The third in the series of quick articles sharing the lessons learned by a newbie with others like him so that they might avoid the same mistakes. Lesson #3 : Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SEO is your friend.  If you’re unfamiliar with the term, it’s an acronym for “Search Engine...

“WordPress for Newbie Bloggers” is a series of short, direct-to-pen lessons written by a newbie himself as he goes along the process of learning how to write a blog and get noticed.  Lesson 2 of this series is all about focusing on a subject and sticking with it in order to seem at least...

Let’s get this out of the way.  I’m a newbie blogger.  Well, that’s both true, and false. Technically speaking, I’ve run this blog since 2003 in one shape or another but it’s only recently that I’ve become serious about making something out of it.  I’m by no means...

For the first time in 26 years, I find myself not owning a four-wheeled vehicle. Because of the economy and other uncertainties, I’ve been evaluating things recently and just came to the conclusion that I couldn’t really justify $630 per month to drive my truck 2 or 3 times a week back and forth...

With the weather great outside this week, I’ve passed a few riders on the road who were obviously either newbies, or people who’ve returned to riding after several years to save gas. Thinking about Motorcycle safety, I am the first to say to anyone that motorcycling isn’t for everyone, so...

About three weeks ago, I attended one of those management luncheons — you know the type — where one of the speakers addressing the crowd talked about the Battle of Shiloh and more importantly, how the leadership there can be directly correlated to the present and business management principles. ...

Boy, I don’t know what it is about growing old that sucks, but getting cold natured has to be one of them… Three years ago, you would have found me playing ball outside with the family in January during 32 degree weather in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt, feeling perfectly comfortable. This year...

Greetings fellow earthlings, I know I haven’t been around much, what with travel, the holidays, and now a sinus infection that’s got me scrambled, but I have an idea. In the last month or two, I’ve found myself addicted to Facebook (gee, thanks sis ), meaning I forget about everything...

With all the recent travel going on (and more to come) and the weather pitching in to help, I haven’t had a chance to ride much in the last month or so. Yesterday, checking the weather channel and my iPhone apps about 7:30 am, all seemed to agree that it was 36 degrees, and the rain was clearing off by...

Sorry for the delay in posting/podcasting guys. Belated tax season, and work’s been picking up, but I wanted to take a moment to share the last bit of fun I had (Labor Day). For about the second time in 10 years, I actually found myself with a 3-day weekend. All weekend I sat around going “I...