Life is a “Daring Adventure!”
so WELCOME to MINE!
I get two reactions when people see this ebook, (1) How funny! or (2) Isn’t that demeaning? To the first response I say, “Yeah, awesome humor isn’t it!?!” and to the second I ask, “Why?” The homeless, like any business or charity, must earn or raise money to survive. Those are the cold hard facts. Like any business or charity they must draw attention to themselves, their product, service or their cause. If you’re a marketer, advertiser, author, or just someone who pays …

I just found out I’m on the cover of We Are All Weird, a new book by Seth Godin. Seth, if you didn’t know, is a business and marketing genius and the reason for my getting the votes I needed to win Dan Pink’s contest and to go to TED Global 2009 and speak at Oxford. He’s also the author of 13 best-selling business books. He rocks.
I’m third from the right on the top row - easier to see in the photo below. This matters to me because I’m on …

“But you don’t look sick.”
If I hear it one more time I may get sick. A friend of mine sent me an email about an ABC reporter looking for someone to interview about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome today. So I emailed her and she called and we ended up talking for awhile about the thing I’m almost more passionate about than homelessness - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
I have them both and have had since I was 36, although it took much longer to get the diagnosis. Doctors told me I …

I’m working on a series of inspirational emails for a client’s newsletter. I love this kind of work because it forces me to think positively and to look for inspiration in the world around me. It forces me to take my eyes off of the things that hurt, aggravate and irritate me in order to see the magic and wonder in the simple things around me.
That’s the point of the emails as well - to get people to see there is something to be grateful for in everything around us. …

I love WordPress! I talk about it all the time. I talk about it so much that many of my friends come to me for help setting up their own WordPress blogs. It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy.
But this month when I couldn’t pay a few bills because I was so busy helping people with their WordPress stuff I decided that my pro-bono work with bloggers had to end. It was fun while it lasted, but I really don’t like Ramen noodles or Mac n’ Cheese as as …