Wednesday, March 31, 2004
- A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
- I brake for garage sales.
- A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
- Gore/Lieberman 2000
- Honk if you're reloading.
- As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
- Back off, or I'll flick a booger on your windshield.
- I ♥ my cat
- My other car is a lawn mower.
- I ♠ my dog.
- Envision whirled peas.
Bumper stickers are like birthdays. You like it when other people have them, but you don't want any of your own.
(I'm sorry if those animal ones aren't working in your browser. Update or use the evil empire's browser.)
Saturday, March 27, 2004
How everybody today? I just got back from the greenway. I saw a woman there with some dangly earrings. She was jogging and they were just swinging back and forth. I thought, "Who wears dangly earrings to go jogging?" but who wears any earrings to go jogging? Apparently, she does. So here's my list of places not to wear earrings (not that I have any).
I had a killer time. I'm not sure of the actual time, but I think it was less than fifty minutes. (I'm guessing by the play time of the music I listened to.) It usually takes 56 to walk the whole three miles. I really enjoy my MP3 player that I bought last year. (Cheaper than Wal-Mart) It's nice to have something whose battery lasts for weeks. That's right. I said battery as in one. I actually lose some of them before I use them all. The one problem is that the MP3 player needs to buffer so there is a slight pause between all songs. When they are fused together like in a live album it is a bit distracting, and I have to copy the songs to it one at a time to keep them in playing order, but that's just my computer.
The major problem is that being the big guy that I am, walking that fast for that long means that I'm going to be "moseying" the rest of the day. I don't think I need to really explain that one. Figure it out yourself. All I can say is that I need more lotion.
Later folks...
- to go jogging
- while riding roller coasters
- to church (If you are a Mennonite)
- to fight Mike Tyson (He might choke on them.)
- to a date with Mike Tyson (They might hurt if he hits you)
- to go anywhere with Mike Tyson (I hear he needs money)
- SCUBA diving with sharks
I had a killer time. I'm not sure of the actual time, but I think it was less than fifty minutes. (I'm guessing by the play time of the music I listened to.) It usually takes 56 to walk the whole three miles. I really enjoy my MP3 player that I bought last year. (Cheaper than Wal-Mart) It's nice to have something whose battery lasts for weeks. That's right. I said battery as in one. I actually lose some of them before I use them all. The one problem is that the MP3 player needs to buffer so there is a slight pause between all songs. When they are fused together like in a live album it is a bit distracting, and I have to copy the songs to it one at a time to keep them in playing order, but that's just my computer.
The major problem is that being the big guy that I am, walking that fast for that long means that I'm going to be "moseying" the rest of the day. I don't think I need to really explain that one. Figure it out yourself. All I can say is that I need more lotion.
Later folks...
Thursday, March 25, 2004
So, I was shopping on Amazon, and they've got the great recommendation service. They are recommending The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers. Now there's a story here. I've never seen any of the Lord Of The Rings movies. I've bought every Star Wars movie and seen them in the theater. I'm a sucker for Lucas, but one sucker is enough. I may go gaga for the Lord Of The Ring trilogy, but I will not until I can see all three. Just like I refuse to buy a hard back of anything in the Dark Tower series. There will be a super edition of these things containing all the cut out bits when they are done, until then I'll buy the cheap bits. (Also, I have not watched The Matrix or The Godfather. Eventually, I'll subscribe to Netflix and see if they are worth buying.) The thing is that it's been on my recommendation list a long time and it's not going away anytime soon. You would think that Amazon would try something different every once in a while.
The really funny thing is that they recommend books. So I was surprised to see number one on my list today, Smart Women Finish Rich. I have never been, and I have no desire to ever be a woman. I had a dream once where I was turned into a woman, but that's it. It was a nightmare and probably significant of something. The fact that I woke up in a cold sweat indicates it was a nightmare or I was having menopause in the dream. Figure out what you will. (I guess this is because I DID read The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich, a simple book with a simple message that I do recommend.) I would recommend that you buy only the first book but not any others that follow it. They seem to be another person pimping out the franchise. Just like Rich Dad, "Read the first, no more."
That's my recommendation. Thank you,
Gunny Walker
sucker
The really funny thing is that they recommend books. So I was surprised to see number one on my list today, Smart Women Finish Rich. I have never been, and I have no desire to ever be a woman. I had a dream once where I was turned into a woman, but that's it. It was a nightmare and probably significant of something. The fact that I woke up in a cold sweat indicates it was a nightmare or I was having menopause in the dream. Figure out what you will. (I guess this is because I DID read The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich, a simple book with a simple message that I do recommend.) I would recommend that you buy only the first book but not any others that follow it. They seem to be another person pimping out the franchise. Just like Rich Dad, "Read the first, no more."
