tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61986963695641419422024-03-14T03:18:08.255-04:00Slightly worn around the edgesRandom musings on things of interest and other general bits of nonsense.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger535125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-23348793263589499322010-05-28T08:00:00.000-04:002010-05-28T08:00:11.452-04:00We've moved!<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hey there, thanks for stopping by. Unfortunately we aren't here anymore. Don't worry, it's not you, it's me. The good news is that we are at an even cooler place (<a href="http://slightlywornaroundtheedges.wordpress.com/">Wordpress</a>) with snappy new features and all your favourite archived content.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I've streamlined some of the content to filter out all that annoying "work-related" nonsense to focus on the real nonsense. If you liked the work stuff, well, there's a new home for that and more as well. </span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Cheers</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-26757754634984139662010-05-27T20:00:00.001-04:002010-05-27T20:00:06.414-04:00Ferris Bueller 2010<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have you ever wondered how Ferris' day off might look in 2010? Well, wonder no more thanks to the creative geniuses behind the <a href="https://twitter.com/ferris_bueller_">Ferris Bueller Twitter account</a>.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Read about it at <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/07/ferris-bueller-twitter-foursquare/">TechCrunch </a>and check out the Twitter account <a href="https://twitter.com/ferris_bueller_">here </a>(excerpt is below).</div><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I'm not sure what I liked more, Rooney with the crazy beard or looking like James Bond while handling Federer at ping pong?</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-86829317534610773392010-05-22T08:00:00.001-04:002010-05-22T08:00:02.535-04:00Today's something or other #62<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Why did <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta">Fanta<b>*</b> </a>go away in the 80s? The Minute Maid replacement just didn't pack the same je ne sais quoi?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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Fanta and booze, you ask? Well, check this out: <a href="http://www.mixshakeandpour.com/cocktails/Vino_Tinto_Con_Fanta_Limon.html">Vino Tinto con Fanta Limon</a>. This unlikely combination forms a refreshing Cooler, perfect for kicking back with on a summer day. It's a modern variation on a classic that's popular in Andalucia, where Red Wine is combined with the Spanish mixer, Cacera [ed's note: I love <a href="http://spanishfood.about.com/od/drinks/r/tintodeverano.htm">Tinto de Verano</a>!]. Make sure the glass is filled with ice before adding the ingredients, and if possible chill the Fanta prior to mixing.<b> </b><br />
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<b>* </b><i>Brand Overview: A favorite in Europe since the 1940s, Fanta was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company in 1960. Fanta Orange is the core flavor, representing about 70% of sales, but other citrus and fruit flavors have their own solid fan base. Fanta sells best in Brazil, Germany, Spain, Japan, Italy and Argentina. Fanta is still a Coca-Cola product, and today it comes in seventy different flavors (though some are only available within the country of manufacture, one of 188 countries it is sold in).</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-12082398784131453932010-05-21T20:00:00.002-04:002010-05-21T23:54:11.991-04:00Friday Tunes (Victoria Day long weekend edition)<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is Victoria Day this Monday so this weekend is a long weekend here in Canada. Victoria Day is a uniquely Canadian holiday and is the unofficial start of the summer (although the weather is often cold and wet). For tonight's beverage there was really only one choice: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Caesar">Caesar</a>.</div><blockquote style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Affectionately known as "May Two-four", Victoria Day is a federal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Canada" title="Public holidays in Canada">Canadian statutory holiday</a> celebrated on the last Monday before or on 24 May, in honour of both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Victoria of the United Kingdom">Queen Victoria</a>'s birthday and the current reigning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada" title="Monarchy of Canada">Canadian sovereign</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday#Official_birthdays" title="Birthday">official birthday</a>, and is also considered an informal mark of the beginning of the summer season. It has been observed since before <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> was formed, originally falling on the sovereign's actual birthday, and continues to be celebrated in various fashions across the country on the fixed date of the first Monday on or before 24 May. <i>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Day">Wikipedia</a>)</i></blockquote><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Given the Canadian-ness of this holiday weekend I feel a Canadian tune should be the Friday tune of the day. That said, the holiday recognizes our British origins so, perhaps, some Britpop should be the order of the day (<i>Ed's note: Not that different than every other Friday Music posting</i>).<br />
