Blog conference in Martinsville

Another bloggers conference has been scheduled, this one in Martinsville on August 25 & 26. Registration is only $50. Head on over to the Blogs United in Martinsville for Free Speech website for more information.

I’m back!

I got in late last night. Had a great trip to Upper Michigan, near the Canadian border. I actually went into Canada for dinner Monday night. The most amazing thing about that part of the country? The length of the days. Sunset at 9:30 pm was pretty amazing.

Fallout from the blog conference

One of the items discussed in detail at the conference was the issue of whether bloggers are journalists. It seems that the journalist panelists mostly thought we are not, mainly because our work is not subject to an editorial process. I concede the point that we do not have editors. But if that is all … Continue reading Fallout from the blog conference

Blog Summit Day 2

Another fun day of being with fellow bloggers 🙂 I was thinking about listing the ones that I met and then I realized that if I did that, I'd certainly leave someone out and I don't want to do that. There was actually one person that I met - Tucker - whose last name I … Continue reading Blog Summit Day 2

Blog Summit Day 1

It's late and I'm exhausted but I have thoroughly enjoyed the first day of the blog summit. It was fun putting names with faces and chatting with bloggers from all over the state and on both sides of the aisle. Waldo has more details in his post here. Oh - and let me make a … Continue reading Blog Summit Day 1

More posts later

As is normally the case, I've been under meeting the 15th of the month tax filing deadline, so posting has been light the last couple of days. I'll be back on track soon, hopefully later today. I've got some thoughts about the primary that I need to post. And with the Sorensen bloggers' conference starting … Continue reading More posts later

Funny video

If you haven't seen this video, it's well worth six minutes of your time. I think it's hilarious. Enjoy 😆 (Truth is, I just discovered YouTube and the fact that WordPress has the ability to show these videos 8) )

Inherited Wealth Tax

That's a much better name for the estate tax than the "death tax" that was coined by those wishing to repeal it. The measure failed today in the US Senate. Commonwealth Commonsense has a great post up on this.