Like a Tree
Doesn’t matter what the press says. Doesn’t matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn’t matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on...
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2020 goals
With a relatively successful 2019, I am hitting the ground running into 2020. This is the first year in a long time where I feel like I am at a good starting point. One of the big realizations from...
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4K UHD Collection: April 2020
I am back in the collecting game. After several months of work and keeping an eye on deals, I am now inching closer toward 100 titles and have built a pretty nice 4K UHD collection. It started with my...
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Thirty-Six
13,149. That’s the number of days I have been living and breathing on this world thus far. In years, that number is 36. Happy birthday to me. I recently saw a tweet from someone announcing they had...
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Professional WordPress Plugin Development, 2nd Edition
It has been a long road. A year to be more exact. That’s when one of my original partners in crime, Brad Williams, shot over a message about putting out a second edition of our plugin development...
View ArticleNew Design: Work in Progress
My new blog design is currently live. It is very much a work in progress at the moment. With luck, I will finish it this week and write a lengthier post that goes a bit more in depth on what has changed.
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Just Me and My Laptop: Two Years After WordPress
I am nearly two years post-WordPress. I moved my personal blog away from the software that has given me a career and provided a way to share my thoughts with the world for over a decade. But, it was...
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Oreo
Eleven days. I was fully prepared to say goodbye before Oreo came back into my life. He typically likes to stay out and about but generally remains within the yard. I thought he was lost forever. But,...
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I finally updated the Professional WordPress Plugin Development book page for the 2nd edition today. Yeah, it is a few months later than I expected, but at least it is done now. As always, it is a work...
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Two-Car Garage; No White-Picket Fence
I have had the headline for this post ready to go for nearly two months now. I originally expected to close on my new home in early November. But, the closing date was pushed back. Pushed back again....
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2020: Counting My Blessings
I thought 2019 was a whirlwind of a year. 2020 decided to blindside us all, right? No year in review post can be written without mentioning the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in passing. As much as I...
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2021 Goals
As I look back on the past year, it is hard to believe everything that happened. I am a proud owner of a new home that sits on 2.5 acres of land. I have worked as a full-time writer at WP Tavern for...
View ArticleNelio Software Interview
Ruth Raventós interviewed me for Nelio Software’s WordPress professional of the month series. We covered my work at WP Tavern, Pro WP Plugin Dev, the future of WordPress, writing, reading, and my cats....
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Thirty-Seven
A squirrel in my back yard. My past year on this earth was a bit of a whirlwind. Facing down the COVID-19 pandemic has not been easy on any of us. But, years from now, I think I’ll remember the good...
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Southern Heritage
Southern Heritage is grandma’s fried chicken and cornbread. It is playing horseshoes with grandpa. It is picking the perfect watermelon in July. It is enjoying a glass of sweet tea under an old oak...
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2021-2022 Network TV Schedule
Gearing up for football season, I recently hooked up my outdoor antenna in the new home. The ViewTV antenna I bought in 2018 is still going strong. I’ve gone through the past year without access to...
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NaNoWriMo 2021: Jumping Back Into the Fray
Call me crazy. With as much as I have going on in November, I decided that I would pile 30 days of writing toward a 50,000-word novel draft on top of the load. Yes, I am participating in National...
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Two Weeks of NaNoWriMo
I can hardly believe that it has been two weeks since I decided to jump into National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) once again. November is always a busy month for me, and this year is busier than...
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2021-2022 Network TV Schedule
Gearing up for football season, I recently hooked up my outdoor antenna in the new home. The ViewTV antenna I bought in 2018 is still going strong. I’ve gone through the past year without access to...
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Three Weeks of NaNoWriMo
Moments ago, I earned the 21 Days badge for updating my National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) word count for three weeks straight. Tonight, I hit 38,875 words of the challenge that calls for...
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