That Ziggy guy is my kind of guy

My wife, Cathy, cut a Ziggy comic strip out of the newspaper about a year and a half ago. I liked it so much I taped it to the pen and pencil container on my desk. It's of Ziggy standing outside a shop on the street with a sign over the door that says, "Crazy Ideas That Just Might Work, Inc."

Cathy must have been intrigued with the statement I made to her a few years ago. It was something like, "I've got a head full of crazy ideas. I've got so many websites, one of them is bound to work!" At the time, I had a website called Home on the Radio -- where I sold small transmitters along with recorded listings that were broadcast to people driving by homes for sale. I also had Josey Creations -- a web design company; Guitar Transitions -- a website where you could download acoustic guitar riffs; Instant Radio -- one of the very first Internet radio stations; and The Commercial Store -- where I wrote and produced radio commercials.

About five years ago I decided to stop spreading myself so thin. I starting taking some of my websites offline. I kept Audiobag online, though. Not because it was booming, but because I really believe in the saying, "Do what you love and the money will follow." I'm an audio guy through and through. If you read my blog bio, you know what I'm talking about. I started pretending I was a DJ at about age three. By age thirteen, I became an actual DJ at an Austin, Texas radio station. I ended up owning and managing a radio station of my own when I was in my 20's and 30's.

It just made sense to stick with what I know best -- audio. When I decided to concentrate on Audiobag, I made a commitment to hang in there, as they say. Today I'm wrapping up another day here at my desk. Cathy and I are going to meet my daughter and son-in-law for Mexican food in about an hour. As I sit here at the desk, I see that silly Ziggy comic strip that Cathy gave me. It's starting to yellow a little bit, but the message still means something to me. "Crazy Ideas That Just Might Work, Inc." happen everyday. They start off small and grow. The very successful Mommycast podcast (http://mommycast.com/) went from two women sitting in a living room talking about raising their children to two women sitting in a living room talking about raising children while enjoying a very lucrative advertiser in Dixie Cups.

Next time we open up a bottle of wine here at the house, I'll pour a little into a Dixie Cup and toast all you folks out there who are doing what you love.