My wife's text (enclosed) made me sad
Published: Fri, 02/21/25
Updated: Sat, 02/22/25
I evidently missed the best part. Last month in San Antonio I did something that appeared innocuous: I stepped out to pick up the lunch catering order…
The Happy Earner
I send out value-packed emails about earning income online, which I've been doing with great success since 2010. I would have saved myself a lot of agony and frustration if I'd had the information people on this email list receive every day!
The last sentence in the world I wanted to hear
Published: Thu, 02/20/25
Updated: Fri, 02/21/25
But that SOB said it to me. "Books are some of the hardest things in the world to sell," a publishing e ecutive told me at a book fair in 2005. Just…
You WILL get tired of winning
Published: Wed, 02/19/25
Updated: Thu, 02/20/25
We in the Woods household are fans of Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone, a program I was watching in reruns even as a kid. There's an episode in which…
Ol' Woods is feeling generous
Published: Tue, 02/18/25
Updated: Wed, 02/19/25
I'm in a bonus kind of mood today. I don't think I've given out a good bonus with a purchase in quite a long time -- possibly over a year. The first…
Low failure rate
Published: Mon, 02/17/25
Updated: Tue, 02/18/25
So we've established that digital businesses can be up and running in record time given our present technological capabilities, but maybe that's not…
My reply to the snobs
Published: Sun, 02/16/25
Updated: Sun, 02/16/25
I don't care about such coarse things as money; I care about the "higher things." We've all heard some snob utter some version of that. The idea is…
Michael Malice and I at the museum
Published: Sat, 02/15/25
Updated: Sat, 02/15/25
Hashtag "degeneracy." When Michael Malice and I visited New York City's Museum of Modern Art years ago, Michael told me to check in on Facebook with…
Ol' Woods has Valentine's Day plans
Published: Fri, 02/14/25
Updated: Fri, 02/14/25
It's February 14th, and I've always been a sucker for Valentine's Day -- my grandmother's middle name was Valentine, and that alone made me take it…
The ex-military guy who owns my gym
Published: Fri, 02/14/25
Updated: Fri, 02/14/25
For the past couple of weeks I've been going to a new gym, and it's owned by an e -military guy -- very friendly, but you would not want to start…
Murray Rothbard, dinner guest
Published: Thu, 02/13/25
Updated: Thu, 02/13/25
Imagine having Lew Rockwell as your babysitter, and Murray Rothbard as a frequent dinner guest at your house. Interesting childhood indeed! Well, last…