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Jul31	Killing, dismembering my sister? Yup, that was me. Bill Belew July 31, 2007 Know More: International Education 2.0, International Education They don't call it cram school for nothing. When Japanese fail their college entrance exams they will sometimes/often spend a year or two or three, depending on mom and dad's budget studying for the exam again for the following year. The idea, of course, is to cram as much into the brain in one year as should have been crammed in during the regular school years plus whatever it might take to pass the test. It can be intense...especially when test times roll Continue Reading Posted at 8:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul31	College Students Take Turns as Toilet Cleaners Bill Belew July 31, 2007 "Look, I'm a brush!""And, I'm a sponge."Everybody should take a turn at cleaning toilets.It happens in the military. It is happening in Shanghaii to college students, who instead of staying home and enjoying a summer break, have taken on an... Continue Reading Posted at 7:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 7 Bill Belew July 31, 2007 Before I knew it, there were teachers’ and PTA meetings being called to discuss what had happened to JJ, and what my role was in the whole affair. My parents, the principal, the superintendent, and all sorts of other... Continue Reading Posted at 12:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul30	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 6 Bill Belew July 30, 2007 Suddenly, everybody was chasing me, yelling and screaming. “Belew!! What’d you do that for?” “Belew!! What’s wrong with you?!” I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I didn’t know what it was I had done,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	88-Year Old Earns Eagle Scout Bill Belew July 30, 2007 An 88-year old man finally received the Eagle Scout award that he earned more than 70 years ago.Walter Hart earned 23 of 120 merit badges in 1923. 21 badges are needed to achieve Eagle Scout.However, in between the time he... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Earthquakes Cause Need for Counseling Bill Belew July 30, 2007 Reccently, Niigata prefecture was hit hard by an earthquake.The cities of Kariwa (actually it's a village), where the nuclear power reactors are, and Kashiwazaki were hit the hardest.As a result about 2 percent of school children are now in need... Continue Reading Posted at 10:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul29	Dutch Launch World's Biggest Condom to Teach Youth About STDs Bill Belew July 29, 2007 The things kids will do with condoms...especially when they are too young to use them.The things adults will do with condoms...especially when they are too old to use them.The director of a Dutch health service said "Sometimes when kids play... Continue Reading Posted at 1:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 5 Bill Belew July 29, 2007 Later that same year, Jackie J -- JJ, I called her -- some other kids and I were playing ‘It’ in the parking lot behind the school. “It” is played just like tag. The last person tagged was... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul28	Obesity is Contagious Bill Belew July 28, 2007 It's kind of like catching a cold...pretty easy if someone sneezes on you or shakes your hand after the blow their nose.Obesity has been found to be contagious by a group of researchers at the University of California in San... Continue Reading Posted at 9:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Roomster.net - Proof I Was Born Too Soon Bill Belew July 28, 2007 Sponsored ReviewWhy do I always feel like I was born too soon?This feeling is a mystery to me and gives me cause to wonder if other half-centenarians think along the same lines.The last time I felt this way was when... Continue Reading Posted at 6:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media Online Business Publications Reaches 10,000,000 Visitors and TheBizOfKnowledge Helped Bill Belew July 28, 2007 TheBizOfKnowledge belongs to the The Know More Media Business Blog Network.Know More Media reached two huge milestones this week -10,000,000 unique visitors50,000 postsAnd, I helped...here at TheBizOfKnowledge and I at my other two blogs, PanAsianBiz and RisingSunOfNihon.I have written and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Reasons to NOT Be Barry Bond's 756th Home Run Ball Bill Belew July 28, 2007 I sometimes wonder what other things I might be doing with my life if I weren't where I am now doing what I am doing now, whatever it might be at the time - serving in the Navy, preaching, teaching,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 4 Bill Belew July 28, 2007 Cleo Junior’s father was a barber on the east side of Cincy. It was Cincy’s bad side was the rumor that went around school. But no one clearly said why. The perpetrator had gone into Cleo Sr.’s barber shop... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul27	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 3 Bill Belew July 27, 2007 “It’s 7:25am and here is some news from Cincinnati’s East Side. Cleopus Jenkins, Sr. was shot to death while working in his shop yesterday evening,” the WKRC radio announcer said. My brothers and sisters and a few classmates... Continue Reading Posted at 12:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul26	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 2 Bill Belew July 26, 2007 The Vietnam conflict was quickly escalating into a war at the time as well. Two years after the assassination, American troops were sent to Vietnam. I vaguely remember seeing this on the news between cartoon watching on Saturday mornings.... Continue Reading Posted at 1:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul25	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 1 Bill Belew July 25, 2007 “The President’s been killed,” was being whispered from one kid to the next. It was like a game of telephone and I wondered if the news was being exaggerated. It wasn’t. On November 22, 1963, President... Continue Reading Posted at 12:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul24	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's - selling at 127 books a second Bill Belew July 24, 2007 The seventh book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," is setting sales records.Add one bought by my son yesterday. We are driving across country and it may take that long for him to finish it.The book sold 11 million copies... Continue Reading Posted at 11:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Daniel Radcliffe, the star who plays Harry Potter, was 11-years old when he began playing the role nearly 7 years ago.Yesterday, he turned 18. He also gained access to nearly $19 million in investment funds, but not all of the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - End Bill Belew July 24, 2007 At Fish’s funeral, Taps was followed by another military tradition – the 21 gun salute. Each firing of a gun was like the pounding of a hammer on a nail that attached a poster inscribed with the word HATE... Continue Reading Posted at 4:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Steps to Take When Your Kid Eats Too Much Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Talk about fun...and stimulating your appetite...My wife and I like to eat at home and then head out for dessert. It's easier on the budget and...well...it's just fun to go out after we've eaten.Looking for a place to get a... Continue Reading Posted at 1:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Spiderman Got His Name Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Insects, rodents and bugs have dreams, too. In place of their lot in life - to be hated, sent flying by a flick of the finger, or to be fish food, the little critters really want to be loved,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul23	Americans are getting fatter and getting there faster, too Bill Belew July 23, 2007 I am glad this guy didn't come to my house last night before he wrote up his report.He would have seen my son put away a whole bag of Mint Creme Oreo Cookies...the whole bag...and I helped?He is 6' 3"... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Crocodile Hunter Honored with Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Crikey!A new wildlife reserve in Outback Australia will honor the Crocodile Hunter with the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.There will be habitats for "the endangered northern quoll, a carnivorous marsupial, and the speartooth shark as well as an important gallery of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Keep Your Dog Happy and Your Child Safe Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Two dog stories came across my reading this morning...One answers the question - how to keep your children safe from rattlesnakes? The other answers the question - how to keep your dog happy on hot days? We all know that dogs don't... Continue Reading Posted at 10:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Feel Good Story - Rattlesnake vs. 1-year old Boy vs. Chihuahua - Who wins? Bill Belew July 23, 2007 A rattlesnake spotted some fresh meat when a 1-year old boy was splashing his hands in a birdbath.The snake lunged for the little tike...but...a five pound (2.3kg) chihuahua named Zoey (like the president's daughter) jumped in the way and took... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 11 Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Prior to this trip to Russia, I had lived in Japan for nearly five years. During my time there, I forced myself to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the express purpose of finding out whether the Japanese still hated... Continue Reading Posted at 4:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Water Safety Myths Bill Belew July 23, 2007 My son scared me to death the other day.He's a national caliber swimmer. He was also extremely stupid.He called to let me know he swam across the Ohio River and back. "With a life jacket on?""Nope, without a life jacket."Furious... Continue Reading Posted at 1:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul22	Female Kindergarten Teacher Fights Off Man with Screw Loose by Going for 'Private Parts' Bill Belew July 22, 2007 Japan is not the only place going to school can be dangerous.I mean going, walking, making the trip to school, NOT being at school.Getting to kindergarten can be death defying in China also unless Ouyang is your teacher. Getting into... Continue Reading Posted at 3:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	First Time in History for Girl Students to Outnumber Boy Students Bill Belew July 22, 2007 For the first time in history universities and colleges in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have more girls than boys.51.62% of the students in the region's 31 colleges and universities are girls.Even in post grad studies, girls make up 50.97%.Xinjiang... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teachable Opportunities vs. Teachable Moments Bill Belew July 22, 2007 We all know about 'teachable moments' - those times when all the stars line up and your charge is, well, um, charged....ready to be taught.Life is good, or bad....things are going well, or not....but for whatever reason your kid, your... Continue Reading Posted at 2:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 10 Bill Belew July 22, 2007 It was agonizing, it was heart wrenching. It was exhilarating. The hatred I had harbored against these people for 22 years to the month reared its ugly head. My eyes burned holes in the passersby. Everyone on the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Fixes for Kids Who Overheat Bill Belew July 22, 2007 Sweating is a good thing...for kids, too.We all ought to be so busy enjoying life, playing that we just sweat all the bad stuff out.But what happens when the little one starts to overheat?1. Recognize the difference between heat stroke... Continue Reading Posted at 1:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul21	Volume 8 in Harry Potter Series - 10 Things Harry Potter Didn't Know He Could Do Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Harry Potter is so amazing that he can do things even he doesn't know he has the power to do...especially in the business world.What can Harry Potter do? 1. Harry Potter can change the publishing industry. 2. Harry Potter can take over... Continue Reading Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Graduation Party Includes Trip to Prison Bill Belew July 21, 2007 A group of students at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade were given a trip as part of their farewell party....to a prison.Some 100-plus finance and economics majors, future bankers and security and funds workers, were taken on a half-day... Continue Reading Posted at 1:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Going to School in Japan is Dangerous Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Have I been away too long or is it really more dangerous living in Japan these days...for elementary school kids and kindergartners?A 56-year old man with a 30-year history of mental illness took a knife to a little 11-year old... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - were True! Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Turns out the guy who left the 10 spoilers in my comments was right.10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly HallowsNobody would have known until this morning and many people were able to make their way through the book.At... