December 2009

Christmas Eve – Time For Hot Dogs!

12.24.2009 Family

It’s a busy day, but the girls and I have a holiday tradition. Every Christmas Eve, we go to Wholly Joe’s for Chicago-style hot dogs! Nothing starts the holiday off like a proper hot dog. And a tradition isn’t the thing you do, but the attention to the moment, that repetition, shared with someone, that [...]

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Jazzing Up The Holidays

12.23.2009 Jazz

The local radio stations started playing Christmas music just after Halloween this year. I’m starting a drive to revise the Ohio state constitution to prohibit this in coming years. From my perspective, no Christmas music should be played until after Santa Claus arrives during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. But setting politics aside, I do [...]

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Three Tools Every Writer Should Own – And Use!

12.22.2009 Books and Literature

As much as I lead an online life, I still find three basic references in book form essential to writing well. There are many others, but you should have at least these three: A dictionary. Sure, you can look up words online, but there’s an opportunity for that special magic of serendipity when using the [...]

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Think Like A Writer

12.21.2009 Books and Literature

Writing is becoming an increasingly important business skill. Everyone is being asked to communicate more and a large part of that is in writing. And more business executives, business owners and leaders, are being asked to communicate with the outside world through blogs and social media. Writing is very difficult for most people, especially getting [...]

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Off-Topic Friday: Gripmaster Review

12.18.2009 gadgets

In May of this year I took a bad fall while working out and broke the little finger on my left hand. Doesn’t sound so bad, does it? You’d be surprised. I didn’t just fracture it. I literally BROKE IT OFF at the base. It required surgery, pins, weeks in a splint up to my [...]

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