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Marty and Meg Whitford (Photo: Marty Whitford)

Whit’s World: Daddy’s Li’l Girl is ‘All Growed Up’

Writers write. It’s what we do. Many of us also procrastinate. A prolific writer once said, “I don’t always love...

How Fumigation Solved a Spider Problem

Imagine fielding this call: Your prospective customer is The Federal National Mortgage Association, aka Fannie Mae. The lending institution recently...

Marty and Jamie Whitford (Photo: Marty Whitford)

Whit’s World: Sins of the Father

Sometimes others serve as my mirror, my portal to change. My bride of 22 years does a good job letting...

Whit’s World: Our Mentors Live On Through Us

My New Year’s resolution is to remember my “life mentors” by passing on their teachings to others through my actions...

Converted DIYer Salutes PMPs

This month, publisher and editorial director, Marty Whitford, cedes his column to the newest member of the PMP’s team: Mike...

Film Lesson 3: Time Travel

Let’s not travel back (or forward) in time in our minds. Let’s live every day as if we’ve traveled back...

Harold Ramis – Film Lesson 1:

National Lampoon’s Animal House. Meatballs. Caddyshack. Stripes. National Lampoon’s Vacation. Ghostbusters 1 and 2. Club Paradise. Back to School. Armed...

The customer is king

The customer is king (or queen). So why not ask each customer for the keys to his (or her) kingdom?...

SUPER examples rise above

Dec. 27, 1995. The day time stood still. The day our plans took a backseat. The day our hopes and...

Light at the end of the mud tunnel

For several years running, our media brethren have preached economic doom-and-gloom. “What goes up must come down” has been the...