Jason OConnor
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5 Worst Date Places
- By Jason OConnor
- 08/12/2005
- Dating
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Food in teeth, nausea, childhood stories and exposing your pot belly are all things you ought to avoid on first or second dates. You run the risk of experiencing these and other humiliating incidents if you choose the wrong place to bring your date. ...
Top 10 Dumbest Things Pro Athletes Do
- By Jason OConnor
- 04/22/2007
- Recreation & Sports
- 968 words
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There seems to be an endless stream of idiotic things professional athletes do. I guess if you put a bunch of young men together, give them a boat-load of money and lots of free time, what can you expect? When beautiful women, the media and the luxuries of life are thrown at them, their cockiness and stupidity are only amplified. Here are my top ten, but of course there are lots more.
Watching the NFL versus the MLB
- By Jason OConnor
- 04/22/2007
- Recreation & Sports
- 1359 words
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Imagine placing two flat screen plasma TV's side by side in your living room smack dab in front of your couch. You've got beer, snacks a-plenty and fresh batteries in your clicker.
One TV has an NFL game on and the other has a Major League Baseball game and they both start at the same time.
Besides this being many sports fans' idea of hog heaven and even better than clicking back and forth between games with only one TV, it's fun to watch the differences between these two pro sports.
One TV has an NFL game on and the other has a Major League Baseball game and they both start at the same time.
Besides this being many sports fans' idea of hog heaven and even better than clicking back and forth between games with only one TV, it's fun to watch the differences between these two pro sports.
Google 2006 and Jagger's Aftermath
- By Jason OConnor
- 04/22/2007
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Starting this past fall (2005) Google launched a major update to their search algorithm which shook up the search engine optimization (SEO) community and millions of website rankings. The update has been named Jagger and is apparently finished.
The keywords that people used to find your site with in Google may not be producing as many visits any more because the Jagger changes caused your rankings to plummet.
The keywords that people used to find your site with in Google may not be producing as many visits any more because the Jagger changes caused your rankings to plummet.
How To Start An Email Newsletter
- By Jason OConnor
- 04/22/2007
- 1239 words
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Here are the goals:
You regularly send out relevant and anticipated email newsletters to your ever-growing list. You have a form on your website that asks people to sign up for your email newsletter. When someone signs up, they give you their name and email address and they receive a few automatic and customized emails that you previously crafted while they wait for their first newsletter edition.
You regularly send out relevant and anticipated email newsletters to your ever-growing list. You have a form on your website that asks people to sign up for your email newsletter. When someone signs up, they give you their name and email address and they receive a few automatic and customized emails that you previously crafted while they wait for their first newsletter edition.
Why We Watch Sports - (And It's Not What You Think)
- By Jason OConnor
- 04/22/2007
- Recreation & Sports
- 1633 words
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Whether you want to believe it or not, we like to watch sports for very different reasons than you may think. In fact, the real things that cause us to like sports are in every person, whether we like sports or not. What things can we learn about human nature by simply looking at our fascination with competition? The answers may surprise you. Not only are the answers interesting in themselves, but they may just help you in other ways too.
How To Buy Sports and Concert Tickets Online
- By Jason OConnor
- 04/22/2007
- Recreation & Sports
- 1821 words
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I'm always amazed when I meet someone who doesn't know they can buy event tickets online. People often don't realize that just because the box office says a game or show is sold out, doesn't mean there are no more tickets available anywhere. You don't have to stand in long lines or camp out overnight anymore. You can now get tickets to just about anything online these days.
The What, Why and How of Business Blogs
- By Jason OConnor
- 04/22/2007
- Blogging RSS
- 1365 words
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Blog is short for Web Log or Weblog and the Blogosphere is the online blog world, some parts of which are hyperlinked extensively to each other.
This is the Wikipedia definition: Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.
This is the Wikipedia definition: Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.
Single? Here's the Ultimate Date Idea
- By Jason OConnor
- 04/22/2007
- Dating
- 1179 words
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You park in her driveway and nervously approach the front door. After adjusting your collar you ring the bell and try to look cool. Your front pocket holds the key to tonight's date and you quickly check to make sure they're still there as the door opens . . .
If you're a regular guy, the kind who loves sports and hates the opera for instance, then here's an awesome date idea I bet you've never really considered before: taking a woman to a Broadway production, even if you don't live in New York City.
If you're a regular guy, the kind who loves sports and hates the opera for instance, then here's an awesome date idea I bet you've never really considered before: taking a woman to a Broadway production, even if you don't live in New York City.
Why Is Most Music So Bad Today?
- By Jason OConnor
- 04/22/2007
- Music
- 1645 words
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"Everything that can be invented has been invented." ~ Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of the US Patent Office in 1899.
"Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers." ~ Socrates
Why is popular music so bad today? I mean, I'm not that old, but jeez, the music of today, with only a few rare exceptions, kinda stinks.
"Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers." ~ Socrates
Why is popular music so bad today? I mean, I'm not that old, but jeez, the music of today, with only a few rare exceptions, kinda stinks.