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PanAsianBiz Nominated for China Blog Award Bill Belew July 21, 2007 I feel pretty stupid writing this....but if I don't, I know what is likely to happen...nothing...so...I ask. Another blog that I write for KnowMoreMedia, PanAsianBiz, has been nominated for best China Blog in three categories.If readers here at TBOK have the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 9 Bill Belew July 21, 2007 A dozen or more stops later, after disembarking, searching and concluding they were the wrong stations, I finally found Mockva. Mockva is the English transliteration of the Russian spelling for the city we Americans call Moscow. It’s not even... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Plastic Surgery for a Better Job in China Bill Belew July 21, 2007 There's a billboard at a college in Changsha city that has the ugly intrigued and the very ugly and poor irate.The advertisement is for a plastic surgery center and the pitch is 'look better, get a job.'So far, some 200... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2 Steps to Take When Kids Get Too Much Caffeine Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Chances are if your kid gets too much caffeine, you will be taking more than two steps...running them down and so.It happens.While you gab, s/he slurps away at the soda.I've said this before...don't let the kid EVER like to drink... Continue Reading Posted at 1:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul20	'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Available on eBay for $250 Bill Belew July 20, 2007 Scholastic Inc. Rowling's U.S. publishers estimate that "around one one-hundredth of one percent of the total U.S. copies" going on sale early Saturday morning were received prematurely.That means of the 12 million that are going to be scarfed up, about... Continue Reading Posted at 11:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's - J K Rowling's Spoiler Bill Belew July 20, 2007 J K Rowling is spoiling the ending, the midnight magic, the mood.At her website Rowling wrote "As launch night looms, let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press on the plot of 'Harry... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Hardest Thing to Believe Bill Belew July 20, 2007 What's the most difficult thing you have ever had to believe? Or is it swallow? Your father is not really your father?You won the lottery?You actually passed or failed the class?You really could acomplish your goal if you stayed with... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 8 Bill Belew July 20, 2007 It didn’t take long for me to remember that I really didn’t like sightseeing. I got lost in the Russian Metro, the Moscow subway. At every subway station, the stations were huge; everything is super-sized in Russia. Russia is... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Remedies When a Child Misses a Nap Bill Belew July 20, 2007 Kids get excited, too. Okay, that's an understatement.When things are happening, they don't want to miss out..trips to grandma's, all day with Mickey Mouse or playing at the beach.Problem is ...kids get cranky. We adults do, so why not them.The... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Student Loan Hogs List Published Online Bill Belew July 20, 2007 The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Beijing has a list they want to send on to Santa Claus - the 1,200+ students have delayed paying back their student loans for a year or more.The list appeared on... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blogging Milestones - Reaching 3,000,000 Page Views Bill Belew July 20, 2007 I enjoy reaching milestones. I am not sure why. Maybe it's my way of feeling that I have made measurable progress, have achieved something that I can put a face on...even it's just a number.I have reached a blogging milestone.The... Continue Reading Posted at 12:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul19	There's Proof Aussie Rubgy Players are the Meanest Dudes Bill Belew July 19, 2007 They don't make 'em any tougher than they do down under.Aussie rugby players are the meanest, toughest, dullest, er, roughest dudes to be found.Ben Czislowski is living proof.The guy, ran, tackled, scrammed, scrummed and did whatever else goes on in... Continue Reading Posted at 1:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	One Very Good Reason to buy an iPhone - It Disrupts Duke University Wireless Networkd Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Apple Inc.'s new iPhones appear to be jamming the wireless networks at Duke University.A Duke staff geek sad "an analysis of traffic found that iPhones flooded parts of the campus' wireless network with access requests, freezing parts of the system... Continue Reading Posted at 1:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A Solution to the Lack of Organ Donors Bill Belew July 19, 2007 The UK's chief medical officer has a solution to the lack of organs and organ donors and the British government's Department of Health said his report would be given "careful consideration".The answer - change legislation to an opt-out system.Make people... Continue Reading Posted at 12:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Steps to take for the 4 million who FAILED Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Millions passed and there was happiness and parties and confetti and....and...But there were also about 4 million who failed...the national college entrance exams in China.When that happens, parents, schools, friends, society at large tends to forget about them...withdraw support....let 'em... Continue Reading Posted at 11:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Devil Training" part of Summer Fun Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Parents in China think it might be fun for their kids to take part in 'Devil Training.'Or at least moms and dads will think it worthwhile AFTER/IF their kids make it to completion and the devil is beat out of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Genealogy - How Important is it to Know Your Own? Bill Belew July 19, 2007 When I came back from Japan earlier in this millenium, I spent a long time looking for a job.And as most people know, you cannot keep doing the same thing over and over and over again...there's got to be a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 7 Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Little Rabbit tutored me in the Russian language in my spare time. She also had it in her mind that I should learn something about the Russian heart. To do that she insisted I visit Moscow, the heart... Continue Reading Posted at 3:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kids Addicted to Caffeine? Bill Belew July 19, 2007 An assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine says -Kids should have no more than one milligram of caffeine per pound of body weight.If Spike weighs 50lbs, lemme see...50 mg of caffeine are the limit for the day.Good... Continue Reading Posted at 1:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul18	Harry Potter and the Parallel Internet World - Even Fans have Fans Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Harry Potter....is there anything else going on this week other than 325 million people waiting to pick up their books this Friday night at midnight?Yup...there are other things going on...Emerson Spartz....(Emerson who?) has been making the... Continue Reading Posted at 1:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Indiana Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip for College Tuition Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Twenty year old Jessica Osborne dropped out of college twice because she didn't have enough money and went to work for Pizza Hut.Doing her job well proved to be the right thing to do when customers started requesting her to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	July 18, Wisdumb - When Experts are fools and Cops need Catching Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You don't want to be "so learned that you can name a horse in nine languages but buy a cow to ride on" says Ben Franklin. Too often it is... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Edit - more spoilers in the Comments... This comment was tucked away under a previous post about P-Day - Harry Potter and Midnight Madness and the upcoming release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I thought to post it here for... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harry Potter's Midnight Madness Arrives Early Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix made $33 million at the British box office last weekend ... a new record.It was also the highest ever four-day weekend take for Britain.The only other film to do better in one... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top Choice for Summer Reading - Thrillers and Harry Potter Bill Belew July 18, 2007 I suppose the Harry Potter Series falls into the thriller category. It might be pretty intense for many that read it.Not only is JK Rowling's Harry Potter Harry and the Deathly Hallows a must read this Friday night/Saturday morning, it... Continue Reading Posted at 9:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 6 Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Two years and a lot of red tape later, I stepped off the plane in Khabarovsk, Far East Russia, located on the southern edge of Siberia. Khabarovsk was the second to last stop on the Trans-Siberian railroad from... Continue Reading Posted at 3:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul17	80-Year old Roger Williams University Board Chairman Learns N-Word While Listening to Rap Music Bill Belew July 17, 2007 An 80-year old benefactor and long time chairman of the board of the Roger Williams University admitted that he used the N-word during a board meeting. "I apologized for that," he said in an interview on WPRO-AM. "What else can... Continue Reading Posted at 6:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	FairUse4M vs Microsoft and Apple Computer's Give up Philosophy Bill Belew July 17, 2007 There is a new version of the FairUse4M program. It can crack Microsoft's digital rights management system for Window's Media and video files.The program was published online late Friday.A director in Microsoft's consumer media technology group said, "We knew at... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lessons Learned from a Tour de France Veteran and Discovery Channel Manager Bill Belew July 17, 2007 Ekimov Viatcheslav (41), the team manager of Discovery Channel, Olympic Gold Medalis and 15-time Tour de France participant is singing the praises of a 29-year old Chinese, Li Fuyu.Li is the first Chinese to rider to sign with a UCI... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Evolution's Energy Saving Technique - Walk on Two Feet? Bill Belew July 17, 2007 Some fool and his gang at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri has concluded that humans started walking upright in order to save energy....making humans the original 'green machines.'The researcher and his crew of monkeys analyzed human and chimp biomechanics.Their... Continue Reading Posted at 10:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Half of College Students Feel Unhealthy Bill Belew July 17, 2007 More than half of college students surveyed in eight universities say they feel unhealthy.Less than one in three think they are fit. The reasons they felt so bad:1. poor sleep quality, including insufficient sleep2. lack of exercise80% of students said it... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 5 Bill Belew July 17, 2007 I knew only one word in Russian and I didn’t even know how to say that correctly. I can’t help but want to communicate with peoples of other countries. It is because I have a faith inside me that... