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  • A San Francisco Guide to Great Burgers
    2/16/2010
    For San Francisco visitors and residents, these are the five best places to grab a juicy, delicious burger - all cooked fresh and to order.
  • Repair Cables Your Cat Chewed Through
    2/19/2009
    Did your cat ruin another device by chewing through the cable? Spend cents, not hundreds of dollars, to repair the cables your cat chewed through.
  • Adobe CS4 Trial Challenge! Part 3
    1/13/2009
    I'll be creating one graphic design project for each of the thirty days of my CS4 trial period. Please join me!
  • 30 Days of Adobe CS4
    1/13/2009
    I use Adobe Creative Suite in my graphic design work every day, and I'm using the 30-day trial period for CS4 to create a design a day.
  • Adobe CS4 Trial Challenge
    1/8/2009
    For my trial versions of Adobe CS4, I decided to do one design project each day for the duration of the 30-day trials.
  • A Brand New Indie/Alternative Playlist
    1/8/2009
    Indie rock and alternative punk comprise a huge number of bands and a wide variety of styles. Here's a solid playlist of new indie genre songs to start exploring.
  • Best of Bad Rock & Roll Themed Movies
    1/5/2009
    As indulgent or plot-free as they may be, there's still something about the bands, the music, the period, or the decadent aura of rock itself that keeps these movies in the "guilty pleasures" file.
  • Chinese Democracy by Guns N' Roses
    1/4/2009
    Fifteen years after their last album comes Chinese Democracy from an all-new Guns N' Roses.
  • Rockumentaries, Part 1: Rock & Roll Documentaries You Have and Haven't Seen
    1/1/2009
    Educational and entertaining, "rockumentaries" (documentaries centering on the world of rock & roll music, its performing artists, its fans, its events, and its subcultures) are growing in number and popularity every year.
  • Best Modern Rock Movies
    12/23/2008
    From the cult rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap to the postmodern Dylan tribute I'm Not There, here are seven great rock & roll movies you must see.
  • Prelude to Chinese Democracy
    12/19/2008
    Bearing the weight of 15 years, 14 studios, and an estimated 13 million dollars, Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy may be (culturally speaking) the heaviest album ever made.
  • 2008 Holiday Rock Songs
    12/18/2008
    Which artists will rock out in the 2008 holiday season, and which will tarnish music history with sentimental or silly swill? Read on for reviews of the newest rock & roll Christmas and Hanukkah releases.
  • My Fantasy Holiday Songs Playlist
    12/18/2008
    If you could pick any artist to sing any holiday song, what would they be? It's an open question, and one critic's dream is another's nightmare.
  • The Very Worst of Rock & Roll Christmas Music
    12/18/2008
    In the abundance of modern day Christmas tunes available, it can be estimated that more than half are total crap. Read on for a humorous review and advisory of what NOT to listen to this (or any) holiday season.
  • 23 Modern Songs for the Holiday Playlist
    12/17/2008
    The classic Christmas tunes have their place, but not in your playlist this year. Here is a playlist of fresh reworkings of Christmas classics and interesting originals from rock and punk bands.
  • Top American-Friendly Restaurants in Okinawa, Japan
    12/12/2008
    When seeking to experience local culture, it helps to be able to read the menu. Here are a few American-friendly spots on Japan's southern island, from Japanese curry and noodles to sushi and anything-goes family style dining.
  • Font Guide: Typefaces You Need, Part 4: Scripts
    11/13/2008
    Would you describe yourself as exactly like everyone else? If your answer is 'no', then you're too unique for Comic Sans! Choose and use a typeface that's as original and versatile as you... for free.
  • Font Guide for Typefaces You Need, Part 3: Slab Serifs
    11/12/2008
    Would you describe yourself as exactly like everyone else? If your answer is 'no', then you're too unique for Courier! Choose and use a typeface that's as original and versatile as you... for free.
  • Font Guide for Typefaces You Need, Part 2: Sans Serif
    11/12/2008
    Would you describe yourself as exactly like everyone else? If your answer is 'no', then you're too unique for Arial and Helvetica! Choose and use a typeface that's as original and versatile as you... for free.
