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Nine Topics Guaranteed to Increase Your AdSense Revenue 2008-03-02 15:31:58 People often ask me, “BradBrown.com, I’m tired of writing about my cat. What can I write about that will drive more traffic to my low volume site? I really would like to increase my AdSense/Amazon revenue so I can buy more toys for my cat.” I’ve decided to reveal my top nine [...] Read more:Revenue
How To Succeed Like Barack Obama 2008-02-26 07:18:45 While watching the Univision presidential debate the other night, I finally realized why America loves BarackObama
so much. He has so many good characteristics and behaviors that when combined, create a very likable superman. I thought I’d deconstruct Obama to determine what makes him so successful, so that we can all incorporate [...] Read more:Barack Obama
Identity Death Protection 2008-02-20 19:55:34 Opinions are like blogs; everybody has one. But unlike the real world, where the chances of your opinion getting you killed are slim due to the nature of the limited audience, it’s a different world in the blogosphere. It just takes one offensive comment by you to send a sociopathic fan heading towards [...] Read more:Protection
2008 Career Guide 2008-02-16 22:25:38 Every day, I receive two or three emails from college kids asking about the current trends in hiring. As the leading authority on job dissatisfaction, I feel it’s important to encourage them to choose a career based on their personality and education. Putting the emphasis on maximizing salary will just lead to sadness; [...] Read more:Career
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Review: Ted’s Montana Grill 2008-02-15 12:08:40 My good friend Ted Turner emailed the other day and asked if I had been to his restaurant yet. I replied and reminded him that I had been six times. He in turn replied, “Now that you have an outlet for that loud mouth, why don’t you blog about it?” Normally, I [...] Read more:Montana
, Grill
Be A Rockstar Blogger 2008-02-10 10:52:52 The term “rockstar” is synonymous with money, fame, and great hair. It seems that only yesterday, the precursors to bloggers - men running bulletin boards in their Moms’ basements - were deemed creepy and undesirable. Since then, the landscape has changed. Blogger
s are appearing on TV, at conferences, and in Wired ads [...] Read more:Rockstar
Lazy Supervisor’s Success Guide 2008-02-08 18:48:13 My manager Tim called me over to his desk one day. He was designing the layout of his swimming pool in Visio, and he wanted my opinion on the design. Tim had sold all his UPS stock to have the pool built, which at UPS, puts you in a promotion purgatory. UPS [...] Read more:Guide
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United Parcel Service - Hierarchy 2008-02-03 13:53:43 [Author’s note: I worked for UPS Corporate for about 2.5 years from about 2005 to 2007. I made a lot of observations while working there. I thought I’d share them here in a series of never-ending articles. If I end up being assassinated for writing this article, I’ll leave the evidence in [...] Read more:United
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, Hierarchy
Carny 2008-01-30 22:38:04 What would a blog be without a story about everyone’s favorite Wilson-Phillips member? Just kidding. Every September in my hometown, the local fairground sprung to life with the regional Chattahoochee Valley Fair. It was as close as you could get to DisneyWorld without standing in line for 18 hours. The anticipation [...]
Sue Your Way To Financial Success 2008-01-26 13:19:04 It seems that every year, a product we thought was safe turns out to be deadly. Pop Rocks was found to cause kids’ heads to explode, asbestos (once used in cotton candy) was found to cause lung cancer, and lead paint, which I used to eat regularly as a baby, causes low IQ. [...] Read more:Success
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, Financial Success
The Ride-Along 2008-03-09 12:36:10 There comes a time in every UPS supervisor’s career when he’s given the opportunity to ride along with a package delivery driver. My chance came during New Management Orientation (NMO). NMO is UPS’s equivalent to Jonestown, except that it’s held in a discrete office park and only lasts for two weeks [and typically, [...]
A History of Drugs 2008-03-16 10:24:04 I’ve never been a big fan of drugs. My thought is that if one’s reality is bad enough to change via chemicals, it’s better to change your reality than to mask the root problem with drugs. My only real vices are Tequila and Ouzo. Still, I have tried various compounds throughout my [...] Read more:Drugs
, History
Our Town 2008-03-21 17:22:58 The Post Office
I had to drop off some Bookmooch packages at the customer counter of the post office. To save time, I usually walk up to the counter and immediately say “I’d like to send these books via media mail. These packages contain no liquids, bombs, scissors or other threatening devices.” [...]
Seven Ways to Become a Better Prostitute 2008-03-22 18:34:45 I’ve never been a prostitute, nor have I ever been with a prostitute. However, I didn’t become America’s premiere raconteur overnight; it took a lot of hard work and careful attention to my craft. As with any business, the things I’ve learned can be applied to other fields of endeavor. With the [...] Read more:Seven
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Forty-Nine Short Book Reviews 2008-03-25 19:32:24 I used to choose books by carefully reading all the reviews on Amazon.com. Then I realized that most of those reviews were created by friends of the authors. Heartbroken, I gave up reading, which in turn led to heavy drinking and a life of crime. To save my loyal readers such great [...] Read more:Short
, Book Reviews
How to Fail like Hillary Clinton 2008-03-30 12:27:07 Failure, as applied to HillaryClinton
, is a relative term. Her significant accomplishments include:
She has a Yale law school degree
She has a loving husband and daughter.
