About Me

I'm all about Beer, Books and other things that start with B. (Yup, those too. No...not those).

I develop content professionally for a variety of clients, and write in my free time for fun. Who says you can't do what you love for a living? Someday I'll sit down and write that Great American Novel (or Screenplay, haven't decided yet!)

Monty Python Songs

Everyone knows and loves the zany, incredibly talented and uproaringly funny Monty Python cast and crew. Everyone can spout sketch lines verbatim, and everyone owns well worn copies of Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life... ...but do...

Wholesale Distributor for Quit Smoking Program and Smokeless Cigarette

Greetings. We wanted to create a lens for wholesalers and distributors to learn more about herbal smokeless cigarettes - Smoke-Free Cigarettes by Shafa Herbal Solutions - and make orders where applicable. We are NOT an MLM and are NOT looking for i...

Tribal Wars How to Guide for Beginners - Tips, Tricks and Advice

I've been playing Tribal Wars for a while now, and after seeing some people play poorly, I wanted to help more people play better. My methods are not the only ones, and you may want to do something else, but my methods will help you understand the g...

Squidoo Show and Tell Modules - How To Guide for Presenting Info and Links

Hi! I wanted to help my fellow Squidoodlers by creating a lens that outlines some other ways to show links and hype lenses besides just setting up a link list. Oh sure, link lists are easy, useful and have their place, and text modules are the workho...

Article Submission Guide - How to Submit Articles to Increase Web Traffic

You've created your website, you've become an authority on whatever you are selling, promoting, blogging or simply enjoying. You've optimized your site, written plenty of great content...now what? Every article you write, every how-to guide, every s...

2008 U.S. Presidential Election - Electoral Vote Analysis Guide

Scheduled for November 4, 2008, the U.S. prepares to vote in the 44th President of the United States. Every vote counts, and record numbers of Americans are expected to turn out to vote this fall. Even so, there are myriad factors in determining who...

Tempe Bars, Breweries, Taverns and Pubs - A How To Guide for the Best Drinking in Arizona

Hi! This lens was created to showcase all the cool bars in Tempe, AZ, then it started to spread into Metro Phoenix, so although its TempeBars, its also Phoenix and other bars in the Valley of the Sun and across Arizona. Got it? Good! Our credo is dr...

Win the Lottery and Enjoy the Money - How to Invest and Spend Wisely

Greetings. This lens is devoted to helping lottery winners collect, save, invest and spend their money wisely. We all hear stories of people who win the big one, then after a number of years, its all gone. How sad! Surely people are smarter than thi...

Online Games Guide - How to Find Game Sites and Cool Games

Every now and then I just get bored with my console or PC games, or I have a few minutes to kill online, and I like to play online games. There are a variety of great places where these games are aggregated and there are a lot of people on the intern...

Public Speaking Tips, Tricks and Training - How to Improve Speeches and Reduce Anxiety

Throughout middle school, high school and college, I excelled at giving oral presentations, speeches, debates, performing on stage and the like. I wasn't a gifted thespian or a chatterbox, and I wasn't the most popular kid in school. I simply had a k...

How to Guide for Picking Dow Dogs - 'Beating the Dow' Stock Tips and Advice

Michael B. O'Higgins (along with John Downes) wrote Beating the Dow which sets out the process of investing in blue chip stocks with high yield, and how to select them every year. The markets are very volatile lately (2008), but the standing princip...

Arizona Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace

Started in 1988, I've been going off and on since the early 90's. The best Renaissance Festival in the country IMHO (been to Georgia's Ren Fest and some smaller sister events), and this is by far the largest permanent structure Ren Faire in the count...

Quick Fixes, Old Wives' Tales and Mom's Advice

If you're like me, you had a mom who knew everything about everything, what to do when you were sick, how to take the sting out of bee stings, how to get rid of hiccups, and so much more. Oh sure, I rolled my eyes as often as you did, but she had an...

Tribal Wars Scouts

Scouts are primarily used to infiltrate enemy villages to determine their troop types and count and to see their levels of development. They also serve defensively (although not that well) and can be good fakes for cavalry attacks. Let's take a clo...

How to Quit Smoking - Information, Programs and Products

Greetings! This lens is devoted to providing information and products to help you quit smoking. Don't want to quit? That's your prerogative, but for the millions of people around the world who are trying to kick the habit, this site is for you. Thi...

Celtics-Lakers NBA Championship Rivalry

One of the most storied rivalries in NBA history began in 1959 when the Boston Celtics first faced off against the then Minneapolis (now L.A.) Lakers for the NBA championship. Since then, the two teams have battled each other in 10 more championship...

Round Tuits - Where to Find Them, How to Use Them and Their Care and Feeding

This Lens is devoted to Round Tuits, but will also discuss other Tuits and the superior nature of the round ones. If you can't get anything done in your life, or you are convinced you could if only you got a round tuit, then this lens is for you.

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

I love movies and I've always been fascinated by which actors have been in movies with which other actors, seeing if actors that have starred in movies together have been in other movies together and the like. When people started catching on to the...

