Too cool for school: public buildings should rent to businesses
Is your business too cool for school? Have you ever tried to rent out a room or a hall in a school or public building only to be told, “we don’t rent to businesses”?All across America you’ll find businesses boarded up because a tight economy means that many stores and services are no longer able to support the overhead of that comes with maintaining a building. As an auctioneer who runs live events sporadically, I feel the pain here. The frequency

Today our President AND America won the Nobel Peace Prize
  Today Barack Obama AND America won the Nobel Peace Prize. There are a lot of opinions on what this all means and I think the bigger point is missed, that being: “Whether or not President Obama deserves the award at this point, we are all, as Americans, called to aspire to this honor.”  Can you imagine that? It’s the FREAKIN’ NOBEL PEACE PRIZE and there are people out there acting like the Swedes are trying to give us Leprosy! Here’s an id

How to help fix our economy or "could you get the door"
 I know that when you point the finger of blame, you have three more pointing right back at you, thus, you will find I reference we here, as the major pro-noun, as I consider my share of responsibility. One might argue that this article is not about auctions or ecommerce, but I would disagree. I think the subject at hand (our country’s current, rabid back-biting fest) is worsening our economic situation by the minute. I liken our economy to a car stuck in a ditch, and this

How to help fix our economy or "could you get the door"
 I know that when you point the finger of blame, you have three more pointing right back at you, thus, you will find I reference we here, as the major pro-noun, as I consider my share of responsibility. One might argue that this article is not about auctions or ecommerce, but I would disagree. I think the subject at hand (our country’s current, rabid back-biting fest) is worsening our economic situation by the minute. I liken our economy to a car stuck in a ditch, and