Blogging Tips 2025

The Times They Are A’ Changin Bob Dylan Since my last Blogging Tips’ post, much has changed. Thus, before year’s end, I felt it was time to offer up some reflections and recommendations. For those unfamiliar with my background, I began with a professional blog which eventually became a nationally recognized. I then took onContinue reading “Blogging Tips 2025”

The Author’s Mind: A Shavuot Thought

The Shavuot Holiday celebrates the receipt of the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Shavuot also offers a moment to reflect upon scripture’s authorship. While Biblical Scholars focus on the textual sources, an analysis of the author’s mindset brings appreciation of the book’s utility. Writing Great writing connects to the audience. How can a text over 2000Continue reading “The Author’s Mind: A Shavuot Thought”

The Keys To Going Postal in February

Damn my keyboard! Software gremlins, spellcheck, auto-fill, failure to save, and utter carelessness enrages me. No matter what, every post is stained with a mistake, a typo, a missed word, or an inappropriate one. Sometimes you do things out of joy and not perfection. Bull puckey! “Keys” are needed to address the technological difficulties ofContinue reading “The Keys To Going Postal in February”

Triskaidekaphobia: The Art of Looking Smart

Today, I am embracing the absurd. Stepping outside of my limited vocabulary, I am publishing this post which includes very difficult word that is completely outside my element: Triskaidekaphobia. One may ask, “why take the chance?” As someone believes that every day is an opportunity to improve oneself, I view this a legitimate stretch asContinue reading “Triskaidekaphobia: The Art of Looking Smart”

Going Postal in August: AI vs. HI

My “Hot August Nights” were beset with AI conflict. I, the Solitary Man, raged against the machine. HI- Human Intelligence- spent a week matching wits against AI. While it was my wife who actually encountered a real cyber intelligence in the form of the “Terminator” at Gold’s Gym, I was wrestling with cyber space. WhileContinue reading “Going Postal in August: AI vs. HI”

Terms of Enragement

A week ago, I raged. With my mind filled with anger, I braced down for my head to explode and unleash a mushroom cloud of mental toxicity. This ire drawn from the many crazy biting news stories. Some apparently drew my soul’s blood. In desperation, I reached out to find my poisonous pen, the snakeContinue reading “Terms of Enragement”

Thou Shalt Not “Clip & Paste:” A Ten Commandments’ Tale

‘Looking back at this moment, I ignored my instincts,’ she reportedly wrote. ‘I ignored the voice inside that said, quietly, this is wrong, wrong, wrong.’ jumi bello with the advent of word processing, “clipping and pasting” has become a writing process for many. the process is treacherous as it exposes one to both the accusationContinue reading “Thou Shalt Not “Clip & Paste:” A Ten Commandments’ Tale”