In a previous post here on The Fireside, we mentioned the press conference with the President where he discussed WWIII in the context of Iran. I thought it might be beneficial to see the clip for ourselves:

“I take the threat of Iran with a nuclear weapon very seriously.” I guess that would account for the [...]

Timing is everything in blogging. Well, not everything. Content is a key element, but secondary to timing. It is important, though… content… but you have to wait for the right content to come along, or it just isn’t worth the effort.
I never post anything early in the morning. It comes off as too zealous. It [...]

Son,
It was a cold Saturday morning, about 4:00 AM, in November of 1963.  I was sitting on a street corner on a bundle of newspapers, reading by the streetlight.  President John F. Kennedy has been assassinated the day before.  That is my first recollection of the value of the print media.
Those were memorable times for [...]

Son,
There is a big dog casting a shadow across the world.  His name is Internet.  Bloggers are fleas on the dog, looking for a warm nest in the forest of hairy information.
Some of us are on the head, some on the tail, some under the tail, but we are all parasites.  We are looking for [...]

My wife and I have had several conversations recently about the things and people in our days that rub us the wrong way. Things that seem specific to our new age, like the rampant use of cell phones and the instant culture of emailing and blogging. I started thinking more about etiquette, so I did [...]

Dad,
I thought that some of our readers might benefit from the foot work that we have done in getting this blog off the ground. I will talk more about content and writing in future posts, but first I want to address the basics of getting a Wordpress blog up and running. Here are ten things [...]