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5 Easy Ways To Improve Your Writing

1. Don’t use two words when one will do. I love words, and I’m often guilty of running on and on at the mouth (and on the blog). Sometimes more words works better if you’re trying to make things flow or if it’s a stylistic device. But when you’re trying to convey a point or [...]

June 9, 2010 READ MORE →

70 Things I Love Or Loved, Written in Three Minutes

If you’ve never done any free association writing, I highly recommend it. You never know what’s going to come out. My topic was, obviously, things I love (or loved). If you use a pen, the goal is just to keep the pen moving. I was typing, so I set a timer for three minutes and [...]

June 8, 2010 READ MORE →

I’m Gonna Need A Hacksaw – 12 Things 24 Taught Me About Successful Blogging

Note from Josh: I was prepping Jack Bauer for his interview, but he said he hadn’t emotionally recovered from the season finale yet. He also asked me not to disclose his location. He’ll be appearing here in an interview next week, but in the meantime, please enjoy the following items that he helped me put [...]

June 3, 2010 READ MORE →

7 Ways To Beat The Blues

Guest Post by Anna Miller If we knew the secret recipe for happiness and success, we would bottle it and hoard it for eternity. But emotions are not material possessions that we own; rather, they take over our minds and control our moods and disposition. We all want to be happy and cheerful all the [...]

May 22, 2010 READ MORE →

10 New Labors For Hercules

Yesterday I saw Hercules on the cover of a book. I loved Greek mythology as a kid. My favorite myth of all was the Labors of Hercules. To atone for some bad stuff, Hercules was sentenced to perform 10 “labors,” or tasks. The tasks were so hard that were essentially impossible. Hercules being Hercules, the [...]

May 18, 2010 READ MORE →

6 Things I Sort Of Keep Hoping I’ll Outgrow

1. South Park Every single time I watch South Park, I laugh. I laugh because I feel like the writers sit down and try to figure out just what I would laugh at. Then they make an episode. The episode then goes on to serve as many, many people’s social barometer. Often the episode mocks [...]

May 6, 2010 READ MORE →

10 Easy Ways To Make Your Day Worse

1. Hold onto that grudge 2. Blame someone else for your own shortcomings 3. Wonder why anyone wastes their time on you 4. Think of yourself as a lost cause 5. Tell a lie 6. Just kill some time 7. Think about how much you hate your job while you’re at work 8. Belittle someone [...]

May 4, 2010 READ MORE →