Durham continues to be misrepresented in the press - 09/28/09 10:02 AM
The News & Obersers' free Saturday newspaper rag called, The Durham News had as its major headline: Home Break-Ins Spike Across City.  Wow!  I thought.  Our city continues to fall into the great abyss of crime and degradation!
If you listen to the news and read the papers you would think that Durham is like living in Bagdad.  It is NOT.  There is crime in Durham, but I contend no more than Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill or other local areas.  I remember seeing an ABC special a few years ago with the title: "Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?"  It was … (0 comments)

Foreclosure Workshop can help - 09/16/09 09:58 AM
I wanted to commend The Herald-Sun Newspaper for hosting a free Foreclosure Prevention Workshop on Thursday of this week.
Read more information at:
http://tinyurl.com/p2syup
 
This kind of service can help a lot of people in Durham and The Triangle.
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Read the fine print... - 09/16/09 09:12 AM
I am all about truthfulness.  I am not perfectly honest -- no one is, but when I see businesses processes that are not in good faith, it really ticks me off.
Recently (and against my better judgement) I responded to a banner ad for a teeth whitening product.  After much hesitation I clicked on the "Special Offer" icon and put in my credit card for a $4.95 shipping charge for a tooth whitening product.  14 days later I was charged $89 and one week later $93.92.  (Read my wwww.JeffPref.com blog to hear the whole story.)  I think I will get my … (1 comments)

Who Gets to Decide What People Want - 09/01/09 01:54 PM
One of my favorite gurus is Seth Godin.  He is a bit quirky and off-beat, but in my opinion we all need to be that a little bit more.
He posted a question on his blog yesterday:  "Who Gets to Decide What You Want" with some of the following comments:  http://tinyurl.com/mdr59f
"In order to want something, you probably need to know it exists.  One definition of happiness is wanting the things you're likely to get (or, conversely, not wanting the unattainable). One definition of marketing is persuading the world it wants what you have...
And so, once again it seems to … (0 comments)

 

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