Lately, when people ask me what I’ve been up to, I’m a bit puzzled myself how to respond.  My wife says I should say “fine” and leave it at that, but it always causes me to think back and answer the question, at least in my own mind. I’ve been somewhat busy, and I know [...]

This one is generated by the “BlogDesk” client I’m experimenting with to manage multiple blogs. {edited for testing}

I’m seriously looking for a sales guy/gal again.  My last one just decided to play bartender the moment the business cards were dry.  If only people knew and understood what I was really offering, they’d jump at the chance to be that person.  Yes, my kingdom for the right sales person. I just want someone [...]

I have never gotten more “Nigerian Scam” emails in nearly any year as these last few days.  Seriously, are there that many stupid people to make it worth their while?  We need to make it a crime to fall for scams if we can’t take out the criminals.  And then apply it to spam — if [...]

I didn’t write about this months ago when it happened, as I wanted everything to settle down and then had other matters to attend to among the living.  Bob Kell, Jr., my friend (and accountant / networking associate) passed away earlier this year.  (On an odd note, he was just putting together the taxes that [...]

It never amazes me how deep the roots are of our personal values.  But unlike those who would rather be totally self-deterministic in some false sense of empowerment for its own sake, I would rather embrace them as consistent personality strengths and weaknesses I can make the best of. Why bring this up?  I asked [...]

Last weekend, my .pst file (Outlook) reached and exceeded the 2Gb limit — a limit I neither knew existed nor knew it was coming.  I knew my saved email archive was huge, but didn’t realize I had to split it so badly. Somehow, it preserved my schedule, and I recovered the address book through Thunderbird.  [...]

It’s been snowing more on than off for so many days, i don’t remember when it started.  We had a brief thaw, then back to adding a couple feet of white all around. I haven’t done much house stuff in spite of buying the 60-gallon aquarium to replace our aspirations for a wood stove.  We [...]

As part of recently having a business coach, I’ve been seeing a professional psychologist for an assessment of personal impediments and evaluation of learning style.  I’ve looked for an excuse to have some counselling for some time … not because anything is really wrong, but like chiropractic, an adjustment now and then just makes sense.  [...]

I met with a professional coach / consultant and they told me lots of stuff I already knew I should be doing, but couldn’t listen to myself.  One change I am implementing right now is to have a set (yet flexible) schedule for work (Kentropolis) versus all the other stuff I do.  It’s more of a [...]

I’ve been busy with lots of projects, personal and professional, and I’m taking a few moments to clean up my computer’s desktop, nearly full to the brim with shortcuts and files as always. I came across things I meant to post, including a poem I wrote while traveling without Merry earlier this year … http://www.kentropolis.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=1559#post1559. [...]

We had our 22nd Little Christmas party last weekend and took out Reginald, our very-much-loved Christmas Tree, yesterday.  I really wanted to preserve him as a Bonsai or something, but I’ve been told it is pretty much impossible, so we will go with “Plan A” only, making some candle holders.  Or perhaps an artificial tree [...]