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Perhaps a little of each....</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gfidcPPzVZo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gfidcPPzVZo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-14722786250570060292010-05-20T20:00:00.002-04:002010-05-20T20:00:08.599-04:00iTrust because she doesn't<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Perhaps Tiger needed an iPhone instead of a Blackberry?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From the Culture article in the January 2010 edition of <i>Men’s Fashion</i> magazine (article is on cheating, snooping and social media... and unsurprisingly references Mr. Woods):</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Providing another layer of privacy, there’s an iPhone application called <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5451325/itrust-iphone-app-catches-snooping-spouses-in-the-act">iTrust</a>, which lets owners know if prying eyes have tried to gain access to their phone. The app’s maker cites a survey claiming that 67% of women regularly check their boyfriends’ phone. </div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-49595512541793354442010-05-17T20:00:00.003-04:002010-05-19T23:13:18.094-04:00Your Monday Quote<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="sqq">“Time's fun when you're having flies.”</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="sqq">- Kermit the Frog </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-66299967625444369982010-05-15T08:00:00.002-04:002010-05-19T22:52:31.932-04:00Today's Something or Other<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From the Harvard Business Review<i>'</i>s <i>The Daily Stat</i>:</div><blockquote style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> <h3><i>Swimming Pool? What Swimming Pool?</i></h3>Just 324 residents of Athens's wealthy northern suburbs reported in their recent tax returns that they owned swimming pools. That's less than 2% of the 16,974 pools found when tax investigators examined satellite photos, according to a New York Times report on the pervasiveness of tax dodging in Greece and its impact on the country's debt crisis.<br />
</blockquote><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div><blockquote style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/world/europe/02evasion.html" mce_href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/world/europe/02evasion.html">The New York Times</a></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-72679659870036259812010-05-14T19:00:00.001-04:002010-05-14T19:53:23.965-04:00Friday Music<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There's a record body count this year. There's a record. body. count. this year! Suitably accompanied by a next glass of Highland Park scotch.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Why stop at just one?</div><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QoQUN7hG624&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QoQUN7hG624&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-14241614091776767352010-05-08T09:00:00.002-04:002010-05-08T22:55:48.847-04:00Morning drinking during the World Cup?<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There might be <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42jsAIBeafc">decisions to be made between lager and ale</a> with your bagel and cream cheese this June if Deputy Mayor and mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone has his way.<br />
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Pantalone may earn a few extra votes in the fall election if he gets his wish and persuades the province to bend liquor laws during the FIFA World Cup in June. By law, bars are allowed to start serving booze at 11 a.m., but with the time difference (South Africa is six hours ahead), games will be starting at 7:30 a.m., 10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m. Toronto time. It would be good for bar business and for eager patrons' cheer to <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/05/06/13852441.html" target="_blank">be able to have a morning brewskie when the midday games kick off</a>.<br />
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Might be time to check out some <a href="http://ashleyadm.blog-city.com/postcards_from_germany_beer__its_whats_for_breakfast.htm">German breakfast beer</a>.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8MfESZHY9Z4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8MfESZHY9Z4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-64179604713703580242010-05-04T20:00:00.000-04:002010-05-04T20:00:05.553-04:00Things Found<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Notes from a dinner party, "... his thirst for knowledge is surpassed only by his thirst for alcohol."</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-60143949914517875532010-05-01T09:00:00.029-04:002010-05-01T21:07:57.993-04:005 songs in heavy rotation on my iPod<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pib8eYDSFEI">Crystalised </a>- The XX</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1nbvplgElw">Young Forever</a> - Jay-Z</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmOqwN9qYi4">Fall Silent</a> - Groove Armada </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxXWR0cqT8k">Pop Art Blue</a> - Zero 7</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJkdEfoVjKA">Empire Ants</a> - Gorillaz</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaKNHRWNXfI">Light the Way</a> - Athlete</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I">Bad Romance</a> - Lady Gaga</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4jap5xQ5GU"></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-50277318842737999572010-04-30T20:00:00.001-04:002010-04-30T20:00:07.840-04:00Put de lime in de coconut, and drink 'em all up<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1621687/bolivia-slips-coke-back-into-coca-colla?partner=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fastcompany%2Fheadlines+%28Fast+Company+Headlines%29&utm_content=Google+International">Fast Company</a>:</span></div><h2 id="hdr_article-headline" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></h2><h2 id="hdr_article-headline" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Bolivia Slips Coke Back Into "Coca-Colla" </span></h2><blockquote><h2 id="hdr_article-headline" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Any self-respecting Coke addict knows that the sugary soft drink once contained trace amounts of cocaine. Now Bolivia is putting coca leaves in a suspiciously similar-sounding fizzy drink: Coca-Colla. That's not a typo, the drink is named after the Colla people of Bolivia's highlands. A batch of half-liter 12,000 bottles was recently sold for $1.50 a pop in La Paz, Santa Cruz, and Cochabamba, according to the UK Guardian.<br />
