Nine U.S. citizens gunned down in a bloodbath in Northern Mexico…
… just two days after we arrived home from a week’s vacation in Puerto Vallarta! It was probably a mistaken hit by a drug cartel, yet it sent waves of …
Hosting an Airbnb
Our lake home on Pokegama Lake in Pine City is back in our hands for the first time in nine years. On May 31, we ended our long term renters’ …
Robert T. Callan, a heart throb at 66
My brother Robert was always good looking, as a baby, as a little kid, as a high school kid,and especially in his 40s, 50s, and 60s. He can walk in …
Colton sent himself home… or he might as well have.
Cassie Randolph gave Colton the shaft on Monday during March 4th’s episode in front of 7.8 million viewers. It nearly destroyed him. I say nearly because I assume Chris and …
Beginnings, endings, and Fourth Graders
Beginnings are full of pain, at least I anticipate they will be whenever I walk into a school for a day of subbing. Today was no different. The first hour …
Blake will be fine. He’s a superstar now.
Becca chose Garrett last night (I watch The Bachelorette late to avoid the commercials on Hulu) in Becca’s Greek tragedy of sorrow, fear and anguish over having to let Blake …
10 Purchases by Google reveal its Secret Ambitions
What’s Google up to? Just follow the money Since 2003, Google has been gobbling up other tech companies. The companies it purchases reveal its expansion strategy: Google controls blogger.com, by …
The 6 Keys to Viral Content
We all know about the United passenger dragged battered and bleeding from a flight back in April. That event went viral immediately. Emotion, anger and empathy made it a …
How Much Does Being Bilingual Add to your Income?
Maybe you’re well established in your career but you’d like to learn Spanish or French or even Farsi in your spare time. How much would it add to your marketability …
3 Reasons author Chris Bohjalian is a Master of Inbound Marketing
Fiction writers like Chris BohJalian demonstrate what you won’t learn in a marketing course His social media is loaded with PR related tweets, Facebook photos, high octane comments and observations …