Category Archives: Life
Joe Featured In “Most Dog Friendly Cities”
Bella Dog Magazine used a quote from me in their “Top 10 Dog Friendly Cities” article. You can read the article here. You Might Also Like…Winner of Tonight’s DebateFour Common Dog Ailments and Symptomscoach ditka easter update
Four Common Dog Ailments and Symptoms
Ive spent a LOAD of time and money at the veterinarian…goes with the dog rescuing territory. To be honest, most of it comes from the boys exhibiting some sort of slight symptom, me ignoring it, and then “it” turning in to something expensive. My dogs exhibit these subtle symptoms to let me know when something’s [...]
Situp Challenge
Thanks to my new trainer Jeremy Schaeler at Vegas Personal Training, I’m doing a 90 day sit up challenge – 9k sit ups in 90 days. One hundred sit ups per day, on average. I’m on day three and so far trending to goal. 5.19 100 situps @ 4 sets of 25. 5.20 100 situps [...]
I ate a big pile of crap today
Well, not really. But let’s just say Andrew Zimmern is starting to influence the way I think about food. For those of you who are unfamiliar, he’s the host of Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.” On this show, Andrew basically travels the world and eats a bunch of weird crap that most Americans [...]
Music/Business Lesson From Bruce Hornsby
A few weeks ago, I had the immense pleasure of seeing Bruce Hornsby live for the first time. I have to admit, I wasn’t that excited at first. I was only familiar with Bruce’s work that went mainstream – songs like “Mandolin Rain” were what I thought represented the bulk of Bruce’s creative stylings…and his [...]
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Remote Office, Island Style
I decided to finally take advantage of self employment and remote office from my folks’ condo in beautiful South Padre Island, Texas. More information, photos, etc, are forthcoming but as I sit here, surrounded by sun and sand, drinking a Dos Equis and responding to e-mails, I wanted to get a few thoughts out. First, [...]
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Corey Owens: Internet Marketer. Bassist. Drummer. Blogger?
Anyone who has ever worked with SellingSource or PartnerWeekly knows Corey Owens. He initially came out to Las Vegas to work at PW while I was president, tasked with bridging the business development side of the business with technology and operations. He was quickly promoted to VP of Operations, and today runs SellingSource’s entire consumer [...]
What Do I Do For A Living?
Like lots of folks working online, I have a tough time explaining to my family exactly what I do for a living. As a few family events approach (party in Chicago/reunion in Indianapolis, golf trip in Indiana), I can almost hear my Dad’s typical reaction of “I don’t friggin’ know – ask him.” It can [...]