The Golden Opportunity Is In Yourself Alone
The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck
Read moreEconomy
Stories related to the economy and economic conditions.
Stuck At The Airport
I am due to fly into Atlanta this evening. About 3pm a friend advised me to turn on the news
Read moreHonesty Pushes You Forward
Sugarman is basically saying that honesty is the best policy. He’s stating his belief that if you are truthful in your dealings with others, you will improve your chances of success.
Read moreA Small Staring Role
Some years ago an old high school friend had a southern food and cooking column he was marketing. To help him, I built him a small website to showcase some of the columns and post some recipes. It’s now grown to over 400 pages, and recently showed up briefly in an Ask Jeeves commercial.
Read moreAn Idea Whose Time Has Come
Today’s Smart Thought is by an anonymous author. It speaks of the power of ideas. The ability of an idea to change the world is well known. Most recently, think of the internet. It was designed for the government to be able to communicate in the event of nuclear war, but it has managed to change society and business forever.
Read moreThe Brokeback Mountain Battle in the War on Christians
The past year, a “War on Christianity” has been suggested by those imbedded in the rear guard. Just two weeks ago, a conference titled, “War on Christians” was held in Washington, D.C., of course only 300 participants showed up. (Just like Washington…to hold a war without enough troops.) Obviously, there’s a possible difference of opinion on whether or not such a war really exists. But a little focus is never a bad thing when it comes to understanding.
Read moreA Day in New York City
Well, once again blogging has been lite due a very heavy workload. Lots of stuff due, and all of it due this week. That’s combined with a trip to New York City today on business.
Read moreCar Crashes Columbia Restaurant
A driver who ran a red light not only damaged his truck and another vehicle, but left a gaping hole
Read moreBlog Upgrades
I ran through the upgrade process on my Mother’s blog. That went very well, but I was holding my breath as I upgraded the Deep Sand blog. It is a significantly more complex site. However, the upgrade went very smoothly. There are one or two minor problems that will have to be corrected. I think I know how to resolve these fairly quickly tomorrow. There is a file uploader that I use for the photo gallery that isn’t working, so I’ll have to do some research on that. There is an option to it using the Flickr photo system, and there are plugins for that too.
Read moreA Fare Fair Weekend
While I posted movie reviews (Date Movie, The Pink Panther), there has not been much else posted lately. I had a pretty bad couple of days related to work and my profession at the end of last week. I have also been busy with work, and the social calendar has been pretty full.
Read moreUpdate On The Flower Disaster
At 1pm, I still had heard nothing from FTD about the delivery of Lay’s flowers. I called their 800 number again, and just had it on the speaker phone on the desk while I continued to work. Two hours later….At least I wasn’t hearing other conversations this time.
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