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Pictures From My Walls
My collection of art by Tom Greaves: My iPad photos don’t do justice to the texture of these pieces. To see more check out Tom’s site.
Growing Up in the 50’s: Bomb Scare!
Like most suburban houses built in the 50’s, ours had a stairway to the basement in the center of the house. Under the stairway was an empty space with progressively lower head room, since the ceiling was in fact the … Continue reading
Work and the Economy in the 2010’s: A Novelist’s Perspective
Some of the best insight I’ve read about the impact of current U.S. economic trends on individuals is in the last two Dave Eggers Novels, A Hologram for the King and The Circle. A Hologram deals with outsourcing, employment and … Continue reading
Growing Up in the 50’s: Baseball
For an American boy growing up in the 50’s there was one sport, baseball. For a substantial part of my childhood I played baseball every day. Day after day, I would eat breakfast, pick up my glove and head out … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Growing Up in the 50s, Sports
Tagged 50's, baseball, history, New York, sports
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Boardwalk Fashion
Winter in New Jersey this year has been a continuing cycle of snow, frigid temperature and ice. So at times our minds drift off into warmer times and think of where we go in the summer. For many of us … Continue reading
How I Learned to Use SEO Like a Tabloid Headline Writer
I wrote this blog post for Beyond PR and was immediately set upon by the SEO community as you can see from the comments. Good chance that a lot of those members of the SEO community have since re-imagined themselves and … Continue reading
Posted in Digital publishing
Tagged algorithms, digital publishing, Google, marketing, quality content, search, SEO
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Thanks Sarah!
A big thank you to my friend Sarah Skerik who came up with the name for the Off the Leash blog. I had something much lamer in mind before I talked to her. Sarah is herself a prolific blogger and … Continue reading
Assholes vs. Facebook
I wrote this short review of the book Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/634449320. As I usually do with my Goodreads reviews I shared it on Facebook. The next time I went to my time line on … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged algorithms, books, Facebook, Goodreads, marketing, quality content
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My father had his own small business where he worked with his brother and their father. They repaired electric motors. The motors they repaired were about the size of footballs and generally came from appliances like washing machines or refrigerators. … Continue reading
Enlightenment on a Spring
Here’s a product that needs no further elaboration. I found this stash of dashboard dieties at Shields Date Farm in La Quinta, California. Wonder if there is a companion line of hood ornaments?
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