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Steps to Take if Your Kid, or You are Stung by a Bee Bill Belew July 17, 2007 I don't know if mom and dad knew about these steps or not. I can remember being stung and everyone laughing as I hopped around, flicking and flinging my hands or whichever body part got stung.However, getting stung by a... Continue Reading Posted at 1:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul16	P-Day - Harry Potter and Midnight Madness Bill Belew July 16, 2007 It's coming..."Midnight Madness" will be here at one minute past midnight this Friday night - British Summer Time.J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will go on sale this Friday evening. My son who works at Borders tells me some... Continue Reading Posted at 4:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jr. Higher Attacks Teacher and Classmates Bill Belew July 16, 2007 "Look out! She's got a box knife!"A little junior high school girl in Japan apparently decided enough was enough so she attacked a fellow student and her teacher with a box knife.She got the best of the classmate, leaving him... Continue Reading Posted at 1:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Barbara Morgan to Lose Confidence in Endeavour Flight? Bill Belew July 16, 2007 It's not Barbara Morgan's fault that officials at NASA can't spell.She was a teacher, 22 years ago. Now she's an astronaunt, full-fledged.But, she's got to be thinking about how to get her students - the officials at NASA - to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Utterly Baffled Bill Belew July 16, 2007 I am utterly baffled AGAIN.My wife and I both teach for a national online university.Lesson after lesson I am amazed at just how foolish people can be. Foolish may not be the right word...but I can think of more descriptive... Continue Reading Posted at 12:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 4 Bill Belew July 16, 2007 I harbored that hate for some twenty years after we buried Fish. Unlike love which grows with time, hate eats away at a person’s heart. Walking the streets of Niigata, Japan, a small city about a 90 minute... Continue Reading Posted at 3:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is Your Kid a Baby Tiger Woods Bill Belew July 16, 2007 When my kids were young, we used to take them to see different things...venues where they could see people exceling at what they did...body building, ice skating, concerts, sports, and so on. We were careful to point out that if... Continue Reading Posted at 1:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul15	How I Learned to Hate - Part 3 Bill Belew July 15, 2007 Eyes overflowed with tears. Old, middle-aged and young hands trembled. Bodies shook uncontrollably and hugs of comfort were generously offered. After the preacher spoke, a Marine guard folded the US colors and presented them to Fish’s mother. Each time... Continue Reading Posted at 3:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Reasons to Hire a Manny Bill Belew July 15, 2007 A Nanny?Nope, a manny.Seems the stars, Britney Spears, Gwyneth Paltrow and Rosie O'Donnell think having a guy around the kids is better than having a girl....As for me, what the stars think is usually a good reason for me to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul14	5 Steps to Keep Your Child from Smoking Bill Belew July 14, 2007 If you smoke...there is a real good chance that your kids will, too.I have a wonderful nephew, with good horse sense...but...he smokes...like both of his parents.My younger son tried it for a while but gave up. I only talked to... Continue Reading Posted at 11:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 2 Bill Belew July 14, 2007 Donald S., affectionately called Fish, at whose funeral we had gathered, was killed in that war. Fish was a high school classmate, but more importantly a close friend of my older brother and sisters. Fish, we were told,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Top Career Goals of New College Grads Bill Belew July 14, 2007 They don't make 'em like they used to? Old geezers of every generation have been saying that about the younger generation for well, generations.The new college grads entering the work place have new priorities, are looking for something different.1. Within... Continue Reading Posted at 1:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul13	July 13, Wisdumb - Dead People Tell Students Don't Be Late for School Bill Belew July 13, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Hold classes in a muslim graveyard. Or Build a pre-school over a graveyard.Ask for a bottle of water in NYC. Buy ice cream in NYC. Eat ice... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	433.65 Reasons Why I Hate Sprint Bill Belew July 13, 2007 Maria writes Sprint Dumps 1000 Customers because they are high maintenance.I'm a little out of my league here seeings this is my education and knowledge blog...but I have 433.65 reasons why I don't like, make that hate SPRINT.And, thanks to... Continue Reading Posted at 2:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Reasons why Friday the 13th is Unlucky Bill Belew July 13, 2007 I've always been a pretty lucky person...unfortunately...it's always bad luck.Today then should be a special day for me, no?Why is Friday the 13th such an unlucky day?1. October 13th, 1307 (could have used a 6 here, but) is the day... Continue Reading Posted at 11:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Phil Mickelson Can Beat Tiger Woods Everytime Bill Belew July 13, 2007 I wonder if Phil Mickelson is a blog reader.If he were, he could learn right here how to beat Tiger Woods in a round of golf, EVERY time...guaranteed? Nope. Tiger might be good enough to win soused...For $39.95 Phil could... Continue Reading Posted at 10:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Reasons to NOT Drink When You Are Pregnant Bill Belew July 13, 2007 Some things are worth repeating because for some reason...people still don't know.Why shouldn't a woman drink when she is pregnant?1. It scares the snot out of the doctors.2. The baby will likely suffer permanent neurological damage from mom's drinking.3. The... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What I Wish I Had Learned from Michael Douglas about Catherine Zeta-Jones Bill Belew July 13, 2007 I never liked Michael Douglas....ever since the China Syndrome. But he can act and he gets parts...and he is rich enough that he can produce his own movies if he can't find anyone else to.But...he does have a pretty wife... Continue Reading Posted at 9:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	22 Years Later - Barbara Morgan - Gets First Trip into Space Aboard Endeavour Bill Belew July 13, 2007 Barbara Morgan could be one of my favorite people.Her story is the kind I like...the never give up...the I will do it one way or the other...the I wonder how long it takes rather than I wonder if it can... Continue Reading Posted at 5:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 1 Bill Belew July 13, 2007 It was on a pleasantly warm fall day in 1967 that I learned to hate. I wore my Sunday best even though it was a weekday and I stood on a gently rolling hill with my family and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - University of Colorado Says Walk it Off Bill Belew July 13, 2007 A University of Colorado obesity expert says to "Walk it Off."Buy a pedometer, even the cheap ones will do...and start walking.Buy a pair of boots that 'are made for walking' if you must. But, get out there and walk...walk....walk.Start at... Continue Reading Posted at 1:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul12	Don't Forget - IPods Attract Lightening! Bill Belew July 12, 2007 A New England Journal of Medicine report tells of a Canadian jogger who suffered burns to his chest and neck and also received ruptured ear drums and broken jaw.Reason - lightening traveled through his music player's wires. iPod packaging warns against... Continue Reading Posted at 11:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"I see dead people walking"....at School! Bill Belew July 12, 2007 One six year old said, "I have stopped going to school after many dead people walked out of their graves and came into my dreams, ordering me to reach school on time."When land was refused to a school in the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Double Standards When Pot Head Principal Kept On? Bill Belew July 12, 2007 "But, mommy, our principal smokes pot?""Yea, well, if he were to jump in front of a bus, would you do it, too?"A police sheriff arrested an elementary school principal because he was smoking pot, and had some in his possession... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	July 12, Wisdumb - Dude Shows Up One Year Early for Friend's Overseas Wedding Bill Belew July 12, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what not to do.You might NOT want to:Listen to the principal. Let this guy in the pool. Ask your friend to bail you out of jail. Order pizza from this dude. Make a child sex offender... Continue Reading Posted at 10:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Take the Quiz to Learn if You are in Tune w/ a 12-year old Bill Belew July 12, 2007 Mom, Dad...do you know what you 12-year old is talking about?Think you got good 'vibes'?All's well....Here's a quiz I found via College Humor that you can take to give you some insight as to whether or not you really have... Continue Reading Posted at 9:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Duke University Bill Belew July 12, 2007 A nutrition manager at Duke Diet and Fitness Center, Duke U's successful weight-management center says to eat up early on.Most dieters try to trim on breakfast and lunch but end up making up for loss time later in the day.If... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....Postscript Bill Belew July 12, 2007 Post script: I got an unexpected visit from my brother, Jerry, right before I submitted this piece for a school assignment. He reminded me of a time when we were little guys still in the old house. One night he... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul11	July 11, Wisdumb - Cop Impersonator Pulls Over Another Cop Bill Belew July 11, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what not to do.\You might not want to:Impersonate a cop to a cop. Think that toilet rooms are for making deposits only.Take your lawn chair for a balloon ride. Larry, is that you? Let... Continue Reading Posted at 10:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Western Diet Increases Likelihood of Breast Cancer Bill Belew July 11, 2007 About 3,000 women were tracked in Shanghai, half of whom were diagnosed with breast cancer.Post-menopausal women who ate Western style food - beef, pork, shrimp, chicken, candy, desserts and dairy products - were a whopping 60% more likely to develop... Continue Reading Posted at 5:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Men w/ Muscles Get the Nod Bill Belew July 11, 2007 I guess it depends on whether you are looking for a fling or a spouse.Stupid thought considering what's on the mind of most university males...eh?A UCLA research has concluded that the girls go for the guys with the muscles."Women are... Continue Reading Posted at 5:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	1,200 Students in One Exam Hall (pix) A sea of students Bill Belew July 11, 2007 "Yo! How do you say 'it's crowded' in Chinese?""I dunno. How do you say. "man it's stinking hot in here?""Got me.""QUIET!""Psst...how do you say 'she looks foxy in pink'?"How is it possible to keep 1,200 students from cheating on an... Continue Reading Posted at 1:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Reasons to Have University Classes Year Around Bill Belew July 11, 2007 It's a problem when university aged students have too much time on their hands.Maybe it would be better if school went year around. I mean, how many students work the farms now in the summer time anyway?And if, school went... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	11 Reasons Why Canadians Are So Laid Back Bill Belew July 11, 2007 I have friends who when they travel overseas, they wear Canadian Flag pins on their shirts, blouses so people won't know they are Americans. The world, it seems, likes the Canadians...they are laid back, don't stir the pot...uh..they smoke the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....Part 19 Bill Belew July 11, 2007 It was many years later when I found out where she had gone and who she was with…that time. It is not a happy story for she had been there before and ultimately went there again. On that day,... Continue Reading Posted at 2:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - New York University Bill Belew July 11, 2007 Marilyn Monroe is fat...at least people would think so if she were around today.The old size 4s are the new size 11s. And a 34 inch waist in a pair of Levis, though I wish it were 34", in all... Continue Reading Posted at 2:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul10	July 10, Wisdumb - 16-year old Traded for a Goat Bill Belew July 10, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Order the Cat Soupor the Whole Roasted Camel! but just because China's Food Exports say 1% is UnsafeIt's better to have stress free fish. Trade your... Continue Reading Posted at 11:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Reasons to Own a Tricycle instead of Bicycle Bill Belew July 10, 2007 If a picture says a thousand words, this one says at least seven ...reasons...7 Reasons why someone would want to own a tricycle instead of bicycle1. The tank on the bottom in the back...2. The tank on the bottom in... Continue Reading Posted at 2:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to tell when a Preacher is Off the Narrow Path Bill Belew July 10, 2007 What are you going to do when you can't have faith in a man of faith?What about when the heavens comment on the guy selling you a book on how to get there?How can we know if the gate has... