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When I was first started working in New York, I had a friend who convinced me that the best way to become a better conversationalist was to spend a lot of time in bars. Part of the rationale was that other than drinking or maybe playing pool, all you do at a bar is talk to people, many of whom you don't actually know. Is this a valid strategy? The problem is, it depends on what kind of person you are. If you like that kind of slightly alcohol-fueled intimacy or quick sharing, it's fine...
...arguments about whether you can have whole catalogs of CDs or just one CD. Is it all of Beethoven, or just one string quartet? What happens is when you do a category like that, the discussion often deteriorates in a good way into actual substantive conversation. But it takes work to talk to a bore. And you have to save yourself at some point. I always say, Keep an empty glass - that's an old formula. If you're standing up, make sure your glass is near empty at all times. That can lead to drunkenness, though...
...spent 15 seconds at work on the computer watching a man dance around his room in a gas mask while wrapped in the American flag. He was watching me back, and when he saw that I wasn't laughing, he danced over to the computer, clicked his mouse mid-beat and (I can only assume) continued performing for someone else. As for me, it only got worse from there; my video suddenly changed to a live stream of someone masturbating. (See the 50 best websites...
...amusing as some of the gimmicks may be, there's still the likelihood that you'll encounter one of the disturbing number of people video-chatting in the buff, a risk that makes ChatRoulette a site decidedly unsafe for work or for kids. For its part, ChatRoulette offers a disclaimer that the site is meant only for users over age 16 and provides a link to report offensive streams. But there's no virtual bouncer at the door to boot underage participants, and by the time you could report anything offensive, you've already seen way more than you wanted...
...Proof that much work remains to combat both was provided on Feb. 4 when the U.S. Senate's subcommittee on investigations released its inquiry into money transfers from top African officials to the U.S. via loopholes in a section of the Patriot Act designed to crack down on illegal terrorism financing. The 330-page report scrutinized moves by top political, economic and business leaders from the notoriously corrupt nations of Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria to determine if they either violated or sought to side-step laws prohibiting money laundering. The report not only found evidence that several powerful...