I wanted to share with you a call I got yesterday. I’ve redacted the names to protect the “innocent”. “Hi, I’m [redacted]. I want to hire a marketing consultant, my number is [redacted], thanks *click*” That was the whole voicemail. It’s worth mentioning, I hate the phone. So for me to call anyone back who […]
I’m struggling with this post. I wanted to start it by being funny. I’ve built a business on funny. You’re expecting funny. Knock, Knock? The truth is I haven’t felt like writing much of anything lately. It’s been this way for almost a month. For a good three week span at the end of May […]
Last week I answered this question by saying, because of Star Trek’s temporal prime directive, I’d tell myself nothing if I could go back in time to my first day in business. When I wrote it, my answer was absolutely true, but like others, you might have thought I had dodged the question. James T. Kirk […]
A question small business owners get asked a lot: “If you could go back in time to your first day in business, what would you tell yourself?” In fact, it’s this month’s Word Carnival topic. My answer might surprise you, but I would tell myself absolutely nothing. See, in Star Trek, they have this rule […]
One of my (former) readers was disturbed enough by my last post and comic on the dangers of slut-shaming as a defense to plagiarism to send me an email about it. They asked me two questions: Why would I want to publicly out my ex wife on her infidelity AND her copyright infringement (and why would I […]
A while ago, a friend discovered my Are You Burnt Out PSA had been shared by a Facebook page with 31,000 likes. That post was shared by another 500+ folks after that. I’m truly and honestly flattered that so many folks would share my joke. There was only one problem: the original poster had removed my logo […]
It’s 9:21 AM on Tuesday April 23rd and I’m working on my slides for a three-day training I’m going to be giving tomorrow. I’m in my PJs and slippers. Enjoying my third cup of coffee. My cell phone goes off (which I don’t notice, because I hate the phone and leave it on mute most […]
Unthinkable darkness can never outshine even the tiniest of sparks of light.
Freelancers, Small Business Owners: Don’t Accept Less Than What You’re Worth For Any Job. Small Business Owners: Pay People What They’re Worth. I’d like to tell you a story. A local business, who I will not name (because I don’t believe they actually intended harm or knew how bad “spec work” requests are), decided that […]
If you’re not a fan of Stargate: Atlantis, you may not know what a Wraith is. They are one of the most terrifying baddies ever conceived of in SciFi. Their basic M.O.: they suck the life out of their victims to heal themselves, live forever as a result, and have turned the Pegasus galaxy into […]
