Have you ever had one of those days that makes you wish you’d stayed in bed? Well, this is one of them for me. In the last 24 hours: My cat came in heat and is now climbing the curtains, biting my ankles and calling for a mate every 10 seconds. My five year old…
photo credit: Dan4th SEO, Search Engine Optimization, is one of the most important aspects of online business. You can create the best product since sliced bread, offer the best service on the planet, and put up a beautifully designed website, but if no one can find it, it’s all a waste of time. The Internet…
photo credit: AlexDixon Ok, so the title seems a little sadistic, I know, but after you read this post, you’ll get the point. I’m not being cruel or sadistic, or even demented, I promise. This post is a shameless promotion for Ryan D. Scott’s latest foray into the online community, because I think Ryan is…
photo credit: relapsed nun Hard times are staring most of us in the face. Heck, some of us are sharing the covers with Hard Times- he’s moved in and refuses to leave. He’s eating your lunch and stealing your joy. So what’s a guy or gal to do? Chartrand mentioned a post by Dave Rhodes…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J95rAr0gOFU[/youtube] “To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue. All man’s ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighted by the Lord. Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. The Lord works out everything for His own ends-” ~Proverbs…
photo credit: Care_SMC Happy Valentine’s Day! I suffer from an extra-large portion of ambivalence when it comes to these “Greeting Card Holidays”. Add to that my disdain for sappy romance and expressions of love, and you can see why Valentine’s Day poses a problem around here. However, my eight-year-old is a hopeless die-hard romantic and…
photo credit: Joie Arai Don your ten gallons and dust off (or de-mud) your favorite cowboy boots partner, cause we’ve got a song for you. I’m not actually brave enough to post an audio for a country music song on this blog, just the printed lyrics. My brother would harass me endlessly about being a…
The Internet may be a vast and impersonal place, but the blogging community is often a close-knit group. We share life stories, troubleshoot each others’ blogs, encourage each other, and sometimes develop friendships that extend beyond the virtual world. This sense of community is one of the perks of blogging. It also makes it difficult…
February in Ohio is bleak. The once beautiful blankets of snow now lay in plowed heaps, scarred by hundreds of footprints, and stained black and grey by the mixture of cinders, salt, and gravel that helps us all keep our footing on the now ice coated tundra. The sky is grey and overcast, the temperature…