Easter approached and my wife was bound and determined to watch Biblical films. I wasn’t all that keen on the concept. I slapped on my head phones and went off to explore what might be interesting online. I had already watched every video about the major musicians that I like, I had seen all of [...]

An Amber Alert has been issued by the Mississippi Highway Patrol for 2 year old Maliah Harris. According to the reports, the toddler was last seen with her parents as they left their home in Caledonia, Ms. this morning. Sadly when the police arrived they found a 7 month old child, Maliah’s baby sister dead [...]

How does a funeral scam work in the first place? This is something that I, as a security analyst, teach to the consumer public. First of all, the fake funeral scam starts off with an e-mail. The fraudulent e-mails come disguised as a notification for a funeral. The Better Business Bureau describes how the funeral [...]

It was supposed to be a simple and relaxing float trip for National Park Service Ranger Anna Pigeon and friends. Heath Jarod and her daughter, Elizabeth, will be along as will Leah and her daughter, Katie. Both the girls are teens and have little in common. The Fox River in Northern Minnesota is the destination. [...]

In December 2013 I wrote about Jeremiah Oliver, a 5 year old boy that was missing from his home in Fitchburg, Ma. Sadly the news of a missing child seems to be more common and not as shocking to the public as it used to be. What was so unusual about this case was the [...]

The passion! The electricity! The boisterous, capacity crowd! These elements were all part of what is considered the biggest event on the WWE calendar – Wrestlemania. The 30th edition of this spectacle emanated from the Superdome, in New Orleans, Louisiana, which seated over 75,000 fans. The night was filled with tremendous, heart-pounding action, but started [...]

Barry Rudner has been an author/poet of self-esteem books for children for over thirty years, dealing with universal truths such as, reaching for your dreams, homelessness, undying friendships, disability awareness, always being yourself, autism awareness, hope and utter silliness. He firmly believes that we cannot educate our children unless they feel good about who they [...]

The police were called about a fight between two men but while attempting to arrest one of the men, Anthony J. Hopkins, 27, he fled the scene. He was found inside a basement crawl space and the policemen sent in a K-9 officer to force the man out. Once Hopkins came out he turned to [...]

Mozilla could not have handled the manufactured crisis involving CEO Brendan Eich any more poorly than it did from a crisis PR standpoint. To review, Eich made a $1,000 donation to the Proposition 8 ballot initiative in 2008.  This was the California proposition that codified recognized marriage in the state as being between one man [...]

The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. Freedom of speech is under attack in this county. The irony is that those who call themselves “tolerant” and “free thinkers” are, very often, the ones pushing against this right, both in our culture and via the legal system. Two [...]

In a distant galaxy, three female prisoners, Dane (Danielle Donahue), Theel (Elizabeth V. Costanzo) and Jada (Marie DeLorenzo) escape from the prisoner ship when they realize they aren’t going to the detention center that they were told they were going to. They manage to distract their guards and get into an escape pod and take [...]

CHAPTER SEVEN Boston, Massachusetts means Boston Red Sox Emma came into her big money courtesy of Harvard University via her husband Mitchell Hancock. Dr. Hancock’s work with student athletes at Ohio State University had become legendary. Emma knew it was the hype as much as the work that really propelled her husband to the forefront [...]

I have to admit that I had never heard of this regional delicacy until a couple of weeks ago. I was chatting with a friend of mine and regaling him with my great Spam caper. I managed to get a can of Spam to a friend of mine who was in Outer Mongolia. At that [...]

The series that began with the award winning, The Territory, and continued in Scratchgravel Road, continues in the recently released Wrecked. While this novel could be read as a standalone, because of the numerous references to the two prior books scattered throughout this novel, readers who have read the earlier works will appreciate this one [...]

Have you ever thought about combining two different foods into one super food? Like putting a cheeseburger inside a ravioli? “Cheeseburger Ravioli Burger” looks really good and the recipe is here on pages 84-85. Or, maybe you have a craving for something like “Lobster Stuffed Fried Mac and Cheese Balls” (pages 94-95) or a “Mac [...]

