When you have lived a significant number of years on this Earth, you come to a few conclusions: People complain about being delayed on a runway for 30 minutes before eventually taking place in the miracle of flying.  A cell phone call takes longer than a millisecond, and we become [...]

In case you didn’t know, it’s real out here in these streets. At any time, it could pop off in the Whole Foods parking lot. What you know about riding around with trash bags in the Prius, just in case you have to dump a body off… or recycle? Pusha [...]

If you’re confused about all of the talk in the news about debt ceilings, taxes, government shutdowns, and what not, no need to worry about what it all means.  Here at The Conference Call, we’ll explain it simple and plain: 1) In 2001 we decided to cut taxes on the [...]

On Monday of this week, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN… Which is not to be confused with any new Apple products) voted to allow new domain names for websites on the Internet.  What does this mean?  Beginning in 2012, people, companies, and organizations will be able [...]

The economy is, and has been, the most important issue in America for the past 3 years.  In 2008, jobs were being cut left and right.  No one seemed to be hiring.  Things looked dire.  In 2011, one could argue that companies are hiring.  Yet, unemployment numbers haven’t improved as [...]

“Thinking that Facebook is forever is like thinking that AOL was the be-all-end-all of the Internet.  Eventually, everyone will use something else.” – Entrepreneur Max Salzberg (via Cnn.com) Myspace… Friendster… College Club… Blackplanet… These are just a few of used-to-be-popular social networking sites that have gone by the waste side.  [...]

Ahh, the awkward office moment… It’s the point of habitual line steppage, if only for a moment, between colleagues, superiors, and/or subordinates.  It’s the point where you’re walking on eggshells, only to realize that you’re barefoot and eggshells can cut up your feet.  Laughs quickly morph into embarrassing silence.  Eye [...]

The house that was the primary setting for one of my all-time favorite childhood movies, Home Alone, is up for sale: http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/06/home-alone-house-for-sale-for-2-4-million/?hpt=T2 “Not many people would want to buy a house with a history of being burglarized, but when it’s the “Home Alone” house, that’s another story. The red-brick Winnetka, [...]

Osama Bin Laden is dead. When news spread Sunday night about Bin Laden’s death, video started circulating which showed Americans celebrating his death.  In D.C., Americans gathered in front of the White House.  In New York, Americans took to the streets in jubilee.  Survivors and families of 9/11 victims cried.  [...]

In the aftermath of the recent events in Japan, a lot of people are trying to make sense of it all.  Historically, people have referred to bad weather and catastrophes in nature as, “Acts of God.”  But are they?  Were the earthquakes in Haiti, and the most recent one in [...]