Joe Poniatowski

Jerry Pournelle, legendary technology columnist and fiction author, sent out a security advisory regarding the compromise of personal data on major online job boards.

A recent visit to Tombstone, Arizona prompted a couple of articles about the infamous “Gunfight at the OK Corral.” Surprising facts include the 16 days in jail Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday served during a murder investigation as a consequence of the gunfight.

My family and I recently took a break from Michigan’s cold and rainy early spring and vacationed in Arizona. We flew into Phoenix, rented a car, and set out for a number of destinations, all of which were great for R and R.
First we visited some good friends in Lake Havesu City. Matt […]

Someone posted a challenge to the writers on Associated Content to come up with humor articles to be posted on the April 1st, April Fool’s Day. Being somewhat of a fool myself, I accepted the challenge, along with a dozen or so of my fellow AC writers. The results are compiled in a […]

Help out a great cause just by reading an article about Charity Music, plus information on joining the worlds largest pub crawl.

A Helium Marketplace publisher recently asked for an article entitled ‘Quick Tips for Inner Peace’, with a 700 word maximum. I condense religion, psychology, and meditation and attempt to answer the call. Let me know how you think I did.

A fellow writer on Associated Content by the name of Jennifer Eblin recently published a story entitled Staley Road: A Local Haunting. It has the makings of a great ghost story: a bleeding barn, satanic cults, lights and electrical systems malfunctioning - you know, things that make local legends like this one fun.
Jennifer is […]

I’m reading about the President’s “Tax Relief Plan” on a White House’s web site. Don’t get me wrong, I will take and appreciate the money, but let’s not get carried away about the impact it’s going to have.
According to the site:
“Real Tax Relief for Real Families:
When President Bush’s proposal is fully in place, the […]

I haven’t written in a while, due in a large part to the fact that my family and I took our Christmas vacation in Florida, escaping for a couple of weeks from the Michigan winter. We stayed with my in laws, who own a mobile home in Lakeland in a park for retirees 55 […]

Recently I submitted a blog entry to LiquidWordProductions for their December topic, which called for entries on things you feel you can’t live without. My submission was rejected, so I’ve decided to publish it here.
I Can’t Live Without… Music!

Confucius said “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” I […]