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How I Build Blog Traffic – The Guest Post

Author’s Update: since writing this post, I’ve gone on to do many, many more guest posts. I’m more convinced than ever that for me, guest posting is the right choice for traffic building. I wrote something for Copyblogger that you might get a kick out of if you’d like to see just how much guest [...]

June 30, 2009 READ MORE →

My Mom Is Cool…Top Gun Cool

This might have been the greatest day of my life. My mother, I love her so, and not just because of stories like this. If you sympathize with her, please tell her that her son is a monster in the comments section. We went to the danger zone! If you liked this post, please Subscribe [...]

June 29, 2009 READ MORE →

The Sunday Backtrack: Your Day Is Your Own

In my article Your Day Is Your Own: 4 Keys To Improving It, I wrote about the importance of not wasting time. I’ve always been a prolific time waster. It was true when I write it two months ago, and it’s true today, although less so. I’ve decided to let myself off the hook for [...]

June 28, 2009 READ MORE →

Catching Up On World’s Strongest Librarian: June 22-26

It was another great week on World’s Strongest Librarian. The highlights: We discussed the sinister (or helpful) nature of boredom My dear mother worried that I might be a future pervert in How To Have Tourette’s Part 2 We set a card-tearing contest in motion that will be promoted across several sites. Details to come [...]

June 27, 2009 READ MORE →

My Favorite Unusual Workout And a Contest For Readers (ladies too!)

I’ve got a contest, a challenge, and a prize for anyone with some guts and as little sense as I do. Boredom Can Be Sinister Behind the scattershot nature of the varied topics I dicuss here on World’s Strongest Librarian is the fear of getting bored. Too many people think that boredom is just one [...]

June 26, 2009 READ MORE →

Book Review: When Devil Fish Come Out To Play, Adventures Of An Abalone Diver

One of the nicest surprises about writing World’s Strongest Librarian has been the eclectic range of people who show up and read it. Cal Smith sent me an email one day after reading one of my book reviews. Cal is the author of When Devil Fish Come Out To Play, Adventures Of An Abalone Diver. [...]

June 25, 2009 READ MORE →

How To Have Tourette’s: The Singing Stone And The Space-Age Bribes

I recommend listening to the audio version of this post. It will give you a better understanding of my symptoms. You can click the audio player below to start listening. Or if you would like to save the audio as an MP3 file so you can take it with you, please right click here and [...]

June 24, 2009 READ MORE →

Another Unfortunate Tattoo Story

My article Adventures in Narcicissm dealt with my unfortunate proximity to a raging bully in daisy duke shorts. Today we’re going to talk about something equally strange, but a little more endearing. Every high school has the party animal that everybody loves. I loved JR too, even though I didn’t party much. The guy was [...]

June 23, 2009 READ MORE →

Boredom Is The Opposite Of Strength…Sometimes

I have mixed feelings about The 4-Hour Workweek, but I agree wholeheartedly with the following quote by author Tim Ferriss: “Most corporate workers are bored and dangerously comfortable. They are in that gray area between love and hate that leaves most with constant low-grade anxiety and an acute sense of wasted potential. This is more [...]

June 22, 2009 READ MORE →

The Sunday Backtrack: Book Review Of Twilight

I’m going to try something new on Sundays. Starting today, I will revisit a post that is at least one month old and give some updates or clarifications based on feedback received and personal experience. Today we’re going to go back and talk about Twilight…I suspect not for the last time When I filmed my [...]

June 21, 2009 READ MORE →