For #ThrowBackThursday, a reposting of an article I wrote 3 years ago: It seemed so simple to me. ScLoHo. Google it and 99.99% of the time you'll find some reference to me. That was the purpose of creating the word scloho. But yesterday I was reminded that even some...
A year ago my wife and I decided not to move to Downtown Fort Wayne. Instead we were in the midst of preparing for a move to a new home just a 1/2 mile from our current house. It was nothing against Downtown Fort Wayne, we were just looking for something that wasn't...
This is easy. Want to lose a few Facebook friends? Mention something political. Act like a prejudicial buffoon. Call people names. (See what I did there?) Now, you may like to talk about politics and say whatever is on your mind. Go ahead if you want, but this is one...
For #ThrowbackThursday purposes, I'm starting with a story about my Dad in the 1990's. Between 1995 and 1997, I was a divorced Dad living about an hour away from my parents. If I came to town on a weekday, and it was about 11am, I knew exactly where to find my Dad. A...
April 1st is the traditional day to prank someone. April Fools day is also a day that the folks at Google like to test to see if you realize what day it is. As I was writing this a few days ago, I don't know what their 2015 Google prank is for today, but there are a...
I'm going to let you in on a little secret on how to stay focused on where you are going with your life. You can apply this to your personal relationships, or your work life, or virtually any area that could benefit from this exercise. I'm going to use my...
Recently I was talking with a friend about what we do for a living and what our wives do. He and I are in the marketing business. He has a sign shop that creates some pretty unique designs for businesses. I sell advertising, primarily on WOWO Radio. But our wives...
An article about habits today, excuse the rambling. Why do we do things over and over and over again? Some things are for survival. We eat, drink, sleep and depending on who we are, we find ways to fill the 24 hours we are given each day with what matters most to us....
Back Up Your Stuff was the code of doing business ever since businesses started utilizing computers. I recall decades ago, my Mom taking home floppy disks from her office of her nightly backup in case the building she worked at burned down. Fast forward a few...