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Four For Friday

Q1 - Trigger: Do you have a trigger or tell-tale sign that you're about to get sick (i.e., that you're about to get the 24-hour flu, a massive headache, a fever, etc.)? Image via WikipediaQ2 - Award: If you could...

Four For Friday

Q1 - Intervention: If you could single-handedly have stopped one historically or noteworthy tragedy or event, what would you have stopped from happening? Q2 - Wrong Number, But: If you dialed the wrong number and anyone of your choice answered...

Four For Friday - Should death row inmates be offered H1N1 vaccinations?

Q1 - Vaccinations: Do you think H1N1 vaccinations should be offered to Guantanamo Bay detainees or other prisoners serving time in jail for major offenses? Q2 - You 2.0: How concerned are you about your reputation online... very concerned,...

Four For Friday - Solved

Q1 - Solved: Looking back, if you could solve an unsolved caper, murder, theft, political leak, heist or practical joke, which one would you solve and why? Q2 - Interviewed: If you were nearing the end of your life and...

Four For Friday - The Success Edtion

Q1 - Defined: How do you define success? Q2 - Yourself: Do you think you're successful? Q3 - Accomplishment: Name one success in your life most people might not know about. Q4 - Recipe: Regardless of the endeavor, philosophically speaking,...

Four For Friday - Do you think President Obama Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

Image via WikipediaQ1 - Nobel Peach Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize -- one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel -- is supposed to be awarded to the person who "shall have done the most...

Four For Friday

Image via WikipediaQ1 - Presidential Duties: Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games reached its peak this week when the most well-known, influential and famous person in the world traveled to Copenhagen to make the Windy City's case before...

Why is Anyone Rushing to Defend Roman Polanski?

Image via WikipediaAm I missing something here or what? I've watched with amazement at how the popular media has covered Roman Polanski's arrest in Switzerland. Hardly anyone conducting an interview on this topic -- at least that I've seen (and...

Four For Friday

Q1 - Moving: Americans have apparently tamed their wanderlust during the recession. According to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, only 2.4% of Americans moved from one state to another in 2008, down from 2.5% the previous...

It's My Birthday and I'll Thank You if I Want To!

Image via WikipediaMy birthday always reminds me of the things I have to be thankful for. Whether it's the freedoms I enjoy, insights I've gained, friends I've made, peace of mind I've learned to find, or the wonderful jobs and...

Four For Friday

Image via WikipediaQ1 - Texting: Do you think it's presumptuous for people to send you a text message without knowing if you like or use the texting feature on your cell phone, or do you feel texting has become so...

Four For Friday: Who Would You Like to Trade Places With?

Image via WikipediaQ1 - Trading Places: Who would you like to trade places with for 48 hours? Q2 - Lunchtime: It's been a staple of lunch for generations. Where do you go to get your favorite sandwich, what is it,...

Four For Friday - The Kid Edition

Q1 - Hair: Which do you like better... the hair you had as a kid or the hair you have now? Q2 - Talking to Kids: While the President of the United States prepares to deliver a back-to-school speech to...

Four For Friday

Image via WikipediaQ1 - Wikipedia: It appears Wikipedia's positioning as the Internet's encyclopedia may be in need of some editing of its own. Media reports quote a spokesperson for the Wikimedia Foundation, which manages the uber-site, as saying that the...

Four For Friday

Image via WikipediaQ1 - Food: A friend of mine insists certain foods are exclusively "outdoor" foods, while others are exclusively "indoor" foods. For example, he says pizza is an indoor food, and hot dogs are meant to be eaten exclusively...