Halftime Lessons

Recently I added a new facet to my business, outside the scope of Business2Blogger, which as many of you know I co-own with Shauna, Holly and Arthur. Shauna helped me identify a need in the market for a company that could manage the social media needs for small companies not wanting to busy themselves with an ever-changing social landscape, or Social Media Optimization. And so, RunMySocialMedia.com (and JCBMedia) is born. Specifically, I can offer the following services: Social Media Optimization, Social Media Management, Social Media Strategy/Design/Execution, Website Optimization and Management, WordPress Design/Hosting, Facebook Brand Page Design, Blogger Outreach, and Reputation … [Read more...]

Happy Sunday, interwebbings. A lazy morning helping my daughter with her school project, and at the same time, teaching her that Frosty is much more interesting after he's dropped a tab or two. We had a great day yesterday... She won her basketball game, we all took a hike by the lake, had a great dinner filled with tacos and laughs, and then we settled down to popcorn and a movie. And then I stepped back in my mind and looked at what was going on in that living room. My kids, and her kids, hanging, and laughing, and genuinely enjoying each other. Me on the couch next to my best friend, the absolute love of my life. A cat sleeping on my stomach, her son and daughter sitting close … [Read more...]

My kids and I have been hiking lately. What began as a need to get out of the house uncovered the fact that my kids love being outside, hiking and climbing. And on our walk today, I discovered that when you open doors, kids will quickly run in. My son is 4. Four-and-a-half, as he likes to say. And he's gotten off to a bit of a slow start expressing himself, as his 7 year old sister does all the talking. For both of them. And me. And everyone. Everywhere. Today he began having some trouble with the $8 hiking boots I bought him that he absolutely loves, and asked me to retie them on the shore of our local lake, on a beautiful fall day. I knelt to help him, and as I did, he looked me in … [Read more...]

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This is another one of those times, I am told, where I arranged something for my kids, but then, I am told, I got waaaay more excited about it than a grown man should. I am told. Whatever. It's Medieval Times!!! I have to say, I have always wanted to go to Medieval Times.  I've driven past the castle in Dallas a thousand times over the years, and each time I watch "Cable Guy", I laugh my tookus off when Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick go at it in the scene where Medieval Times meets Star Trek... 'Larious. So on Friday night I got to take my better half and all our kids to the castle to see the brand new Medieval Times show that has been over two years in the making. As many … [Read more...]