• Blogging 101 | Post 3 – ‘ritin’ rampage!

    Decision to Quit When I signed up for this course, I decided come hell or high water, I would complete it this time. I got behind, as expected, woefully behind. In fact, this is only my third post of the sixteen assignments we’ve been given so far. I actually decided this past weekend that I…


  • Protect Net Neutrality | Join The Fight – Demand Congressional Support For a Free and Open Web

    The Fight to Protect Net Neutrality   The FCC votes on net neutrality in 13 DAYS Yesterday, I e-signed this petition from Mozilla. This is important. The web needs to remain free from any government control or interference. If you live in the United States, and you haven’t done so, you also need to sign…


  • Blogging 101 | Post 2 – Did the Photo Entice You?

    About The Photo First, let me ask you a question. Did the photo entice you in any way to read this post? Was there any appeal? Do you think you would have bothered to read this without the photo? We’ll get back to this in a few minutes. Failure to Lunch It’s well past lunchtime.…


  • Writing Success on WordPress

    In my last post, I talked about the “Perfect Reader” from the point of view of the writer. I discussed several things that I believe define you and I as writers, because, truth be told, if you are reading this, you are probably writing something in your own blog – which makes you a writer.…


  • Blogging 101 | Post 4 – To Be a Writer – and a Reader

    First thing you should know is this. If I really tried, I could get caught up with the assignments for both Blogging 101 and Photo 101. I’m sure I could, but I’m not going to. Sure, I want to be a blogging “Zero to Hero” and a photography “Zero to Hero” in thirty days, but…


  • Blogging 101 | Post 3 – Howdy Neighbors

    Just after midnight, this past Sunday morning, I published my last post. In it, I stated that I was “an hour and a half into a twenty-eight hour Mellencamp marathon.” A little while after that, a very kind lady – her name is Sharon – posted a comment stating she didn’t think she “could stay…