June, 2010

High-functioning Verbal Child Needs Autism Service Dog!

Friday, June 18th, 2010

By Jamie Liebzeit. My child Kameron, will be nine this October 2010! He’s beautiful, funny, caring, compassionate, smart, loving, and sociable, loves pets, is full of energy and happens to be on the autism spectrum called PDD/NOS. Unfortunately, Kameron also has a number of other issues like ADHD, ODD, Learning Disabilities, Anxiety, Asthma, [...]

Cat Food Recall

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Thanks to my local veterinary hospital, Sun City Animal Hospital, I just discovered (via email) that I had a can of cat food that has just been recalled by IAMS. A Proctor & Gamble Press release says:
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) (NYSE:PG) is voluntarily recalling specific lots of its Iams canned cat [...]

Tom Bentley: Round Out Your Thoughts—Write in an Airstream

Friday, June 11th, 2010

One of my writing and editing heroes is Tom Bentley. I met him on Triiibes, and we’ve worked together on a project or two. In addition, I get to learn from him as we jump into the many discussions on Triiibes.
I recently browsed through his blog, and came across this wonderful post: Round out your [...]

Get Published by Pat Ferdinandi

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Are you a writer who is frustrated by the difficult path that leads from writing to publishing? Or are you an aspiring writer who doesn’t have a clue about the writing/publishing process?
Pat Ferdinandi is an Internet friend, and one of those generous people who provides many resources for people using the Internet. Get Published [...]

Depth of Field Tips by Light Stalking

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

I discovered Light Stalking on Twitter, and highly recommend it to photographers.
I just received an email that Light Stalking is offering a free eBook to help understand how best to work with your camera’s depth of field settings. And they say:
While there is absolutely no requirement that you do this, it would be great if [...]

Fleming’s No. 1 in Customer Service

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Last week I made an online reservation to take my friend Ruthann Clemens for her annual birthday dinner. Fleming’s reservation form had a box for comments, so I mentioned her name and that we’d be celebrating her birthday.
Sunday we were greeted at the front desk with pleasant comments about Ruthann’s birthday, and the same held [...]

Please Help Piper Duddles Find Her Special Friend

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Meet Piper. To anyone who doesn’t know her, they may think she is like any other pre-schooler, but she isn’t. Piper has Autism and Sensory Perception Disorder. We noticed the changes started when she turned 18 months old, at which point she began acting deaf.
She is currently in speech therapy and we partake in activities [...]

Terrific Antivirus Program: ESET

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Today my Antivirus software company, ESET, sent an email that said, “Refer your friends to ESET and get…”
Bingo! I didn’t go farther, because I’ve been using the program for several years and it has been just fantastic. And it’s not a memory hog. Very sleek, very reliable, and very efficient.
So, I’ll provide the link [...]