Well, folks – I’m starting my 47th year on this big, flying ball of carbon. If you’ve hung out here for any length of time, you know I’ll use any excuse I can to try out a new theme for this site. And so I’ve changed things up a bit using my birthday as the excuse, this time. This one’s a little more organized-looking, still with...

If you’re like me, back in late March, when Darren announced that he’d be running the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series again in April, I jumped on the list lickety-split. I did day #1, read day #2 and promptly fell off the wagon, never to catch up with him the rest of the 31 days. “No problem,” I figured, “I’ve got all the...

Darren Rowse over at Problogger.net is running a series this month called 31 Days to Build a Better Blog, and I've decided to follow along. He was going to start the series on the 1st, but ended up having to delay the start to the 6th. Warmed my heart to see a big-time blogger have to give himself a little more time to get his act together. I'll likely be doing this in spurts and batches because, as you know if you've hung around here any length of time at all, I have "issues" trying to blog daily. :)

Two important blogging events coming up: Blog Action Day, October 15, 2008, where bloggers will blog to bring awareness to the issue of poverty, and Bloggers Unite for Refugees United on November 10, 2008. I will be participating in both events, and I encourage you to, too. First up is Blog Action Day on October 15th. Poverty is the topic and the Blog Action Day...

Couldn’t take it anymore, folks. I had to redecorate. Again. (sneaky grin) Several factors were at play this time: WordPress release version 2.6 this week, with lots of cool new features. I had the pleasure of gaining a new client for vAS this week who wanted to start blogging. She has a gorgeous website and was referred to me by a good friend of mine to have...