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Do you remember the classic (depending on your taste in movies) movie starring Macaulay Culkin as a young child who is left home alone?
Well, this week I will be starring in the fifth edition in this series as my wife and kids head out of town to visit family. It has been so long [...]

Between all of my blogs, I’ve now been publishing posts for nearly two years.
Tonight I experienced something that I don’t believe has ever happened - or at least I don’t remember it happening if it ever did.
Sitting here watching a baseball game with the Macbook on my lap, I had started a draft post and [...]

While attending SOBCon08, I had an opportunity to step outside my comfort zone and meet a wealth of truly remarkable people.
Throughout the weekend’s activities, one theme that continued to present itself is that we have the power within us to achieve anything. As you will see in the posts highlighted below, we are often [...]

While attending SOBCon08 this past weekend, there were a few people that I spoke with that commented about the fact that their friends and family just did not understand the whole “blogging thing.”
In my life away from the Interweb, I have to say that I am in that group as well for the most part. [...]

When sharing the latest recap on blogging for money, I mentioned that there appeared to be an issue with the earnings from the Amazon affiliate program as there had been four products ordered yet there were no commissions credited to my account.
As you might remember, I recently decided to purchase a Macbook through Amazon, as [...]