When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, my nearly three-year-old tells me, “I want to laugh.”

In that vein, I have been expanding my blog reading to include some funny-bone material. One of the best I have found lately is the Blogabillies:Southern Writers read more...

Who? You might ask? Ike used to be the author of Accentuate the Positive 2.0, an excellent PR blog. However, he quit to become a big shot at the Red Cross and to become a great source of ideas for me. Plus, he is a good friend. However, he is back with Occam, a blog with a decidedly philosophical bent. Tags: Ike read more...

War Paint Originally uploaded by timsamoff. This morning on National Public Radio, Marketplace, Gerald Celente, director of the Trends Research Institute, and a trend expert, forecast that people will join their voices to form Techno Tribes that will change the way that the world is run. In his clip he said: “Positive, negative, good or bad, more people are going to unite their voices over read more...

Christmas is coming ! Originally uploaded by Heaven`s Gate (John). My grandmother, who we call Nonnie, always loved Christmas. Her love of the holiday was infused into the rest of us from childhood. I remember vividly that my brother, my cousins and I waited for Christmas morning to begin behind a sheet that was put up over the entrance to the living room to conceal all of the fantastic things in store for us. We would awake read more...