SOL008 - Does a child need a cell phone?

Show Notes:

• San Marino, CA exclusivity
• What is the appropriate age for children to have a cell phone?
• Why do children need a cell phone while at school?
  
• Should children take iPods to school?
  

SOL007 - Life's Challenges

Show Notes:

• Road trip
• Mother-in-law hospitalized
• Dodger game and blanket night. The boys in blue slam the Padres 8 -5!
  
• Swine flu? What swine flu?
• New position awarded
  
• Job opening re-posted for those on leave
• Scott's Podcast
  

SOL006 - Trusting Intuition

Show Notes:

• Social Networks and need for anonymity
• Do males need to worry about personal safety when participating in social networks?
• Nearby Tweets uses IP address to display tweets near your geographical proximity
• How do you read Twitter posts? On your phone? On a notebook computer you carry with you? At work?
• Like listening to music on the web via Last.fm or Pandora? Check out Blip.fm
• If you're on lock down at work as I am, how do you listen to music while you work? I share my bungled solution.
• Is God my intuition? My instinct? Do you trust your instinct? Are you in tune with it? Do you trust that gut feeling?
  
• Applied for different position
  

SOL005 - Come Out Fighting!

Show Notes:

• Spring forward!
• Work drama: Two gals posturing for status and supremacy
• Mom's 83rd birthday
• Seeing the Whole Picture
• Pecking order in family
• How do you de-stress? I play PC games: Bejeweled, Zuma and Bookworm.
  

SOL-004 - Becoming a Better Person

Show Notes:

• Ground Hog Day means extended winter. :-(
• Experiencing fabulous weather and I love L. A.!
• Barry (AKA Surfing Trucker)
• Randy (AKA The Nose 100)
• Alzheimer Disease
• Taking care of a loved one and its toll on the care taker
  
• Acknowledging and appreciating our individual influence on others and being conscious of our actions
• Why are you here? Why am I here? Do we have a purpose?
• Positive interaction with others
• Accepting aging process and getting mom to leave the house
  

SOL003 - Taxation

Show Notes:

• Superbowl
• FSA - Flexible Spending Account sharing its use and benefit as it's helped me.
  
• Govenator attempting to balance California's budget on the backs of its citizens with outrageous taxation and increased sales tax
• Financial Institution bail out
• Economy
• Sister finally has a computer and DSL connectivity
• Twitter and BrightKite Social Networks
• Randy's podcast
  

SOL002 - Disconnected

Show Notes:

• Charter Communications Internet has been down since yesterday afternoon. I've tweeted about it and, unlike Comcast Network, Charter Communications doesn't seem to have a Twitter presence. Disappointed.
• Overall, Charter Communications Internet has performed flawlessly, have had more glitches with cable TV end.
  
• Experiencing Net withdrawal???
  
• Eye fatigue caused me to get specially tinted lenses for computer use. Also bought new prescription sunglasses that wrap around sides protecting eyes from UV rays.
• Former Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda's favorite Chinese cuisine haunt.
• Mom won't leave her house. Senior citizens tend to cocoon as they age.
• Significance of relationships even business relationships
• Breathing meditation to reduce anxiety
• Do you have a back up service for Internet connectivity? Recommendation?

Addendum:

• Thanks to Kevin Inscoe for explanation of VPN (Virtual Private Network) uses and implementation. Read his excellent article!