Many of you may be shocked to learn that I am a Fanboy. I don't have an Apple tattoo and I don't talk about Apple products everywhere I go but I have to admit I love them and I totally buy into the marketing. I have ever since 1984. However, it wasn't until 2009 that I got my first Apple product. I got an iPhone
Take a Look at Yourself Blogging can be very rewarding, and it can also take over your life. It's a good idea to take a fresh look at what you've been doing with your blog, and ask if it is working out the way you'd like. 1. Is there anything I've been meaning to change about my blog that I keep putting off? 2. Have
Today we are tackling another list of commonly confused words. a while or awhile A while is used as a noun meaning a length of time. I was out of town for a while. Awhile is an adverb, meaning “for a time,” or literally, “for a while”. I slept awhile before dinner. The words can be used almost interchangeably – but a while is
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. ~Terry Josephson Use Your Head Writing isn’t a pen to paper activity. It’s a brain to pen to paper activity. Thinking is necessary preparation for writing. Before you pick up a pen or place your hands on the keyboard, get in the habit of giving
Sorry, Lorraine, you have to actually READ the dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary contains full entries for over 250,000 words. Is it any wonder that we get confused by a few of them? Here are twelve tricky word pairs that even a Rhodes Scholar could get wrong. 1. assent vs. ascent Assent means agreement or approval. Ascent means a climbing or rising. There was
Actually it is the heat too. It's been dreadfully hot and humid here and I really don't like the heat very much. Thankfully we are getting a bit of a respite with regard to temps these last couple of days but I hear according to Jonathan that it will be in the upper 90s come this weekend. Thanks Jonathan! I'd like to blame
So I started a role playing game recently over at Algadon. Algadon is this fantasy role playing game where you do battles, go on quests and basically hang out with a bunch of geeks. You can even play it on MySpace! I haven't played any kind of game online in a really long time so this was kinda new to me. It's not like Halo
Image by Juampe López via Flickr The first date actually happened! It almost didn't, and some of us think it shouldn't have happened, but it did. After months of commenting back and forth, emails and phone conversations James and I finally met in person. I think it's safe to say that after all this time and going public, no one was going to cancel. But
This day started out so promising. I woke up early, and refreshed (which never happens), so I grabbed a cup of coffee and decided to jump on the computer before anyone else was awake. I woke at 5am so I had another hour and a half before anyone else was likely to stir. I stopped at a few websites and in my visits I stopped
I'm having my cookie sale in about a week, something I have been doing for years but never online before. I'm going to give it a try online this year too. I need 5 to 10 people who want to try my cookies, bourbon balls, and fudge, and if you like them write a quick post about them. I'll mail a sample pack to whomever
Redhead Ranting is the rantings of a frazzled, twice divorced mother of two who freelances and cares for two stupid dogs while writing her memoir against incredible and unbelievable odds (but will make a wonderful book one day).
