Personal Stuff
Not hanging out here as much anymore — such is my new ‘day job’
I am sorry to say that, after doing this for several years, I’m sort of putting the blog into a state of “semi-retirement.”
Due to the 1) increased hours I must spend at my “day job,” 2) the lack of comments and/or participation by most of the people who visit here and read my ramblings, and, […]
Hey, I suddenly find myself ‘working’ full-time again — not an easy step to take
Okay, well, get the drum roll ready. (Or at least turn up the lights on your home theater lighting in that fancy big-screen TV setup. What? You don’t have a big-screen TV with home theater? Yeah, me neither.)
Big announcement time: I just got hired this morning for a full-time job. It’s one of those situations […]
Changes in my work style seem to be helping with the arm
I just wanted to say thanks to all who have expressed your concerns for my arm and wrist problems. I also wanted to say the stretching exercises, more “ergonomically correct” work area, and a change in my normal sleeping habits have been making a difference in the last two days. The soreness in my arm […]
Personal Note: My blogging days may become much more limited — ‘real life’ is rearing its ugly head
Easter Sunday is a time of good news for our family. We are Christians and we rejoice in calling it “Resurrection Sunday” — the day when we rejoice in the Resurrection of Jesus and what it means in our lives.
On that score, this has been a happy, blessed day.
Enough for the mini-sermon. On to the […]
Personal Note: It REALLY rained where we live — everyone out there okay?
Wow. Now I have a feeling for what may have been running through their minds as Noah and his family battened down the hatches on the Ark.
We’ve enjoyed a day and a half now of sunshine and 60+ degree weather yesterday and today. But that comes on the heels of torrential downpours. We really had […]
Blogging: I am appealing to your spirit of teamwork — post your comments
One of the most enjoyable things I do in life is write this and three other regular blogs. I really enjoy the opportunity to put my words down on “virtual paper” and have them out there for the whole world to see. Just yesterday, my wife, Shirley, and I were looking through some of the […]
I decided to change the look of things again — what do you think?
The thing about writing and running a regular blog is it keeps you as busy as an insurance adjuster handing out life insurance policies at an undertaker’s convention. You not only need to write a lot, you need to have a bit of the graphics artist and designer in you. You always have plenty to […]
Happy? Here’s a useful website for increasing your happiness level
I’m not all that good at humor, but I AM pretty good at living a generally happy life. How about you? Are you happy as a rule? Happiness is sort of like humor in that you know when it’s there, but you can completely destroy it if you “over think” it.
Here’s a useful website […]
After a month of paid blogging: I could almost quit my day job
I am not making enough money from my paid blogging efforts to buy one of the many new loft apartments springing up around our city, nor could I move into one of those Condo Hotels I’ve heard about on the Internet. But I could almost quit my day job. (For the record, I HAVE quit […]
‘Kiva’ offers a concrete step you can take to help the poor earn a living
I don’t know where I’ve been, but it took me until just last evening to find this “Useful Website” which specializes in helping those in Third World nations make a living. My son has known about it for awhile and never mentioned it. The site apparently has had coverage on Oprah, on the Today Show […]
Outline those darkened staircases or railings with the beauty of LEDs
I was doing a bit of research about LED lighting, OLED television displays, and other such stuff, when I ran across a “Useful Website” offering some great deals on rope lighting — those sort of outline lighting units you can bend around and use to highlight everything from outdoor statues on the lawn to your […]
Helpful hint: Locate and learn to use public ‘office space’ to stay online
I’m writing this from one of our public library study rooms here in beautiful Springfield, MO. My “real” office at home was offline all day yesterday and I was stuck at home — but maybe I can use that experience to impart a useful tip. But first, a little background information is in order.
We had […]
‘Lucy, I’m home …’ or, the move to the new webhost worked
Did you miss me? No? I really missed all of you — sort of.
If you came by earlier today, you saw a post at the top of the page telling you I was in the process of moving to a new webhost, and might be offline for awhile.
Turns out that everything went much more smoothly […]
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 […]
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 […]
