Archive for October, 2008
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Yes, yes...the title is a bit of a tease.
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Because I don't work for free. I can't afford to work for free. I've got two crazy puppies to feed (not to mention an adult dog and an adult hubby).
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But I do ...
Friday, October 24th, 2008
I was walking through IKEA today. Not a common occurrence. Honestly, I think most of the furniture is cheap. Not cheaply priced, mind you. Cheap as in college dorm, throw-away furniture. Except some of it actually comes with a hefty price-tag. But they do have a few knick-knacks that are ...
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
One of my favorite clients is Patrick Ritchie. I edited his book The Credit Road Map and we're working on his second book - The Credit Road Map for the Self Employed and let me tell you...Patrick's got it chock full o' good stuff.
Patrick has taught me plenty on credit ...
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
While I wrote about the curse of perfectionism, which at times is just a euphemistic word for controlling, A-type, anal-retentive behavior...I will admit there are benefits to being affilicted with such a characteristic.
Yes, I have clients who desire perfection. And while they understand that perfection isn't attainable, they still keep plugging ...
Monday, October 13th, 2008
I think my son is pretty darn near perfect.
If perfect means being utterly kissable when you first wake up in the morning and have dragon breath. And you wake up grumpy after a nap and whine about every single little thing. And you cry when the puppy scratches you even ...
Friday, October 10th, 2008
Listen up, people! I've had it up to here (hand motioning at neck, in a "chop off your head" sort of way) with lazy freakin' people.
My issue of the day?
Shopping carts.
And the fools that can't seem to grasp the concept...wait, this is a really difficult concept to grasp, so brace ...
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
So...some of the best press releases whip up a bit of controversy as opposed to just blatantly promoting a new product or service (or some other "average" reason for a press release in the first place). So when I was writing up my press release for my new ebook series, ...
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
There's a first time for everything, right? And this will be my first post with links to various posts out there that I've come across this week...all via Twitter, my new online addiction.
First up - a great post at Marketing Fit on the fastest way to lose your followers on Twitter. ...
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
It feels good to donate to a good cause. But it feels even better to donate and get a little somethin-somethin' in return.
And Dan Reinhold has got that covered! Dan is the father of a child with autism. And he's raising money for the Greater Boston, MA Walk for Autism ...
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Last night, before heading off to bed, my son told me about a dream he had. He was at church with me and my parents and outside were zombies.
Now, I don't know if this were some deeper semblance of his feelings about church (sometimes he wants to go and sometimes ...
