This article originally appeared on the Star City Harbinger website.
The City of Roanoke suffers from a severe case of multiple personality disorder when it comes to economic development issues. We hear a great deal of talk about the need for the city to be hip, cool and green in order to attract young professionals, while [...]
I didn’t develop a full understanding of my unique personality type (INTP) until I was nearly 40 years old. At that point I came to realize that I had been blindly pursuing a career path for which I was very poorly suited. The further I advanced, the more unhappy I became. I had been quite [...]
I’ve been suffering pangs of guilt again lately for not posting as regularly as I should. This is in spite of the fact that I have spent a great deal of time in the last few days on site upgrades. Check out the new header images if you haven’t noticed noticed. I probably spent 15 [...]
I took my son to play golf on Saturday, something I’ve been looking forward to since the day he was born. This was a big deal to me for a couple of reasons. For one thing, I truly love the game and I hope that Robert will one day share my enthusiasm. It was also [...]
One of the challenging aspects of my personality type is the fact that my mind bombards me with a constant stream of new ideas. Some are big, some are small, and they are rarely related to one another. I might have an idea for an entirely new product or service one day, and a unique [...]
I spent a couple of hours on blog housekeeping yesterday and had a chance to go back and read several of my older posts. One of the biggest problems with the reverse chronological arrangement of the typical blog is that a lot of good stuff tends to get buried in the archives. Granted, the majority [...]
There is a general consensus among job search experts that roughly 80% of job openings are never advertised, and the most effective way to learn about these opportunities is through personal networking. This typically puts introverts at a significant disadvantage, since we are generally not inclined to engage in the kind of business and social [...]
After sitting on their hands for the last 35 years, American politicians have finally taken up the call for energy independence. Sadly, it was not a recognition of the true national security significance of the issue, but a short-term spike in the price of gasoline during an election year that finally spurred them to action. [...]
UPDATE: Newly elected council member Court Rosen requested additional financial information at a council meeting on August 18th, leading many Countryside supporters to believe he supports selling the property. His complete comments are available here. Valerie Garner, President of the Countryside Neighborhood Alliance and unsuccessful candidate for city council in 2008 makes her position clear [...]
A hearing at the local office of the Virginia ABC Board drew standing room only crowds yesterday as a handful of local busybodies led by a publicity hungry Baptist preacher attempted to convince ABC officials to reject the license application for the Shooting Creek Farm Brewery. Opponents of the microbrewery claim that granting the license [...]