The arrival of 2014 means that the Ford Mustang has been tearing down American roads for 50 years. When the Mustang arrived on the scene in 1964, it served as a symbol of American culture during that time period. It presented itself as a blend of youthful excitement and practicality, allowing it to appeal to [...]

Police in San Jose, California believe that viewing home security footage will help them solve crimes. The proposal for homeowners to voluntarily register their security cameras for a new police department database is the creation of councilman Sam Liccardo. The idea is to view the footage promptly after a crime. Liccardo revealed the proposal following [...]

In 2010 I asked Professor Eben Moglen to speak to the Internet Society of New York about software freedom, privacy and security in the context of cloud computing and social media. In his Freedom in the Cloud talk, he proposed the FreedomBox as a solution: a small inexpensive computer which would provide secure encrypted communications [...]

Finally, retailers and banks have agreed to work together to fight data breach incidents, foregoing the finger-pointing of who’s responsible for prevention and recovery. This means both entities will work to improve technology that will protect consumers. Historically, the squabbling consisted of retailers accusing banks of being lethargic at adopting updated, more secure debit card [...]

Robert Siciliano is a well respected writer for Blogger News. More than that, he is a damn nice guy! It is with pleasure that I share this email – Simon This Monday April 21st I am running my 3rd Boston Marathon with 38,000 other people and I’m doing it in the spirit of Gratitude and [...]

Life insurance isn’t usually one of the topics people deem exciting enough to be newsworthy. Maybe because the thought of our potential demise doesn’t seem so appealing, or maybe because it reminds us of that long list of things we haven’t yet taken care of. Either way,  2014 has actually been an interesting and exciting [...]

An Amber Alert has been issued for 14 year old Elizabeth Rex from Magnolia Texas. Authorities say they have reason to believe that the girl could be in grave or immediate danger. Elizabeth has been diagnosed with Pre-Development Disorder, Down Syndrome, Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity (ADHD), Bipolar Disorder and Von Willerbrand Disease, all of which [...]

I can’t recall the exact circumstances surrounding how Denny Griffin and I connected, but somehow we did. Denny had retired and become an author, his schtick was crime novels. But as he openly admits they were not feeding his hunger. True crime stories were his real interest. With his home base being Las Vegas he [...]

The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. This is a special edition of “Consider This!” I wrote an essay back in 1996, when the label “right-wing extremist” was being slapped on anyone who leaned conservative. With a few edits, this essay still has something to say to [...]

Anyone who has read the Lee Henry Oswald series by Harry Hunsicker knows that the author does not write the Dallas Chamber of Commerce ad copy type of books. The Dallas streets in his books are not of glitter and not necessarily always mean. Instead, these streets are broken dreams, cracked asphalt and the five [...]

This horror film is about three tales, all involving the Madam Raven’s Bordello, which is a place one could go to in order to fulfill their wildest fantasies. The Ripper Graham Johnson had a hobby that is not exactly one that was legal. He visited Brothel’s and would pick up dancers that he would become [...]

CHAPTER SIX Home Again The linebacker was one huge kid. “It’s funny how you grow closer to your parents as you get older and appreciate them so much more,” Emma said to Mitchell right before they went to bed during their first night together under the roof of Emma’s parent’s home. “Not for the children [...]

This one kind of hits me close to home. A 59 year old man in Abita Springs, which is about 50 miles or so north of New Orleans, was arrested for kidnapping, after the police that were looking for a 6 year old child whose mother reported missing. According to the reports, David Ledet told [...]

This is a guest article by Silvio Aladjem MD. I approach this topic with some trepidation.  Its magnitude is staggering and the discrepancies between countries and/or world areas, is painful. Worldwide, the latest WHO (World Health Organization) data estimates that 343000 women die every year as a result of pregnancy. To put it in context, [...]

As a security analyst for both off-line and online activity, which is personal protection and information security, I’m constantly analyzing my own security situation. This means paying attention to my surroundings, systems in place, the security of my hardware, software and data. One way to get a closer look at all of this and to [...]