Education… Of College Degrees and Teaching Credentials 7 Dec 20226 Feb 2023 When I started college at De Anza in 1976, I was convinced that my future was entirely centered around software engineering. Since I'd been working — and playing — with…
Writing An updated state-by-state look at the Who Pooped series 19 Nov 20177 Jan 2022 A few years ago, I got to wondering how many different states were covered by my Who Pooped? series, and it led to a blog post that is now obsolete, as…
Books The end of an era … and start of a new one 2 May 20167 Jan 2022 UPDATE 2018: We are back in Red Lodge, but not with a bookstore. Phoenix Pearl Tea is our tea and game business on Broadway, right next door to where Red…
Books Small Business and the Marketplace Fairness Act 24 Apr 20137 Jan 2022 If you listen to the scary emails being sent by massive online businesses like eBay, I should be panicking right now. They say that the "Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013"…
Books Book Review: “Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure” by Craig Lancaster 1 Dec 20111 Feb 2023 You know those books of short stories where every one of them has a character that overcomes a major crisis, and the story ends with puppies and rainbows? This isn't…
Writing Autumn in Montana 25 Oct 201118 Aug 2013 We now depart from our regularly-scheduled commentary on reading and writing for a photographic interlude. Fall is probably my favorite season here in Montana, and I went outside a couple…
Books Selling books in the modern era 18 Jul 201113 Jan 2023 When I was growing up, we did two types of shopping. Commodity items came from department stores like Sears, and specialty items came from specialty stores. To this day, if…
Writing Book Review: “Bitterroot,” by James Lee Burke 2 Jun 20114 May 2020 Some years back, I attended a Montana book conference that featured a panel discussion on writing "tough guy" characters. On the panel were writers I was very familiar with, like…
Self Publishing… Kindle store vs. Apple iBookstore – An author’s perspective 30 May 20111 Feb 2023 In 2003, I created a booklet based on a pamphlet written by Fay Kuhlman. Entitled The Darkest Hour: A Comprehensive Account of the Smith Mine Disaster of 1943, it sold…
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