After having studied business information management systems at Western Governors Univ, I began creating e-stores. I was already a cartoonist, and embarked upon the manufacturing and design business (of which I am still involved). Then, after becoming engaged, I co-founded Pen And Ink Inc. with my fiance' which is a full-service web design/seo/marketing firm. We love animals, nature, hiking, fishing, reading Rumi and Emerson, and when we have extra time, doing our important work on the Internet. Follow us on Twitter @RickLondon and @LeeHiller. Lee is a love columnist; we are both syndicated by Great Southern Writers Syndicate. Please be sure to follow them as well @gswsyndicate. Thank you.

For years we have looked at the president of the U.S. as our "Daddy" and "Moral Leader" of whom we should look up to for moral guidance.  This had proven to be a big mistake.  Those of us who have wor...

How many times have you heard a friend or colleage say "I am going to close my retail store soon"? Sometimes he/she is dead serious.  Sometimes it is usually a joke. In todays economy, more often than...