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preparation

I really don’t want to write about climate change. I have a lot – A LOT – of work to do. And I can ignore most of the hateful comments I get on the subject. However, some comments have been thoughtful and respectful, and since this is an important issue, I feel I must reply [...]

Sunday Discussion — Climate Change

by Sean Brodrick on March 14, 2010

I’ve tried to stay away from talking about climate change lately. It’s become the third rail of politics because a large and growing section of the American populace believes climate change is a crock.
Also, have I mentioned that I grown to hate politics? Both major political parties in this country are run by and [...]

Latest Interview with Tom Jeffries on MobileInvestor

by Sean Brodrick on March 13, 2010

Remember Tom Jeffries, the velvet-voiced interviewer from HoweStreet.com?  He’s on to a new gig, working for a Canadian group that is going to deliver investment interviews to mobile devices.  It downloads as a podcast rather than streaming.  This 15-minute interview with me took about 30 seconds to download and activate on my computer …
http://www.mobileinvestor.com/_resources/audio/download.php?file=seanbrodrick11032010.mp3
Here’s an interesting [...]

HoweStreet.com’s Phil and I had a great chat this afternoon.  You can listen by pointing your web browser here: http://tinyurl.com/y993ckd
And in case you haven’t seen the funny video for my book, “The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist,” here you go:

And I should mention you can buy my book here: http://tinyurl.com/yaqo9hc
If you read the book, feel free to [...]

Here are 7 things worth reading …
#1) The News N Economics blog has a good piece on how some countries Europe – Estonia, the United Kingdom and Lithuania are cutting wages.

From News N Economics:  “every country across the 26 countries listed except Belgium, Germany, Greece, and Spain, saw the rate of hourly wage growth decrease since 2008.”
The [...]

Am I That Bad?

by Sean Brodrick on March 4, 2010

I guess my harping on about the The End Of Life As We Know It is grating on some of my friends’ nerves, or at least their funnybones.  Here’s a cartoon a friend sent me …

Ha-ha!  We’ll see who’s laughing when the balloon goes up, bucko!  If you want to be on the laughing side [...]

Video Tips to Survive the End of Life as We Know It

by Sean Brodrick on March 2, 2010

Here’s a short video we made to promote my new book, The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide.  You’ll probably find it pretty funny …

Yakking About My Book

by Sean Brodrick on February 24, 2010

I’m making a lot of media appearances to talk about my book.  Here is another one.  The host was funny and he’d obviously read my book, which was a pleasant change …
UPDATE:  Apparently they’ve made individual clips on their website hard to access. So, go to the following link:
http://thayrone.com/edge/
Scroll down to February 23, 2010.
Then click on Clip [...]

Yellowstone Rumbles a Warning to Be Prepared

by Sean Brodrick on February 4, 2010

Here’s something new to worry about …
Hundreds of Quakes Are Rattling Yellowstone

In the last two weeks, more than 100 mostly tiny earthquakes a day, on average, have rattled a remote area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, putting scientists who monitor the park’s strange and volatile geology on alert.
Researchers say that for now, the earthquake [...]