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Golf Practice Ranges Lose Balls Bill Belew July 10, 2007 I have always thought there are at least three ways to do anything....the right way, the left way and somewhere in between.Well....there's a golf driving range that has lost 4,800 golf balls...in one night.There are three possible explanations.1. Someone stole... Continue Reading Posted at 12:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 18 Bill Belew July 10, 2007 Shouts, screams, and all sorts of commotion woke me up the next morning. Everyone was hollering. What could possibly be wrong now was the thought weighing heavily on my heart. “What’s going on?!” somebody yelled. “Hurry up!” “You’re... Continue Reading Posted at 2:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Lose Your Friends Bill Belew July 10, 2007 A University of Toronto psychologist has concluded that we eat like our friends.If everyone is pigging out....why not me, too?If my dormies are eating pizza or coney islands before bed time, why shouldn't I join them?Well...maybe they have a metabolism... Continue Reading Posted at 2:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 9	Boy from Hell Refused Admittance to Catholic School Bill Belew July 9, 2007 The kid can't help who his parents are or what their surname is.Alex was born to Mr and Mrs Max Hell of Melbourne. When his dad applied for him to enter a prep school, St Peter Apostle Primary School at... Continue Reading Posted at 10:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 17 Bill Belew July 9, 2007 I’d have done anything for Pop. Any of us kids would. Because he would do anything for us kids. The song, The Impossible Dream has a phrase that goes, “to try when your arms are too weary…” I saw this... Continue Reading Posted at 2:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Purdue University Bill Belew July 9, 2007 If the colleges and universities want to get funding for reasearch, what better topic than weight loss?Two-thirds or more of America needs to know the secret, a secret, any secret (they sure won't listen to reason) to losing weight.A Purdue... Continue Reading Posted at 1:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 8	Living Off Campus Banned! Bill Belew July 8, 2007 Chinese university students are no longer permitted to live off campus.China's Ministry of education has issued a notice "to make the dormitories 'another front for political and ideological education' in order to create a 'good climate for the students'' growth.'"The... Continue Reading Posted at 7:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Police Raid Finds Smelly Feet Bill Belew July 8, 2007 I am surprised the police never showed up at my house or my dorm room for that matter.My brother used to throw my shoes out the window. I had to fetch them in the morning before I went to school.After... Continue Reading Posted at 7:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lucky Baby Weighs 7lbs 7 oz, born on 7-7-07 Bill Belew July 8, 2007 A baby was born in Chippewa Falls, WI weighing in at 7lbs 7oz. Birthdate - 7-7-07 and in the year of the Golden Pig to boot. And the doctor, dang it, couldn't get the baby out fast enough to have... Continue Reading Posted at 6:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Women 16,215 - Men 15,669 Bill Belew July 8, 2007 The women won, but by only 3.4% an apparently statistical insignificance.But the girls are saying, "Hey, we still won!" Yeah, I know...a win is a win. Researchers from the University of Texas put microphones on 396 students for from 2-10 days and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Forms of Sexual Harassment at School Bill Belew July 8, 2007 Japanese school teachers are sexually harassing their students.The number of cases has exceeded 100 for six consecutive years.In a country where it is embarrassing to talk about such things, chances are the number of unreported cases is much much larger... Continue Reading Posted at 5:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 16 Bill Belew July 8, 2007 “Kids, I will tell you again. Don’t worry. I am not leaving you. NEVER!” I wonder now, was he trying to reassure us by repeating this mantra or to convince himself? It’s no matter now. He kept his word. ... Continue Reading Posted at 2:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Fitness Guru Weighs In Bill Belew July 8, 2007 "The 3-Hour Diet" does not mean you get to eat three hour meals...though it sounds like it might be fun. Uh, nah, it doesn't sound like much fun after all.My wife and I decided to never go to buffets again...at... Continue Reading Posted at 12:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 7	July 7, Wisdumb - Baby Buried Alive...Survives! Bill Belew July 7, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Come in out of the rain. Ride the train on top of the cars. Go shopping with grandma. Post the pictures without permission...of the dead kids. Bury... Continue Reading Posted at 11:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When Being Nice Gets You Arrested Bill Belew July 7, 2007 Some dude in Denver, trying to pick up a girl no doubt....told two women that he was interested in them.In two separate incidents he said he thought they were 'extremely beautiful'. They grow them that way in Colorado I guess.He... Continue Reading Posted at 3:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When Too Much is Too Much Bill Belew July 7, 2007 If a little bit is good...then a lot should be better, right?But what about when too much is too much...way too much?These Incredible Hulks have incredible bulk.Where were they when the movie was being filmed? Any of them painted green... Continue Reading Posted at 3:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blood Pressure Lowered by a Kiss a Day Bill Belew July 7, 2007 I suppose it would depend on who you were kissing, who was watching and whether you were allowed to be kissing in the first place...but it appears that a kiss-sized amount of dark chocolate is enough to lower blood pressure.A... Continue Reading Posted at 1:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Increase Your Truck's Ice Cream Business Bill Belew July 7, 2007 There's one dude in southwest Michigan realized he couldn't make it on ice cream sales alone from his mister creamy truck.So...he used a little initiative. "Hmm...what do kids like? Sugar high? How about just getting high?"Problem...police like ice cream, too.Some... Continue Reading Posted at 6:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Making Money Off of Caps and Gowns Bill Belew July 7, 2007 If the tuition doesn't get you, the cost of graduation will...not graduating... graduation.And, now it's starting earlier!Kids wore caps and gowns at a primary school graduation ceremony in China at a school in the south-western municipality of Chongqing.Academic robes, painter... Continue Reading Posted at 4:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 15 Bill Belew July 7, 2007 As I write this, I am older now and I understand better. My mother had abandoned us, all of us, but especially my little sister. I want to say there was wickedness in that house or maybe it was in... Continue Reading Posted at 2:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Spoil Your Dinner Bill Belew July 7, 2007 Remember how your parents always told you not to munch before meal time?Eating a snack before supper will "spoil your dinner."Turns out, at least according to one doctor, it's a good idea to spoil your dinner. In the book "You on... Continue Reading Posted at 12:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 6	July 6, Wisdumb - Shoppers Take Camera Photos of Stabbing Victim Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Miss out on a photo op....good grief. Let this doctor or his 15-year old kid deliver your baby. Play with fire....um, works. Play cops and robbers... Continue Reading Posted at 10:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 12 Bill Belew July 6, 2007 At Fish’s funeral, Taps was followed by another military tradition – the 21 gun salute. Each firing of a gun was like the pounding of a hammer on a nail that attached a poster inscribed with the word HATE... Continue Reading Posted at 6:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tips For Losing Weight - Penn State University Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Everybody has a strategy for losing weight. I know how to lose weight but am much better at finding it.It seems to me that if there were one best way to drop the pounds, EVERYONE would do it.Perhaps what is... Continue Reading Posted at 11:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 100 Prolific Bloggers - 50 Bloggers w/ 1750+ Posts Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Who are the most prolific bloggers of all time?We may never know.But 90 of them are listed here....and 50 of them have 1,750 or more posts.How about you?Do you and your post belong on the list?The original list appears at... Continue Reading Posted at 11:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Paul Newman Shows His True Colors Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Paul Newman, the academy award winner for his role in the 1986 movie "The Color of Money,'' showed some of his true colors when Ypsilanti High School Drama Club got an unexpected boost in its fundraising drive with a check... Continue Reading Posted at 10:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Ways to NOT Pay Your College Tuition Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Desperate measures call for desperate actions.Paying the school bill is/can be a challenge for many college students.How not to pay ...1. work as a bouncer at a club? One of my students was put in the hospital for a looong... Continue Reading Posted at 9:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 14 Bill Belew July 6, 2007 What about me and my baby sister? What did the house have in its bag of tricks for us? Was there no reprieve? * * * My sister was about a week old when my brother and I came home from... Continue Reading Posted at 2:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 5	How I Learned to Pray....part 13 Bill Belew July 5, 2007 Yet another time, Jerry was with a friend on the little Miami River, a tributary of the Ohio, when they found a 17 year old boy who had drowned. One would think Jerry would stay away from rivers. But it... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 4	6 Reasons to Exercise First Thing Each Day Bill Belew July 4, 2007 Morning person, night person...which are you? And why do you think so?More importantly, why do morning people and night people marry each other?Oops...I am already off topic.Yesterday, I picked up a brochure while waiting for my wife at the doctor's... Continue Reading Posted at 11:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Indications That Some Doctors Practice Their Own Health Advice Bill Belew July 4, 2007 A few years back, my son and I were living in Houston, TX. I am a church goer, but he was not. I tried to raise my kids to think for themselves, even if it meant they didn't agree with... Continue Reading Posted at 11:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 3	Pardon the Self Promotion of TheBizOfKnowledge Bill Belew July 3, 2007 Please pardon this bit of self promotion.I was quite happy to find that someone else nominated TheBizOfKnowledge for a Blogger's Choice Awards in two catergories!! Best Humor BlogTheBizofKnowledge Best Education BlogTheBizofKnowledge Yea!Not only that, TBOK is currently tied for 23rd out... Continue Reading Posted at 6:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Prostate Cancer Treatment by International HIFU Bill Belew July 3, 2007 Sponsored ReviewI am at the age (half century+) where information on prostate cancer treatment is very welcome. Even knowing prostate cancer symptoms is interesting reading to me. And, especially because my father developed prostate cancer, was operated on for it,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 2	What We Can Learn from the Swedes' "Giant Cocktail" about Alternative Fuels Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Green...green....green...Everything is green, eco-friendly, alternative fuel, save-the-worldish.The Swedes, bless their hearts, need not take a back seat to any country when it comes to making the most of a bad situation to turn it into good.Not only have they supplied... Continue Reading Posted at 5:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Where Not to Hide Cocaine Bill Belew July 2, 2007 The drug smugglers are getting smarter...sorta....maybe sneakier is a better word. Inspectors are holding their own as well.Some druggies tried to smuggle 9 kilograms (20 lbs) of cocaine through Panama, presumably on their way to the United States from Columbia... Continue Reading Posted at 5:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When Suicides Should Succeed Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Some people can't even commit suicide right.I know I'd be afraid to even try for fear I'd totally debillitate myself, not die, and live as a vegetable to be a 120.This guy in Japan is going to wish he had... Continue Reading Posted at 5:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to determine your wife's value - jury determines one man's wife worth $4,802 Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Some knucklehead decided to sue the man who stole his wife.Huh?Yeah, that's what I thought.The man used a little known legal attack against a man that his wife had been seeing at his request.Her husband wanted her to 'spice up'... Continue Reading Posted at 5:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Movies That Are Must See for MBA Classes Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Four Italian management consultants are recommending Hollywood classics over attending management courses in a handbook called Cinema for Managers. Chances are they don't need to recommend the flicks. Many a lazy professor will show a movie instead of giving a... Continue Reading Posted at 4:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	July 2, Wisdumb - Woman Denied Service for Eating with Her Feet Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Tell this woman she cannot eat with her feet. Shop at 7-Eleven on the border.Hide the cocaine in your dentures. Trust this pastor with your taxes. Stay... Continue Reading Posted at 10:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray.....part 12 Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Our family often spent weekends on the Ohio River. When Jerry was about nine years old he was in a boat and Della was in the water having just taken a tumble while skiing. “Look out! Sumdin’ is a... Continue Reading Posted at 2:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 1	How I Learned to Pray....Part 11 Bill Belew July 1, 2007 Our family often spent weekends on the Ohio River. When Jerry was about nine years old he was in a boat and Della was in the water having just taken a tumble while skiing. “Look out! Sumdin’ is a... Continue Reading Posted at 2:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Jul31	Killing, dismembering my sister? Yup, that was me. Bill Belew July 31, 2007 Know More: International Education 2.0, International Education They don't call it cram school for nothing. When Japanese fail their college entrance exams they will sometimes/often spend a year or two or three, depending on mom and dad's budget studying for the exam again for the following year. The idea, of course, is to cram as much into the brain in one year as should have been crammed in during the regular school years plus whatever it might take to pass the test. It can be intense...especially when test times roll Continue Reading Posted at 8:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul31	College Students Take Turns as Toilet Cleaners Bill Belew July 31, 2007 "Look, I'm a brush!""And, I'm a sponge."Everybody should take a turn at cleaning toilets.It happens in the military. It is happening in Shanghaii to college students, who instead of staying home and enjoying a summer break, have taken on an... Continue Reading Posted at 7:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 7 Bill Belew July 31, 2007 Before I knew it, there were teachers’ and PTA meetings being called to discuss what had happened to JJ, and what my role was in the whole affair. My parents, the principal, the superintendent, and all sorts of other... Continue Reading Posted at 12:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul30	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 6 Bill Belew July 30, 2007 Suddenly, everybody was chasing me, yelling and screaming. “Belew!! What’d you do that for?” “Belew!! What’s wrong with you?!” I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I didn’t know what it was I had done,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	88-Year Old Earns Eagle Scout Bill Belew July 30, 2007 An 88-year old man finally received the Eagle Scout award that he earned more than 70 years ago.Walter Hart earned 23 of 120 merit badges in 1923. 