Why I Don’t Blog Remotely Anymore
You may be wandering why recently some weeks the blog is plentiful with content and other weeks it is barren. The answer is that my ability to blog remotely has been stripped away from me like my wife...
View ArticleMy First Blog Date and Midwood Smokehouse
My blogging neighbors over at Dee’s Adventures and Looks Like LuLu have both been on blog dates, but to be honest, I thought that was weird. A little background information here – my wife and I met...
View ArticleA Refresh for 2013
My blog sucks. WordPress made me well aware of this fact when they sent out the Your 2012 in Blogging email. Like a dog getting spanked with a newspaper after shitting on the floor only to then have...
View ArticleWhat’s In Your 2014?
So, I ate pork and sauerkraut on New Year’s Day. That means my 2014 is going to be amaze-balls, right? Or am I screwed because Keith didn’t bring the black-eyed peas? To 2014 – Because It’s Not About...
View ArticleA Visit to Ellis Island and A Wake Up Call
I stood at the foot of the famed Registry Hall in Ellis Island’s Main Building and took myself back in time to the day my great-grandmother, Maria Fagnano, arrived. The red clay colored floor before...
View ArticleHome for the Holidays (For The Last Time)
As a prone wander, it was still bittersweet to spend my last Christmas ever in the house that I grew up in. It’s true that I haven’t lived in the house since leaving for college, but it was still the...
View ArticleA Huge Announcement for 2015!
So I’m a little late to the Happy New Year post game. Sorry about that, but I have my reasons. Mainly, I’ve been quite sick since Christmas Day. In fact, we had to extend our stay in Ohio because I...
View ArticleThat Day I Quit My Job to Become a Writer-Entrepreneur
For many bloggers, the “I quit my job” post is a rite of passage signifying to themselves and the world that they’ve made it in this new frontier of Internet business that nobody quite understands yet...
View ArticleBaby Makes Three
As I write this post, I’m fighting back the tears. Today, in one of life’s magical moments, I got to see the development of our baby through my wife’s second ultrasound. The fact that I’m going to be a...
View ArticleApril Blog Income Report (And Traffic, Too)
I receive the same response from nearly everyone I tell that I quit my full-time job to become a writer-entrepreneur. First, they pause and give me a quizzical stare. “You do what?” That moment of...
View ArticleMay Blog Income Report (And Traffic, Too)
Each month I publish an Income and Traffic Report. My desire is to inspire others to dream big and plan their own exit strategy from the cubicle hamster race. I also want to set the proper expectations...
View ArticleJune Blog Income Report (And Traffic, Too)
Each month I publish an Income and Traffic Report. My desire is to inspire others to dream big and plan their own exit strategy from the cubicle hamster race. I also want to set the proper expectations...
View ArticleThe Number 1 Thing That Jumpstarted My Travel Blog Career
I’d been trudging along at my blog for five years. The results were abysmal. My blog was abysmal. I didn’t know what I wanted it to be. It was kind-of sort-of a restaurant review, wine review, craft...
View ArticleJuly Blog Income Report (And Traffic, Too)
Each month I publish an Income and Traffic Report. My desire is to inspire others to dream big and plan their own exit strategy from the cubicle hamster race. I also want to set the proper expectations...
View Article14 Tips for Attending TBEX
I nervously stood in line for the catamaran that was taking us to the welcome party for TBEX Europe 2015 in Costa Brava, Spain. I had an eerie flashback to my freshman year of high school, standing at...
View ArticleAugust Blog Income Report (And Traffic, Too)
Each month I publish an Income and Traffic Report. My desire is to inspire others to dream big and plan their own exit strategy from the cubicle hamster race. I also want to set the proper expectations...
View ArticleSeptember Blog Income Report (And Traffic, Too)
Each month I publish a Blog Income Report. My desire is to inspire others to dream big and plan their own exit strategy from the cubicle hamster race. I also want to set the proper expectations that...
View ArticleWelcome Baby Gourmand
As I sit here in the quiet of my office, I’m keeping one eye on my computer and one on the rock-and-play positioned next to my desk. It’s well past midnight, and Deacon is (finally) sleeping soundly to...
View ArticleOctober Blog Income Report
Each month I publish a Blog Income Report. My desire is to inspire others to dream big and plan their own exit strategy from the cubicle hamster race. I also want to set the proper expectations that...
View ArticleNovember Blog Income Report (And Traffic, Too)
Each month I publish a Blog Income Report. My desire is to inspire others to dream big and plan their own exit strategy from the cubicle hamster race. I also want to set the proper expectations that...
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