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#Media: You Only Don’t Trust Them When They Say What You Don’t Want To Hear

Posted on May 16, 2020 by Robert P.

Let’s say there was a string of burglaries and break-ins in your neighborhood. Then one of your neighbors finds out and says to you, “Hey, there were some break-ins in this neighborhood. Please be careful. I understand that a few of … Continue reading →

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#Politics: So, You’re An “Adult” Because You Don’t Unfriend Based on Who Someone Voted For? Here Is Why You’re Adding To The Problem

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Robert P.

Let me explain. Once upon a time, politics was really just that…politics. At least from what I noticed, things didn’t really venture much outside of the political arena. At some point, people developed the mindset that we should “never” discuss politics, but that … Continue reading →

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“Don’t Feed The #Trolls:” Here Is Why That Doesn’t Fix The Problem

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Robert P.

Several years ago, I attended Army Equal Opportunity Training. There was an exercise we did in which the class was instructed to draw five random chips of different colors from a cup and each color was to represent an unknown (to … Continue reading →

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We Didn’t Initially Sign Up To Argue All Day on #SocialMedia. So Why Does It Dominate So Many Lives?

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Robert P.

I believe the first time I ever involved myself with any form of social media was while I was deployed to Iraq in late 2005. Remember MySpace? That was it back then. If you want to go back even further, … Continue reading →

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#GoogleIt: “Why Can’t You Just Look It Up?” HERE’S Why

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Robert P.

I love to do research. When the time is available, I enjoy looking up information. Especially as a writer. It is not uncommon for me to have no less than five different windows open on my laptop as I’m researching … Continue reading →

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#SocialMediaStalkers: Why The Need? It’s Not Like People Don’t Know You’re There

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Robert P.

The internet is one of the best inventions I can think of. It has allowed us to do so many wonderful things and has ultimately made life incredibly convenient for us in a lot of ways. One of these ways … Continue reading →

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What Are Some Ways You Get Over Writer’s Block? Here Are a Few Of Mine

Posted on August 15, 2015 by Robert P.

Anyone who has done any significant amount of writing has experienced Writer’s Block. If you write as a career or are at least hoping to some day, then you’ve experienced this more often than others. It’s really one of a writer’s … Continue reading →

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