Haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been busy focusing on some new products and my health, not necessarily in that order.

I finally tripped the right switch to literally turn my metabolism back on, and I feel great! I’m looking forward to getting a lot of stuff done and spending more time on the really important stuff, like hanging out with my kids before they start middle school and high school. And, if we get a cool day, getting out with the camera. Summer makes that difficult.

And I’ll try to update the old blog more often, too.

Got word Friday that I have been accepted into the Ph.D. program in Human Development at Fielding Graduate University! I’m extremely excited. I’ve decided to defer enrollment until the spring of 2010 to finish up some major projects. I then plan to focus full-time on my studies for three years, or however long it takes.

I remark on customer service a lot. There’s remarkably bad and remarkably good. I remark on both on a regular basis.

This week I had encounters where I was just blown away by the quality of the customer service. I wanted to update my accounts on EzineArticles.com, ArticleTeller and ArticlesBase. I had unintentional duplicate accounts on two services, and couldn’t remember the domain name I used for the other account.

These are big services with lots and lots of articles, authors and readers. And yet, all three of them responded very quickly and went out of their way to help me get my accounts straightened out so I can start using them and update my articles.

A friend of mine said to me the other day, “Isn’t it sad how little it takes to stand out?” These sites did a lot more than they had to do just to get by, and I will recommend and use them. They’re remarkable–worth remarking on.

I remember hearing a while back about Google Goggles, basically a sobriety test for Gmail. If it determined you were drunk, you couldn’t use your email.

Too bad we can’t stop people from using email on the grounds that they’re idiots, isn’t it? “Nope, sorry, you’re stupid and you’re about to say something you will regret for a long time. No Gmail for you!”

Oh, well. Maybe someday…

I’m working on another noir short story, similar to What You Wish For, which was published a few years ago in a British crime zine. For this one, I needed information on stalking laws in Arkansas. I was surprised how many sites publish these laws, and how easy they are to understand. Although I doubt I’ll ever be stalked, I feel safer knowing what the laws are and what I can do to stop a stalker.