: About Me

About Earl Weldon ...

Earl is a writer, designer, illustrator, entrepreneur, husband, father, brother, son, and a pilgrim enjoying the journey here on earth. He's been mostly self-employed (yes, with a few part-time jobs along the way to help with cash-flow!) since walking away from an ad agency job in 2001 ... about 2 weeks before 9-11-2001!

Never-the-less, "Earl Weldon Design, Printing & Promotion" is serving a growing variety of clients with a growing array of services!

There's also now an exciting new business network in the greater Philadelphia area since Earl founded "Opt-In!" ... a networking tool that provides an opportunity to make friends & contacts, plus give something back to the community. For more information,
go to http://www.opt-innetwork.com

My passion is ...

clever words, pithy words and moving words. I've admired Ogden Nash, Dr. Suess, and song spoofers Allan Sherman, Ray Stevens and Weird Al. On the serious side, I love to read thoughts, see images, and come across communications that really make me think. THAT's success in the communications industry!

Why I write ...

To let off steam. To tickle a fancy. To share things with others that have meant something to me. To put ACTION to those 'promptings' that sometimes come out of the blue.

My inspiration ...

Life

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Humorous

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The Asterisk* I saw an ad just the other day which reminded me we often don't mean what we say. It seems the way to sell things in our day and age is to hide all the details at the bottom of the page. In big, bold type, for all to see is some great low price ... or even "FREE!" But all of the facts they don't want you to know are hidden in minuscule type below. Is this deception? WHY, ABSOLUTELY NOT! It's a time-honored practice that's used a lot. We all know how busy folks are everyday ... how we take a quick glance and then go on our way. Will we bother to read all that text that's so sm...

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