21 badges are needed to achieve Eagle Scout.However, in between the time he... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Earthquakes Cause Need for Counseling Bill Belew July 30, 2007 Reccently, Niigata prefecture was hit hard by an earthquake.The cities of Kariwa (actually it's a village), where the nuclear power reactors are, and Kashiwazaki were hit the hardest.As a result about 2 percent of school children are now in need... Continue Reading Posted at 10:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul29	Dutch Launch World's Biggest Condom to Teach Youth About STDs Bill Belew July 29, 2007 The things kids will do with condoms...especially when they are too young to use them.The things adults will do with condoms...especially when they are too old to use them.The director of a Dutch health service said "Sometimes when kids play... Continue Reading Posted at 1:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 5 Bill Belew July 29, 2007 Later that same year, Jackie J -- JJ, I called her -- some other kids and I were playing ‘It’ in the parking lot behind the school. “It” is played just like tag. The last person tagged was... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul28	Obesity is Contagious Bill Belew July 28, 2007 It's kind of like catching a cold...pretty easy if someone sneezes on you or shakes your hand after the blow their nose.Obesity has been found to be contagious by a group of researchers at the University of California in San... Continue Reading Posted at 9:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Roomster.net - Proof I Was Born Too Soon Bill Belew July 28, 2007 Sponsored ReviewWhy do I always feel like I was born too soon?This feeling is a mystery to me and gives me cause to wonder if other half-centenarians think along the same lines.The last time I felt this way was when... Continue Reading Posted at 6:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media Online Business Publications Reaches 10,000,000 Visitors and TheBizOfKnowledge Helped Bill Belew July 28, 2007 TheBizOfKnowledge belongs to the The Know More Media Business Blog Network.Know More Media reached two huge milestones this week -10,000,000 unique visitors50,000 postsAnd, I helped...here at TheBizOfKnowledge and I at my other two blogs, PanAsianBiz and RisingSunOfNihon.I have written and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Reasons to NOT Be Barry Bond's 756th Home Run Ball Bill Belew July 28, 2007 I sometimes wonder what other things I might be doing with my life if I weren't where I am now doing what I am doing now, whatever it might be at the time - serving in the Navy, preaching, teaching,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 4 Bill Belew July 28, 2007 Cleo Junior’s father was a barber on the east side of Cincy. It was Cincy’s bad side was the rumor that went around school. But no one clearly said why. The perpetrator had gone into Cleo Sr.’s barber shop... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul27	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 3 Bill Belew July 27, 2007 “It’s 7:25am and here is some news from Cincinnati’s East Side. Cleopus Jenkins, Sr. was shot to death while working in his shop yesterday evening,” the WKRC radio announcer said. My brothers and sisters and a few classmates... Continue Reading Posted at 12:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul26	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 2 Bill Belew July 26, 2007 The Vietnam conflict was quickly escalating into a war at the time as well. Two years after the assassination, American troops were sent to Vietnam. I vaguely remember seeing this on the news between cartoon watching on Saturday mornings.... Continue Reading Posted at 1:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul25	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 1 Bill Belew July 25, 2007 “The President’s been killed,” was being whispered from one kid to the next. It was like a game of telephone and I wondered if the news was being exaggerated. It wasn’t. On November 22, 1963, President... Continue Reading Posted at 12:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul24	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's - selling at 127 books a second Bill Belew July 24, 2007 The seventh book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," is setting sales records.Add one bought by my son yesterday. We are driving across country and it may take that long for him to finish it.The book sold 11 million copies... Continue Reading Posted at 11:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Daniel Radcliffe, the star who plays Harry Potter, was 11-years old when he began playing the role nearly 7 years ago.Yesterday, he turned 18. He also gained access to nearly $19 million in investment funds, but not all of the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - End Bill Belew July 24, 2007 At Fish’s funeral, Taps was followed by another military tradition – the 21 gun salute. Each firing of a gun was like the pounding of a hammer on a nail that attached a poster inscribed with the word HATE... Continue Reading Posted at 4:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Steps to Take When Your Kid Eats Too Much Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Talk about fun...and stimulating your appetite...My wife and I like to eat at home and then head out for dessert. It's easier on the budget and...well...it's just fun to go out after we've eaten.Looking for a place to get a... Continue Reading Posted at 1:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Spiderman Got His Name Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Insects, rodents and bugs have dreams, too. In place of their lot in life - to be hated, sent flying by a flick of the finger, or to be fish food, the little critters really want to be loved,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul23	Americans are getting fatter and getting there faster, too Bill Belew July 23, 2007 I am glad this guy didn't come to my house last night before he wrote up his report.He would have seen my son put away a whole bag of Mint Creme Oreo Cookies...the whole bag...and I helped?He is 6' 3"... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Crocodile Hunter Honored with Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Crikey!A new wildlife reserve in Outback Australia will honor the Crocodile Hunter with the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.There will be habitats for "the endangered northern quoll, a carnivorous marsupial, and the speartooth shark as well as an important gallery of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Keep Your Dog Happy and Your Child Safe Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Two dog stories came across my reading this morning...One answers the question - how to keep your children safe from rattlesnakes? The other answers the question - how to keep your dog happy on hot days? We all know that dogs don't... Continue Reading Posted at 10:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Feel Good Story - Rattlesnake vs. 1-year old Boy vs. Chihuahua - Who wins? Bill Belew July 23, 2007 A rattlesnake spotted some fresh meat when a 1-year old boy was splashing his hands in a birdbath.The snake lunged for the little tike...but...a five pound (2.3kg) chihuahua named Zoey (like the president's daughter) jumped in the way and took... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 11 Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Prior to this trip to Russia, I had lived in Japan for nearly five years. During my time there, I forced myself to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the express purpose of finding out whether the Japanese still hated... Continue Reading Posted at 4:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Water Safety Myths Bill Belew July 23, 2007 My son scared me to death the other day.He's a national caliber swimmer. He was also extremely stupid.He called to let me know he swam across the Ohio River and back. "With a life jacket on?""Nope, without a life jacket."Furious... Continue Reading Posted at 1:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul22	Female Kindergarten Teacher Fights Off Man with Screw Loose by Going for 'Private Parts' Bill Belew July 22, 2007 Japan is not the only place going to school can be dangerous.I mean going, walking, making the trip to school, NOT being at school.Getting to kindergarten can be death defying in China also unless Ouyang is your teacher. Getting into... Continue Reading Posted at 3:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	First Time in History for Girl Students to Outnumber Boy Students Bill Belew July 22, 2007 For the first time in history universities and colleges in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have more girls than boys.51.62% of the students in the region's 31 colleges and universities are girls.Even in post grad studies, girls make up 50.97%.Xinjiang... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teachable Opportunities vs. Teachable Moments Bill Belew July 22, 2007 We all know about 'teachable moments' - those times when all the stars line up and your charge is, well, um, charged....ready to be taught.Life is good, or bad....things are going well, or not....but for whatever reason your kid, your... Continue Reading Posted at 2:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 10 Bill Belew July 22, 2007 It was agonizing, it was heart wrenching. It was exhilarating. The hatred I had harbored against these people for 22 years to the month reared its ugly head. My eyes burned holes in the passersby. Everyone on the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Fixes for Kids Who Overheat Bill Belew July 22, 2007 Sweating is a good thing...for kids, too.We all ought to be so busy enjoying life, playing that we just sweat all the bad stuff out.But what happens when the little one starts to overheat?1. Recognize the difference between heat stroke... Continue Reading Posted at 1:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul21	Volume 8 in Harry Potter Series - 10 Things Harry Potter Didn't Know He Could Do Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Harry Potter is so amazing that he can do things even he doesn't know he has the power to do...especially in the business world.What can Harry Potter do? 1. Harry Potter can change the publishing industry. 2. Harry Potter can take over... Continue Reading Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Graduation Party Includes Trip to Prison Bill Belew July 21, 2007 A group of students at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade were given a trip as part of their farewell party....to a prison.Some 100-plus finance and economics majors, future bankers and security and funds workers, were taken on a half-day... Continue Reading Posted at 1:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Going to School in Japan is Dangerous Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Have I been away too long or is it really more dangerous living in Japan these days...for elementary school kids and kindergartners?A 56-year old man with a 30-year history of mental illness took a knife to a little 11-year old... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - were True! Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Turns out the guy who left the 10 spoilers in my comments was right.10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly HallowsNobody would have known until this morning and many people were able to make their way through the book.At... