I’m starting a new tradition for Fridays.
I’m doing this for two reasons:
First of all, I’ve been preaching for several months now about how important it is to network with other bloggers and to get to know people who blog, but I’ve been feeling that I haven’t been practicing what I preach. Well, that’s going [...]

Another week, another batch of Twitter links.  Just think, if you were subscribed to the Swollen Thumb Entertainment Twitter account, you could receive updates like this EVERY DAY, along with hilarious jokes, inspirational quotes, and behind the scenes information about this website.

5 Do’s and 5 Don’ts of Social Media
Another 11 Fascinating Lego Creations
If Steve Jobs gave [...]

Strategy For 2010
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking for the direction that I’m going to take the blog in 2010 and I would like to get some feedback from my readers.  Obviously, the “strategy” that I had for 2009 was less than stellar, because I didn’t even come close to breaking even, so business [...]

Simply put:  If you’re not following Swollen Thumb Entertainment on Twitter, then you’re missing out!  For those of you who don’t know, I have hourly updates for Twitter on the weekdays.  (Every other hour on the weekend)  These updates consist of any number of things including:

Jokes
Inspirational Jokes
Entertaining or Useful Links

And just because I don’t want [...]

The blogosphere, as a whole, is changing.  Some bloggers can sense this, and are starting to adapt.  Other bloggers are completely oblivious to it, and are going to be left behind.  I personally believe that the blogging world is going to go through a massive change in 2010.
Of course, I’m not a fortune teller, and [...]

As most of you know, I’ve been working on Swollen Thumb Entertainment for over a year now.  Over time, my dedication to this venture has gone up and down, and right now, it’s about as high as ever.  However, I’m not focusing as much energy on writing articles on the website as I used to.  [...]

Working A Dream Job…
Well, today I finished a two year stint at the local television station here in Cape Girardeau, MO.  Working for KFVS-12 has been an interesting experience to say the least.
Working on Heartland News was always a childhood dream of mine.  I moved to the Heartland in 1989, and have been watching Heartland [...]

A funny thing happened today.  Long story short, someone that I’ve never met or talked to read something on my Twitter feed, misunderstood what I wrote, and got really bent out of shape.
Now to the longer version.  I’ve been using Twitter for the past several weeks in an attempt to promote this site, Swollen Thumb [...]