"All aboard!" shouts the conductor, alerting the passengers that the train is getting ready to pull out of the station. If you don't have your ticket and know where you are going, you'd better get it sorted out fast. After all, there are many tracks that lead out from the station. And while you might travel miles and miles down one track, you could end up finding out that you've traveled miles and miles... Continue Reading

A week does not go by that I don't get an email from someone telling me that their AdSense account was closed. Most often, the email from the AdSense team starts with... "It has come to our attention that invalid clicks have been generated on the Google ads on your site(s). We have therefore disabled your Google AdSense account. Please understand that this step was taken in an effort to protect the interest of the... Continue Reading

Ok, so now I've got a BLOG. I've got it set up to point to my own domain, joelcomm.com. I REALLY wanted joel.com. If anyone deserves that domain, it should be me. Alas, another Joel got it first. He makes "peace poles" and other artsy kind of stuff. He's been very nice in our correspondence, but he ain't givin' it up. Sigh... Continue Reading