Happy Holidays!

Here's a fun "YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2007 when..." list.

1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

4. You email the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have email addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.

And I'm going to add one to the list, although it may just be unique to me ;) #16 -- You catch yourself looking for the DVR/Tivo remote so you can rewind or pause your car radio, a movie in the theater, live TV at someone else's house or ACTUAL conversations :)

Happy New Year!

Impending Fascist Doom?

Where is the U.S. headed? And when are the masses gonna wake up and smell the stench of impending fascist doom? We need someone the likes of Ron Paul and/or Dennis Kucinich in 2008 STAT.

Homeland Security gives secret clearance to NYC fire chiefs to report back "potential" terrorists

Senate Bill 1959 to Criminalize Thoughts, Blogs, Books and Free Speech Across America

"...the more laws are passed, the larger government grows, and the less individual liberty you have."

Reagan Official Warns America Could Be A Police State Within 1 Year

Zeitgeist Movie (This starts about 10 minutes in)

Freedom to Facism

Oh...and have a lovely weekend!

The Politics of PPC Dancing

According to this study from The Rimm-Kaufman Group, voters are searching for presidential candidates online, but less than half of the candidates are actually taking advantage of PPC to get their message out.

Some highlights:

• Less than half of 2008 presidential contenders are using paid search advertising.
• More Republicans are using paid search advertising than Democrats.

Oh, and a little 80s mojo to play in the back ground while poring over the PDF :)

Re-Flex: The Politics of Dancing

Creative Protesting

I love that, despite Gen. Musharraf's suspension of free speech and TV broadcasts etc., that Pakistanis are using email, Facebook and text messaging to organize "flash" protests.

Clever use of new technology :

In Pakistan, protests against Musharraf spread

"A fairly leaderless corps of students, business professionals, middle-class housewives and others has been organizing a growing number of small-scale protests, using cell phones, text messages, YouTube and blogs to trade information and video in the absence of television news.
...
Middle-class urbanites - gathered via e-mail lists, school alumni associations and even the social Web site Facebook - are holding "flash protests" to build the anti-Musharraf mood. Coordinated by cell phone, such groups suddenly assemble at a public place, pull out placards and shout slogans calling for his ouster. They disperse before police can arrive."

How to Buy Items Confiscated at Airports

Since 9/11, the TSA has collected tons of items at airport security checkpoints. What happens to all that stuff? Here's how to buy TSA contraband.

Leftover Loot

PPC Tools

In my first blog, I wanted to share PPC tools I find helpful:

AdWords Wrapper
SpyFu
Google Trends