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I know that over the years I've usually been pretty down on quote "The Media" unquote and while I have to say that by and large that treatment is for the most part very richly deserved, it's also true that there is media out there that is actually run by people that care about doing their part to fix some of the crappy things going on in this world.

One good example is in this article I read recently about how triangle direct media Raised $5,500 for Stop Child Trafficking Now. Now I know that some will say that this isn't that much money but if you think about it, it's on par with a worldwide media giant raising millions and while those giants may raise a lot of money for good causes they're usually not doing it because it's a good cause so much as because it makes them look good in the public eye. In fact, for those giants, it's more about PR than anything else.

So when a smaller outfit pulls it together and raises $5,500 I think that in a very real way it's worth a heck of a lot more because while they do get some PR benefit from it, they're usually doing it because it's the right thing to do.

Pity that the larger megacorporations can't do something like that. For example, Walmart is always crowing about how they've given $100,000 for this or that but when you compare that amount to their profits, it's far less than what the smaller companies do. 100k is to Walmart like a buck fifty is to triangle direct media. So while their efforts resulted in a smaller number, the value is several orders of magnitude higher.

Long live the smaller businesses

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It's now been at least a couple of months since Bob disappeared and I'm no closer to knowing exactly what the heck is going on with him now than I was the day he turned up missing.

The rumors and alleged "Bob sightings" continue, each seems to be more unlikely than the last. One person claims to have been hitchhiking on Interstate 70 when a Semi pulled over and gave him a ride. Allegedly Bob was driving the 53 foot rig cross country for a moving company. Another person claims that Bob contracted with him to buy 3,432 pairs of headphones that were then to be delivered to a small diner on a little used side road in the backwoods of Montana in cases labeled "Fruit Baskets".

Obviously neither of these can possibly be true and the mystery of Bob's whereabouts continues.

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For some time now I've been wanting to get "Points of View" started up again. The big question is which direction should I take it?

Should I go with the odd and weird things and stuff that caters to the more common lower form of life that's only interested in innuendo and naked or nearly naked people?

Or should I instead focus on the more serious aspect by centering my attentions on political and corporate stupidity and outright evil?

The latter would probably not attract nearly as many views because let's face it, sexual innuendo and so on that caters to the lower range of intelligence (or more accurately the lack thereof) will always be more popular because there are a thousand times as many people in that category.

The thing is, I not only want views, I want to make some kind of a lasting impression and maybe even inspire people to actually think. Something that very few actually ever do more than once or twice in their entire lives.

There's also the question of whether or not this show should continue to be hosted by Bob or if I should take over as host.

Strange as it seems, these are not quite as easy choices as they would appear to be.

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Thanks to Roman May

After working for the last 34 years in the same job, it was time to retire. With the kids and grandkids scattered all over the country, my wife and I decided that a change of scenery would be nice for us too. But where should an old retired couple move? You got it, Colorado. We have traded in a metropolitan city for a small mountain town and our old house in a neighborhood for a house so far up in the mountains that no one can find us. It has been quite a welcome change from the hustle and bustle of our old life. However, because we do still have friends and family in various places on the map, it is still nice to keep in touch with them. One of the main ways that we stay in touch is through the internet. However, since we are so far removed from the rest of civilization, finding an internet provider was a little difficult until when of the locals in town recommended Wild Blue satellite internet. A quick internet search for wild blue Colorado at the local library got me the contact information that I needed to have the internet hooked up and running by the end of the week.

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Even though Bob has been missing for several weeks now he still is managing to be a serious irritant.

The way he's doing it is by way of things that he set in motion in the two or three weeks prior to his disappearance. The most recent of which is the delivery, postage due, of several boxes of basement tiles. Apparently he decided to do something about the fact that some moron designed this house with carpeted bathrooms. I wouldn't mind so much except for the fact that I had to pay the postage on them when they arrived and that they are very small and apparently intended to be put down in a certain pattern.

When complete they form a picture of looking down onto a bathroom filled with several of Bob's favorite girls from "Babes of Star Trek Gone Wild".

I don't suppose I mind the picture so much but if he thinks I amd going to install them he's got another think coming.

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