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<title>Ron McElfresh RSS</title><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/index.html</link><description>Who Cares What I Think?</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright &#x26;copy; 2007 Ron McElfresh&#x2c; Honolulu&#x2c; HI USA. All Rights Reserved</dc:rights><dc:date>2008-07-26T08:44:50-10:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:51:36 -1000</lastBuildDate><item><title>I Like Saturday</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Events</category><dc:date>2008-07-26T08:44:50-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/i-like-saturdays.html#unique-entry-id-207</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/i-like-saturdays.html#unique-entry-id-207</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Thursday&rsquo;s are usually busier than any other day of the week, though I think I tend to be more efficient that day. 

...After all, it&rsquo;s the first real fun day of the week, the first to be looked forward to, and the pleasant respite before Saturday, which is the crown jewel of the week&rsquo;s days.


...It&rsquo;s all alone as a full, complete day sandwiched between two other good days, though, as noted Friday is better than Sunday. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Nature Of Us vs. Them</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>People</category><dc:date>2008-05-14T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-nature-of-us-vs-them.html#unique-entry-id-179</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-nature-of-us-vs-them.html#unique-entry-id-179</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ask any chicken, fish, cow or pig what they think of what humans have done to them, and it won't be good news.


...Distinctions between race, cultures, class, education, and looks are at the heart of the nature of us vs. them considerations.


Whether it's Christian countries against Muslim countries, Republicans against Democrats, male against female, or labor against business, us vs. them is the approach, methodology and end results. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Highway Landfill Solution</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Ideas</category><dc:date>2008-05-13T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-highway-landfill-solution.html#unique-entry-id-178</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-highway-landfill-solution.html#unique-entry-id-178</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[All over the country, our landfills, those places where we send our garbage to become growing mountains of trash, are filling up. 

...How about a new pilot program called Adopt-a-Pothole to take all solid trash and use it to fill the potholes in streets and highway. 

...When trash and garbage is fully solidified it would make a great filler for potholes and the perfect substance to build and repair streets and highways. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Beer To Love&#x2c; Redux</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-05-09T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/beer-to-love-redux.html#unique-entry-id-172</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/beer-to-love-redux.html#unique-entry-id-172</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The perfect cold beer, served from a double chilled bottle, still doesn't have the sweet and soft taste of fresh draft beer. 

...I let the keg chill in the 'fridge for a few days, plunked a few wet beer mugs in amongst the crushed ice in the freezer section, and tried to read the keg's instructions using an old microscope. 

...The result was a very cold glass of draft beer, similar to the best draft from the corner pub, but colder, and, I dare say, a little sweeter. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Beer To Love</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-05-12T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/beer-to-love.html#unique-entry-id-171</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/beer-to-love.html#unique-entry-id-171</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've managed to come up with an attractive and simple method to make my selected beer more palatable, preserving a bit of beer bite, while making the drinking process something enjoyable.


...Then, when I'm ready to drink, I'll take a cold bottle of beer and stick it into the crushed ice of the refrigerator's freezer compartment, along with a wet beer mug, sufficient to hold the beer.


...For me, my freezer, my glass, and the beer, about 20 minutes is all that's required to get the right chill. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Counting Calories Is Not Easy</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>People</category><dc:date>2008-05-08T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/counting-calories-is-not-easy.html#unique-entry-id-166</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/counting-calories-is-not-easy.html#unique-entry-id-166</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It takes effort to determine how many calories there are in what we eat, effort to remember how many we've counted through the course of the day, and effort to subtract the total from our daily limit.


...There's a daily limit to the number of calories we should have? 


...How many calories should you take in each day to maintain your weight (all other factors remaining somewhat constant)? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Worst Thing About Politics</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Media</category><dc:date>2008-04-23T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-worst-thing-about-politics.html#unique-entry-id-162</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-worst-thing-about-politics.html#unique-entry-id-162</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In fact, Wolf is wound so tight he keeps saying the same thing over and over. 

...Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, John Roberts, and everyone else-- except Larry King, whom I suspect already died a year or two ago, since his deathly ashen look hasn't changed in since he posed for the Wax Museum in Las Vegas-- mimics the same  phrase.


Personally, I prefer watching NBC's Chris Mattews and Keith Olbermann talk politics, with occasional commentary by Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams, to anything on CNN except Rudi Bakhtiar on Fox (formerly gracing  CNN as a reader on Headline News).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Inequity Of Public Toilets</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-05-07T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-inequity-of-public-toilets.html#unique-entry-id-157</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-inequity-of-public-toilets.html#unique-entry-id-157</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[What's fair is fair except for the fact that the women's toilet is always crowded, often with a line that backs up into the hallway, while the men's toilet facilities seldom have a crowd, seldom a line, seldom any congestion at all.


