I was marooned, just yards away from a highway in a city!
Never in my life have I experienced anything like I have in the last week. Had someone tried to tell me it would happen, I would have said not in a million years.
What started as a simple trip to Chicago's Chinatown ended up being an adventure that is still going on.

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I have read many posts that mentioned Steve Pavlina's article on being a man.

I think his post was a good one and we would all be better off following the advice in his post. I think there a few things important to being a real man that he may have left out. Important for success in life as real man or real woman.

The t

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Is Ubuntu or Linux a suitable alternative to Microsoft Windows?
If you have not taken a look at Ubuntu or one of the other Linux distributions lately, you may be in for a surprise. With better hardware compatibility than Windows Vista, Linux may be even easier to install and get working than Vista.
For an Internet marketer, t

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Everything I need to know about success I learned from the Muppet Movie.
In the Muppet Movie, Kermit the Frog leaves his swamp in the hopes of making it big in Hollywood. Along the way he makes friends and faces all types of discouragements that only a frog on his way to Hollywood would face.
While there is a lot about succes

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If you are starting a new blog on WordPress there is an option, that if you use wrong, will seriously delay Google crawling and indexing your site.
When you start a new WordPress blog, it may be a good idea for you to block search engine bots till you have made some basic changes to the blog. However, if you do not change the

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My wife and I decided to visit the Bayshore Town Center Mall in Glendale, WI
While walking around, I thought I might take a photo. This is an outdoor mall, one of the new community type malls that are becoming popular.
As I get ready to take the photo, Officer Dreyer of the Bayshore Town Center Mall in Glendale, WI tells me c

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Would you believe some people out there are selling the AdSense Program?
Would you believe some people are buying this?
The AdSense Program is free to join. You must have a Website that Google will approve but other than that it is free to join. Yet, some people think that acceptance can be bought or sold.
This post was base

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Dwayne has some great quotes on life and living in this post.
He states that everyone has struggles in life. Some have more struggles than others. Some struggle in finances, some in relationships.
Dwayne points out that you cannot spend life worrying about the past. There is nothing you can do to change the past and we are be

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After deciding on a topic or niche for your blog or website, the first big decision to make is the domain name.
While any domain name is better than not having your own domain, there are some rules that can help. While there are plenty of examples of successful sites that break these domain name rules, keeping these rules in m

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Google announced the new AdSense for Conversation program today.
This looks to be a very profitable and easy to use way to make money. All you need is to get an AdSense for conversation account and you are ready to profit from nearly any conversation.
This could lead to a lowering of general conversation quality. In particula

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What kind of advice would you give to a friend that wants to make money online?
Would you recommend the latest guru ebook? Would you recommend the latest super traffic scheme software? What if your friend did not have a lot of money? Simply put, without any commission to you, what is the most honest advice to make money online

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Using post excerpts on the main page of your blog can have several advantages.
Probably the most important reason to use post excerpts on your blog is the SEO advantage. This is primarily in avoiding any possible duplicate content penalty. By not using post excerpts, the same content can show on several pages and dilute the ra

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There are lots of reasons for wanting to be self-employed.
The main reason I want to make money online or work from home is more personal. An incident that happened to my father provides my drive to never rely on someone else for my income.
In this post, I name a company that I despise. I name a national politician that I de

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Why would anyone want to do a manual installation of WordPress when nearly every host offers and instant installation option of WordPress?
I thing there are some very compelling reasons for installing WordPress yourself and not using the Fantastico or whatever option your host offers. It really is fairly easy to do but I have

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Sometimes, we try to be more than we really are. This post talks about being yourself. Just yourself.
I think there is a lot to be said with being honest and up front with readers to your blog and I agree with the author of this post. I have read many posts that basically promote the fake it till you make it idea. The idea tha

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