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Twenty Ten Honey
Before we close out the year 2009 and move on to the new adventures that lie ahead in 2010, I wanted to take a moment to send a quick thanks to all of the people that have been a part of my experiences in the last year. Without each of you it would...
The Best Travel Tip For Barcelona
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of visiting Barcelona, Spain for the first time. Being in my early 30’s I am somewhat embarrassed to say that this was my first voyage outside of the United States – well, other than a trip to Canada w...
Black Friweek – Is It A Day Or A Week?
As many of you know, the day after Thanksgiving, known by many as Black Friday, is the craziest shopping day of the year. How crazy you ask? Oh let’s see… It is the type of crazy where people stampede one another trying to grab the last ...
Shining Example Of Good Customer Service
It is far too common that we read stories about horrific customer service experiences while the companies that provide outstanding customer service go unrecognized. For those that have been around the blog for awhile, you will know that I have given...
Vacation Like President Obama In Hawaii
This post was written by P Ling, who is a travel writer for Uptake and also runs the Triphow blog. A ‘Kamaaina’ in Hawaii is someone who is a native or has lived in Hawaii for a long time. President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu and spent mos...
Good Luck Storm Dance Alliance And PONY Thunder
It has been a long year of hard work for both of my kids in pursuing their passions, but they are each about to pursue the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. PONY Thunder The passion that drives my oldest son is baseball and his pot of gold is th...
Did You Miss Me?
Wow, I cannot believe it has been roughly five months since I stepped away from the day to day activities of running multiple blogs. While I have been away, there has certainly been a lot that has transpired - some good and some not so good. The Goo...
Happy Birthday, Derek Semmler dot com!
It was two years ago that Derek published his first post here. As I skimmed over the posts he has made here over the time, I am amazed on how much Derek has kept up his blog to what it is now, how far he has come. It gives me inspiration that maybe o...
Customer Service and YOU
Is customer service alive? Let me clarify that…..is good, helpful customer service still alive? Some say yes, while others may say no. I am going to share with you a couple of stories on how Customer Service is dying and how it is still alive a...
Pursue Your Passion, But At What Cost?
There is no question that I have a passion for blogging and all things related to the Interweb - writing code, sharing knowledge, helping people, and building relationships. The ideal that many of us strive for is to find work that we love while stil...
Quotes To Live By :: Juicy Peaches And Thinking
When the calendar turned to the new year, we talked about how that signifies an opportunity to start fresh and that the possibilities are endless. Steve, our trade show displays guru, left a comment during that discussion that mentioned a quote that...
The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time
Do you recall how we were talking about timing being everything and the idea of being in the right place at the right time? Well, here is an example of what happens when the timing is off ever so slightly and you find yourself in the wrong place at t...
Magic Formula To More Comments :: Only 3 Ingredients
Timing is everything - wouldn’t you say? No doubt you have heard someone, most likely even yourself once or twice, say that they were in the right place at the right time. There will be times when the slightest change in timing can completely ...
Q&A Round 8 :: The Answers
Neil from PS3 asks: My question is….. If you could meet anyone from history or the present who would it be and why? Just read the questions from Round 6 and Steve @ Free iPods asked why Americans have the World Series but it only involves one ...
First Impressions :: How Did Your Posts Start In 2008?
Like it or not - first impressions can make or break you. With so many people and things competing for our time, we do often make snap decisions based on our first impressions and sometimes never look back. That isn’t the best way to do thing...
Happy New Year :: The Day To Start Fresh
Happy New Year! As the calendar has changed from 2008 to 2009, many people will be looking at New Year’s Day as the day to start fresh with the new year. While I am not one to consume myself with the idea of New Year’s Resolutions, I do f...
Q&A Round 8 :: The Questions
It has been a little over a month since our last Q&A Session and I’ve gone back and forth on having one more to close out the year. The feedback on the last few sessions has been that they are quite entertaining (and I love answering the q...
Two? Three? Try Seven Hours On The Road
That’s right - my commute home tonight lasted a torturous seven hours from start to finish. As if that were not bad enough, just before hour seven, I realized that my windshield had a crack running nearly the entire width of the glass. At appr...
Thursday Tidbits :: It’s All Good
On a Thursday evening that finds me grimacing through the pain of listening to the terrible NFL Network announcers calling the game between my Beloved Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints, I thought it would be a good time to give you a collectio...
He’s Humping Me!
During our most recent Q&A session, Nicole from Great Prices Here had made a request for more funny content on the blog. Since one of my goals with this blog is to deliver content that the community enjoys, I thought that I would try to sprinkl...
Flavor Saver :: Movember Recap
During the month of November Movember, I was participating in a charity event to raise awareness, as well as funds, for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. As a reminder, Movember is an initiative to raise awareness for men’s health issues and as a...
Q&A Round 7 :: The Answers
Nick from romandock dot com asks: Do you plan to revert back to a completely clean shaven look on December 1 or do you have other plans with the future of your facial hair? Derek: The clean shaven look will be coming, although not as of December 1st...
Giving Thanks…And Books
Happy Thanksgiving! While we hopefully take time throughout the year to give thanks for all of the things we have in our lives, today is the “official” day of giving thanks here in the United States. In recognition of today, I wanted to ...
Q&A Round 7 :: The Questions
Normally I have been running this monthly Q&A session on the 2nd Friday of the month, however it seems I was too busy getting bugged out last week to remember. You can ask anything that you like and I will answer to the best of my abilities, or ...
You Are What You Read :: So What Am I?
Last week, freelance writing extraordinaire Michael Kwan discussed the belief that much like the saying that you are what you eat, you are what you read. Focused on advancing your career? You’re likely reading business books. Raising a family...
Bug Out :: Playing With The Camera
The other day it was time for me to break out the tool belt and complete a handful of tasks around the house - some which even included more fun with electricty. One of the tasks was the basic act of changing the light bulbs in the garage door opene...
The Five Things Meme
The year 2007 was the year of the meme in the blogging world, or at least it certainly seemed like it as they were being passed around quite often. There was the 8 things I know as well as the 8 oddities about Derek Semmler. One that I particularly...
The Big Picture :: News Stories In Photographs
About this time last year, I had stumbled upon a treasure of photos on StumbleUpon and shared a few with all of you. Fast forward to Tuesday night when I took a look at a friend’s political blog, Pivot Politics and noticed a link to a site call...
Grow The Mo :: Movember And Prostate Cancer
Over at The Man Page, I announced that I am participating in Movember and will be rockin’ the Mo! Haven’t heard of Movember? Movember (the month formerly known as November) is a moustache growing charity event held during November each ye...
Election Night 2008 - History In The Making?
All day long I have been looking forward to tonight - soaking in all of the reports and analysis of the Presidential Election. Hopefully each of you here in the United States has made it out to the polls to cast your vote in this election. Personall...
