With all the hoopla over Google’s latest PR update, I decided to dedicate a karaoke song to all those bloggers out there feeling the pain of seeing their PageRank reduced. You’ve heard of Backstreet Boys “Quit Playing Games With My Heart?” Well this is my personal rendition, “Quit Playing Games With My Blog!” Feel free to listen to the podcast of me singing the song, but…..

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I won a prize! No, it wasn’t money. No it wasn’t a date with Jessica Alba. So what did I win you ask? Lookie here:

Yep, in what I am now convinced is a global conspiracy to obliterate whatever ounce of manhood I had left over from 31 years of pain, agony, and surviving Backstreet Boys mania, Danielle from …..

I’m often criticized for taking a lone ranger approach to life, and while it’s true that I’ve always been a loner, I’m not against looking for help when I really need it. I knew if I wanted to build a successful blog that I was going to need some kind of support to help me get going, and one of the things that held my site back in particular…..

Well this is an interesting concept: a new media network called ChatterJam.com is offering word of mouth services for companies who want to sell goods to a Christian demographic, and who are also looking for valuable feedback on their products. Members of ChatterJam (called Jammers) would receive and test sample products before they are released to the general public, then offer up their impressions and opinions. Membership is…..

Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. - Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption

There are times when life really gets me down, and during those moments I’m often guilty of having a defeatist attitude about things. When I see a hurdle that seems insurmountable, I figure what’s the point in trying to leap it, I’m never…..

This recent screenshot of Google’s share price last Monday might offer a few clues:

Source: InsideGoogle

Update: For those who seriously wanted to know, Google was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. It’s current CEO/Director is Eric E. Schmidt. Since it launched an IPO in 2004, Google is largely owned by stockholders, though no one…..

The Californian fires got me thinking about how much worth people place on material possessions, and how quickly it can all be lost through circumstances beyond our control. It’s so difficult and takes so long to build up our material wealth, and yet the cruelties of life have shown us that in a mere moment it can all be taken away.

I certainly learned that lesson when I lost my…..