Image by robertodevido via Flickr I know I’m not alone when I say that the recent economic crisis has hurt my pocketbook. My business ventures are actually proving to be immune to the downturn but my stock investments have taken a big hit. These are what I’m counting on to open my facility in 2-3 months so this has left a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth. No, it’s not going to prevent me from doing anything but... 

Well, so much for dropping the full time job to concentrate on my dissertation. My plate is officially too full once again. For goodness sake’s I can’t even follow my own advice. I haven’t written more than a paragraph on my dissertation in the last week (although I did finish the stats!) because I’ve been consumed with remastering HPC’s Baseball DVD series, writing a Rhodes Scholar letter of recommendation... 

Image via Wikipedia If you’re anything like me, the two sticking points of a project are getting started and getting finished. I know, I know, you’re probably saying “what’s left? that’s everything!” it’s not my intention to be witty here. What I mean to say is that the hardest parts of any project are taking the leap to start the project and to finish the last 5% of any project that I’ve... 

Image via Wikipedia On Friday afternoon, the electricity to my home (and thus my home office) blew out. TOTALLY. No electric whatsoever. The neutral wire leading in to the house was bad and it caused one of the two other lines to carry too much voltage. It ended up causing 3 mini-fires in the house. We lost a digital converter box for our TV, our Windows PC started on fire (although remarkably the hard drive is ok), and our wirelss router... 

The last 3 or 4 days I spent the majority of my day planted behind my Macs. More so than usual. Probably 14 hours or so a day. It’s easy to do now that my work consists of writing my dissertation and managing what is essentially a consulting company, that at the present time, does 99% of its business online, over the phone, or via selling products. While I was getting a bunch done it struck me yesterday that I need to get outside more.... 

Image via Wikipedia Job Title: Assistant Track and Field Coach/2 Positions Location: United States Military Academy Job Description:The U.S. Military Academy, an NCAA Division I Institution and member of the Patriot League, the ECAC, and the IC4A, seeks applicants for the position of Assistant Track and Field Coach. The Assistant Track and Field Coaches is responsible for providing assistance to the Head Coach in assigned areas of the Intercollegiate... 

Image via CrunchBase, source unknown My company sold a record number of DVDs and books last month. While we’re certainly no where near Blockbuster territory this type of news is always good news. I’ve been focusing much of my non-dissertation writing time over the past month on setting up passive streams of income as I see this as a good base of stable income that has the potential to at least partially replace my former “real”... 

Image via Wikipedia Today I was awakened by my daughter kindly bringing my cold blackberry and placing it on my bare chest. I had left it out in the living room and she must have thought that I needed it while I was sleeping. How kind! It’s not unusual for her to wake me up these days. Not in a crying fit like I hear many infants do, but more with sweet (but nonsensical) words. We usually wake up together. This is a luxury I’ve... 

Image via Wikipedia Today’s Labor Day. The day most Americans consider to be the last day of summer. The last holiday before school gets started in earnest. The day when people take their farewell to warm weather, bbqs and bikinis. For most, tomorrow is a return to a job they hate. For me though, I get to do something I love. And while I had a GREAT weekend (got to go to a nice wedding, hiked to the peak of Seneca Rocks at Monongahela...