  • Font Guide for Typefaces You Need, Part 1: Serif Typefaces
    11/12/2008
    Would you describe yourself as exactly like everyone else? If your answer is 'no', then you're too unique for Times New Roman! Choose and use a typeface that's as original and versatile as you... for free.
  • Rock, Punk, and Hipster Maternity Clothes
    9/19/2008
    You're in for an interesting nine months, baby mama. If you're a rocker at heart, no need to change your style. The Internet's got you covered.
  • Top Three Baby Naming Websites
    9/18/2008
    After deciding to have a baby, choosing a baby name is one of the most important decisions you'll make in the first stages of new life. Here are some tools to help you discover and decide on your new baby's perfect name.
  • Guide to Watching Free TV and Movies Online
    9/11/2008
    Since its inception, the Internet has been the land of the free content. Here are three top sites for safely and legally watching free TV and movies online.
  • Call Girl Sing
    9/7/2008
    A poem about surviving through difficult times.
  • Life of a Grape
    9/7/2008
    A poem about living through periods of loneliness.
  • Latin American Mobile Marketing
    9/7/2008
    Coverage from ad:tech Miami and the Adrants blog team, including Jolie O'Dell. This article written by Jolie O'Dell as original content for http://adtechblog.com. Used with permission from Steve Hall, blog moderator.
  • Hispanic Mobile Marketing
    9/7/2008
    Coverage from ad:tech Miami and the Adrants blog team, including Jolie O'Dell. This article written by Jolie O'Dell as original content for http://adtechblog.com. Used with permission from Steve Hall, blog moderator.
  • Multiplatform Hispanic Marketing
    9/7/2008
    Coverage from ad:tech Miami and the Adrants blog team, including Jolie O'Dell. This article written by Jolie O'Dell as original content for http://adtechblog.com. Used with permission from Steve Hall, blog moderator.
  • Yahoo Versus Google for Parsing Metadata in SEO
    9/4/2008
    SEO can be wickedly tricky or astoundingly simple; however, metadata used to describe pages is definitely basic. So basic that it's impossible to imagine how a search engine could misread it so badly.
  • Ten Steps for Advertising Using New Media
    8/27/2008
    A concise how-to for adopting and successfully advertising using new media and technology.
  • Creating Return on Investment for Mobile Marketing - Measuring Mobile Media's ROI
    8/27/2008
    Business, advertisers, and agencies need to work on adopting and using mobile technology, but not without an eye toward return on investment!
  • New Media Marketing Technology for Traditional Direct Response Advertisers
    8/27/2008
    Direct response marketers need to keep up with the rest of the world--and consumers--when it comes to adopting new media technology.
  • Shopflick.Com: Online Infomercial-Style Shopping
    8/27/2008
    A must-read for TV and online marketing/advertising professionals, this article lays out the features and benefits of Shopflick.com, a mashup of TV advertising with online shopping. Masterful!
  • Earfl.Com Review
    8/27/2008
    The bleeding edge is always looking for the next hot new social utility; but with the abundance of new media startups, there are often far more misses than hits. Don't be a digital fashion victim! Read on, and save yourself the pain of signing up for Earfl.com.
  • Three Rules for Dating Rock Stars
    12/3/2007
    Everyone wants to date a rock star, but few know how. If you have a decent rack, tart up well, and don't mind pounding the Sunset Strip pavement at 2 a.m. on a weeknight, you, too, can have your very own rock star of the high-holy-Hollywood variety!
  • How Few the Threads
    11/30/2007
    short story from Blood Birds
  • "It's Killing Us, This Meixcan Ice,"
    11/30/2007
    from Blood Birds
  • The Feud
    11/30/2007
    from Blood Birds
  • Nanny
    11/30/2007
    from Blood Birds
  • Widow's Walk
    11/30/2007
    from Blood Birds
  • Blood Birds
    11/30/2007
    title poem for my first book
  • Guide to Getting a Cocktail Job in Los Angeles
    10/6/2006
    How to land the perfect bar or nightclub gig in a city where "cocktailing" is as exclusive a profession as the ones that make L.A. famous in the first place.