There are times when one of the men's toilet facilities is closed to men and opened to women, simply to ease the women's congestion, so to speak.


...An enlightened society would recognize those differences, whether physiological, psychological, or whatever logical, and make adjustments in the facilities to account for specific needs, rather than the specifics of equality.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Is Dr. Phil Good For You?</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Media</category><dc:date>2008-05-06T06:00:20-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/is-dr-phil-good-for-you.html#unique-entry-id-151</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/is-dr-phil-good-for-you.html#unique-entry-id-151</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Without a doubt you know someone with a personal problem who could benefit from a visit to Dr. 

...We also benefit because it doesn't take long for us to realize that no matter how bad our own lives are, no matter how many petty grievances or psychological issues we might exhibit, we're still doing better than Dr. 

...Is he really entertaining or simply good for you as in aspirin is good for you because it reduces pain? ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bushisms</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Media</category><dc:date>2008-05-05T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/bushisms-george-bush-cannot-speak-a-coherent-sentence.html#unique-entry-id-150</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/bushisms-george-bush-cannot-speak-a-coherent-sentence.html#unique-entry-id-150</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Bushisms are any of a number of peculiar words, phrases, pronunciations, malapropisms, semantic or linguistic errors and gaffes that have occurred in the public speaking of United States President George W. 

..."You know, when you give a man more money in his pocket&mdash;in this case, a woman more money in her pocket to expand a business, it&mdash;they build new buildings. 

..."Iraq is a very important part of securing the homeland, and it's a very important part of helping change the Middle East into a part of the world that will not serve as a threat to the civilized world, to people like&mdash;or to the developed world, to people like&mdash;in the United States."
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Name Five Things</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Events</category><dc:date>2008-05-02T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/name-five-things.html#unique-entry-id-144</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/name-five-things.html#unique-entry-id-144</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For example, name five cities in which you've lived. 

...Name the five worst jobs you've every had, and list them side by side with the five best jobs you've had.


...Name five area codes in which you've lived or worked. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Baptists vs. Mormons</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Ideas</category><dc:date>2008-05-01T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/baptists_vs_mormons-the-art-of-religion-in-the-white-house.html#unique-entry-id-139</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/baptists_vs_mormons-the-art-of-religion-in-the-white-house.html#unique-entry-id-139</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I thought they were both creations of God, therefore, brothers in that sense, much the same as the brotherhood of man, but on a more angelic level.


...As if leading an army through the gates of Hell, the Southern Baptists held their annual convention in Salt Lake City, Utah-- the Mormon Church's world headquarters. 

...Now, two prominent politicians, one Southern Baptist and the other a Mormon, go head to head in a political battle for the nation's highest office. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Where Have You Gone&#x2c; Joe DiMaggio?</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Events</category><dc:date>2008-04-30T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/where-have-you-gone-joe-dimaggio.html#unique-entry-id-138</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/where-have-you-gone-joe-dimaggio.html#unique-entry-id-138</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It is surprising how pervasive the habit has become in modern times, and how many long-standing, hard-earned records have been broken-- not by talent and hard work, but by modern medicine.


...A few are outraged but too many sports fans expect their heroes to do anything possible to gain an edge in their respective sport, legal or otherwise.


...The likes of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens and other offenders of the modern baseball era deserve to go down in history, too. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Wacky Warning Label Contest</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-04-28T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-wacky-warning-label-contest.html#unique-entry-id-130</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-wacky-warning-label-contest.html#unique-entry-id-130</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch came up with a contest for wacky labels; not so much for fun but to show what happens in a litigious world where lawyers run amok.


...What's interesting about this whole label and litigation process is that lawyers cause the litigation and lawyers create the labels to avoid product liability. 

...The winner, and deservedly so (it's a 'wacky' contest), was for the label on a small tractor which stated, "Danger: Avoid Death." 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Basic Diet Rules That Never Fail</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-04-29T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/my-basic-diet-rules-that-never-fail.html#unique-entry-id-123</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/my-basic-diet-rules-that-never-fail.html#unique-entry-id-123</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sugar in the form of high fructose corn syrup does not seem to cause any problems whatsoever, other than keeping my weight stable, despite the warnings that HFCS is worse than sugar. 

...If I can't pronounce something on the label of ingredients, I usually dispense with the purchase, which also eliminates stocking the shelves with what can't be good for me. 


