Dickster's Random Thoughts

I mentioned on Saturday that it was a big day for our family.  It was our son's First Communion at the school he is attending.  I don't think it could have possibly gone any better, though there were a few potential moments. The First Communion was scheduled to begin at 4pm, but my wife and I were

Have you ever been sitting at a traffic light and have somebody in a high powered, expensive sports car next to you or in front of you? They sit there revving their engine showing off and speed away quickly as soon as the light chnages. Or maybe you are driving along and one passes you at some ung

Yesterday, on Sunday, May 20th, Robin Gibbs of the Bee Gees passed away after a long battle with cancer. Robin, along with twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry formed one of the most popular musical acts of all time with a career that began in the 1960's. Much will be written about how the

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Lenovo for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I love music.  If you went down into my basement, you would find several binders each holding over 100 CDs.  Those binders are organized by genre and, for the most part, are alphabetized by arti

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Gorilla Conferencing for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I have been in the business world most of my life.  There is nothing more gratifying that meeting one on one with a potential business partner and negotiating an agreement that can

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of CDW for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. There is no question that technology has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years.  It doesn't if you are a small business owner operating out of a home office, or a large corporation with

Now that Newsweek has proudly proclaimed that Barack Obama is the first "gay president," we can begin to speculate on future of Barack Obama.  Our first black president, Bill Clinton, ended up setting up an office in Harlem after his presidential term ended.  Will we see Barack Obama settling in San

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of POWOW Messenger for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. The other day, I downloaded a new text messaging app for my Android powered smartphone.  It is the POWOW Messenger for Android.  I know what you are thinking, "don't all smartphones com

Two years ago, I read the book One Second After by William Fortschen.  The book detailed a potential scenario of what could happen to our country if we were to ever be attacked my an electromagnetic pulse weapon.  An EMP attack could occur if a country or terrorist group were to launch a nuclear dev