Nonstop Prattle
Nonstop prattle — that’s the description I got for color commentary. Wikipedia defines it as “The color commentator provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy and injury reports on the teams and athletes, and occasionally light humor.” Last night Rick Janssen and I were the color commentators for the Franklin County Fair…
Our Town
Every so often you are given the opportunity to play along side some incredible people. That was my pleasure this past weekend in the production of Our Town. I have the great fortune to live in a small town with a big attitude. We get it. Enjoy some clips from our theatrical production of Our…
Who’s your friend?
Facebook does some pretty cool things. One of those things includes showing you some folks you might like to be friends with. I use this feature often and like to meet new people. Most of them are friends of friends. So if you get a request from someone you don’t know, consider that Facebook may…
Just a small tip
Appearance matters. For years I’ve always hoped that I could just “be me”. With the advent of the internet and working from home, that became much easier to do. Then I decided to venture out into my community and become involved. More people were seeing me. A lot of folks know I’m a bit of…
Play
Oh don’t get all excited, thinking about playing. Or maybe do get excited thinking about playing …………… but this quick post is not about that kind of play. It’s about the fact that I’m in a community theatre production of Our Town – a play. Our director is 19. The oldest person in the play…
Through a tourist’s eyes
I traveled with my mom this week to Clark, South Dakota. It’s a trip we’ve taken several times as we go visit cousins. This week, I went as a tourist. What if this were my vacation? What would I be looking for? The first thing we did was get off the interstate. We could have…
Cool Tools
I’ve found some really cool new toys online — tools for every blogger and small business owner. Better Lighting for your computer This is a free download found at http://www.stereopsis.com/flux/ Why be blinded by your monitor when you first turn it on? Or have that monitor headache from the bad lighting? This application adapts to…
Things that make me crazy
If you leave me a voicemail, please tell me what you are calling about. I hate those cryptic messages “call me right away, it’s important.” But not important enough to tell me why in the voicemail? You say one thing, and do another. For God’s sake – stick to your word please. In the end,…
Step Away from the Computer
Marketing is more than sitting down at your computer and talking to people on twitter and facebook. If you’ve got a small business – be it brick and mortar or a home business – there’s a very real need to present yourself to the community. There’s many ways to accomplish that task – and it’s…
Unretreat – Just Get Away
It’s a good idea to get away from it all. But sometimes you can’t get away from work. Out of those two thoughts the first Unretreat was born. Becky had been kicking the idea around for a few years. I grabbed a hold of it and tried to plan a large unretreat – didn’t work. …