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November 02, 2007

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For those who don't make it over to my Tallahassee blog (www.QKGTallahassee.com) and are curious about this image, read about it here.

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Letter from U.S. Public Health Service Promises $30 to Participate in Study: Scam or Legit?

At the beginning of the year I received a letter from the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) stating it's conducting a national study on health-related issues and my address was randomly selected along with more than 200,000 others. The letter said Research Triangle Institute (RTI) is contracted to conduct the study and a representative will visit me. The letter provided the interviewer's name and stated she'd have an identification badge. All members of my household (me) would be asked a few questions and if qualified, I'd be asked to complete a survey and be compensated $30. With all the scams going around I wasn't sure if this was legit. I Googled the phone number provided (800-848-4079) and found it did belong to Research Triangle Institute. I also found some message boards where users posted they didn't think it sounded legit and kind of scammy. I forgot about it until last night, around 6:30 the doorbell rang. It was the woman mentioned in the le...

When You Gotta Go...

One of the most fascinating things about my 2004 stay in Japan were the toilets. I think it was the variety and how they changed from basic holes in the floor to high-tech machines with techniques to tickle almost all of the senses. It's taken me two years to do so, but I finally wrote a story about how to use a toilet in Japan.

Grounds of the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Spent some much needed R&R in Sarasota this weekend. Sorry to those of you (which are most of you in Sarasota) whom I didn't get in touch with. Was in Naples for business, our largest signature event, and needed time to unwind and relax. Anyway, here are some images of the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art's grounds. The Dwarf Garden is fairly new, the dwarfs aren't new, but the garden is.

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