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Have you ever had someone steal your idea and use it in your stead?

We believe in branding. Your logo, your namespace, and your textual perception is everything online, and it is the only thing that matters when you are a popular company propagating your brand.  We were horrified to learn Pepsi recently changed their semiotic logo and bottle in favor of a strange, smiling, grinning, yawning set of variations on the Obama-like red-white-and-blue theme.  Here is the old, favorite Pepsi Logo we all know and love:

How do you get rid of the rotten worker without reams of documentation and yearning?  Is there a quick and safe way to nip the dead weight from drowning your company?

When I was younger, if I started a project -- any project -- I finished it all costs to the bitter end.

Barack Obama, in an attempt to appeal to as many niche political groups as possible, has splintered his support so much that -- in the end -- there is no single coalition of minds that leads to results instead of mere yearning. Here is one of the lapel buttons for sale on his website:

Should cities be in the business of drawing lines in the sand between what is free speech and what is not? Or should the public -- the community of citizenry -- be the overlord of deciding what is and what is not acceptable conduct in the public square?

I was recently charged for a second year's subscription to the Premier Edition of Google Apps and that event brought me to a meandering consideration if the punch is still worth the purchase price.

Why do so many large businesses forget that people are the key to creating projects that find success and resonance in the marketplace?

Are we able to survive the perils of Capitalism? 

I have worked as a freelance author, artist and performer for my entire adult life.  I support honest freelancers that share the same work ethic and morality.  I believe in set project prices.  I do not believe in gouging people with an invented hourly rate that suddenly appears when the bill arrives.