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My Fingers Hurt From Typing

I am a mid thirty-ish guy who has arthritis in his fingers. Yep, kinda young but I’ve had it for years.

Typing is one of those activities that I enjoy (because I enjoy writing) but which really makes life difficult to enjoy (because it hurts like the dickens sometimes).

So I ask you, what is a guy supposed to do? There are only so many drugs you can take before you start to feel like you ought to be turning tricks on a street corner somewhere. And at the same time I can’t give up typing. (Who would update the blog?)

Should I just give in and call myself a junkie – do what it takes to stop the pain?

Or should I just push through it like Rocky Balboa?

How Can College Students Save on Airfare?

Guest post by Ali Kendall



How Can College Students Save on Airfare?

A recent article on Airfare-Now! talks about four specific things that college students can do to save a few bucks on airfare. The article, entitled 4 Ways for College Students to Save on Airfare Now! suggests that college students stay flexible, do their research, plan ahead, and travel mid-week. Here's the gist:

1) Stay Flexible: Click the "my dates are flexible" button when searching for airfares online. Trying to travel on specific dates USUALLY costs more, but flexible travel dates will ALWAYS cost less.

2) Research Before You Buy: College students can be spontaneous and impulsive. Do your research with several travel consolidators before booking the airfare.

3) Plan Ahead: Last minute flyers always pay a premium. College students should plan ahead in order to get the better airfare.

4) Travel Mid-Week: Skip a class or two and travel in the middle of the week.

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The Buzz About Page Rank

So what is all the buzz about Page Rank?

I suppose if you are looking to make a lot of money off of the internet rather than just looking for something to do with your otherwise boring life then it would be fun to go after page rank. Getting listed amongst the top pages of the internet is pretty nice, I suppose if you want people to read your stuff.

Me, I write random this and that from time to time, just enough to keep me busy, but I don’t anticipate moving above PR zero anytime soon. This blog doesn’t even really have a theme to it.

I haven’t optimized for search at all. I haven’t built a bunch of back links, and there aren’t a ton of posts (yet).

But the truth is I am pretty much content with how it is going. A part time gig that gives me something to do in the wee hours of insomnia.

Internet Hate

What, may I ask is the point of internet hate?

So people go onto other people's blogs and post comments that are spiteful, hateful, hurtful and every other kind of -ful you can think of in a negative way.

Then there are people who get online and post stuff on their own blogs that are likewise very un-positive.

What might I ask is the point of that? Is it to stir up trouble? Is it to create controversy and thereby create readers? (I know that for me and a certain other blog I maintain that is exactly the reason, and it works by the way). But if you aren't out to get money, then what are you trying to do?

The person you are typing at can't see you, hear you, smell you and has no idea that you are anyting other than a 3rd grader who got on the computer when mommy wasn't looking. I guess I just don't understand the point of actually being angry at someone you don't know about something that could very well be a fiction.

Your thoughts?