In 2006 I was living in my van in a Walmart parking lot in Denver, Colorado. The Highlands Ranch Walmart if you want specifics. Highlands Ranch is the upscale snooty rich neighborhood of Denver - on the south side. I drove past a Rolls-Royce dealer on my way to the dog-park to let my dog run every morning. And other than Pannera Bread and the fast-food places, there weren’t a lot of restaurants where I could even afford a cup of coffee, let alone a meal. I appreciated the wealth …

This is one of my “pinhead” posts. Posts I write when I’m tired of stupidity. This time, I’m tired of the ongoing debate about whether homeless people “SHOULD” have cellphones, as if there was a law that made communication illegal for the poor or homeless!
People in general are cruel when it comes to the homeless. On the one hand they want to help them, but ONLY if the person is TOTALLY without resources and destitute. And THEN they blame them for being that way! Damned if you do, damned …

I am a sexual abuse survivor. I had a father who screamed, threatened and bullied me and admitted to practicing killing me for the day he got up the courage to kill us all, then kill himself. So when a collection agency from Centurylink called me this morning and threatened me with physical violence and intimidation - I got angry. I tweeted about it a LOT. And I will continue to.
I signed up for Centurylink because it was the only service in the rural area I’m in. The service rarely …

I just got back from St. Petersburg, Florida from the Poynter Institute’s seminar on “Becoming an Entrepreneurial Journalist.” It was an intense, week-long course on how-to-write a business plan, how to start a business, social media, and all the things you need to know to, well - to start a business. I met 18 of the most fascinating and talented journalists in the country - each with their own business dreams and plans. I can’t tell you what their business plans are, but I can tell you about the journalist…or …