On my latest episode of Managing the Gray I made the statement that “the honeymoon is over for social media.”
I said it as an off hand comment that came to mind, but the more I think about it the more I firmly believe what I said. I don’t mean that social media is dead, dying […]

In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m very much a family guy. I love spending time with members of my family both here at home and anywhere they may gather.
We stayed home for Christmas day, but then headed up to New Hampshire to see both Laura’s parents and mine for the weekend. It felt […]

I must have seen 5-10 different versions of this video clip from Valkyrie that people have replaced the subtitles with a variety of things. Now, the gang from Age of Conversation 2 have had some fun with it. As an author in this book I want to encourage you to buy a copy of it. […]

This is the photo we used in our holiday cards this year. I’m really psyched how it came out with even Roxie looking at the camera.

Christmas was great in the Chapman household.
There is a living room full of boxes right now that we’ll have to leave out by the curb tonight in a nice organized pile of chaos. Garbage men must HATE the holidays because of all the extra boxes and crap they have to pick up. Only weekend that […]

It is the morning before Christmas in the Chapman house and that means the kids are off from school and I’m trying to finish up a few tasks I have left before taking some well earned vacation.
The end of the year always gets me reflective. Yesterday I asked on Twitter what accomplishment people were most […]

The snow started falling on Friday afternoon and didn’t stop until long after dark last night. In total we got somewhere around 15-17 inches in total. Everything is white and we had fun playing out in the snow. Of course it’ll be slush by the end of the week as the forecast is calling for […]

Thank you to everyone for all the birthday wishes. Between all the social networks and other fun gathering spots on the web it reminded me of just how many great people I’ve connected with.
Then this morning I noticed this video from DJ Steen. I just watched it and I’m still laughing.

The family and I had […]

As I type this, the clocks are about to roll over to December 19, 2008 which marks my 35th birthday.
Now I’m not one who gets hung up on age and most days if you ask me how old I am, I actually have to pause and think about it because it is not something I […]

My good buddy Scott Sigler asked if I wanted to take part in his latest diabolical plan for world domination and being a good little junkie of the Future Dark Overlord how could I say no?
CONTAGIOUS is a hardcover horror/thriller novel that hits book stores on December 30th. I’ve already pre-ordered several copies and I […]

Being a Dad is the most rewarding thing in the world and if you are doing it right then it has moments that are nothing but pure stress.
Yesterday was one of those days. Dylan did some stupid stuff at school and my afternoon went straight from cruising along to permanent distraction from the stress of […]

After getting three separate messages from people asking me how I thought they could become an expert in social media I turned on the camera and vented a bit in that direction.

I’m not a die hard Harry Potter fan, but I am a big fan of the books. I got into them several Christmas trees ago when I got the first four books as a gift.
But, I’m a sucker for cool and unique printing of books so when I saw that they were going to be […]

I get tagged with various meme from time to time.
This morning I saw Steve Garfield post about this and I thought it was a cool idea. The day ran away from me and I never got around to doing anything about it.
Then moments ago Bob Goyetche took part in it and of course he felt […]

When the leaves start changing color, I always start getting reflective. I think about where I am in my life, what has happened over the past year and where I want to see things go and change in the future.
I remember starting this post in my head back on November 1st. I wanted to encourage […]