...I don't know what they stuff into chicken these days to make them plump, but it requires that said chicken be smothered in something else to provide taste. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>I Want A New Camera</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-04-25T06:00:40-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/i-want-a-new-camera.html#unique-entry-id-122</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/i-want-a-new-camera.html#unique-entry-id-122</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's difficult to justify a new camera when there isn't really anything wrong with the camera I have now, which, arguably is the best camera I've ever owned. 

...Actually, the camera I want is probably the same amount better than the camera I have, than the camera I have is better than the camera I had before that camera.


...When all is said and done, I want want what I want but cannot have, unless either my wife or I decide not to eat in 2008. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Football Tweaks</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Ideas</category><dc:date>2008-04-24T06:50:20-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/it-is-time-to-add-a-few-tweaks-to-football.html#unique-entry-id-116</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/it-is-time-to-add-a-few-tweaks-to-football.html#unique-entry-id-116</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[If a defensive or offensive player is guilty of an infraction, a penalty that usually would cost a team five, 10, or 15 yards, how about putting the offending player in the penalty box for a play?


...For example, each team could get two penalties with just yardage imposed, but the third penalty would be both yardage and the benching of a player for a few downs.


I'm willing to bet that such a penalty box rule would result in fewer penalties, especially if the Penalty Box was a real box on a stand near mid-field, close enough for fans to throw garbage at the player and hurl insults at the team.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>No Music Day? How About National Quiet Day?</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Ideas</category><dc:date>2008-04-22T06:00:50-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/no-music-day-how-about-a-national-day-of-quiet.html#unique-entry-id-115</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/no-music-day-how-about-a-national-day-of-quiet.html#unique-entry-id-115</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Not only would there be a ban on music, but how about a ban on television and radio commercials? 

...If No Music Day becomes a hit in the U.K., then television and radio commercials would be next, and why not? 

...The only way to reduce noise, from my assessment of days that benefit society while  benefiting me, is to go to a National Day of Quiet. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What If It Stopped Raining?</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Events</category><dc:date>2008-04-21T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/what-if-it-stopped-raining.html#unique-entry-id-108</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/what-if-it-stopped-raining.html#unique-entry-id-108</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The drought is so bad that state officials in Georgia have resorted to prayer as a viable solution.


Southern and southwestern Europe are in the middle of a drought that appears eerily similar. 

...Large chunks of Australia are under a drought that has never been seen and recorded by humans.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Best Pets</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-04-18T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/what-are-the-best-pets.html#unique-entry-id-102</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/what-are-the-best-pets.html#unique-entry-id-102</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[How else can you explain why people who have dogs as pets also dress them up in clothing to resemble little hairy malformed people creatures?


Whatever it is that makes a pet a good pet has to do with the human characteristics displayed by the pet. 

...It's loyal, relatively clean, and can be a decent burglar or fire alarm, though in some countries and cultures dogs are more of a stir fry delicacy. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A Face In The Tile On The Floor</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Ideas</category><dc:date>2008-04-17T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/a-face-in-the-tile-on-the-floor.html#unique-entry-id-95</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/a-face-in-the-tile-on-the-floor.html#unique-entry-id-95</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Children often play a game with clouds and try to identify various figures or people as the clouds float throught the sky.


...The light across the tiles in the morning is different than in the afternoon and both are different when the bathroom lights are turned on. 

...When viewing clouds as a child, we would see angels, or pirates, or elephants, or cats, or old men with beards. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The High Cost Of Buying Health In A Bottle</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-04-16T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-high-cost-of-buying-good-health-in-a-bottle.html#unique-entry-id-94</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-high-cost-of-buying-good-health-in-a-bottle.html#unique-entry-id-94</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I still have my knee and it works fine, thanks in part to the vitamin, mineral, and herbal supplement from Dr. 

...Mountain Home has products for your eyes, prostrate gland, urinary tract, heart and other organs I don't remember from anatomy studies in school. 

...For the most part, I eat healthy, and take a few vitamins and minerals to supplement where I think I may have a shortage. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Uniform Of The Apple Religion</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-04-15T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-uniform-of-the-apple-religion.html#unique-entry-id-88</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-uniform-of-the-apple-religion.html#unique-entry-id-88</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[During the Leopard launch, Apple Store employees wore their black t-shirts, though I'm sure I've seen them wear such attire for awhile, perhaps many months. 

...That's nearly 24 years of Mac use, which I prefer to Windows or any of the Linux flavors, as it provides a better user experience, less grief and headache, and more enjoyment, though I am well versed in all three platforms.


