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The Next Good Idea

Let’s End Credit Solicitations

We all have morning rituals.  And most of us probably have a few we’d like to opt out of.  My morning tear-up-the-credit-card-opportunity-into-little-bits-and-put-it-in-the-recycling ritual is one I would gladly abandon.

Richard Winkler recently told be about OptOutPreScreen.  This web service removes your name from the various Consumer Credit Reporting Companies that provide the solicitors with their targets.  You can do it forever, or for five years.  You can also opt back in.  They do ask you to provide your Social Security number, but, being a victim of identity theft, I opted out of that option.  I hope it works as the list will be down to 99 problems, but this won’t be one.
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These Are Those Things

A Truly Pleasurable Experience: "Love And War"

I got a link today to check out a short film at the YouTube Screening Room.  I did not yet know about this new feature at YouTube.  It’s High Definition.  You can watch full screen without the image getting fuzzy.  The sound was good.  And they have award winning films from around the world.  I felt like I was getting closer to that elusive promise of the internet…

Maybe it was because it was early in the morning and my brain hadn’t yet woken up.  Or maybe it’s because the film was good.  Check out Love And War, “probably the world’s first animated opera”.  The puppets are good, the shots great, the music absorbing.  It’s a great way to start your day.