Eye Of The Tiger- It Still Works

Haven't slept as well as I normally do because there are just too many things going on now. Too many big things that will have a significant impact on my life and that is making me edgier than normal.

Standing out on the balcony I stare at the mix of stars, city lights and dark buildings wondering where this road will lead me too. Wondering because I find myself again in a situation in which it is hard to predict how things will shake out.

The ache in my stomach tells me that even when I am not consciously thinking about all of this it is still playing out inside my head.

So I do what I have always done and try to visualize this as leading up to something big, something meaningful and magical. I can get it done. I can do it and not just because I write it here but because I have done it before.

Still there are times when a man doesn't quite feel as he thinks he should and that is where I am at. Doing my best not let the stress get to me, working hard to ignore what others are throwing my way because at this moment I don't have anything extra to give.

Turned on iTunes and put on Eye of The Tiger because kid who loved watching Rocky overcome everything lives inside still and believes he can do it too. That kid never worried about life because he didn't see how he could ever fail.

And that is the energy source I am drawing upon because today is for me. Today I do this because I need to adjust my ledger so that there is more black than red.

Movies may be fictional accounts of life but those fictional accounts have some relevance and importance because they are the foundation for reality.

Addendum: If you need more reading material check these out:

• Dear Universe I Am Dancing In The Dark
• Good Vibrations- Breaking Bad While Breaking The Blog
• And Then Came The Broken Promises
• How Do We Break The Rules- Your Most Valuable Possession
• Do You Fear Looking Foolish?
• How To Help Teach Children To Give Back- #oneforone

Google Plus Swallows The Blog

I am not really sure why I chose to share this tweet again other than it made me chuckle and one can never laugh too hard or for too long.

Those of you who still haunt this blog know that it is not what it once was and chances are it probably never will be again.

My focus is upon the self hosted blogs because those provide the biggest return on my investment. I suppose if I put the same attention here as I once did the ROI would return but I don't see a reason to do it. Blogger offers much more than it used to but not as much as my wordpress so this place takes on a secondary role.

But since I have been making a big push to do more with Google Plus it made sense to make use of as many tools/resources as I could to keep building my presence there and that is why/how G+ swallowed this blog.

Well, it didn't really swallow it but it made sense to use this joint to help grow the G+ gig for the same reasons I use it to encourage people to read the other blog.

And with that being said I encourage you to circle me on G+ and to read these posts:

• A Dad Blogger Teaches You To Cook the Perfect Steak- A Post People Will Read
• Drunk Blogging For Amateurs
• Blog Cancellation Fees- The Easy Way To Monetize
• How To Use 5000 Pounds of Bananas To Terrorize Noisy Neighbors
• The 69 Biggest Liars In Blogging and Social Media
• Triberr And The Challenge Of The Twitter Thank You

Saturday Night Link Dump

• 69 Ways You’re Sucking The Life Out Of Me
• What Kind Of Games Can You Play With Girls?
• One Simple Trick For Generating Content
• The Best Bloggers Are Storytellers- 2013 Edition
• Can You Write a Funny Post
• Homeward Bound- A Post You Just Won’t Read

And just for kicks some older posts you haven't seen in a while.

• Never Bet Against A Sicilian When Death Is On The Line 
• Is There A Benefit To Paying for Twitter Followers?
• Writing Tips & Tools Part 1
• Do You Need A Commenting Policy?
• I Need More Time
• The Dark Underbelly of Social Media
• I Could Be a Better Father

Dear Toronto, Watch Out For Snakes On Trains

If you were trapped in a flood in Toronto you might check these out. They wouldn't help you out of the flood, but they might entertain you. ;)

• Imagine 100,000 People Doing The Hokey-Pokey
• Should You Fear Failure?
• Why Blogging Might Die Next Week
• I Beat Up Santa Claus & Cooked The Easter Bunny For Supper
• New Experiences Are Good For Writers
• Suicide Is Painless

There Once Was A Man From Nantucket

Sometimes when you are rambling and ambling down the highways and byways of life you reach a point at which you have to make some choices about where you focus your time.

Those of you who have been walking with me for a while know I have been thinking about shutting this place down and that I haven't quite done it.

Well, I am still thinking about it and still not willing to do so because I still like it here and because it still serves as a good way to send traffic to my primary blog.

So expect to see me poke my head in here from time to time and keep you updated as to what is happening elsewhere and maybe from time to time you'll get a new post too.

• The Fool’s Guide For Dealing With Idiots
• What Would Darth Vader Do?
• What Is Valuable Content And How Do You Identify It?
• Tales of Treachery & Treason On The High Seas of Blogging
• How To Wrestle With Faith Or Sex Doesn’t Always Sell
• I Hurt Myself Today To See If I Still Feel

A Couple of Things

• A Letter To My Children-2013
• The Wisdom Of Stirring The Pot
• The Truth Of A Nuanced Position
• The Blog Assassin
• The Zach Rosenberg Campaign
• 979 Reasons Not To Be Like Dad

Back Into The Breach We Go

I know that you don't see me around here as often as you once did and that it might feel a bit like I have abandoned the ship, well that is not entirely true.

I don't take this old lug out on the river as much as I once did but I still make a point to get her out every so often, probably more than you know.

She is pretty reliable and has some guts to go with the experience that the newer ones might not have and that is worth something. You can't replace experience with anything other than experience.