Ryan Dube

This month is an interesting month to write at LoveToKnow Paranormal. When I first started writing at LoveToKnow, this was the first channel that I was hired into, based on my background and experience with investigating and writing on paranormal topics. Once I moved on to become a Site Editor and then a Group Editor at LoveToKnow, I was not bestowed the honor of taking over the Paranormal Channel. However, I’m glad I wasn’t because the current Group Editor, Kelly, transformed the site into a tremendous collection of articles that, for the most part, handle paranormal topics in a very balanced and reasonable way – a very rare thing in the paranormal field.

This month, the collection of topics include OBE experiences and astral travel. These are normally subjects that I would shy away from. However, after doing a certain amount of research on these experiences, and the anecdotal stories along the way, I quickly realized that the subject is an fascinating one. In fact, as I detailed in the article for LoveToKnow, in many cases some of these stories included OBE travel to locations and events that were real. The experiencer was able to outline specific details of locations and events that they couldn’t have known about because they were nowhere near the location of the event.

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The funny thing about being a citizen journalist is that most don’t even realize that’s what they are. There are countless folks across the Internet who spend time researching political issues, criminal cases and even simple local news stories – simply for the joy and experience of uncovering a truth that they can share with the public. It’s for this reason that this month I wanted to share the article titled, Top 5 Online Resources for the Citizen Journalist over at MakeUseOf.

What the Article Included

Published on January 11th, 2009, this article featured a list of the more common online websites and tools that I find myself using whenever I’m digging into a story or conducting an investigation. These days, that’s a lot more than I ever imagined it would be. Between regular research for online articles, and the paranormal and scientific examinations that we do at RealityUncovered, I’m usually kept pretty busy. This is in combination with a regular workload of regular monthly articles, so life can get pretty hectic sometimes.

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I have to admit, exchanging my old Cingular 8125 Windows Mobile phone for the new and improved Motorola Droid with the Android OS operating system was probably the best decision I’ve ever made in a very long time.

I’ve already had the opportunity to write a couple of articles over at MakeUseOf reviewing the device. The one that I had the most fun with was how use the cool Star Trek Tricorder app available on the Android market.

Opportunities that the Droid Opens for Me

As an online writer, I’m pretty excited about this device. Previously, I had to hunt down Windows Mobile 5.0 applications that would let me send short blog updates the length of two or three sentences to my various Wordpress blogs. Now, I’ve installed wpToGo from the Android Market and I can post full blog posts with my phone, complete with an image if I like – it’s amazing.

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Some of my readers are fascinated by the sort of research that I conduct over at Top Secret Writers as well as the strange and surreal Ufology work that I do at Reality Uncovered.

In particular, most of my fellow researchers that I talk to ask me how I have the nerve to communicate with some of the folks that I do. Often, bloggers and researchers come across what those in the field call “spooks,” which are folks who claim to be involved in some government agency or even Intel, and who are willing to talk to you. Spooks literally “spook” enough people into running away with their tail between their legs.

One of the reasons I was so pleased to meet up with Stephen Broadbent, my colleague and co-owner of Reality Uncovered is because he was also one of those few researchers who do not feel at all intimidated by these characters. In fact, the more they intimidate, the more he wants their head on a platter.

Over the years, that sentiment has rubbed off on me, and some tough life experiences have also helped thicken my skin and taught me that you can only achieve success, and you will only discover the truth, if you’re willing to take risks and get a little dirty. Otherwise, you will remain in the same condition that you’ve been in forever.

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