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When it is useless.As a member of the exclusive brotherhood and sisterhood of iPhone users (iPu), I can not even begin to extol the virtues of my iPhone.  So I won't.Instead, I would like to direct your attention to the insanity of the world we live in.My brother Shawn recently invested in not one, but two iTouch devices - one for him and one for his wife.

What's that quote from Lewis Carroll?  If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.Indeed.If you order a double cheeseburger at McDonalds, it cost a dollar (more or less now that Mickey Ds is testing a new pricing structure).

If it's not a law, it should be. It hardly seems fair that gravity on Earth is just a one-trick pony.But this is reality, so we have to deal with it... even when it sucks; like this:According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for December, which exclude automobiles, gas stations and restaurants, declined 2.2% unadjusted when compared to 2007, and decreased 1.4% seasonally adjusted from November.

I saw Mr. Barack Obama being interviewed by Mr. George Stephanopoulos over the weekend (is anyone named John Smith anymore?). Let me say first that these are two very cool customers. In addition, and no less significant, these are two guys with clear agendas.

But February made me shiverWith every paper I'd deliver.Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn't take one more step.It's there, all around us. Bad news about the economy is easier to get than the winter flu. Take this little gem, for example:The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index declined to a new all-time low in December.

I probably should have done this three weeks ago, but I wanted to get as close to the end of the year as I could. Anyway, here goes:10. Nearly 123 million Americans voted in the 2008 presidential election. Hip-hip-hooray.9. The Cleveland Indians comeback.

Some say John Wooden is the most influential, if not the greatest coach of the 20th century. At 98, he is definitely one of the oldest living coaches from the 20th century.Mr. Wooden is most notable for his success as the coach of UCLA's championship basketball teams from 1948 to 1975 (from 1946-1948 he was the coach of Indiana State, where he racked up a 44-15 record).

The funny thing about Alzheimer's Disease... Oh, wait, there isn't anything funny about Alzheimer's Disease. In point fo fact, it is the only thing about Boston Legal that was not funny.The idea of Denny Crane finally being taken down by an invisible foe was painful and sad.

Something about the big 3 automakers going to Congress today with their collective hats in hand reminded me of an old story.Once upon a time (in the early '80s) I was a Vice President and Public Relations Manager for Griswold-Eshleman, a very prominent ad agency headquartered in Cleveland (with offices around the world).