She has done more for health care reform than anyone else.
Now Hillary is competing against someone of similar background and competence, and she’s gradually losing her chance at [...] Read more:Hillary Clinton
Diamonds and Rust 2008-04-03 19:25:50 I’ll often come up with a great topic to write about, yet not be able to write anything on that subject. For whatever reason, the words never come to me. The title, and perhaps a brief summary, will languish on my desktop for weeks, waiting to be fleshed out. Eventually, I’ll forget [...] Read more:Diamonds
When Mexicans Attack 2008-04-05 20:59:43 My weekend trip to Mom’s began as it usually did. I woke up an hour late and ended up getting out the door by 10:00 am. It was raining fairly heavily that day. The rain was coming down in sheets and producing a nice rhythm as it pelted Lil’ Pepe. I turned [...]
Outsourcing Your Blog 2008-01-23 17:49:48 The idea of outsourcing blogging tasks occurred to me after reading Tim Ferriss’ book, “The 4-Hour Workweek.” One of Ferriss’ recommendations is to outsource various aspects of your business in order to create more free time for yourself. He doesn’t specifically mention blogs, but the outsourcing tasks he suggests are very similar to [...] Read more:Outsourcing
Top Ten Lesbians I’d Date 2008-01-19 15:31:18 …if:
I weren’t getting married.
The lesbians in question were heterosexual.
They actually wanted to date me.
[Author’s note: Sometimes I come up with really stupid ideas for articles. This is one such article. As much as the little voice in my head tells me to write significant articles about real world issues, I can’t help but [...] Read more:Top Ten
Ear Candles 2008-01-15 21:44:48 I have a fondness for alternative health practices. I don’t believe any of them, but I find the claims a refreshing change from reality. One of my ex’s read about ear candles on the Intraweb ™ and decided she had to try them. It sounded like a nice alternative to a Blockbuster [...] Read more:Candles
Amway 2008-01-12 10:53:08 I first encountered Amway
when I was a wee lad, I’d guess around age nine or ten. My sister and her husband started selling it. I remember going over to their house one day and finding every normal product they owned replaced with exotic sounding replacements; Tide was replaced with “Amway XJ-11 Detergent” and [...]
Pornography 2008-01-09 20:07:54 When I was a kid, you really had to work hard to find porn. Unlike today, where 32 flavors of kink are just a mouse click away, there was some effort that went into the acquisition and possession of porn. I think kids of today don’t appreciate the way it was back in [...] Read more:Pornography
Adventures in Scouting 2008-01-05 15:21:37 I believe my motivation for wanting to join the Boy Scouts was that I thought it was as close to military service as I could get without getting shot. As most boys did, I played with toy soldiers, watched GI Joe, and had a general fascination with all things military. I was also [...] Read more:Adventures
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Eight Online Dating Profile Warning Signs 2008-01-04 18:16:01 …because I couldn’t think of ten.
Given my forthcoming marriage to a certain young lady, I thought I’d reflect on my many years of online dating. Sure, I could reflect on my years of eating ramen noodles while watching American Gladiators, but that wouldn’t make for a good column. I’ve viewed plenty [...] Read more:Eight
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QiGong 2007-12-29 19:50:31 In early 2007, a friend convinced me to attend a three day QiGong seminar in Asheville, North Carolina. QiGong is a set of exercises similar to Tai Chi, with emphasis on breathing technique, or if you are Southern Baptist, it’s what you would call “the Devil’s work.” The general thought is that breathing [...]
1and1 VPS 2007-12-28 08:32:42 I’ve been hosting BradBrown.com on 1and1 for two months now, and while too short a time for a thorough review, I thought I’d share what I’ve learned so far. I am not an affiliate of 1and1, nor do I receive any advertising revenue from them, so this is about as unbiased a [...]
Medicine 2007-12-18 20:25:45 I had been lying on the bathroom floor for about 10 minutes when Mom knocked and asked “Are you ok?” I felt fine and told her I’d be out soon. Mom had given me a little Ouzo to counteract my flu-like symptoms, and being a twelve-year old lightweight, I was completely drunk (”wasted,” [...] Read more:Medicine
Coffee 2007-12-11 23:02:56 Over the years, I’ve passively attempted to find better ground coffee, occasionally picking something new from the store shelves surrounding my usual Folgers. Two years ago, when I had more time than sense, I decided it was probably best to roast green coffee beans and grind them myself; when I “get into” something, it’s [...] Read more:Coffee
Potential 2007-12-10 21:06:48 When I first heard of the One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC), I thought “Great! With access to the sum total of the World’s knowledge, those kids will lift themselves out of poverty.” Honestly, that was the sentence running through my head. My second thought was “Hmmm…but what if they [...] Read more:Potential
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