Tiger Woods will return to the 2010 Masters and so we will now be barraged with news media and public hypocrisy; if he wins all will be forgiven, they will praise him as he were Jesus; if he looses they will want him hung on a tree like Judas Iscariot.

As humans we all at some point look down on others however, would we honestly apply the same scrutiny to ourselves if we committed the same faux pas under the exact same circumstances? None of us can truly say what we are really capable of doing or not doing. Until we walk into those shoes we should all hold those thoughts and our tongue.

I know absolutely nothing about golf but I know a lot about human imperfection so I’m routing for Tiger; in his personal and business life because everybody deserves a second chance. It is sad to see that there are so many wishing and hoping he fails…

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On the night of March 10th 2010 I had a dream that Olympic swimmer Micheal Phelps died of a drug overdose. That’s all there was to the dream; I didn’t see myself, other people, places or things; there were no words and there were no actions. I awoke simply knowing that I had seen his death in a newspaper headline; he was dead and it was on the front cover.

I am deeply disturbed by this dream. I know that dreaming of a loved one already deceased (old death) means new death. However I do not know how to interpret a dream of someone I don’t know and NEVER EVER think of.

Does anyone know what death represents in this instance given that the stranger (Michael), myself, and my close friends (professional athletes) are all still living; dreaming the death of a living person.

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I’ve been saying for years, “Stop calling it an Indian summer, that doesn’t exist anymore. The seasons are simply shifting; spring arrives earlier, summer ends later, fall is shorter and winter is no longer; depending on where you live it may be the other way around.”

Why is it shifting? I haven’t got a clue. What strikes me as odd is the fact that the world has been experiencing strange weather patterns for years, as far back as Bible times. So why on earth (literally) are we now treating it as a new phenomenon? Perhaps you can share your theories be it hoax, myth, conspiracy or facts; I’m open to all.

In the meantime, I’ll keep singing… “I’ve got sunshine on a wintry day. When it’s summer outside I’ve got forest fires. I guess you’d say. What can makes things happen this way? Global warming (global, global). Talkin’ ’bout global warming (global). Hey hey hey, Hey hey hey, Ooooh.”

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Once again Facebook told us they are going to improve the site and give us full/more control over our privacy settings, instead we got more of what wasn’t needed and less of what we actually asked for, not only that but we got robed of a few goodies in the process.

Their idea of increasing our control to privacy meant: (1) All of Facebook can see our Friends List. (2) The Friends of my Friends (who may very well be our enemies) can now add us as a friend. (3) Our Fan pages can be seen by everyone so gone are the days when we could be an undercover stalker. (4) When we remove data (photos, emails, comments etc) from any part of Facebook the data still remains; according to them “removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others).” Based on my personal experience that period is well over a year and is still available to applications etc; that is how I discovered this flaw. (5) Every single action we take throughout the entire site is displayed for all our friends to see on the Home page; if we wanted all our friends to know something wouldn’t we post it in our status? (6) Regardless of our photo and video privacy settings, people outside of our friends list can access them; tag tag tag, that’s what happens when you tag. (7) Pending friends can view your updates so all someone has to do to see your updates is to send you a friend request.

There was a time when we could protest by creating a group, clearly those days are over. Now every time they make changes we protest for a while but then we adapt because they ignore us. At face value, Facebook ain’t what it used to be; I now call it Fakebook.

Their Privacy Policy Explained
1 Privacy

Your privacy is very important to us. We designed our Privacy Policy to make important disclosures about how you can use Facebook to share with others and how we collect and can use your content and information. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use it to help make informed decisions.

2 Sharing Your Content and Information
You own all of the content and information you post on Facebook, and you can control how it is shared through your privacy and application settings. In addition:

1. For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (“IP content”), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (“IP License”). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it.
2. When you delete IP content, it is deleted in a manner similar to emptying the recycle bin on a computer. However, you understand that removed content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but will not be available to others).”

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Question: Every time I argue with my girlfriend she utters threats. What should I do? Answer: This is what I call emotional blackmail; an emotionally abusive relationship where you are a puppet and your mate the puppet master.

It can be a very dysfunctional and emotionally draining relationship so the next time she does it, ask her to “stop and focus on the issue at hand.” If she continues let her know how it makes you feel. If she still continues tell her you will not continue the conversation until she is able to do so without making threats. If that doesn’t work you should leave; her behavior may be symptomatic of issues beyond your control and the relationship could become physically abusive when and if she doesn’t get her way. If the relationship is very important to you there is always professional counseling.

Some of the verbally abusive statements / signs that you will hear in various relationships: Boss, parents, marriage, husband, women, men, friend and so on…

• I will fire you
• I will see to it you will never get another job in this town / in the industry
• I will destroy you in this town
• I know people that will take care of you
• I will tell  …. about the ….
• I will sell the photos / videos / emails etc
• I will put the photos / videos / emails etc all over the net
• I will tell your husband / wife / girlfriend / boyfriend you slept with me
• I’m not having sex with you
• I will leave you
• You will never see your kids again
• I will file for full custody of the kids
• I will cut off all your money
• I will tell your kids…
• I will beat you
• I will kill you
• I will kill the kids
• I will kill myself
• Who do you think they’re going to believe, me or you?

This type of relationship is all about your mate being in total control; love means having to surrender the totality of such control; a willingness to comprising and agreeing to disagree; everything in moderation without totally surrendering “who” you are.

Emotional abuse is often denied and overlooked; unfortunately, many believe that if there are no physical bruises then there is no abuse. As well, many men don’t even know they are in an abusive relationship because they believe that “women don’t abuse men.” It is really important that you nip this in the bud before things become physical and /or out of control.

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I will be posting my comments live as I watch the Oscars. I haven’t seen all the films so my commentary will be on the speeches, hosts, fashion and so forth.

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