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(YAAAAAAWWWWNNNNNNN)!  It never fails….every Tuesday, I throw myself 110% into my martial arts bjj, Kendo and Adult sparring, collect 2-3 fresh black and blue marks, end up being knocked all over the place…and then just cannot get to sleep. 

It’s quite maddening, really - finally I get home, I crawl into bed, I witness my 382 new aches that keep my muscles continuously nudging me and quietly bellowing "So you just hadda say, c’mon, is that all you got?"….and my body joyfully responded, sleeping is a forbidden activity here!  Wheeeee!

Add to that my son woke up me up at 2am with a lovely bloody nose river flowing gently every which way, and you have a recipe for one exhausted entrepreneur!

But I digress. 

So!  I hear you’re interested in developing an authority site or blog.  ‘Tis a worthy endeavor!  And while you achieve that by (more…)

Morning!  You really don’t appreciate the concept of "silence" until your 15 office Twitter Budgies decide to do their best to imitate a heavy metal concert minus earplugs at 4:28am in the morning.   Such are the, ahem, joys, of having them reside in one’s office. 

But I digress. 

Are you on Twitter?  I’m on Twitter!  And so is Chris Garrett!  While contemplating Paradise in a Brimming Cup (ie, my morning coffee), he tweeted:

chrisgarrett Reading:
100 Tips to Become an Authority Site in Your Niche

What a super super super post!!  Hats off to Chris for mentioning that - it’s really worth sharing.  Some of the insights include: (more…)

QUICK!!!!!  Do you worship coffee?

Now, true, that’s kinda like saying, do you worship breathing, or do you worship health, or do you worship being able to complete 4 chinups before failure, or….

Okay okay, you get what I mean.  :)  Personally, "worship" is too light a word for my take on that Beverage of the Gods…and apparently, I’m not alone.  The coffee industry is bigger than (more…)

(YAAAAAAWN)  (STRRRRRRETCH) Oh hi!  Nice to see you back! 

How was your weekend?  Mine was a delightful utter bone-chilling agony as I had to teach my eldest quite a painful lesson in time management ("painful" because it involved me being el Tougho Mom and allowing the kid to experience the academic consequences).   Sigh.  If only one could transfer the common-sense wisdom gained in 4 decades of life to young children WITHOUT stress, things would be much easier.  Then again (more…)

Morning!

In honor of Make Your Own Holiday Day, I have decided to designate this Wednesday to be

National Brainy Blog Tip Day

On that day, you should share your best blogging niche tip with your audience.  I figure that nobody knows everything….but everyone knows something!  Put all of those somethings together and you’ll have a power with which to reckon.

So!  Think about (more…)

<YAWN> Easter is over and Purim is over and Spring Equinox is over and ….

Oh hello!  Nice to have you drop by!  

I hope your weekend was quite enjoyable as well.  Over here in Ling Land, we did the usual Easter Egg Dye-Kiddie-Fingers blue and green and pink, a holiday brunch, quality time with the family, etc.  And now it’s time to start the day!

As you know, finding ideas about what to write can sometimes be a daunting task.  That’s why I’ve scoured the Internet for you!  Did you know that (more…)

<YAWN> oh, it is NICE to have actually snatched MORE than 23 minutes of luxurious sleep!  What nirvana NOT having to keep one ear open to catch the stray

"Psssst Mom’s asleep!  We can play Superman on top of the filing cabinent now!"

or (more…)