The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: I wrote this article for Generations United‘s Together Blog. It appears here with the organization’s permission. Barbara Wells knows a thing or two about adversity – how it can either break you or tap unexpected strengths. As someone who succeeds at challenges, the biggest one came for the single grandmother in 2006, when her […]
Everyone’s got their list of favorites – favorite movies, books, restaurants, etc. Inevitably, someone gets left off those lists. This is an on-going list I’m building. In honor of this wonderful commemorative month, I’m highlighting these eight artists I’ve profiled here on this blog, and who I think people should know. Click the collage below […]
Three years ago, I did a story on Jason Tyler and his film crew’s project, Hustle vs. Heartache — a story about up-and-coming rapper, Hustle, fresh out of prison with a dream of making it big as a hip hop artist, forging a relationship with his young son and finishing old business with his soul-singer […]
In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. -Albert Schweitzer I want to thank Lisa Panepinto, who first tagged me last month for the blog tour […]
Today, I started — then stopped reading — the article, “The Top 10 Worst College Majors, Definitively Ranked.” I saw it this morning on Facebook and, despite the red flags it, and other titles like it (“top ten” this or that), usually raised, my curiosity told me to click the link and skim the list. […]
Gathered in a circle, with our backs to each other, a woman walked the circumference of bodies, tagging each of us with a celebrity’s name . Without saying a word, and without knowing our assigned characters, 14 labeled staff and Board members wandered around a board room, reading one another’s back to match up with their pair. On […]
Yesterday, I left work around 9:30am and hopped the red line to the Tenleytown Metro Station. During my 13-minute walk, I took a deep breath and exhaled – praying that I don’t bore the students and that I don’t get caught off-guard with a question. While the nervousness is normal for my school visits, that […]
We experimented with a video version of this post. Watch it here. Editor’s note: This profile is part three of an on-going series on successful bloggers and their process. Read part one here and click here for part two. Edward “Ned” James Hickson doesn’t believe in “road blocks.” Instead, the editor and humor columnist sees […]
Alan W. King 