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Trolls, Angry Cats, and Other Oddities

November 19, 2013
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No, this isn’t a post about DnD or R. L. Stein. We aren’t talking about hobbits or a ring. This post is about the trolls that inhabit the underworld known as Social Media. In follow up to the post from a few days ago on being whiny, I’d like to discuss the habits of what…

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Real vs. Perceived Value

November 14, 2013
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I already had a post ready for today, but I’ll keep that one in the can for later. Instead, I felt I had to interject on a topic in the news today that seems to defy any sort of logic or common sense. Below is a quote from an article in the Wall Street Journal…

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Angry or Just Whiny?

November 12, 2013
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Okay, so I’ve been meaning to get started on this topic for a while now. Social media is filled with posts on politics. While some actually do make good points, it’s difficult to get to that point for the delivery. Outrageous statements, or in some cases blatant fabrications, draw the focus away from the actual…

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Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Activism, angry, Common Sense, Iraq, Politics, Social Media, whiny 3 Comments

Gen Y ~ The Millennials

September 25, 2013
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You can’t go anywhere or turn on the radio or TV without hearing something about “Gen Y”. Regardless of the chosen term, it’s all the same. Some prefer “Millennials”. Others prefer the more provocative term “The Me generation” which speaks to the entitlement mentality that is so prevalent among this generation. But who qualifies as…

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Average Joe – The Mindset

September 9, 2013
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Average Joe isn’t a person. It isn’t even a persona. It’s more of a mindset, but more than that, it is becoming a movement. So just what is this Average Joe thing? Average Joe is, simply put, a movement to instill more common sense into a population that has replaced it with knowledge. We rely…

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Common Sense is the New PHD

August 29, 2013
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I’ve managed to get involved with several conversations over on Quora.com lately revolving around the concept of common sense. Sometimes it’s more general, and other times the discussion revolves around a more specific topic, and how common sense could, or should, be applied. Almost every time, it becomes more and more apparent that common sense…

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Positive Feedback and New Releases

August 14, 2013
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So far, the Average Joe book series is getting some really good feedback. Here are a small sampling of what people are saying. Via Amazon reviews: 5 star rating Although Bill mentions Journalists and the lack of common sense we tend to use, I believe there are much that can we learned in his book….

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Anoucnement: Volumes 1 and 2 of the Average Joe Series are Available on Kindle

August 2, 2013
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I am super excited to announce the launch of this Book series. It has been several years since the concept first came to me, but like many of us, I had doubts and fears. The initial idea was to do one large book, but that seemed daunting. I knew if it seemed like a lot…

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The Average Joe – An Exercise in Common Sense

July 30, 2013
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Welcome to Average Joe. No, Average Joe isn’t a person, it is an idea. This idea revolves around taking a look at your world, and applying some common sense to the senselessness that surrounds us. This site exists to support the book series, An Average Joe’s Common Sense Guide to <insert topic here>”. As of…

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