Monthly Archives: January 2010

Valentine Dedication Broadcast for Boomers

NEWS from Carl Hoffman’s THE 60s OFFICIAL SITE This past month we have lost four baby boomer celebrities. Teddy Pendergrass, who you might remembered sang for Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes and their great hit of the 70s era, “If You Don’t Know Me By Now;” Pernell Roberts known best for his role as...
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Working from Home… can it be Hazardous to Your Health?

By Fran Civile

When you first start your home business, it’s expected that you’ll be putting in longer hours than the regular 9-5. There’s no fellow employee or boss to take up the slack. You are the one who has to put in the extra hours… so it’s natural to forget about regular meal times and recreation… letting work take...
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What does a Blogger Write About?

By Fran Civile

Taking a break is often difficult when you’re working but you know you should be making time to eat well , take care of yourself and your family. Blog about how you plan your schedule to include meals and ways to organize your pantry to ensure you have nutritious foods available. Proper nutrition...
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Baby Boomer Women Entrepreneurs

By Fran Civile

* According to the Center For Women’s Business and Research, there are over * 10 million businesses owned by women in the US that generate sales of $2.32 trillion. * The number of women starting businesses today is double the number of men. * Women now account for 55-60% of new startups. * The...
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How to Stop Worrying About Making Enough Money

By Fran Civile

Napoleon Hill alludes many times in his book to that ‘money making secret that has made fortunes for more than five hundred exceedingly wealthy men’, but it seems that he believed that the readers should discover the secret themselves by studying his book, he seemed to believe readers should be ready to really understand...
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An Excursion through the 60s’ Decade

By Fran Civile

Time Capsule Welcome to “Soundtrack of the 60s”, an excursion through the sixties decade. Each month we will look back and showcase a particular year of the sixties decade and open the door to the sights and sounds of that year of the current month. We will look and listen to the popular songs,...
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The Ultimate Philosophy of Success

By Fran Civile

Now in MP3 Think and Grow Rich – Now in MP3 Audio! Napoleon Hill was born into poverty in 1883, and as a teenager, began writing as a reporter for small newspapers. Then in 1908, industrialist Andrew Carnegie commissioned him to interview hundreds of successful men and women, in an effort to prove his...
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ESPN 3D Launches New Era in Sports…

By Fran Civile

http://www.freestockimages.net/picture-graphics/Disney owned ESPN has announced ESPN 3D, coming mid 2010 as the historic South Africa Soccer world cup begins. ESPN announced Tuesday, January 5 2010 that it would launch its latest addition to the ESPN Family with a network called ESPN 3D. The first event to be seen on ESPN 3D will be the...
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How one Person CAN Make a Difference!

By Fran Civile

Maybe you’ll shed a few tears… as I did… I only showed this because I thought that we all need to be reminded sometimes how much a little kindness can accomplish… even a smile given to a stranger might make her day! Some might say that Dr. Wayne Dyer was ‘exploiting’ his listeners’ emotions…...
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Snapshot of the Economy in 1962

By Fran Civile

President Kennedy was bullish about the U.S. economy in 1962. “I think,” he said at his press conference last week, “that this economy has more vitality in it than some of its premature mourners.”There had indeed been some mourners. They based their worries mostly on the fact that the nation had suffered some January...
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The Rise of Al-Qaeda in Yemen

By Fran Civile

I am showing this video as an experiment of sorts… I enjoy watching Washington Journal most mornings at 7 am Eastern time, (4 am in Seattle WA). Recently I found out that I could watch it any time during the day on C-Span.org… and not get up so early! Since this segment might be...
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Happy Birthday at Grandma and Grandpa’s House

By Fran Civile

I want to share a website I just found… it caught my grandmother’s eye because one of my great grand-babies just turned one recently and I wish I had seen Elsie’s original birthday party ideas at the time… We as grandparents have a chance to experiment with home made plans before the children get...
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