences in how people in the medical field view treatment for life-threatening illness: How Doctors Die « Zócalo Public Square It turns out they often don’t make the same decisions that are recommended to patients, and appear to place much higher value on quality-of-life factors. 

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Rogue Anti-Virus Removal

Posted in May 11th, 2011
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Over the past few years I’ve had a number of clients who have been hit with ‘fake’ Virus alerts/warnings that are intended to alarm the user into scanning their system and eventually paying to have the fake virus removed. I have found the safest way to deal with these is to get the computer re-booted [...]

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How to switch to Microsoft Security Essentials Anti-Virus

Posted in February 20th, 2011
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Most of my clients and friends want an Anti-Virus solution that’s simple and cheap, and I have found myself installing Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) on more and more Windows systems.  It has a small footprint, doesn’t drain a lot of resources, and automatically updates.  It’s also free ;’) Please note: MSE will not install unless [...]

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Seagate ST35000620AS Failure

Posted in August 11th, 2010
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I received a call from someone with a two year-old Hewlett Packard Pavilion Slimline who told me the system would no longer boot.  I started talking him through some troubleshooting procedures so I could get a better handle on what was going on when he read an error to me that appeared on his screen: “Error- Non-System [...]

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Feelin’ Irish?

Posted in August 10th, 2010
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Lyrics | Dropkick Murphys – I’m Shipping Up To Boston lyrics

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And now, for an existentialist moment…

Posted in March 5th, 2010
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What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, ‘This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass [...]

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A friend to my Daughter and I

Posted in February 6th, 2010
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Published in Morning Call on February 6, 2010: Susan R. Kernechel, 49, of Coopersburg died Wednesday, February 3, in her home. She was the wife of Calvin Kernechel to whom she was married for more than 24 years. Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late William and Willetta Dolly (Schmitt) Pashley. She [...]

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Magellan Roadmate Loose Power Plug

Posted in November 16th, 2009
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Recently I received a call from a friend of mine who said the power plug on his GPS had “fallen off inside….” and he asked if I would be interested in taking a look at it. I thought: “Cool, a chance to take apart someone else’s stuff!” Or something like that… Once I had it [...]

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