My wife and I stood in line to purchase the latest version of OS X, picked up our black t-shirts, and came home with the feeling that we had witnessed a religious revival, a retail tent meeting, complete with donations and a few miracles (converts from Windows to Mac).
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Woking The Dog</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Events</category><dc:date>2008-04-11T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/woking-the-dog-a-new-form-of-puppy-control.html#unique-entry-id-82</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/woking-the-dog-a-new-form-of-puppy-control.html#unique-entry-id-82</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Sanguineless, Ellen pleaded for the dog to be returned, not to the rightful owner who failed to live up to her legal responsibility to care for the dog according to the terms of a signed contract, but to the children to whom she gave away the dog.  


Using the power of her media empire, Ellen took to the airwaves to confess her sin and incite the legions of puppy lovers everywhere to rage against the kind and charitable people who pluck homeless dogs from the depths of street despair and find them homes among true puppy lovers who not only care for the creatures but follow the rules for taking on said sad creatures.


...Perhaps some may consider it acceptable for young women to become pregnant, give birth, and then, after realizing that parenthood, like puppyhood, requires time and effort and consideration and care and sacrifice-- none of which Ellen was willing to provide, despite signing a contract stating that she would-- simply decide to give away the child.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Empty Nest</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Things</category><dc:date>2008-04-10T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-children-are-gone-the-nest-is-empty.html#unique-entry-id-75</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the-children-are-gone-the-nest-is-empty.html#unique-entry-id-75</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Throughout the teenage years we had a glimpse of what was to come as both boys developed a social life beyond home.


...All those tend to mute the sounds of a happy home, though gradual, over time, in a way that grass grows. 

...It shows that the effort in raising children to become adults was met with some success, and the children don't need parents watching over their shoulders. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Wedding</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Events</category><dc:date>2008-04-09T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the_wedding_of_a_son.html#unique-entry-id-74</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/the_wedding_of_a_son.html#unique-entry-id-74</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Our first son's wedding was just a few years ago and an even to remember.   The wedding ceremony was held on an islet at Sea Life Park, east of Honolulu. 

...In reality, the wedding ceremony and reception were memorable events suitable for fond looks back to see where it all started.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Comedy As News</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Media</category><dc:date>2008-04-14T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/comedy-as-news-or-is-whats-funny-really-the-truth.html#unique-entry-id-71</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/comedy-as-news-or-is-whats-funny-really-the-truth.html#unique-entry-id-71</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[With a dozen or so 24-hour cable television news outlets that need material, and an insatiable desire to view what's bad, news has gone commodity. 

...Whether television, radio, newspaper, magazine or internet, the world has an abundance of what is classified as news, but is not newsworthy.


...Finding truth and honesty and reality and comedy in the news is best left The Daily Show, because no one else in media does it, does it better, YouTube notwithstanding.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kaiser Permanente. Thrifty. Not Thrive.</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Events</category><dc:date>2008-04-07T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/kaiser-permanente-thrifty-not-thrive.html#unique-entry-id-54</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/kaiser-permanente-thrifty-not-thrive.html#unique-entry-id-54</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As is the case with most HMO's, and most insurance companies of any kind, they want you, the customer (and sometimes a patient) to pay money, not collect money.


In the case of Kaiser, they want you to pay money, stay healthy, and not collect any health care. 

...An improved diet, select supplements, and regular knee exercises have reduced the pain to almost nothing, though the knee joint is malformed from the years of inflammation.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Whatever Happened To The News?</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>Media</category><dc:date>2008-04-04T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/whatever-happened-to-the-news.html#unique-entry-id-53</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/whatever-happened-to-the-news.html#unique-entry-id-53</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It's also defined as information not previously known, and finally, the real kicker, a person or thing considered interesting enough to be reported in the news.


...Entertainment as news is not a new phenomenon, but it takes a place at the forefront of media more so than at any time in history.


...Do the masses know as much about personal rights that have been curtailed by an overzealous government bent on protecting everything about the country except the rights that made the country in the first place?
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Do Not Work For An Ass</title><dc:creator>Ron McElfresh</dc:creator><category>People</category><dc:date>2008-04-08T06:00:00-10:00</dc:date><link>http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/do-not-work-for-an-asshole.html#unique-entry-id-51</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://ronmcelfresh.com/files/do-not-work-for-an-asshole.html#unique-entry-id-51</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I can count on one had the number of great bosses I've worked for, and I'd still have a few extra fingers-- enough to display some sign language toward a few previous bosses.


...The job interview process is flawed, but reveals a decent rule of thumb which may help you in your next job but won't do diddly for the pit you're in now.


...Bad bosses, the ones you've known already and learned to hate in oh-so-many ways, interview quickly, talk too much about themselves, don't ask many questions, and make decisions too quickly.
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