Les on December 25th, 2009

“What’s a gift you gave yourself this year that has kept on giving?”  This is the topic for today in the Best of Blog Challenge 2009.
I could have gone with my iPhone or my Macbook.  I could wax rhapsodic about either device.  The phone has become almost an extension of my soul, I use it [...]

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Les on December 20th, 2009

Did you know that 1 plus 1 plus 2 could equal 13 and the realization that an “online” community is actually a “real” community that is just facilitated by digital technology??

1 broken HVAC heater at the onset of winter
1 casual comment about said broken heater and the impending freezing weather to two Twitter friends
2 [...]

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Les on December 17th, 2009

I spent a while thinking about this topic. What would I choose as my best word or phrase for 2009? There are several candidates. Among them, “Hope” and “Yes we can!”. There is also “Going Rogue” and “You betcha!” New Yorkers might suggest something like, “The Yankees win the pennant!” [...]

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Today’s topic for the Best of Blog Challenge 2009 is your biggest challenge of 2009. As Gwen Bell describes the topic, “Something that really made you grow this year. That made you go to your edge and then some. What made it the best challenge of the year for you?”
For me, the hands down [...]

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