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June 23, 2007

Random Rants and Raves #107

If anger is your only motivation to do well, then be angry.          


Gas has gone up another 10 cents a gallon in just a few days. This time, a guy in Denver is being blamed for the increase because he accidentally kicked over a can of gasoline!


Notre Dame Quarterback Brady Quinn surprisingly was the 22nd selection in the recent NFL draft, even though he was projected by many to be one of the top five picks. I guess he wasn't so mighty after all. 


Even when you don't feel good, it's best to act as if you do.


The company now known as AT&T is actually SBC, which bought out AT&T, subsequently took on the AT&T name, and later bought out Bell South, after having been broken off from AT&T in 1984 along with Bell South and the other "Baby Bells." Got that?   


I know a guy who bought his son a box of facial tissues for a graduation present -- as a reminder to keep his nose clean.


There's just a fine line between meting out a just penalty and acting spiteful. Sometimes I have a hard time finding that line. 


I rarely get any inspiration for my writing while sitting in front of my computer. Instead, it usually comes when I'm doing household chores or driving to work.

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  • No-holds-barred commentary (and humor) by Terry Mitchell on a variety of subjects such as current events, society and culture, politics, personal finance, technology, religion, health and well-being, sports, media issues, and trivia.

    His blog entries have been picked up or linked to by mainstream news services like Reuters, CNN, Wall Street Journal Online, USA Today, the Houston Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman, the Dallas Morning News, the Chicago Sun Times, the Palm Beach Post, CoxOhio.com, Northwest Florida Daily News, ConsumerAffairs.com, WWL-TV, WMUR, and WNBC. In addition to his blogging, he is currently a regular columnist for etalkinghead.com and American Chronicle. He has also written over 100 feature-length articles that have appeared on numerous Web sites.

    In this blog, Terry will never miss an opportunity to assail political correctness or take pot shots at the conventional foolishness.

    In this age of information overload, Terry knows that most people don't have time to read long, rambling blog entries. Therefore, he serves up most of his posts on this blog in small, bite-size portions. You'll appreciate his cut-to-the-chase writing style that gets straight to the point without the unnecessary and boring lead-ins.

    Also, Terry makes following promises in regard to this blog that very few bloggers will make:

    1) Posts which are always family-friendly and free of profanity and vulgarity (despite this fact, this blog is never boring and never shies away from controversy).

    2) A reasonable effort to assure proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and sentence structure.

    Readers are free to comment, both pro and con, on any post. However, any comments that include profanity or name-calling will be promptly deleted. One who cannot defend his position on a given issue without resorting to such tactics is, at best, too ignorant to adequately defend his position, and at worst, lacking a defensible position altogether.

    For Terry's biography (in his own words), see the "ABOUT" link on the left side of this page, just below his photo.

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