  • The Dark Side of Halloween in Hollywood
    9/27/2006
    Every year, the young, beautiful, sexy playthings of Los Angeles convene in Hollywood for delightfully wicked Halloween celebrations.
  • West Hollywood's Halloween Carnaval Week
    9/27/2006
    Each year, the vibrant community of West Hollywood comes out to celebrate Halloween as fabulously as possible.
  • The Top Burger Joints in Los Angeles
    9/19/2006
    In a metropolis like Los Angeles, burger joints abound. Here are the end-all, be-all, top-three hamburger stands in the L.A. area.
  • The Top Dive Bars that Rock in Los Angeles
    9/19/2006
    Not a celebrity tour, but a guide to the L.A. bars that really rock! Read on for the best-kept secrets of the L.A. underbelly.
  • Poet's Workshop: Duple Meter
    9/18/2006
    Whether or not you consider yourself a writer of lyric or metered poetry, an understanding of word rhythms and how they are measured can help you improve your skill and craftsmanship as a poet.
  • Writer's Workshop: The Inverted Pyramid
    9/9/2006
    Many former English majors end up finding post-graduation employment at newspapers - but there's a lot that traditional writers don't know about journalistic styles.
  • Poet's Workshop: Understanding the Villanelle
    9/7/2006
    The villanelle has proved an interesting challenge to many poets. Comprising nineteen lines and two rhymes, these poems are brief; but getting them just right is the trick.
  • Poet's Workshop: Understanding Iambs
    9/7/2006
    In everyday speech, the emphasis of certain syllables can cause sentences to have a metered lilt. Read more about how poetry uses these syllables to make our language metrical.
  • Poet's Workshop: Understanding the Sonnet
    9/7/2006
    The sonnet is one of poetry's most time-honored and popular forms. Shakespeare's sonnets remain some of the most-read poems in English literature. Although it is difficult to master, the sonnet is simple to comprehend.
  • Poet's Workshop: Free Help Online
    9/7/2006
    Obtaining helpful, informed critique is half the battle in improving your poetry. Here are the best places to find that help for free and without leaving your computer.
  • Love, Sex, Affection, and Trading Off
    9/6/2006
    Although in modern human relationships, dating invoves a negotiation between partners so that each party can meet his or her physical and emotional needs, perhaps there is a way to freely give and accept love - with no strings attached.
  • A Gentleman and a Blogger: Eugene Volokh, Founder of Law Blog The Volokh Conspiracy
    9/6/2006
    This is a nearly complete transcript of my convo with Eugene Volokh, founder of law blog The Volokh Conspiracy. The only thing I left out was the 90 seconds at the end where we discussed one of his top-10, all-time favorite films: Robocop.
  • Cognitive Dissonance
    9/6/2006
    "The distressing mental state in which people feel they find themselves doing things that don't fit with what they know, or having opinions that do not fit with other opinions they hold."
  • Writer's Workshop: Showing Versus Telling
    8/25/2006
    The best tales are never told; rather, a capable writer will use powerful words and concise phrases to show emotion and settings and enable readers to imagine the rest.
  • Avoiding Occupational Injuries as an Exotic Dancer, Part 3
    8/8/2006
    Some final tips to help exotic dancers stay at the peak of physical and mental wellbeing while working in a stressful and demanding field.
  • Avoiding Occupational Injuries as an Exotic Dancer, Part 1
    8/8/2006
    As many dancers know, exotic dancing or stripping can take its toll on the skin, muscles, joints, and tendons. With just a little preperation, adult performers at all levels can protect their health for years to come.
  • Avoiding Occupational Injuries as an Exotic Dancer Part 2
    8/8/2006
    If you've managed to follow the guidelines in Part 1, there are still several other simple ways for you to improve your health as a dancer and ensure that your joints will still be functioning well in the years to come.

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