Monthly Archives: July 2009

31 DBBSD – Day #1: Pay Your Child Support On Time

Welcome to Day #1 of the 31 Days To Become a Better Solo-Dad series.
In this series if posts, we’re going to examine 31 ways you can work toward becoming the Solo-Dad you want to be in your kids’ lives.
This is not a 31 day crash course and I don’t expect you to work on [...]

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Solo-Dad Sells Body for Advertising

I’m not making this up.
The Central Illinois Proud website is reporting that a single dad has offered to sell his arms as ‘tattoo advertising space’ for local businesses. Purportedly, it’s to help offset the cost of nursing school.
WMBD/WYZZ – BLOOMINGTON — You’ve heard of parents saying they’ll do anything for their children.  One single [...]

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The Kindle 2 vs. iTouch Debate

My love of gadgetry goes way back. I’ve always loved the ingenuity and innovation that most of them bring to the user. It’s one reason I subscribe to Jay Garrett’s Gadgety News. I get all the updates on gadgets across the pond as well as in my own back yard in Jay’s unique style.

Gadgets Rule [...]

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One Hell of a Way to Begin Your Marriage

If this isn’t celebrating marriage, I don’t know what is!
Special thanks to my friend Barbara Anne for this link.
Turn up your speakers and enjoy!

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The Insomniac Upstairs

The Beach Bungalow enjoys the sounds of the surf from the peaceful Pacific a short 60-second walk away, and increasingly, those of the insomniac upstairs.
He’s a single dad whose 7-year old daughter visits each week.  He’s a pleasant guy to talk to, about half my age, and in very good physical condition.
Of course I noticed [...]

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No More Mr. Fat Guy

OK, so I’m not really what most people would call fat.

But when I stumbled across Rob Cooper’s site, FormerFatGuy, I took a step back and started mapping out the rest of my life. (Rob’s story is inspiring. He lost nearly 300 pounds in 30 months.)
I’ve been taking life as it comes for the past [...]

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Is Anger a Waste of Time or a Trustworthy Messenger?

Where does anger come from?

Unmet needs?
Misaligned intent?
Disconnection from Source?

Maybe all of the above.
Two Days of Anger
I’ve been angry for a couple of days. It began on Sunday after I tried to do something nice for someone only to have it turn out very ugly.  I didn’t do anything wrong but the result was still ugly.
The [...]

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Solo-Dad Recommends: ElegantThemes.com

Are you looking for a Premium WordPress theme that won’t break the bank?
I came across Nick from ElegantThemes. com when I was looking for a new theme for Solo-Dad.com – I’ve been a very satisfied customer and…
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Here’s how Nick’s system works:

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Solo-Dad Recommends: The Power of Less

Less is more in many ways.
It’s certainly the case when speaking of the effects I experienced after reading Leo Babauta’s book, The Power of Less: the fine art of limiting yourself to the essential…in business and in life.
If you’re not familiar with Leo Babauta, he’s the author behind ZenHabits.net, a blog that is a [...]

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I Am SO Ready for Google’s Chrome OS – Are You?

What would you rather have:

An overstuffed filing cabinet that so full the drawers can’t be closed?
No filing cabinet at all because there’s no need for one?

No Filing Cabinet Gets My Vote
No doubt you’ve heard of cloud computing, right? It’s the concept of all our software applications, data files, photos, etc. stored on a server in [...]

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