Ah, Memorial Day… The traditional, if unofficial, start of summer… A three-day weekend… A chance for stores to host sales of all shapes and sizes…Sending out those high school graduation announcements…
But how many remember what Memorial Day is REALLY all about?
Back in 1868, just three years after the American Civil War had ended, […]

As you well know, I love shiny things, and nothing is quite as shiny as a brilliant gold coin.
As an investment, gold and silver have always been near the top of the “desirable” list. The problem has been with knowing when to buy, and when to sell. And the market is notoriously volatile as […]

I posted a couple of days ago about the big on-air broohaha between Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck on “The View.”  Well, as it turns out, that was literally the end.
Rosie had reportedly arranged in advance not to be there on Friday, and the shows for that day as well as Monday’s Memorial Day edition […]

Always wear shoes when playing with fire.
OK, enough of the barefoot West Virginia chick jokes — I’ve already heard them all, anyway.  But BJ and I decided to (a) roast some weenies, and (b) clean up the dead branches in our yard.  It seemed like the perfect pair of ideas.
We have one of those outdoor […]

An adjunct faculty member of an award-winning online university has co-written a book that seems finally to “get it.”
Sara Orem, PhD, is co-author of Appreciative Coaching: A Positive Process for Change. Along with Jacqueline Binkert, PhD, and Ann Clancy, PhD, Dr. Orem suggests, in short, that we can catch a lot more flies […]

Marisa’s husband Brian and son Nick are outside playing. Only when they play, it’s with REAL “big boy toys.”
They have a track-hoe and a Bobcat out there and have ripped the porch from the side of their house. They have also removed the giant flower box from out front.
Brian says he also wants […]

Have you ever thought about starting up an online business but were put off at the thought of finding solid and reliable ecommerce software?
Online shoppers expect and deserve security when they put items into their shopping carts.  And in the age of identity theft, business owners want to be able to assure their customers that […]

We’ve been blessed with some wonderful weather as of late, and today, I took advantage of the sunshine by digging up the dirt along a section of the back yard fence and planting some cucumber seeds.
I love cucumbers. They’re light, refreshing, and virtually free of calories. OK, so I’m not one to worry […]

OK, this one is really neat!
If your house is anything at all like mine, you probably have shoeboxes full of snapshots, pictures you haven’t looked at in years — so long, in fact, that you might not even remember who some of those people are!  Or maybe you had a photo CD made at the […]

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I use my blog as a way to pick up a little bit of income.  In fact, the way I see it, there’s really not a lot of difference between writing a blog posting for cash and hosting a radio talk show for cash.  And since I’ve […]