Don’t look now, but I’ve become the mean neighbor in my building! We live in a condominium complex that has about 40 units and one thing that I’ve always liked about this place is how quiet it normally is (inside the building, at least). Most of the people living in here are married and have [...]
I went out to lunch with my husband last week, and before we left, I took a quick walk through his office to say hi to some of his co-workers that I’m friends with. My husband has been working at the same company for 11 years, and I don’t think they’ve purchased a new piece [...]
One of the problems with working from home is that it’s hard to take time off. My computer is always here, obviously, so whenever I get some free time, I always feel that I should be working. This could mean blogging, writing or answering e-mails, networking, looking for more writing gigs, or whatever. As a [...]
I just bought my current keyboard about a year ago, but it has already crapped out. I guess that’s what I get for buying the cheapest one I could find! The space bar doesn’t work (I have to really bang on it in order to get a space to appear when I’m typing) and the [...]
A friend of ours runs a successful business that involves packaging and selling produce to area restaurants. He recently opened a brand new packaging plant after operating out of rented warehouse space for many years, which means that now his main offices and the plant are separated by a couple of miles. The distance is [...]
My husband and I love being online. We’re not total computer geeks or anything like that, but we do have three desktop PCs and a laptop that we regularly use in our home. Sometimes we even have all four machines fired up at once as we’re doing various things on the Internet, like blogging, playing [...]
I have a problem that I’m not sure how to deal with. I’ve been a volunteer with the e-Buddies program since about 2003 or so. The volunteer requirements aren’t too terribly taxing: I just have to send one email per week to my “buddy,” an adult with intellectual disabilities.
The problem is, I’ve had the same [...]
I’ve had an entrepreneurial spirit ever since I was a kid. For example, when I was in high school, most of my friends were making minimum wage by working at fast food joints and clothing stores. I wouldn’t settle for that and instead started my own house painting service with a couple of friends. We [...]