encouragement. A, noun. boost, the act of giving hope or support to someone, an expression of approval
I had a conversation with my son this evening and he told me that I never encouraged him as a child. Yes, it hurt my feelings. But perception is everything — and if he didn’t FEEL encouraged, no matter what I did, I failed.
I remember when he wanted to be a comic book artist. As a mother, that isn’t the dream career you’d pick for your kid, but I still told him how great …

I read on the burg’s forum that Paul Graupe has disappeared. Paul was a resident of Crothersville for many years. I can remember that he went to C’ville school; I remember that he was a slight built dude with glasses; and I remember he used to sit outside of a house on 600 South, but I’m not sure that’s where he actually lived. I was never personal friends with Paul, but I do remember he was kind and always friendly. I don’t remember seeing him at all in the past …

After my 2nd live ‘support’ chat session with Norton, I’m wondering what they think support really is. Heck, I wonder if they know what SPAM is…
Here’s the deal:
I have Incredimail, and Norton identifies possible SPAM messages by noting it in the subject line within that program. (I also have JunkFilter Plus on Incredimail and it’s awesome!) But Incredimail doesn’t work well with Evernote — and not at all with ACT (our primary contact relationship management system). ACT refuses to be friends with email programs other than Outlook. But Norton can’t …

Say you’re waiting on an answer for something really big coming up in your life. Do you automatically think positive? Negative? Or do you just think the odds for pretty much everything are 50/50? I’ll admit, I am a middle-of-the-roader. Now I’m not talking about being optimistic or pessimistic about life in general, because I pretty much maintain a positive attitude when it comes to my life and my work. But I’ve found that I deal with issues out of my control much better by staying 50/50.
Here’s how I …