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Thinking about leaving Homosexuality? 2

Tonight I was reading about the American Family Association which had organized a boycott against Ford Motor Company for donating money to gay organizations. Today they lifted their boycott after 2 years, while Ford had apparently agreed to end most of its support for gay organizations. More than 780,000 people signing the petition to boycott ...

Could you become corrupt? 1

A while back a buddy of mine said to me “I would never want to become a cop because if I did I’d be corrupt”. It was an interesting statement to me because I had never thought of it quite like that. Like most other kids, I too had wanted to become a cop at ...

Worry-Free Society 1

As some of you already know I’ve been visiting China for the last week. I spent 2 nights in Hong Kong and I’ve been in the Southern island of Hainan for the last 4 days, and we’re flying way up to Beijing in a few hours. Since arriving here, I’ve been making observations about the ...

10 Life Standards 1

Taking Mojo for long walks gives me a chance to think about anything and almost everything. I think that’s why I enjoy walking so much; I don’t get distracted from my thoughts, such as I would if I were say driving or working or watching TV. I’ve also been using my new phone as a ...

Christmas fever 1

Earlier today I had a feeling of emptiness and lonliness. I couldn’t understand why I had this feeling, being surrounded by thousands of people in a shopping mall, and living in a city of 4+ million people. Later on in the evening I spent time with some friends I haven’t seen in a while. I ...

Success and Happiness

The age-old question of what defines success and happiness has been constantly in my mind over the last little while. The whole subject originally came up when I re-watched American Beauty a few weeks ago. This brilliant movie was an extreme eye-opener for me. It’s one of the few “real” movies ever made where people ...

Old Friends

Over the years I have lost touch with most of the friends that I went to high school with. It is almost entirely my fault because I don’t visit home too often and when I do visit home, my visits are typically short because of time constraints. I really regret losing touch with them because ...

Publicizing salaries 2

Could you imagine having the ability to find out the salary of any friend, co-worker or relative? Or anybody else in your country? In Finland, tax information is public, so every year when last year’s tax records become public there is a mad rush of people snooping on their friends and family to see what ...

Twenty Random thoughts 5

1. Last week I bought a car. The only thing I miss about the Jeep is the courtesy wave that other Jeepers give out when they drive by. (Talk to me in the summer and I might have a different opinion).2. Don’t buy expensive-looking speakers from the back of a van. They aren’t worth a ...

Judged by formalities 1

One thing I’ve found in the business world, especially in Information Technology is that your work and performance is judged more by formalities, image and politics than your actual delivery or production. To succeed in this industry, your number one priority needs to be the politics game, formalities such as status reports, time reporting, etc. ...