The sugar made me do it. Or maybe I swallowed one of those bouncing balls that just looked like a gumball. Nah. It was the sugar.
Sugar makes you depressed, angry, critical and unpleasant to be around. I’ve certainly been that the last few weeks, for several reasons–including the sugar.
Everyone I know is going to the beach, on vacation, having fun, being with friends and family. I’m sitting here wishing I were there. But I can’t (choose not to be) because I’ve been doing so much for those who say they …

Several years ago, before I was actually off of the streets and into an apartment, I interviewed Tonya Pinkins. As a matter of fact, she was my FIRST interview at a new job. I was still sleeping in my van, but I was staying at a campground and every other week or so the newspaper would put me up in a local hotel for a few days while I hunted for an apartment.
During this first week of the new job I was sent to interview Tonya, an Emmy awarding winning …

Before my father died in 2006 I had lunch with him. I wanted to know a few things before he died and one of those things was what his first job was. He didn’t say anything about his job at Thom McAn, or any of the other jobs he held as an adult. He remembered picking blackberries at the age of five.
Blackberries grew wild in W. Virginia where he was born in the midst of the Great Depression. He was the oldest of his family of seven. At the …

When it comes to web design there are two kinds of clients - (1) clients who want the best money can buy and can afford to pay for it, and (2) clients who want the best money can buy, and either can’t afford it or don’t want to pay for the best money can buy.
Small business owners tend to be the latter. They want the best so they look successful so they will attract buyers/clients who THINK they’re successful because their website rocks, their marketing material rocks and …

I just finished an ebook for folks who keep asking me how they can get started writing and making money online. I get requests like that about 3-4 times a week. I also hear from a lot of journalists, people who read this blog, people who find out I’m ghostwriting and so on. Everyone wants to know how they can get started, what sites to go to, how to make money, pitfalls etc. I spend a lot of time writing emails and on the phone explaining it to people and …