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pan this...                                                                   There are times when a simple task can become a jumble of mass confusion.    HUH ?  What's up with that ?     Last October, I went to Macy's,  Dillard's, Target and Kohl's Department Stores  to check out a wide range of cookware and it turned into a futile exercise that defies logic.   It wasn't my intent to purchase pots and pans, merely to look into the approximate cost.  I was serving as an advance scout for Regina.    A few days after that pointless excursion, we were in Indianapolis attending a birthday celebration held at Hollyhock Hill on north College Avenue.     Before the platters of chicken, bowls of mashed potatoes, corn, beans and salad with a vinegary dressin...
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social media...                          According to Dictionary.com , the definition of social media:   websites and other online means of communication that are used by large groups of people to share information and to develop social and professional contacts   Four or five media specialists, most of them with AOL, claim the first use of the phrase, Social Media, back in the mid 1990s.  Today, the two words are so integrated into our society, we can't ignore the pros and cons.     Aside from assuming everyone under the age of 30 uses it, I don't have a clue how a 25 year old thinks of social media, but, I found the perfect laboratory.  Among others, my branch bank employs four people under the age of 31 and one in her early 40s.  The five agreed to be interviewed.     My subjects could be more conservative or liberal in their use of social media compared to the...