Too Good To Be True

January 8, 2008

Many of us with blogs try our best to “monetize” our sites. Tales abound of bloggers making tons of money with their blogs, and I am absolutely positively certain, without a doubt (not to be redundant or repeat myself) that some people do. I haven’t figured that part out yet. I’ve made a few dollars, [...]

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Dire Consequences

September 19, 2007

Do y’all remember back in the old days, when you sauntered out to the post box, expecting to see bills, and got the unexpected surprise of a letter from a friend? You were delighted until… YOU OPENED IT TO DISCOVER THAT IT WAS A CHAIN LETTER! You know what I’m talking about. It told you [...]

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Simple Tasks Aren’t Always Easy

July 29, 2007

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”—Author unknown “Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Unless he doesn’t like sushi—then you also have to teach him to cook.”—Auren Hoffman, Herald Philosopher As we [...]

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Eight Things I Wish I Knew In College

June 30, 2007

Some time back I was asked to list eight things I wish I had known in college. My friend Damien, at Riley Central, for some reason thought I’d have something to share about that. I’ve been avoiding answering, because I hated to have to admit that I was in college for a very long time. [...]

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Smooth Sailing

June 29, 2007

Have y’all ever had one of those days when nothing seems to go right; when you try to accomplish tasks and keep running smack dab into resistance? That was yesterday, for me. I was trying to promote the Share A Square project within my own hometown, and not a soul wanted to listen. I even [...]

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Eight Things I Know—Pass it on

June 10, 2007

Damien, over at Riley Central got introspective for his 38th birthday. He started a meme listing 8 Things I Know (but then he changed his website and I can’t find the link.) His list is profound, and I don’t know how we are supposed to add to that. He had started to list 38 things, [...]

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