Rodney J. Moore

   The more I write, the more I have come to terms with rejection. It's inherent in writing. Your ideas will not find universal appeal. How weird would that be anyway? "Everybody loves you, nobody hates you." Won't happen. Some would say if you're not making somebody mad, you're not doing your job. I tend to (more…)

   Is it me or is getting harder to do the little things in life? Like reading a magazine or newspaper you like. Watching a game. Going to the grocery store. I'm going through one of those times when I literally feel like there's not enough time in the day. Thing is, I'm too distracted. I've just sold a car and I'm looking for a replacement. It's exhausting. Which reminds me of the (more…)

   I don't envy marathoners. I just don't enjoy running. I like to see it as a means to an end. Like in sports. I run to hit the tennis ball. I run to hit a racquetball. So it is in writing. I write to meet a deadline. I write to finish a (more…)

   My sister was telling me recently about her son who has taken to language quite easily. He aced a spelling test of 20 words he had never seen before. She said, "Where does he get (more…)

   So the recession is finally over. Sigh of relief, right? Well, not so fast my friend. Service businesses are still a tough sell. Not impossible though. In fact, I've been putting more into my marketing budget lately. Wish I had done that through 2010. But it's hard to commit to that when money is tight. (more…)

And now for something completely different. A man wrecking his own house. No, not me, but I'm reading about someone who is. And I'm inspired. In fact, just this weekend I fixed a leaking toilet. Now, that doesn't sound all that hard, right? Well, this toilet was leaking at its base, so (more…)

   I'm makin' a list, checkin' it twice. No, not for other folks, for myself. I don't get much for myself during the year so I like to load up at Christmas-time. Christmas is my birthday too so I get a double-dose. This year, my list includes a pencil or two (like the Uni-ball Kuru Toga). Apparently, obsessing about pencils is the new obsessing about pens. Sure, I like a nice pen, but I'm (more…)