Fetching a stick outside makes Gracie happy.

Just being outside makes Libby happy.

70 degree temps and lots of sun makes Perry happy.

Being behind a camera to capture “happy” makes me happy too!

Life is one dramatic event after another.
It makes me crazy.
I hate it.
As I’m talking to my favorite brother on the phone, I recite the sentences above…
Him: We NEED drama.
Me: Why?
Him: For change and growth.
My brother is much older and wiser than I am, and I respect his opinion on just about everything. So I go through the list of dramatic crap that’s happened already this morning and ask for clarification on how exactly those things are going to make me change and/or grow. He had an answer for every …

This is something that really bugs me — and I wonder if it bothers you too…
There are many ‘major bloggers’ who have tons of followers and every day they post their original business ideas and tell everyone what they should or shouldn’t do. They talk about linchpins and trust agents and if you don’t do this you won’t be that. But you know what? They don’t say, “I suggest you…” or “it’s my opinion that…” — instead they sit behind their desks and type away, portraying their thoughts as fact. …

An intermittent Internet connection around here is a big deal. Bad — no, VERY bad! I started the week by grumbling when things slowed down, but by Friday evening it became so slooooow we thought rebooting the router might help. You know…”power down/power up solves most problems“! Thing is, it didn’t power back up. While the cable TV kept working, there was no phone and no Internet.
I called my ISP’s toll free number and waited 28 minutes before I got to speak to a live human. The dude I got …