That's my recommendation. Thank you,
Gunny Walker
sucker
Have you played tennis lately? Play here.
So anyway, I've been thinking. I went to this seminar about building an online store. The thing is, I need to find something distribute. This might take a while, but basically, I can build what it is that they were selling for 2000 dollars. Oh they do good work. I'll give them that, but they don't seem to be doing anything that I can't. It'll be June before the next tax auction. My brother once said that the way to make more money is to ask for more.
I like my lamps just a little on the trashy side.
That's kind of silly. That's one of those books that you read that tell you what you already ought to know. He also claims that there are three ways to make more money.
Like to try Bonsai, but don't want to wait? Try a potato. Yes, a potato. It's better than using a kitten.
I've got a couple of ideas in mind. I just need to figure out a shopping cart program. Paypal has one that they claim is free. I think that Paypal makes their money of off interest that sits in their accounts. I've got to examine it further.
Ever been eating a hot dog and thought, "Gee how can I make eating hot dogs more fun?" (It's hard to believe that someone already had octodog.com.)
It's amazing the way that people were spending money, at these seminars. I'm broke folks. I've saw one person that had spent 15 thousand dollars at these conferences. She bought every one of the courses. If I had 15 thousand dollars to throw around like that, I probably wouldn't be attending those conferences. I'm sure the instructors know their stuff, but all four? I mean really. I can only learn one maybe two things at once. If I try any more than that, I usually do them poorly. I think that the best way to become rich is to sell get rich quick schemes. Especially if you can sell it to those that have more money than they have sense.
Sorry about breaking up today's post with the links, but I really didn't have much to talk about today. I'm providing you more for your money. I'll trust you to send me the dollar you owe me for reading this.
Until next time...
So anyway, I've been thinking. I went to this seminar about building an online store. The thing is, I need to find something distribute. This might take a while, but basically, I can build what it is that they were selling for 2000 dollars. Oh they do good work. I'll give them that, but they don't seem to be doing anything that I can't. It'll be June before the next tax auction. My brother once said that the way to make more money is to ask for more.
I like my lamps just a little on the trashy side.
That's kind of silly. That's one of those books that you read that tell you what you already ought to know. He also claims that there are three ways to make more money.
- Charge more
- Get more customers
- Get people to pay faster
Like to try Bonsai, but don't want to wait? Try a potato. Yes, a potato. It's better than using a kitten.
I've got a couple of ideas in mind. I just need to figure out a shopping cart program. Paypal has one that they claim is free. I think that Paypal makes their money of off interest that sits in their accounts. I've got to examine it further.
Ever been eating a hot dog and thought, "Gee how can I make eating hot dogs more fun?" (It's hard to believe that someone already had octodog.com.)
It's amazing the way that people were spending money, at these seminars. I'm broke folks. I've saw one person that had spent 15 thousand dollars at these conferences. She bought every one of the courses. If I had 15 thousand dollars to throw around like that, I probably wouldn't be attending those conferences. I'm sure the instructors know their stuff, but all four? I mean really. I can only learn one maybe two things at once. If I try any more than that, I usually do them poorly. I think that the best way to become rich is to sell get rich quick schemes. Especially if you can sell it to those that have more money than they have sense.
Sorry about breaking up today's post with the links, but I really didn't have much to talk about today. I'm providing you more for your money. I'll trust you to send me the dollar you owe me for reading this.
Until next time...
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
So there's this movie that's in theaters now. It's called The Girl Next Door. You see this guy falls for a girl that moves in next door. It turns out though that she has a wild past. She used to be a porn star. Now he must decide if he wants to stay with her and accept that past or if he wants to leave her. The question is, "Does love really overcome all?"
Originally this movie screamed guy movie. After all, what teenage guy doesn't dream about going out with a porn star? Really though, it's a chick flick. A chick flick that I've seen before. I hope it does better than the last time it was made, but it probably won't.
I was cruising the Internet Movie Database, and I saw that there are six movies coming out in the next month that I want to see. Of course, none of them are The Passion Of The Christ. No I prefer my violent movies to false. (Of course, if you are an atheist, you really found that last bit funny.) I think that I will go see Dawn Of The Dead. (Of course, if you are a Jesus freak, you really found that last bit in the parentheses insulting.) The really ironic thing is that there are lot of Christians that won't go see the one because it's R rated but will take their seven year old kids to see the other. Of course, some R rated movies show much less blood. It's just chocolate syrup circling the drain.
