Blogger Interview: Mattress Police
Hey Everyone, I'm wrapping up the week with an interview from another great blogger, and now published author. You may know him from his blog full of 'anti-social commentary,' Mattress Police. I give you Rob "Diesel" Kroese.Tell us about yourself, Diesel.I'm the guy who shows up at family gatherings with a book tucked under his arm. If I see a sign on the side of the freeway with a misplaced apostrophe, it can take over my entire consciousness until I'm six miles past my exit. Fortunately, I sort of fell into a job doing software development, for which I get paid very well, and which allows me to spend a fair amou

Speed Dating with Jesus
Dating can be pretty brutal.I'm glad my dating days are behind me. Not that they numbered in the hundreds, or even the dozens...Actually, there were only a select few days I can technically call 'dating' days.Anyway, dating can be fun. But for every fun date, there's probably a bunch you know

I Just Fixed Health Care
A couple of weeks ago, we talked animals, medical malpractice, and veterinarians. Turns out, a lot of you are animal lovers. I hope you're also health insurance lovers, because that's what we're talking about today.I got lots of interesting responses to that post. A really interesting comment said that I've been brainwashed by the insurance companies.I teased you with a comment in that post that a big reason our medical industry is in the shape it's in is because many Americans are such big babies. I thought I'd follow up on that. Here's is my complete, one page bill which I am preparing to send to Congress to help fix healthcare:

Three More Blog Commandments
Blogging can kill you.Really, I mean that. Don't let it happen to you.Wednesday, I shared with you 3 rules in keeping a blog that gives you what you want. I was so excited to get feedback from all you bloggers, especially some brand new bloggers who are just starting out telling their stories. Today, I'm finishing up my week of celebrating my year of blogging with three even more important rules to keep when telling your story on a blog. In fact, these aren't even rules, these are commandments, the thou shalts of blogging.Telling Your Story: Three Commandments

Three Blog Rules to Tell Your Story
Hey everyone. First thing: you'll notice I've revamped the commenting system here by installing Intense Debate. A lot of you like this system, and it's an exciting way of tracking our top commentors on the left of the page. Some of you are new to it. You don't have to sign up to use it, just fill in the form as usual. I'm hoping it's all working right. Test, test!Second, don't forget to tell your blog friends about my giveaway! An easy way to dothis (and make sure I have to give out lots of stuff) would be to Twitter the following:Visit @MattTCoNP 's blog for a big giveaway contest! T-shirts, food, books and other stuff!