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New posts for the new year, James Pilant
I have posted seldom over the past several weeks. I have been in downward spiral due to severe allergies and sinus infections. It has been a painful time for me.…
Dental Work and Me!
Dental Work and Me I haven’t been posting for the last few days. My teeth require considerable work and this has been happening. (My dentist is very nice.) I still…
I’m Down with a Pulled Tooth!
I’ve had a rear molar removed after it broke into many pieces. I’m taking some vicodin for the pain(just like House), and while there is a certain temptation to become…
Riki Lindhome makes you laugh and cry at the same time
Listen to this – amazing talent. Pretty in Buffalo It has been a couple of years since I discovered the duo, Garfunkel and Oates, the comedy-musical team of Riki Lindhome…
The Death of an English Soldier – What I am watching on You Tube.
This film is a story about the death of an English soldier in Afghanistan in 2007. We meet his family and members of his unit. What was shocking and surprising was…
The Location of the New Site
Pilant’s Business Ethics It needs a lot of work but the prototype is up. Be tough and criticize me harshly!! This new blog is supposed to be an improvement in…
Could Radiation from Japan Reach the United States?
Expert: Nuclear Radiation Could Spread Far Beyond Japan (via Voice of America) From VoA: An American nuclear expert says radiation from Japan could spread across the Pacific and reach the…
Not Soon! My Cable Company Says.
(This was originally published on 4/27/11.) My cable is down. I am blogging from school which is not the same as blogging for four or five hours. They may not…
We’re getting to crunch time on moving the blog!
I just finished the book, Blogging All in One for Dummies. I got it on Monday and finished it tonight. It answered most of the questions I had about moving…
Borowitz Report
- Greece No Longer a Nation; Announces Plan to Become Social NetworkATHENS (The Borowitz Report) – After struggling for months with an intractable financial crisis, Greece announced today that it would cease to exist as a sovereign nation and would instead reboot itself as a social network. The new entity, FetaBook, is expected to raise much-needed billions in an upcoming IPO. The social network formerly known as Greece [... […]
- A Letter from Mark ZuckerbergMENLO PARK, CA (The Borowitz Report) – On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors: Dear Potential Investor: For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook. Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too. Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you […]
- Hoping for Knockout Punch, CIA Sends JP Morgan Execs to Infiltrate Al-QaedaWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In a covert mission designed to destroy what remains of al-Qaeda, the CIA has been infiltrating the terror network with executives from JP Morgan Chase, the banking giant. The mission, which the intelligence agency had hoped to keep secret, came to light this week when al-Qaeda dismissed two of its top […]
- Read Andy Borowitz’s New Bestseller with This Free AppYou don’t have to own a Kindle to read Andy Borowitz’s #1 bestseller, An Unexpected Twist. Now you can read it on any device by downloading this free app here. Then download Andy’s book here. The critics rave: “Andy Borowitz is the funniest human on Twitter, and that’s not mean praise… This funny book has a sneaky emotional […]