Got the call this morning to go back to Iowa, so I’m flying out Wednesday morning with a connecting flight in Dallas-Ft. Worth and arriving around 3:30pm Des Moines’ time tomorrow afternoon. This deployment I’m working in my current department … Continue reading
Lifehack has an excellent list of Writing Productivity Resources that, if you’re a writer, you’ll find as helpful as I did. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you … Continue reading
I enjoy using Fandango to purchase my movie tickets. I find it much more efficient to pay for my tickets online and then stroll past the long lines at the box office, into the theater and up to the ATM-like … Continue reading
Hasn’t it been a breath of fresh air this week to watch a member of our government visit international leaders and speak to international crowds… …without shaming and embarassing our country? Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. … Continue reading
I just returned home from a lunch date with my friend Kirk to find that Randy Pausch has passed away early this morning as a result of his terminal pancreatic cancer. Kirk and I were discussing his book and life … Continue reading
Ever since I returned from Louisiana in May after being gone for 6 months, I’ve been meaning to write about how happy I was to find out that local FM radio station WOCL 105.9 (formerly Cool 105.9, Power 105.9 and … Continue reading
Went to see The Dark Knight yesterday at the IMAX theater with Shawn, Amber’s significant other. I have a review up over at Athena. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use … Continue reading
I’m sitting here watching Good Morning America and they’re running an interview with Miley Cyrus. Miss Cyrus seems like a pleasant, open person, but I’d suggest she get some public speaking professionals on her team to help her stop injecting … Continue reading
The Writer’s Digest Book Club is having a “Buy One Get One Free” sale. Why do they do this to me? Especially when I already have a 2-foot stack of unread books waiting for me? I have to be strong. … Continue reading
Like many of you, I’m a voracious reader. Many times, I’ll read a book and think I’d like to read something else by the author. With sites like Amazon or the author’s own presence on the web, it’s fairly easy … Continue reading
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Lost my Internet connection last night so couldn’t even post the cheese grater slide photo. We’re hosting our grandchildren tonight and planning on going to Universal Studios tomorrow before taking them back home to mommy and daddy. I had wanted … Continue reading
It’s back. The third annual BlogOrlando is taking place September 25th-27th. I attended the first BlogOrlando in 2006 and enjoyed it immensely, but missed last year’s because I was in Minnesota. If you’re a blogger in the Orlando area, you … Continue reading
Way back a long time ago (it seems), I was invited to join Facebook by my friend Dawn. Facebook is a social networking website and, since I’m not a huge networker, my list of friends is no doubt small compared … Continue reading
Hand in hand with my Twitter use is my FriendFeed. FriendFeed is a social networking tool that allows you to aggregate all the online activities of, who else, your friends! I find it especially useful for keeping up with those … Continue reading
I’ve been using Twitter for a while now and have found that I really enjoy how it lets me post a quick update of small events during my day (so much so that Cindy told me I went over my … Continue reading
As a writer who enjoys research, I am an intimate friend of Google. But today my brother sent me a link to a visually cool search engine known as SearchMe. Type in your term or inquiry and a graphic representation … Continue reading
Ok, here’s the scoop. I try my best to post each and every day, but sometimes work or personal issues prevent that from happening. Still, I don’t want those who faithfully stop by here (or check their RSS feeds) to … Continue reading
Spent today unpacking, doing laundry, trying to catch up on mail (both snail and e-) and failing horribly at it, running to the post office to mail off my travel documents (and pick up more snail mail), stopping at the … Continue reading
I’m comin’ home, I’ve done my timeNow I’ve got to know what is and isn’t mineIf you received my letter tellin’ you I’d soon be freeThen you’ll know just what to do if you still want meIf you still want … Continue reading