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PanAsianBiz Nominated for China Blog Award Bill Belew July 21, 2007 I feel pretty stupid writing this....but if I don't, I know what is likely to happen...nothing...so...I ask. Another blog that I write for KnowMoreMedia, PanAsianBiz, has been nominated for best China Blog in three categories.If readers here at TBOK have the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 9 Bill Belew July 21, 2007 A dozen or more stops later, after disembarking, searching and concluding they were the wrong stations, I finally found Mockva. Mockva is the English transliteration of the Russian spelling for the city we Americans call Moscow. It’s not even... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Plastic Surgery for a Better Job in China Bill Belew July 21, 2007 There's a billboard at a college in Changsha city that has the ugly intrigued and the very ugly and poor irate.The advertisement is for a plastic surgery center and the pitch is 'look better, get a job.'So far, some 200... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2 Steps to Take When Kids Get Too Much Caffeine Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Chances are if your kid gets too much caffeine, you will be taking more than two steps...running them down and so.It happens.While you gab, s/he slurps away at the soda.I've said this before...don't let the kid EVER like to drink... Continue Reading Posted at 1:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul20	'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Available on eBay for $250 Bill Belew July 20, 2007 Scholastic Inc. Rowling's U.S. publishers estimate that "around one one-hundredth of one percent of the total U.S. copies" going on sale early Saturday morning were received prematurely.That means of the 12 million that are going to be scarfed up, about... Continue Reading Posted at 11:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's - J K Rowling's Spoiler Bill Belew July 20, 2007 J K Rowling is spoiling the ending, the midnight magic, the mood.At her website Rowling wrote "As launch night looms, let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press on the plot of 'Harry... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Hardest Thing to Believe Bill Belew July 20, 2007 What's the most difficult thing you have ever had to believe? Or is it swallow? Your father is not really your father?You won the lottery?You actually passed or failed the class?You really could acomplish your goal if you stayed with... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 8 Bill Belew July 20, 2007 It didn’t take long for me to remember that I really didn’t like sightseeing. I got lost in the Russian Metro, the Moscow subway. At every subway station, the stations were huge; everything is super-sized in Russia. Russia is... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Remedies When a Child Misses a Nap Bill Belew July 20, 2007 Kids get excited, too. Okay, that's an understatement.When things are happening, they don't want to miss out..trips to grandma's, all day with Mickey Mouse or playing at the beach.Problem is ...kids get cranky. We adults do, so why not them.The... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Student Loan Hogs List Published Online Bill Belew July 20, 2007 The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Beijing has a list they want to send on to Santa Claus - the 1,200+ students have delayed paying back their student loans for a year or more.The list appeared on... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blogging Milestones - Reaching 3,000,000 Page Views Bill Belew July 20, 2007 I enjoy reaching milestones. I am not sure why. Maybe it's my way of feeling that I have made measurable progress, have achieved something that I can put a face on...even it's just a number.I have reached a blogging milestone.The... Continue Reading Posted at 12:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul19	There's Proof Aussie Rubgy Players are the Meanest Dudes Bill Belew July 19, 2007 They don't make 'em any tougher than they do down under.Aussie rugby players are the meanest, toughest, dullest, er, roughest dudes to be found.Ben Czislowski is living proof.The guy, ran, tackled, scrammed, scrummed and did whatever else goes on in... Continue Reading Posted at 1:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	One Very Good Reason to buy an iPhone - It Disrupts Duke University Wireless Networkd Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Apple Inc.'s new iPhones appear to be jamming the wireless networks at Duke University.A Duke staff geek sad "an analysis of traffic found that iPhones flooded parts of the campus' wireless network with access requests, freezing parts of the system... Continue Reading Posted at 1:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A Solution to the Lack of Organ Donors Bill Belew July 19, 2007 The UK's chief medical officer has a solution to the lack of organs and organ donors and the British government's Department of Health said his report would be given "careful consideration".The answer - change legislation to an opt-out system.Make people... Continue Reading Posted at 12:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Steps to take for the 4 million who FAILED Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Millions passed and there was happiness and parties and confetti and....and...But there were also about 4 million who failed...the national college entrance exams in China.When that happens, parents, schools, friends, society at large tends to forget about them...withdraw support....let 'em... Continue Reading Posted at 11:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Devil Training" part of Summer Fun Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Parents in China think it might be fun for their kids to take part in 'Devil Training.'Or at least moms and dads will think it worthwhile AFTER/IF their kids make it to completion and the devil is beat out of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Genealogy - How Important is it to Know Your Own? Bill Belew July 19, 2007 When I came back from Japan earlier in this millenium, I spent a long time looking for a job.And as most people know, you cannot keep doing the same thing over and over and over again...there's got to be a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 7 Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Little Rabbit tutored me in the Russian language in my spare time. She also had it in her mind that I should learn something about the Russian heart. To do that she insisted I visit Moscow, the heart... Continue Reading Posted at 3:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kids Addicted to Caffeine? Bill Belew July 19, 2007 An assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine says -Kids should have no more than one milligram of caffeine per pound of body weight.If Spike weighs 50lbs, lemme see...50 mg of caffeine are the limit for the day.Good... Continue Reading Posted at 1:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul18	Harry Potter and the Parallel Internet World - Even Fans have Fans Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Harry Potter....is there anything else going on this week other than 325 million people waiting to pick up their books this Friday night at midnight?Yup...there are other things going on...Emerson Spartz....(Emerson who?) has been making the... Continue Reading Posted at 1:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Indiana Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip for College Tuition Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Twenty year old Jessica Osborne dropped out of college twice because she didn't have enough money and went to work for Pizza Hut.Doing her job well proved to be the right thing to do when customers started requesting her to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	July 18, Wisdumb - When Experts are fools and Cops need Catching Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You don't want to be "so learned that you can name a horse in nine languages but buy a cow to ride on" says Ben Franklin. Too often it is... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Edit - more spoilers in the Comments... This comment was tucked away under a previous post about P-Day - Harry Potter and Midnight Madness and the upcoming release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I thought to post it here for... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harry Potter's Midnight Madness Arrives Early Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix made $33 million at the British box office last weekend ... a new record.It was also the highest ever four-day weekend take for Britain.The only other film to do better in one... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top Choice for Summer Reading - Thrillers and Harry Potter Bill Belew July 18, 2007 I suppose the Harry Potter Series falls into the thriller category. It might be pretty intense for many that read it.Not only is JK Rowling's Harry Potter Harry and the Deathly Hallows a must read this Friday night/Saturday morning, it... Continue Reading Posted at 9:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 6 Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Two years and a lot of red tape later, I stepped off the plane in Khabarovsk, Far East Russia, located on the southern edge of Siberia. Khabarovsk was the second to last stop on the Trans-Siberian railroad from... Continue Reading Posted at 3:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul17	80-Year old Roger Williams University Board Chairman Learns N-Word While Listening to Rap Music Bill Belew July 17, 2007 An 80-year old benefactor and long time chairman of the board of the Roger Williams University admitted that he used the N-word during a board meeting. "I apologized for that," he said in an interview on WPRO-AM. "What else can... Continue Reading Posted at 6:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	FairUse4M vs Microsoft and Apple Computer's Give up Philosophy Bill Belew July 17, 2007 There is a new version of the FairUse4M program. It can crack Microsoft's digital rights management system for Window's Media and video files.The program was published online late Friday.A director in Microsoft's consumer media technology group said, "We knew at... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lessons Learned from a Tour de France Veteran and Discovery Channel Manager Bill Belew July 17, 2007 Ekimov Viatcheslav (41), the team manager of Discovery Channel, Olympic Gold Medalis and 15-time Tour de France participant is singing the praises of a 29-year old Chinese, Li Fuyu.Li is the first Chinese to rider to sign with a UCI... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Evolution's Energy Saving Technique - Walk on Two Feet? Bill Belew July 17, 2007 Some fool and his gang at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri has concluded that humans started walking upright in order to save energy....making humans the original 'green machines.'The researcher and his crew of monkeys analyzed human and chimp biomechanics.Their... Continue Reading Posted at 10:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Half of College Students Feel Unhealthy Bill Belew July 17, 2007 More than half of college students surveyed in eight universities say they feel unhealthy.Less than one in three think they are fit. The reasons they felt so bad:1. poor sleep quality, including insufficient sleep2. lack of exercise80% of students said it... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 5 Bill Belew July 17, 2007 I knew only one word in Russian and I didn’t even know how to say that correctly. I can’t help but want to communicate with peoples of other countries. It is because I have a faith inside me that... