I signed on with my current employer in late January this year, more than seven months ago. I didn’t consider the salary to be sufficient or what I’m really worth, but I was hard up for a job and decided to accept anyway. Since then, I’ve learned a great deal and worked very [...]
Often, when purchasing the domain name for your site, you may be compelled to purchase similar domain names, such as yourdomain.com, yourdomain.net, yourdomain.org, etc. This is perfectly fine and tends to help you gain an immediate hold of your site’s brand identity before it ever comes into debate. However, what effect does this [...]
I had a dream last night that I was back in high school on the first day after summer vacation. I remember the excitement of a new school year and new subject matter vividly, even though it was several years ago. The dream was probably prompted by the fact that I deal with [...]
At work, you have to do what someone else tells you to do. You may get the chance to be creative with what you’re doing, depending on your job, but it’s still a non-elective task. At home, you have chores and bills and all the other necessary activities of daily life. Again, [...]
It is an oft-spoken truth of search engine optimization, but it bears repeating nonetheless. Attaining high rankings in the search engines is a lengthy process, especially for popular key terms. New sites face a number of hurdles just to be indexed, and even well-established sites can require a great deal of effort just [...]
My wife and I had a bit of an argument this morning over the amount of time that I spend on the computer while I’m at home. She claims that I don’t spend enough time with her and our son by comparison. I guess the main argument is that I spend all day [...]
I woke up this morning with a mild migraine, perhaps the third I’ve had this week. Thankfully, I’ve had them for so long that I have developed a system to deal with them. As soon as I feel one coming on, I pop two Excedrin Migraine and all is well. Unfortunately, if [...]
Character Concept
Thaos is a warlock in the Orn D&D campaign setting born into a family who, 13 generations prior, had forged a blood pact with a pit fiend named Azgamesh. He is destined to either be killed by others like him or be chosen as Azgamesh’s avatar in the mortal realm. Wanting nothing [...]
With the recent advent of Gmail, Google Talk, and the second-generation Google Desktop, the search giant seems poised to claim even more of the search market for its own. Chief competitors MSN and Yahoo have offered similar services for years now and still failed to overtake Google is the search engine wars. With [...]
One of my coworkers was absent again this morning due to illness. This particular person is considerably overweight and doesn’t appear to be doing anything to change their state. By his own roommate’s account, he leads a completely sedentary lifestyle and eats nothing but greasy and sugary foods.
Don’t get me wrong; I’m not [...]