Pavlina: Life is Not For the Living

I know I have ranted about poor customer service before. It is terrible to be the victim of bad customer service. Standing as the random victim, caught in an act relatively routine. Perhaps it was the return of an unwanted/unintended item, or more information was needed, maybe there was an error on the bill, or [...]

No, I don’t usually post this often. I try for a couple per week. I’ve been getting a few hits from the Baltimore Sun’s Dining@large site. This is due, in part, to my big mouth. When the truth flows from it, I may not stop it. Anyway. If you are here from there, then welcome. [...]

A surefire way to increase traffic to your blog is to leave comments on other sites. At least, that’s what they say. It is a good method, actually. This is especially true if one leaves thoughtful and insightful comments or even comments that go against the original posters/bloggers thought stream. I got a few hits [...]

I know many people don’t have much respect for SEO (Search Engine Optimization), but if you own a blog or any space on the internet it is something you need to become familiar with NOW! If you are counting on the Google, Yahoo, Bing, Alta Vista, ask.com, or any other spiders to find your site [...]

I think the title says it all. Now, I am not really Mrs. Fix-it, but when things break…. When I was in Seattle, what, almost a month ago now! The washing machine “would not drain”. Okay…so Jason went home and reported back to me it was the lid switch. It had gone bad, but if [...]

You know I believe in Kharma. I also believe in Garbage in, Garbage out. The two are really two ways of saying the same thing. Speaking of kharma, if someone did a bad thing to me they should quake in their boots (but they never do). I know all kinds of ways to make their [...]