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Steps to Take if Your Kid, or You are Stung by a Bee Bill Belew July 17, 2007 I don't know if mom and dad knew about these steps or not. I can remember being stung and everyone laughing as I hopped around, flicking and flinging my hands or whichever body part got stung.However, getting stung by a... Continue Reading Posted at 1:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul16	P-Day - Harry Potter and Midnight Madness Bill Belew July 16, 2007 It's coming..."Midnight Madness" will be here at one minute past midnight this Friday night - British Summer Time.J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will go on sale this Friday evening. My son who works at Borders tells me some... Continue Reading Posted at 4:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jr. Higher Attacks Teacher and Classmates Bill Belew July 16, 2007 "Look out! She's got a box knife!"A little junior high school girl in Japan apparently decided enough was enough so she attacked a fellow student and her teacher with a box knife.She got the best of the classmate, leaving him... Continue Reading Posted at 1:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Barbara Morgan to Lose Confidence in Endeavour Flight? Bill Belew July 16, 2007 It's not Barbara Morgan's fault that officials at NASA can't spell.She was a teacher, 22 years ago. Now she's an astronaunt, full-fledged.But, she's got to be thinking about how to get her students - the officials at NASA - to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Utterly Baffled Bill Belew July 16, 2007 I am utterly baffled AGAIN.My wife and I both teach for a national online university.Lesson after lesson I am amazed at just how foolish people can be. Foolish may not be the right word...but I can think of more descriptive... Continue Reading Posted at 12:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 4 Bill Belew July 16, 2007 I harbored that hate for some twenty years after we buried Fish. Unlike love which grows with time, hate eats away at a person’s heart. Walking the streets of Niigata, Japan, a small city about a 90 minute... Continue Reading Posted at 3:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Is Your Kid a Baby Tiger Woods Bill Belew July 16, 2007 When my kids were young, we used to take them to see different things...venues where they could see people exceling at what they did...body building, ice skating, concerts, sports, and so on. We were careful to point out that if... Continue Reading Posted at 1:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul15	How I Learned to Hate - Part 3 Bill Belew July 15, 2007 Eyes overflowed with tears. Old, middle-aged and young hands trembled. Bodies shook uncontrollably and hugs of comfort were generously offered. After the preacher spoke, a Marine guard folded the US colors and presented them to Fish’s mother. Each time... Continue Reading Posted at 3:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Reasons to Hire a Manny Bill Belew July 15, 2007 A Nanny?Nope, a manny.Seems the stars, Britney Spears, Gwyneth Paltrow and Rosie O'Donnell think having a guy around the kids is better than having a girl....As for me, what the stars think is usually a good reason for me to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul14	5 Steps to Keep Your Child from Smoking Bill Belew July 14, 2007 If you smoke...there is a real good chance that your kids will, too.I have a wonderful nephew, with good horse sense...but...he smokes...like both of his parents.My younger son tried it for a while but gave up. I only talked to... Continue Reading Posted at 11:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 2 Bill Belew July 14, 2007 Donald S., affectionately called Fish, at whose funeral we had gathered, was killed in that war. Fish was a high school classmate, but more importantly a close friend of my older brother and sisters. Fish, we were told,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Top Career Goals of New College Grads Bill Belew July 14, 2007 They don't make 'em like they used to? Old geezers of every generation have been saying that about the younger generation for well, generations.The new college grads entering the work place have new priorities, are looking for something different.1. Within... Continue Reading Posted at 1:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul13	July 13, Wisdumb - Dead People Tell Students Don't Be Late for School Bill Belew July 13, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Hold classes in a muslim graveyard. Or Build a pre-school over a graveyard.Ask for a bottle of water in NYC. Buy ice cream in NYC. Eat ice... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	433.65 Reasons Why I Hate Sprint Bill Belew July 13, 2007 Maria writes Sprint Dumps 1000 Customers because they are high maintenance.I'm a little out of my league here seeings this is my education and knowledge blog...but I have 433.65 reasons why I don't like, make that hate SPRINT.And, thanks to... Continue Reading Posted at 2:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Reasons why Friday the 13th is Unlucky Bill Belew July 13, 2007 I've always been a pretty lucky person...unfortunately...it's always bad luck.Today then should be a special day for me, no?Why is Friday the 13th such an unlucky day?1. October 13th, 1307 (could have used a 6 here, but) is the day... Continue Reading Posted at 11:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Phil Mickelson Can Beat Tiger Woods Everytime Bill Belew July 13, 2007 I wonder if Phil Mickelson is a blog reader.If he were, he could learn right here how to beat Tiger Woods in a round of golf, EVERY time...guaranteed? Nope. Tiger might be good enough to win soused...For $39.95 Phil could... Continue Reading Posted at 10:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Reasons to NOT Drink When You Are Pregnant Bill Belew July 13, 2007 Some things are worth repeating because for some reason...people still don't know.Why shouldn't a woman drink when she is pregnant?1. It scares the snot out of the doctors.2. The baby will likely suffer permanent neurological damage from mom's drinking.3. The... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What I Wish I Had Learned from Michael Douglas about Catherine Zeta-Jones Bill Belew July 13, 2007 I never liked Michael Douglas....ever since the China Syndrome. But he can act and he gets parts...and he is rich enough that he can produce his own movies if he can't find anyone else to.But...he does have a pretty wife... Continue Reading Posted at 9:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	22 Years Later - Barbara Morgan - Gets First Trip into Space Aboard Endeavour Bill Belew July 13, 2007 Barbara Morgan could be one of my favorite people.Her story is the kind I like...the never give up...the I will do it one way or the other...the I wonder how long it takes rather than I wonder if it can... Continue Reading Posted at 5:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 1 Bill Belew July 13, 2007 It was on a pleasantly warm fall day in 1967 that I learned to hate. I wore my Sunday best even though it was a weekday and I stood on a gently rolling hill with my family and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - University of Colorado Says Walk it Off Bill Belew July 13, 2007 A University of Colorado obesity expert says to "Walk it Off."Buy a pedometer, even the cheap ones will do...and start walking.Buy a pair of boots that 'are made for walking' if you must. But, get out there and walk...walk....walk.Start at... Continue Reading Posted at 1:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul12	Don't Forget - IPods Attract Lightening! Bill Belew July 12, 2007 A New England Journal of Medicine report tells of a Canadian jogger who suffered burns to his chest and neck and also received ruptured ear drums and broken jaw.Reason - lightening traveled through his music player's wires. iPod packaging warns against... Continue Reading Posted at 11:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"I see dead people walking"....at School! Bill Belew July 12, 2007 One six year old said, "I have stopped going to school after many dead people walked out of their graves and came into my dreams, ordering me to reach school on time."When land was refused to a school in the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Double Standards When Pot Head Principal Kept On? Bill Belew July 12, 2007 "But, mommy, our principal smokes pot?""Yea, well, if he were to jump in front of a bus, would you do it, too?"A police sheriff arrested an elementary school principal because he was smoking pot, and had some in his possession... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	July 12, Wisdumb - Dude Shows Up One Year Early for Friend's Overseas Wedding Bill Belew July 12, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what not to do.You might NOT want to:Listen to the principal. Let this guy in the pool. Ask your friend to bail you out of jail. Order pizza from this dude. Make a child sex offender... Continue Reading Posted at 10:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Take the Quiz to Learn if You are in Tune w/ a 12-year old Bill Belew July 12, 2007 Mom, Dad...do you know what you 12-year old is talking about?Think you got good 'vibes'?All's well....Here's a quiz I found via College Humor that you can take to give you some insight as to whether or not you really have... Continue Reading Posted at 9:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Duke University Bill Belew July 12, 2007 A nutrition manager at Duke Diet and Fitness Center, Duke U's successful weight-management center says to eat up early on.Most dieters try to trim on breakfast and lunch but end up making up for loss time later in the day.If... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....Postscript Bill Belew July 12, 2007 Post script: I got an unexpected visit from my brother, Jerry, right before I submitted this piece for a school assignment. He reminded me of a time when we were little guys still in the old house. One night he... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul11	July 11, Wisdumb - Cop Impersonator Pulls Over Another Cop Bill Belew July 11, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what not to do.\You might not want to:Impersonate a cop to a cop. Think that toilet rooms are for making deposits only.Take your lawn chair for a balloon ride. Larry, is that you? Let... Continue Reading Posted at 10:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Western Diet Increases Likelihood of Breast Cancer Bill Belew July 11, 2007 About 3,000 women were tracked in Shanghai, half of whom were diagnosed with breast cancer.Post-menopausal women who ate Western style food - beef, pork, shrimp, chicken, candy, desserts and dairy products - were a whopping 60% more likely to develop... Continue Reading Posted at 5:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Men w/ Muscles Get the Nod Bill Belew July 11, 2007 I guess it depends on whether you are looking for a fling or a spouse.Stupid thought considering what's on the mind of most university males...eh?A UCLA research has concluded that the girls go for the guys with the muscles."Women are... Continue Reading Posted at 5:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	1,200 Students in One Exam Hall (pix) A sea of students Bill Belew July 11, 2007 "Yo! How do you say 'it's crowded' in Chinese?""I dunno. How do you say. "man it's stinking hot in here?""Got me.""QUIET!""Psst...how do you say 'she looks foxy in pink'?"How is it possible to keep 1,200 students from cheating on an... Continue Reading Posted at 1:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Reasons to Have University Classes Year Around Bill Belew July 11, 2007 It's a problem when university aged students have too much time on their hands.Maybe it would be better if school went year around. I mean, how many students work the farms now in the summer time anyway?And if, school went... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	11 Reasons Why Canadians Are So Laid Back Bill Belew July 11, 2007 I have friends who when they travel overseas, they wear Canadian Flag pins on their shirts, blouses so people won't know they are Americans. The world, it seems, likes the Canadians...they are laid back, don't stir the pot...uh..they smoke the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....Part 19 Bill Belew July 11, 2007 It was many years later when I found out where she had gone and who she was with…that time. It is not a happy story for she had been there before and ultimately went there again. On that day,... Continue Reading Posted at 2:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - New York University Bill Belew July 11, 2007 Marilyn Monroe is fat...at least people would think so if she were around today.The old size 4s are the new size 11s. And a 34 inch waist in a pair of Levis, though I wish it were 34", in all... Continue Reading Posted at 2:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul10	July 10, Wisdumb - 16-year old Traded for a Goat Bill Belew July 10, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Order the Cat Soupor the Whole Roasted Camel! but just because China's Food Exports say 1% is UnsafeIt's better to have stress free fish. Trade your... Continue Reading Posted at 11:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Reasons to Own a Tricycle instead of Bicycle Bill Belew July 10, 2007 If a picture says a thousand words, this one says at least seven ...reasons...7 Reasons why someone would want to own a tricycle instead of bicycle1. The tank on the bottom in the back...2. The tank on the bottom in... Continue Reading Posted at 2:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to tell when a Preacher is Off the Narrow Path Bill Belew July 10, 2007 What are you going to do when you can't have faith in a man of faith?What about when the heavens comment on the guy selling you a book on how to get there?How can we know if the gate has... