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You know how you be get chatting with a friend, and suddenly you both just get silly? That’s what happened with Sue Clark and me, the other day. Not face to face, over a cold one after work — because Sue lives in Maine, where she reigns over Lighthouse News — but online, over at Twitter.com. The upshot was that Sue came up with a new way to “get rich quick”… well, she explains it all here. Enjoy! ~Jen


How To Get Rich With Twitter

There are hundreds of blogs that start up every day with the dream of making money online by kicking back on a beach and letting the green roll in. They are inspired by such success stories as Chris Garrett, Darren Rowse and Jeremy Shoemaker, all of whom make a comfortable online living from their blogs. Of course, it’s only a dream for those hundreds of hopefuls, as it really is hard work to get to the level of earning more than a pittance from your blog. And they are laden with Google adsense ads, have no original content, and are really spammy blogs.

And then there’s Jen, our very own Domestik Goddess.

Online Betting Moves To Twitter

One day, Jen (aka @rjleaman on Twitter) tweets about an interesting post she found on Squawkfox entitled Recipe: Strawberry and Banana Green Smoothie. I think I will just switch to our conversation from that point. I’m @lighthousenews in this conversation.
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Bunco for Charity

Bunco for Charity

If you’re at all into the game of Bunco, here’s a little something: Proctor & Gamble’s Prilosec OTC has teamed up with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation® to raise money for breast cancer through a Charity Challenge. Players can register online at Buncocentral.com and the group that raises the most cash will win a trip [...]

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Game Design: Exploring Creativity with Children

Game Design: Exploring Creativity with Children

Well, no, I really can’t describe Mitch Allen for you. Creator of games, web designer and word player, fount of fantastical ideas that stretch my perception of what I think I know… Above all, he’s a deeply dedicated father, as this first guest post from the Allen household will show. Enjoy! ~ Jen Game Design: Exploring [...]

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Dog Bite Prevention Game

Dog Bite Prevention Game

Here’s something different — and quite intriguing — that caught my attention recently, as a caring dog-owner and a loving guardian of impulsive and animal-loving children. Doggone Crazy is a unique dog bite prevention child safety board game — and dog bite prevention is the whole goal of the game. It promises to be good [...]

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Something to Do – Storm Day Fun for Kids

Something to Do - Storm Day Fun for Kids

The “storm days” of my own childhood came to mind, reading what the Frugal Duchess says about Low-Tech/No-Tech Fun for Kids. Oh, those longed-for storm days! When we woke on a winter morning to find a white-out of snow, when school was cancelled and a whole day of liberty stretched ahead — albeit a day, [...]

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