I was out of work a long time.
Not totally out of work, I always had a little work but I was most of the way out of work most of the time. This makes me either a good person to talk to about finding a job or a horrible one. If I am a good [...]
I have started accomplishing the goals on my list, but I am going about it in all wrong order. Last week, I got a job (with these fine people). An honest to goodness full time non-freelance job.
I got the job by working for free (with these fine people) but that is tomorrow’s post.
This checks a [...]
I recently gave a friend some advice that I realized I wasn’t following myself.
I suggested that he start a writer’s journal. I used to keep one when I was
in a creative writing class in high school. I liked it
and it was helpful at the time, so I told him he ought to do the same. [...]
Whether we conform to them or rebel against them we’re all, in some ways, defined by our commitments. Family, work, and rent are some of the basic ones, but there are millions. Generally people think of commitments defining them in a negative way, living for the weekend, being tied to a horrible mortgage [...]
The Economist recently did an interview with record executive Roger Faxon (Head of EMI music publishing), it fascinated me and it got me thinking about the future of music.
Music is not an object
For years music has been made into an object. There was a time when we wanted music to be an object–like a CD. [...]
The UEFA Champions League, M-1, the UFC, and the WEC are all in the midst of, just finished with or about to conduct major events, and its giving me a peculiar type of sports fantasy.
An International Soccer Primer for the U. S. Sports Fan
In the U.S. we are used to a one sport one league [...]
I used to hate getting haircuts. I am not that good at or excited figuring out things like what to wear and what makes me look good. I like to look good, but I don’t like the process of trying to make myself look good. And getting a haircut was one of the most annoying [...]
Over the past few months a lot of the writing, some of it hasn’t appeared on this site. Here is a list of the work I have done around the web.
Site Sketch:
3 Reasons a Small Business Should Blog
Fight Writer’s Block: Creativity on Command
5 Reasons to Pay Attention to the Little Guys
I maintain a monthly column [...]
I recently heard a friend glumly describe Halloween as “a bunch of people buying costumes from Wal-mart and dressing like sluts.”
She said these words as if they were poison in her mouth. But I love the idea of a holiday when one wears a disguise, for a couple of reasons.
Be Someone Else
We are often told [...]
It’s funny to me how easily things can become burdens. Even things that are hobbies or larks can turn into a duty that one dreads (I’m looking at you blog). Anything that one takes the time to work on and get better at can become resented.
That’s why I love the idea of a “Just For [...]