I'm really waiting for some Jesus freak to recommend it to me, so that I may give them the line, "Well I hate to spoil the ending, but you do know he dies in the end? I read the book." Of course, I look too much like a Satanist for those folks to approach me.
Of course, there is one good thing about dating a porn star. You're never sure on a date if you will "get lucky" or not. Well after a hard day of "getting lucky", that's probably the last thing that porn star would want to do. It would seem too much like work. So with that pressure relieved, you can be free to be yourself, and that is a great way to be on a date.
Anyway, I've got stuff to go do, but here is today's exciting link, Prawnography.
Originally this movie screamed guy movie. After all, what teenage guy doesn't dream about going out with a porn star? Really though, it's a chick flick. A chick flick that I've seen before. I hope it does better than the last time it was made, but it probably won't.
I was cruising the Internet Movie Database, and I saw that there are six movies coming out in the next month that I want to see. Of course, none of them are The Passion Of The Christ. No I prefer my violent movies to false. (Of course, if you are an atheist, you really found that last bit funny.) I think that I will go see Dawn Of The Dead. (Of course, if you are a Jesus freak, you really found that last bit in the parentheses insulting.) The really ironic thing is that there are lot of Christians that won't go see the one because it's R rated but will take their seven year old kids to see the other. Of course, some R rated movies show much less blood. It's just chocolate syrup circling the drain.
I'm really waiting for some Jesus freak to recommend it to me, so that I may give them the line, "Well I hate to spoil the ending, but you do know he dies in the end? I read the book." Of course, I look too much like a Satanist for those folks to approach me.
Of course, there is one good thing about dating a porn star. You're never sure on a date if you will "get lucky" or not. Well after a hard day of "getting lucky", that's probably the last thing that porn star would want to do. It would seem too much like work. So with that pressure relieved, you can be free to be yourself, and that is a great way to be on a date.
Anyway, I've got stuff to go do, but here is today's exciting link, Prawnography.
Sunday, March 21, 2004
All right. I was impressed by the seminar. I actually learned some stuff. They had this thing called a "Reverse Search Engine." After about an hour of searching for it, I was ready to give up, but then i found it. I started thiking about this company and that maybe I over estimated their worth. After all, they are using web rings to create traffic. They also described vertical portal and horizontal portals. All of it sounded a lot like terms made up to make them sound smart. I don't know I've got to do some more research, but the one thing that stuck out in my mind?
That Reverse Search Engine they claimed they had. They claimed that they could tell you how many times a word had been searched in a day. The truth is that Overture does this for free. Overture sells pay-per-click advertising on it's site. (I think.) So they let you use it to see what words work. Turns out that this web design knows a few tricks, but really they aren't as slick as they try to appear. Once again, these are things you can do yourself.
Overture calls their Reverse Search Engine the Search Term Suggestion Tool (Here is the bare bones version.)
Welcome to Pandora's box y'all. Until tomorrow.
That Reverse Search Engine they claimed they had. They claimed that they could tell you how many times a word had been searched in a day. The truth is that Overture does this for free. Overture sells pay-per-click advertising on it's site. (I think.) So they let you use it to see what words work. Turns out that this web design knows a few tricks, but really they aren't as slick as they try to appear. Once again, these are things you can do yourself.
Overture calls their Reverse Search Engine the Search Term Suggestion Tool (Here is the bare bones version.)
Welcome to Pandora's box y'all. Until tomorrow.
Friday, March 19, 2004
Hi folks! I'm just letting you know that there will be no post likely tomorrow. I'm not sure how many of you remember the "Financial Super Stars" conference that I attended recently, but there was a company selling internet services. Well they gave some examples, but really I only remember one. I barely remember that one. Really, they only gave three or four examples. They never even gave an address to any of them.
Anyway, they suck, but there is one thing that I can do. I'm going to snipe them. I'm going to go in, take my name tag, and introduce myself to as many people as possible and tell them I can help themselves design a website. These guys are charging crazy fees. They are charging 3000 dollars for a website that they don't even create. They use a yahoo store. They are charging $140 for a years worth of hosting which can be bought for much less. They stand to make $3000 for a days worth of work. It's ridiculous.
And I plan to tell them so.
But I will wait until I can introduce myself to some of the folks.
Of course, nothing tops the fact that every time their pitch man would show a website two weeks ago, he would start out with, "Now I think that this is an ugly website..." I think I mentioned this before, but it's still pretty funny.
So until next time...
