Part of self-publishing a book is learning how to self-promote. Over the years, I’ve done some marketing to the modest subscriber list I’ve built here but selling a product entails running traditional ads. The consensus is that it couldn’t be
Read moreFramed: A Villain’s Perspective on Social Media

Today is one of the proudest days of my life. I’ve finished writing my first book. It’s titled Framed: A Villain’s Perspective on Social Media. I started gathering content in mid 2021. My “side hustle” central to the book’s storyline
Read moreWhy This Blog Has Fallen Off; And, Perhaps, Goodbye
I started writing TJOHEARN.COM when I graduated college in 2016. Before then, I was publishing articles on Medium. Even earlier, I used Tumblr, Reddit, Facebook, and some niche sites that readers today won’t have heard of. Creating a website branded
Read moreMy 2023 Track Season
2023 has been an exciting year for me. On January 1st, I nordic skied for the first time with my own gear. That same day at Vail, I downhill skied. I finished the ski season with more days on the
Read moreAre DryGuy Boot Gloves Worth It?

Many a ski day has been cut short by cold toes. A common frustration amongst all skiers is, surely, spending thousands of dollars on gear only to discover an acute source of discomfort and numbness whenever the temperature drops below
Read moreSkip the Lead-in to Alpe du Zwift

Note: Unfortunately, this trick no longer works. Sorry. The marquee challenge within the virtual cycling game Zwift is the Alpe du Zwift. The climb features 22 hairpin turns and is inspired by the Alp d’Huez of Tour de France iconography.
Read moreBest Pull-Up Bar for Wide Doorways

During the pandemic, I’ve been spending a lot of time at home. Many gyms have temporarily closed, and the gym I visited for years in downtown Chicago disappeared without a trace. There’s been a rush to construct at-home gyms of
Read moreI Got My Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards Graded!

Compared to Pokemon, I played a lot of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game. As I got older (6th grade?) I was actually gifted booster boxes, though by that time I was pretty much always playing by myself. I played a lot
Read moreBest At-Home Gym Equipment for Runners

We’re entering year two of the pandemic and I’m in the best shape of my life. As soon as I realized that this thing was for real, I started budgeting and building my home gym. The results have been great,
Read moreI Sent My Childhood Pokemon Collection to PSA

In the middle of 2020, I found myself spending the summer with my parents in Scranton. Almost all of my friends had long since moved away. Increasingly obscure avenues helped me pass the time. One of my hobbies was playing
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