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Golf Practice Ranges Lose Balls Bill Belew July 10, 2007 I have always thought there are at least three ways to do anything....the right way, the left way and somewhere in between.Well....there's a golf driving range that has lost 4,800 golf balls...in one night.There are three possible explanations.1. Someone stole... Continue Reading Posted at 12:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 18 Bill Belew July 10, 2007 Shouts, screams, and all sorts of commotion woke me up the next morning. Everyone was hollering. What could possibly be wrong now was the thought weighing heavily on my heart. “What’s going on?!” somebody yelled. “Hurry up!” “You’re... Continue Reading Posted at 2:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Lose Your Friends Bill Belew July 10, 2007 A University of Toronto psychologist has concluded that we eat like our friends.If everyone is pigging out....why not me, too?If my dormies are eating pizza or coney islands before bed time, why shouldn't I join them?Well...maybe they have a metabolism... Continue Reading Posted at 2:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 9	Boy from Hell Refused Admittance to Catholic School Bill Belew July 9, 2007 The kid can't help who his parents are or what their surname is.Alex was born to Mr and Mrs Max Hell of Melbourne. When his dad applied for him to enter a prep school, St Peter Apostle Primary School at... Continue Reading Posted at 10:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 17 Bill Belew July 9, 2007 I’d have done anything for Pop. Any of us kids would. Because he would do anything for us kids. The song, The Impossible Dream has a phrase that goes, “to try when your arms are too weary…” I saw this... Continue Reading Posted at 2:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Purdue University Bill Belew July 9, 2007 If the colleges and universities want to get funding for reasearch, what better topic than weight loss?Two-thirds or more of America needs to know the secret, a secret, any secret (they sure won't listen to reason) to losing weight.A Purdue... Continue Reading Posted at 1:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 8	Living Off Campus Banned! Bill Belew July 8, 2007 Chinese university students are no longer permitted to live off campus.China's Ministry of education has issued a notice "to make the dormitories 'another front for political and ideological education' in order to create a 'good climate for the students'' growth.'"The... Continue Reading Posted at 7:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Police Raid Finds Smelly Feet Bill Belew July 8, 2007 I am surprised the police never showed up at my house or my dorm room for that matter.My brother used to throw my shoes out the window. I had to fetch them in the morning before I went to school.After... Continue Reading Posted at 7:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lucky Baby Weighs 7lbs 7 oz, born on 7-7-07 Bill Belew July 8, 2007 A baby was born in Chippewa Falls, WI weighing in at 7lbs 7oz. Birthdate - 7-7-07 and in the year of the Golden Pig to boot. And the doctor, dang it, couldn't get the baby out fast enough to have... Continue Reading Posted at 6:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Women 16,215 - Men 15,669 Bill Belew July 8, 2007 The women won, but by only 3.4% an apparently statistical insignificance.But the girls are saying, "Hey, we still won!" Yeah, I know...a win is a win. Researchers from the University of Texas put microphones on 396 students for from 2-10 days and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Forms of Sexual Harassment at School Bill Belew July 8, 2007 Japanese school teachers are sexually harassing their students.The number of cases has exceeded 100 for six consecutive years.In a country where it is embarrassing to talk about such things, chances are the number of unreported cases is much much larger... Continue Reading Posted at 5:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 16 Bill Belew July 8, 2007 “Kids, I will tell you again. Don’t worry. I am not leaving you. NEVER!” I wonder now, was he trying to reassure us by repeating this mantra or to convince himself? It’s no matter now. He kept his word. ... Continue Reading Posted at 2:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Fitness Guru Weighs In Bill Belew July 8, 2007 "The 3-Hour Diet" does not mean you get to eat three hour meals...though it sounds like it might be fun. Uh, nah, it doesn't sound like much fun after all.My wife and I decided to never go to buffets again...at... Continue Reading Posted at 12:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 7	July 7, Wisdumb - Baby Buried Alive...Survives! Bill Belew July 7, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Come in out of the rain. Ride the train on top of the cars. Go shopping with grandma. Post the pictures without permission...of the dead kids. Bury... Continue Reading Posted at 11:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When Being Nice Gets You Arrested Bill Belew July 7, 2007 Some dude in Denver, trying to pick up a girl no doubt....told two women that he was interested in them.In two separate incidents he said he thought they were 'extremely beautiful'. They grow them that way in Colorado I guess.He... Continue Reading Posted at 3:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When Too Much is Too Much Bill Belew July 7, 2007 If a little bit is good...then a lot should be better, right?But what about when too much is too much...way too much?These Incredible Hulks have incredible bulk.Where were they when the movie was being filmed? Any of them painted green... Continue Reading Posted at 3:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blood Pressure Lowered by a Kiss a Day Bill Belew July 7, 2007 I suppose it would depend on who you were kissing, who was watching and whether you were allowed to be kissing in the first place...but it appears that a kiss-sized amount of dark chocolate is enough to lower blood pressure.A... Continue Reading Posted at 1:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Increase Your Truck's Ice Cream Business Bill Belew July 7, 2007 There's one dude in southwest Michigan realized he couldn't make it on ice cream sales alone from his mister creamy truck.So...he used a little initiative. "Hmm...what do kids like? Sugar high? How about just getting high?"Problem...police like ice cream, too.Some... Continue Reading Posted at 6:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Making Money Off of Caps and Gowns Bill Belew July 7, 2007 If the tuition doesn't get you, the cost of graduation will...not graduating... graduation.And, now it's starting earlier!Kids wore caps and gowns at a primary school graduation ceremony in China at a school in the south-western municipality of Chongqing.Academic robes, painter... Continue Reading Posted at 4:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 15 Bill Belew July 7, 2007 As I write this, I am older now and I understand better. My mother had abandoned us, all of us, but especially my little sister. I want to say there was wickedness in that house or maybe it was in... Continue Reading Posted at 2:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Weight Loss Tips - Spoil Your Dinner Bill Belew July 7, 2007 Remember how your parents always told you not to munch before meal time?Eating a snack before supper will "spoil your dinner."Turns out, at least according to one doctor, it's a good idea to spoil your dinner. In the book "You on... Continue Reading Posted at 12:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 6	July 6, Wisdumb - Shoppers Take Camera Photos of Stabbing Victim Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Miss out on a photo op....good grief. Let this doctor or his 15-year old kid deliver your baby. Play with fire....um, works. Play cops and robbers... Continue Reading Posted at 10:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 12 Bill Belew July 6, 2007 At Fish’s funeral, Taps was followed by another military tradition – the 21 gun salute. Each firing of a gun was like the pounding of a hammer on a nail that attached a poster inscribed with the word HATE... Continue Reading Posted at 6:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tips For Losing Weight - Penn State University Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Everybody has a strategy for losing weight. I know how to lose weight but am much better at finding it.It seems to me that if there were one best way to drop the pounds, EVERYONE would do it.Perhaps what is... Continue Reading Posted at 11:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 100 Prolific Bloggers - 50 Bloggers w/ 1750+ Posts Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Who are the most prolific bloggers of all time?We may never know.But 90 of them are listed here....and 50 of them have 1,750 or more posts.How about you?Do you and your post belong on the list?The original list appears at... Continue Reading Posted at 11:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Paul Newman Shows His True Colors Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Paul Newman, the academy award winner for his role in the 1986 movie "The Color of Money,'' showed some of his true colors when Ypsilanti High School Drama Club got an unexpected boost in its fundraising drive with a check... Continue Reading Posted at 10:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Ways to NOT Pay Your College Tuition Bill Belew July 6, 2007 Desperate measures call for desperate actions.Paying the school bill is/can be a challenge for many college students.How not to pay ...1. work as a bouncer at a club? One of my students was put in the hospital for a looong... Continue Reading Posted at 9:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray....part 14 Bill Belew July 6, 2007 What about me and my baby sister? What did the house have in its bag of tricks for us? Was there no reprieve? * * * My sister was about a week old when my brother and I came home from... Continue Reading Posted at 2:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 5	How I Learned to Pray....part 13 Bill Belew July 5, 2007 Yet another time, Jerry was with a friend on the little Miami River, a tributary of the Ohio, when they found a 17 year old boy who had drowned. One would think Jerry would stay away from rivers. But it... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 4	6 Reasons to Exercise First Thing Each Day Bill Belew July 4, 2007 Morning person, night person...which are you? And why do you think so?More importantly, why do morning people and night people marry each other?Oops...I am already off topic.Yesterday, I picked up a brochure while waiting for my wife at the doctor's... Continue Reading Posted at 11:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Indications That Some Doctors Practice Their Own Health Advice Bill Belew July 4, 2007 A few years back, my son and I were living in Houston, TX. I am a church goer, but he was not. I tried to raise my kids to think for themselves, even if it meant they didn't agree with... Continue Reading Posted at 11:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 3	Pardon the Self Promotion of TheBizOfKnowledge Bill Belew July 3, 2007 Please pardon this bit of self promotion.I was quite happy to find that someone else nominated TheBizOfKnowledge for a Blogger's Choice Awards in two catergories!! Best Humor BlogTheBizofKnowledge Best Education BlogTheBizofKnowledge Yea!Not only that, TBOK is currently tied for 23rd out... Continue Reading Posted at 6:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Prostate Cancer Treatment by International HIFU Bill Belew July 3, 2007 Sponsored ReviewI am at the age (half century+) where information on prostate cancer treatment is very welcome. Even knowing prostate cancer symptoms is interesting reading to me. And, especially because my father developed prostate cancer, was operated on for it,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 2	What We Can Learn from the Swedes' "Giant Cocktail" about Alternative Fuels Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Green...green....green...Everything is green, eco-friendly, alternative fuel, save-the-worldish.The Swedes, bless their hearts, need not take a back seat to any country when it comes to making the most of a bad situation to turn it into good.Not only have they supplied... Continue Reading Posted at 5:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Where Not to Hide Cocaine Bill Belew July 2, 2007 The drug smugglers are getting smarter...sorta....maybe sneakier is a better word. Inspectors are holding their own as well.Some druggies tried to smuggle 9 kilograms (20 lbs) of cocaine through Panama, presumably on their way to the United States from Columbia... Continue Reading Posted at 5:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When Suicides Should Succeed Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Some people can't even commit suicide right.I know I'd be afraid to even try for fear I'd totally debillitate myself, not die, and live as a vegetable to be a 120.This guy in Japan is going to wish he had... Continue Reading Posted at 5:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to determine your wife's value - jury determines one man's wife worth $4,802 Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Some knucklehead decided to sue the man who stole his wife.Huh?Yeah, that's what I thought.The man used a little known legal attack against a man that his wife had been seeing at his request.Her husband wanted her to 'spice up'... Continue Reading Posted at 5:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Movies That Are Must See for MBA Classes Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Four Italian management consultants are recommending Hollywood classics over attending management courses in a handbook called Cinema for Managers. Chances are they don't need to recommend the flicks. Many a lazy professor will show a movie instead of giving a... Continue Reading Posted at 4:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	July 2, Wisdumb - Woman Denied Service for Eating with Her Feet Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Tell this woman she cannot eat with her feet. Shop at 7-Eleven on the border.Hide the cocaine in your dentures. Trust this pastor with your taxes. Stay... Continue Reading Posted at 10:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Pray.....part 12 Bill Belew July 2, 2007 Our family often spent weekends on the Ohio River. When Jerry was about nine years old he was in a boat and Della was in the water having just taken a tumble while skiing. “Look out! Sumdin’ is a... Continue Reading Posted at 2:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul 1	How I Learned to Pray....Part 11 Bill Belew July 1, 2007 Our family often spent weekends on the Ohio River. When Jerry was about nine years old he was in a boat and Della was in the water having just taken a tumble while skiing. “Look out! Sumdin’ is a... Continue Reading Posted at 2:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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