Independence Day Around the World - Where and When to Celebrate Freedom

As an American, I think of Independence Day as July 4th, when the United States signed the Declaration of Independence and declared its freedom from Great Britain. Of course, we're not the only ones who have won our freedom from another country or p...

How to Buy a New or Used Car - A Guide to Budgeting and Saving for your Next Car

I've been on both sides of the deal, buying and selling cars, and there are some things you should definitely know to do before driving up to the dealership. I also wanted to talk about budgeting for and saving for a car purchase, because if done co...

Tribal Wars Nobles

Once you've built up your village, you're going to want more of them and nobles are the only way to get them. Nobles are expensive and time-consuming, but they are a must-have if you want to succeed in Tribal Wars. We'll talk about how to develop s...

Article Troll - Submit An Article or RSS Feed, Increase Traffic, Dominate the Internet!

Ok, maybe you won't dominate the Internet, but you CAN leverage ArticleTroll.com's unique system to drive traffic to your website by submitting article and RSS feed sites and promoting your own sites all while giving the actual author's of original c...

T206 Cigarette Cards

Placed in cigarette packs for its 16 brands between 1909 and 1911, the American Tobacco Company (now broken up into several current tobacco companies and Fortune Brands) created what we now think of as Baseball cards to popularize and promote their t...

Scion Hako Concept Car

Much like the xb before it, the Hako is taking boxy to new heights of cool. Or is it? Get a peek at the new Hako and see for yourself if its going to be the next cool thing, or the next dead duck dud.

Tribal Wars Spearmen

If you play Tribal Wars, Spear Fighters (or Spearmen or just Spears) are probably the first unit you build, and for good reason. Early pillaging ability, defense against cavalry and fast and cheap production make spears a staple for any player.

Arizona is the Most Dangerous State in Which to Drive

Arizona is the most dangerous state in which to drive due to the people who commute here (redneck Nascar wannabes, ricers, gangbangers, bluehairs, snowbirds, foreign implants, snotty cyclists, jaywalkers and just plain impatient idiots). The cities...

Clear And Present Danger

One of my favorite Harrison Ford movies, my favorite of the Jack Ryan movies, and a great all around movie. Action-packed and well-written.

Warhammer 40k

A few years ago, the stores devoted to tabletop games around me went belly-up, and my Space Marines went into hiding. That was around the time Cityfight Rules came out. Then came 4th edition and I just said, no more GW, I'm out. Then I discovered th...

Richard E Grant

This is the Richard E. Grant biography and filmography. Browse around to learn more about an incredibly entertaining actor who went from obscurity to cinematic success.

Arizona Squidoo Lens Directory

Arizona has a lot of great sites to see and things to do, which is why I wanted to create another opportunity to promote them. Creating Squidoo lenses for your Arizona site, attraction, hotel/restaurant or other business is a great way to promote yo...

Tribal Wars Swordsmen

Most people build swordsmen automatically as part of their defense - swordsmen are for axes, spearmen are for cavalry - simple. There's more to the swordsman than good foot defense, and I wanted to showcase them here.

Mike Gravel - 2008 Presidential Candidate

In this heated presidential campaign, I wanted to take a look at one of the candidates who was passed over. Maurice Robert Gravel (pronounced gruh VEL), known as Mike, former senator from Alaska, engaged in the 2008 Primaries as a Democrat. After p...

Arizona Cardinals - Destined For Greatness or Doomed For Eternity

Hey Cards fans! I developed this lens to keep tabs on the Arizona Cardinals, the little team that can't. If you're a fan, understand this: I moved to the Valley in 1988, the same year the Cardinals came. I witnessed their first year (7-9) in Arizona...

First Edition Books

A while ago, I wanted to collect something that was compact, historical and useful. I decided on collecting first editions. As time went on, as others were generally abusing their older books and trying to get rid of them, I started saving them. Th...

News Around the World

If you're a news junkie like I am, this may be your new hangout. This lens features: Local, National and World News Technology Finance and Investing Politics Sports Celebrities and Fashion Weather Satire

Executive Decision

Not just great action, but really good characterization from a host of good actors. Kurt Russell, Steven Segall, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, B.D. Wong, Joe Morton, Halle Berry - everyone is good in this.

Three Hundred Word Theatre

Greetings - I was going to write this long story for publication, or as a serial on my website, but then I realized it would be perfect for Squidoo. I decided to post each part of the story 300 or so words at a time. It creates a serial feeling, alt...

practicelens

This practice lens is designed to showcase all modules of Squidoo, what they do, what they look like and how to use them better.

Squidoo Love-In

I know there are pages expressing their love for Squidoo, but why not one more? I have been nothing but impressed, amazed and amused with how easy Squidoo works, how friendly and helpful everyone who works there is and how cool the community is, and...

Random Things and Stuff

This lens has no focus. It's cracked, warped, dusty and altogether worthless. But it sure is entertaining. It's pretty much the catchall for anything my other lenses don't have, and when I feel the need to prattle on about something.