Sometimes the craziest things spark a memory. Whether it be the smell of burning leaves that reminds you of fall and spirals you into seasonal depression or the obscured back road in the middle of nowhere that reminds you of the first time you tried out back-seat yoga in your old Chevelle. Today, I had [...]

[gplayer href="http://www.scottsanfilippo.com/wp-content/audio/blog-billbrace.mp3" ] [/gplayer] Like an episode of the HBO series The Sopranos, another gangster thug in Luzerne County has been nabbed. This time it’s “Big Billy” Brace the county’s former Deputy Clerk. Brace plead guilty today to accepting a $1,500 tailor-made suit in exchange for helping a contractor win a contract with Luzerne County. [...]

Today I had to record a series of videos for an email campaign we’re doing for Solid Cactus Call Center. While I’m usually quick to bang these things out, today was an exception…. but we had some fun! Screwing up along with me is Katrina Domkowski and Becky Pokorny who were good sports as well. [...]

I wrote about another successful Solid Cactus Boot Camp that wrapped up Friday night (October 16, 2009) with our closing cocktail reception, dinner and “commencement.” For some reason, I always miss out on the fun that happens AFTER the event! Days, weeks, even months later I end up hearing the stories about “Boot Camp After [...]

One of my roles as a marketing consultant for Solid Cactus, is to organize an event called Solid Cactus eCommerce Boot Camp. These three day events held at various times throughout the year are a three-day gathering of eCommerce store owners from around the country. Informational sessions are put on by Solid Cactus staffers and [...]

Like a usual Wednesday, I had dinner at Pazzo Restaurant, in Pittston, PA. Before I left, I had to bring Baby and Peanut some of Pazzo’s homemade meatballs. They were a big hit with the pups, and shortly after devouring them, they were both ready to cuddle and go to sleep. [nggallery id=9]

Today’s Citizens Voice newspaper is reporting on one hell of a deal Luzerne County Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. got on a flight from Pennsylvania to Florida. The other day, I blogged about Olszewski and his visit with convicted drug dealer Ronald “Snorts” Belletiere and kids-for-cash former judge Mike “I’m Innocent” Conahan at the Florida [...]

The first time I met Peter Paul Olszewski Jr., was when I was in high school. I had an after-school job pumping gas at a local gas station where Peter Paul and his father Peter Paul Sr. had house accounts. The elder was still a practicing judge in Luzerne County and Jr. was a fledgling [...]