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In the past, Bolivia has tried to banish the coca leaf--a mild stimulant--from production. But now that coca grower Evo Morales is president, the government has changed its stance. Morales' administration backs the coca leaf for legitimate uses, including teas, liqueurs, toothpaste, and now Coca-Colla. At the same time, the government has booted drug enforcement officials out of the country.<br />
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Regardless of whether or not it's fair to crack down on Bolivian coca use, Coca-Cola probably isn't too happy about the potential copyright infringement here.</span></h2></blockquote><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tbgv8PkO9eo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tbgv8PkO9eo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-35448020490356817342010-04-29T21:00:00.000-04:002010-04-29T21:20:01.091-04:00They advertise differently in Asia<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Here’s a Taiwanese Yahoo! ad. It sort of speaks for itself.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when the leader of the pirates announced, “We are doing God’s work. We work for Lloyd Blankfein.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The pirate, who said he earned a bonus of $48 million in dubloons last year, elaborated on the nature of the Somalis’ work for Goldman, explaining that the pirates forcibly attacked ships that Goldman had already shorted.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“We were functioning as investment bankers, only every day was casual Friday,” the pirate said.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The pirate acknowledged that they merged their operations with Goldman in late 2008 to take advantage of the more relaxed regulations governing bankers as opposed to pirates, “plus to get our share of the bailout money.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In the aftermath of the shocking revelations, government prosecutors were scrambling to see if they still had a case against the Somali pirates, who would now be treated as bankers in the eyes of the law.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“There are lots of laws that could bring these guys down if they were, in fact, pirates,” one government source said. “But if they’re bankers, our hands are tied.” <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yzn3g4g" target="_blank" title="The Borowitz Report">More here.</a></span></span></blockquote><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Los Angeles Times</span></span></i></i> says Andy Borowitz has “one of the funniest Twitter feeds around.” Follow <a href="http://tinyurl.com/larglq" target="_blank">Andy on Twitter.</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-18605519340390488342010-04-23T19:00:00.001-04:002010-04-24T12:23:22.437-04:00Friday Music<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Feels like a Guinness night... or perhaps Olde English 800....</span><br />
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Also, the comedic genius known as <a href="http://www.downgoesbrown.com/">Down Goes Brow</a>n has created his own Leafs version. </div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/2010/04/12/help-wanted-2-guys-to-help-move/%29">What Would Dad Say</a>? blog</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-42698169322142544472010-04-12T08:00:00.002-04:002010-04-12T08:00:13.234-04:00Your Monday Quote (Performance Management edition)<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it takes people to make your dream a reality.”<br />
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Lesson: Performance management can create competitive advantage. It's your people, stupid. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198696369564141942.post-13458462068107327502010-04-11T09:00:00.003-04:002010-04-11T09:06:58.171-04:00An unbelievable Saturday at Augusta!<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After a day or Masters’ highs (nice write-up <a href="http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1981093,00.html?eref=sihp">here</a>, complete with photo of a goofy looking Mickelson), I thought it would be a good time to revisit Jim Nantz’ personal low point: “<a href="http://www.cbs.com/specials/locusts/">Did you hear that…? The locusts are coming</a>.” How did they ever get him to agree to reading those promos back in 2005?</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/193776/Facebook_Mom.html">PC World Magazine</a>:</div><blockquote><blockquote><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Suing your parents isn't just for celebrities anymore--a 16-year-old Arkansas boy is suing his mother for hacking into his Facebook account and allegedly posting slanderous remarks.</div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">According to the boy, his mother hacked into his Facebook and email accounts, then changed both passwords. She also allegedly posted remarks that involved slander and information about his personal life.</div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">New admits to changing the passwords, but denies hacking--she claims he left his account logged in on her computer. She also <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iEFrf3TjFBYnaLCxBeejZYcC7ABwD9EUGL282" target="_blank">admits to making</a> "maybe three, maybe four actual postings," but says the rest of it was a "conversation" between her, her son, and his friends.</div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">New reportedly "hacked" her son's <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/186584/facebook_ceo_challenges_the_social_norm_of_privacy.html" target="_blank">Facebook account</a> because she was disturbed with the things he was posting--including a post that suggested he had driven home one night at 95 mph because he had been upset with a girl.</div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">New plans on fighting the charges, as she believes she was fully within her legal rights as a parent to monitor her son's online behavior.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></div></blockquote></blockquote><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Click <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/193776/Facebook_Mom.html">here </a>to read the rest of the story. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0