Archive for December, 2007
My end-of-year ‘Useful Site’ aims to keep romance in your marriage
I posted New Year’s wishes to you all earlier today, and made a sort of “confession” about life in the Speer household: Shirley and I have been happily married for more than 40 years. I cannot express how much I love my wife and how fortunate I feel to know her and to have her […]
Another year comes to a close — how was 2007 for you?
This year has been a series of tremendous ups and downs, mostly ups, for our family. I won’t get into the details.
On the one hand, it’s been nice to find a way I can make some legitimate money online with the blogs I do — and I’ve seen some steady growth in the small amounts […]
Do you do student loans? Do your kids? Here’s a site to help you with the FAFSA paperwork
I wish when I was filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA a few years ago that I’d had this website to help: FAFSAOnline.com. The purpose and content of the site is to help beleagured student loan applicants get the federal paperwork right. If you’ve been there, or have kids/relatives who […]
Have you found value in writing groups, either online or offline?
I’ve got a question here for those of you who hang around this site regularly: Do you belong to any sort of writers’ group? Is it an online community or something you attend/visit in person?
I have never belonged to a writers’ group, help group, critique meetings, whatever terms you wish to use in the offline […]
Here’s a useful website to keep your happy feet dancing — or maybe hiking
A few days ago I gave you a useful website that specializes in outdoor gear for outdoor living. If you look closely around my blog, you’ll see banners or ads for hiking/camping/hunting gear. I do all this because I really love the outdoors. I don’t get into the woods or out to the lake nearly […]
Rewriting can be a thing of joy and beauty, or … you can make it feel that way
If you think about it, the best part about writing is the joy of rewriting.
Oh, I know rewriting can be very hard. As hard as it might be to get something written down on the page — whether a paper page or virtual page — it can become downright harsh trying to turn it into […]
Send an ‘eCard’ to help Toys for Tots program — it’s free
Okay, I’m sure we’ve all heard of “Toys for Tots,” the wonderful holiday work by the U.S. Marines to get toys to kids for the holidays. Well, it seems they’re running short of gifts and money for gifts this year. You can help for free.
A company called Month2Month.com produces free “eCards” you can send to […]
If only it were up to me! I’d banish exclamation marks!!
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is sort of a “golden oldie,” since I originally posted it in March 2007. It was among the posts I lost with The Crash in December 2007. I found a copy and wanted to have it “on record,” so I’ve done a bit of rewriting — and here it is.)
I just […]
Live in the U.K.? Need a car loan? Here’s a useful website for you
My earlier post earlier today about Internet writing reminded me about the widespread readership I have here. When I take the occasional look at my web stats, I see people from many nations, although I live and write in the U.S. Which brings me to this “Useful Site” offering — it’s for people in the […]
Writing for the Internet? Learn to think ‘multi-media’
If you’ve been hanging around the Internet since Al Gore invented it (it’s a JOKE, people), you might remember how exciting it was to write and put up your first web page. I do. I shunned the many “free” hosting sites and actually paid for a domain name and webhosting space. By today’s standards, it […]
Get an iphone for Christmas? Protect it with these great iphone accessories
No, unfortunately I didn’t get an iphone for Christmas myself. But I have found another of my “Useful Websites” for those of you who may have gotten one, or perhaps already had one. The “PDO” (also known as the “PDO Store”) website has some extremely useful iphone accessories and necessary equipment to protect your iphone […]
Faith has been the primary force which has shaped my writing career
I have a longstanding interest in Christianity, having gone through a sort of “spiritual journey,” which I’ve mentioned from time to time here and which I refer to in the “About Me” page on this website.
I started as a child in an American Baptist church. I don’t even know how the “fit” into the structure […]
Making use of online resources and useful websites, especially for writers
I won’t pretend to know of all the writing web sites out there, many of which are high-quality and run by professional writers, and many of which are amateur efforts either with or without real merit.
The important rule of thumb when you’re looking at a writing web site is the same as with any other […]
Putting on holiday pounds? This site has useful diet and nutrition info
With Christmas dinner behind us and New Years’ Eve celebratory goodies ahead of us, are you as ready to plan on some serious dieting as I am? I just found a website, “Weight Loss Diet Help,” that might have something to offer all of us.
These folks are serious about helping you find the weight loss […]
Year-end reminder: Yes, I am real, I am me, I am here regularly
As 2007 draws to a close, I note that autoposting software and autoresponders handling email are becoming better all the time. And before you ask: I don’t know whether “autopost” and “autoresponder” are the correct style. But I like the way they look, so I’ll use them. If you know otherwise, please post and enlighten […]
