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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Today’s interview with Emi Gennis concerns her online comic Owlex. In it we talk about writing, drawing and producing a comic in an online forum. Emi’s main character, a ghost owl named Owlex, is based on a friend who committed suicide. Despite that Owlex, the comic, is more funny than tragic. The story follows Emi [...]
Jeffery Colman represented four men at Guantanamo Bay. In this, the second part of a two part interview, Jeff talks about his clients, and being an American lawyer working with the detainees in Guantanamo. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This is my second interview with a lawyer working at Guantanamo, the first was [...]
Are Leaders Born or Made? An age-old question! Certainly, leadership comes more naturally to some people, but leadership is definitely something we can learn. Great leaders are often great learners, and cultivate an aptitude for learning around them. Life often presents us with unexpected opportunity to take on a leadership role, in an emergency, for [...]
Gentle reader, you are at a crime scene. I usually like to post interviews on Wednesday, but when I tried to log in Yesterday I was unable to enter my website. I was Victim of an Online Attack Someone or something got access to the back end of this website. The site never went down. [...]
It can be infuriating for a young musician trying to get gigs playing original music. They are often passed over for cover band or tribute bands. If you ask any musician trying to book gigs, engage audiences, or get attention, one of the easiest gimmicks is playing covers. “When you play a cover someone has [...]
In this second part of my interview with Josh Hanagarne we talk about Josh’s Blog, bending steel and being in control of ones body. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This is the second part of my interview with Josh Hanagarne. The first, longer installment is available here. Josh talks about how he is [...]
Josh Hanagarne has a blog, bends steal, and works as a librarian, but most importantly (to me) Josh writes about all of these things in a passionate, simple, and immediate way. I couldn’t wait to interview Josh there was way too much good material. So, I broke the interview in to two sections by subject. [...]
