No matter your view on the military agenda, I know you all agree that aging veterans deserve some VA love for their service. If you’ve got a DD214 you’re in the program. Better yet, if you have orders proving you were where you say you were during Vietnam, you’re in the […]
Coaching For Best Business Practice Bottom Line
September 12, 2018 by
I’ve heard a Russian saying about production workers: “We pretend to work, they pretend to pay us.” It probably sounds funny in Russian. In America workers who pretend to work usually find other jobs. Small business owners know their bottom line better than anyone. Whether they know a trade or mastered […]
Violence, Anger, And The Great Sadness
September 11, 2018 by
Where does it come from, this violence, anger, and sadness? We’re not born with it, according to experts. The same experts say we learn certain behavior. How to explain unexplained violence? When is the right time to lash out and hurt? Another writer, another blogger, might roll out their research […]
Deliverables Packaged For Use, Not Admiration
September 6, 2018 by
People used to the limelight have an instinct to show their best side. Movie stars know where the cameras are, where their marks are to stand, and what to say. Call them a spokespeople delivering emotional content to the emotionally starved. Emotionally starved? Yes.
Google Blog Search, Lessons Learned And Ignored, But Maybe It Was Me?
August 29, 2018 by
What do you get when ‘mayan calendar’ is the number 1 search term on any blog that isn’t related to the Mayan Calandar? I don’t want to talk about it. Yes, I do. How about ‘sniper equipment’ in the number two spot? Must be a military site, or a kook site, […]
BLOG TRAFFIC: CLICK THROUGH READER CAN’T GET NO SATISFACTION
June 25, 2018 by
Does blog traffic show up unexpected? What makes readers stay and look around once they do find you on accident? First, it’s not an accident. At least blog traffic shouldn’t be accidental. That’s why we buy and install Genesis framework on a wordpress platform with a News theme from Studio Press. […]
MORE PORTLAND PLEASE
May 11, 2018 by
In a snap shot of urban life, Portland looks best in large format. Walking the northwest streets of The Pearl a few hours before the curtain rose inside The Armory showed a city with connections between the dots, enough dots to create the web of destination we read about all over the country. […]
PIATTINO (small plate) PORTLAND
May 10, 2018 by
The Piattino menu says, * you don’t ever age while seated for a meal * I’ll take it another step: ‘you become as ageless as Roman gods while seated for a meal inside Piattino.’ Is invoking Roman gods in an Italian restaurant sacrilege? Not a bit when it comes to a bite […]
LIFE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY FLATTENED CHICKEN
May 8, 2018 by
To flatten a chicken use a pair of meat scissors and cut along one side of the backbone from the neck to the parson’s nose. Open up the bloody carcass and do the same on the other side. Use scissors instead of a knife to avoid the ‘blade slipped on a rib […]
HISTORY HERO IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR
May 6, 2018 by
As I reflect on a history and pick one history hero, it starts with the yard sign I had posted and now keep in the garage. Obama and Biden weren’t the perfect match, didn’t get everything right. What they did was put a best foot forward. They proceeded as if they knew […]
