Curmudgeonry

Indirect Benefits Of Blogging

OK we’ve all heard a lot of talk every since blogs became popular about the benefits of blogging.  Most often those benefits are centered around money, or the things that lead to money … branding, recognition, traffic, etc.  And a large part of what we read is true.
But there’s a bit more to this blogging [...]

Exactly The Reason I Am Writing This Blog

They’re known as one of the most rebellious generations in U.S. history, not to mention the largest. This year, the oldest of the 79 million baby boomers born from 1946 through 1964 turn 62, which means they become eligible for Social Security. The boomers - projected to live longer than any previous generation of Americans [...]

OPAD Contest — Day 3 — Are Contests and Ranking Worth It?

There’s a question I wouldn’t mind having some comments and guidance on, for sure.
Several months back, when Mark first started the 35m5.com Top 100 Money Making list I joined up … IIRC I was in spot 156 pr so and from there dropped steadily down to the mid-190’s where I languished for several weeks.
Now, after [...]

Content, Value Pricing and Moving Forward

Message to self … Do Not Put a snippet in draft folder, without credits or quote marks, go off to do something else, and hit publish … sorry ’bout that, folks, regular programming will resume in a moment…

Read This And See Why I’m Thinking A Lot About Discrimination These Days

Paul on the Elder’s Forum has published a series of articles that frankly would curl my hair … if I had any left.
I’m not totally aligned with all his opinions and I can’t verify every one of his facts … but I know enough to realize how happy I am with my decision of several [...]

Rampant Age, Sex, Race and Religious Discrimination

There’s an old story or "trick question" often used by law professors or logic teachers … the prosecutor asks the witness "When did you stop beating your wife"?  pretty hard to answer as a yes or no question, isn’t it?  What if you’ve never beaten your wife?  what if you have no wife?  How dare [...]