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Hector and the Search for Happiness

Lesson No. 1:  Making comparisons can spoil your happiness. Once upon a time there was a young psychiatrist called Hector who was not very satisfied with himself. Hector is a man on a mission.  He wants to find out what makes people happy so that he can help his patients become happy, too.  He is

52 Loaves by William Alexander

The story of one man’s obsession to bake the perfect loaf of bread.  Our hero ate a bit of bread at a fancy New York restaurant and was transported by it.  He asked what it was called, and the waiter told him it was Peasant Bread.  He then decided to bake his own Peasant Bread. 

Google’s Art Project

Dear old Mom wanted to be an Artist when she grew up.  She took one of those mail order courses where you draw a turtle and bought a lot of books containing the Works of The Masters.  She sketched three things a day, and yet, she never got past that kind of middle school phase

That Was The Year That Was

This was the year that my blog got hacked and I got a bit discouraged about the whole thing.  I went from around 3,500 visitors in February to a low of about 10 visitors in April.  I have since leveled out at about 1,500 visitors a month.  I have found myself less interested in a number of things,

Adwords, Amazon Associates, and Affiliate Marketing

One of the good old fashioned ways to make money online is to sell other people’s stuff and be paid a small commission for each sale.  This is called Affiliate Marketing and it seems that just about everyone with an online presence has some kind affiliate program in place.  Over the years I have made