Anyway, they suck, but there is one thing that I can do. I'm going to snipe them. I'm going to go in, take my name tag, and introduce myself to as many people as possible and tell them I can help themselves design a website. These guys are charging crazy fees. They are charging 3000 dollars for a website that they don't even create. They use a yahoo store. They are charging $140 for a years worth of hosting which can be bought for much less. They stand to make $3000 for a days worth of work. It's ridiculous.
And I plan to tell them so.
But I will wait until I can introduce myself to some of the folks.
Of course, nothing tops the fact that every time their pitch man would show a website two weeks ago, he would start out with, "Now I think that this is an ugly website..." I think I mentioned this before, but it's still pretty funny.
So until next time...
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Click here to see the world's smallest disk drive. How in the world is James Bond to keep up? Of course we get the great quote...
What do you mean a few years ago? That was last year for me. I know a lot of people that still operate off of a P II. This is crazy. There is just one question, "What'll it cost, man? What'll it cost?"
"Toshiba's innovation means that I could soon hold more information in my watch than I could on my desktop computer just a few years ago," said David Hawksett, science and technology editor at Guinness World Records.
What do you mean a few years ago? That was last year for me. I know a lot of people that still operate off of a P II. This is crazy. There is just one question, "What'll it cost, man? What'll it cost?"
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
I have something to share with you. You may have this as my gift to you and enjoy it as your own. Just remember to give credit where credit is due. Here is the formula for the one and only Gunny Walker's World's Greatest Sandwich©. Please stack in the following order.
If you only use one layer of hot sauce, then always put it on the baloney side. The cheese actually takes some of the heat off. Also, the hot sauce should be so thick that it soaks through the bread onto your fingers when you pick it up. Although there is an alternate version. You may skip the hot sauce and apply salad dressing and dill pickles instead. This has been my obligatory cooking segment. And for those of you that don't like baloney, you should know that baloney makes you smart.
(Why does Oscar Mayer have a multicultural center? Isn't that a bit silly? Are there not enough minorities eating baloney? Can I have theirs?)
It's posts like this that make me wonder why I am under the "views" listing on Evil Hippy's site.
- white bread (your choice)
- hot sauce
- baloney
- cheese (your choice)
- hot sauce
- white bread (your choice)
If you only use one layer of hot sauce, then always put it on the baloney side. The cheese actually takes some of the heat off. Also, the hot sauce should be so thick that it soaks through the bread onto your fingers when you pick it up. Although there is an alternate version. You may skip the hot sauce and apply salad dressing and dill pickles instead. This has been my obligatory cooking segment. And for those of you that don't like baloney, you should know that baloney makes you smart.
(Why does Oscar Mayer have a multicultural center? Isn't that a bit silly? Are there not enough minorities eating baloney? Can I have theirs?)
It's posts like this that make me wonder why I am under the "views" listing on Evil Hippy's site.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! I hope you are wearing green! I for one will be glad when tomorrow gets here. I haven't changed my underwear for three weeks to be ready for the showing of the green. Of course there's a lot of yellow there, but I am helping the environment as well by saving water and promoting new growth. Anyway, I've got some stuff to go do today. I may be in later, but I have been on the net long enough on the right bookend. It's my review of Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. Actually, it's my opinion on the whole darn series. Hopefully I can put a real post here and something on the left bookend as well. Because the true key to being successful on the Net is to publish, everyday. Because if you become stagnant, you get left behind. Chatatcha later.
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Okay, here's an interesting story about a millionaire farmer. Sure it's not a get rich quick scheme, but it seems to be a pretty dang effective get rich slow scheme. Just thought I'd put it up. It's not 11 Million American, but it's still pretty sweet. We should all do so well. Here's the company that he invested in that made him so rich. Just so you know according to www.xe.com, that's only worth 8,145,186.87 American. Today, that is. It will probably be different tomorrow.
Monday, March 15, 2004
I got a letter from President Bush today. It includes a photo of him and Mrs. Bush. There's an enclosed letter saying that they are proud of me for supporting him. They would also like me to send a response so that they can know that I received it. Also, it would be nice if I would include a donation of 25, 35, 50, 100, 250, 500, or 1000 dollars. They even gave me a self addressed stamped envelope. Good. I like to send my other junk mail back in those.
Actually, I did vote for Mr. Bush, it's just sometimes I get annoyed at the fact that political candidates seems to play to me so much. I got a call a couple of years ago from the Republican party. They wanted to survey me as to which issues I would be voting for. I hate the fact that candidates can't have opinions of their own. They wind up claiming they are interested in my issues. I promptly told the person taking the poll that I would be voting for the candidate that didn't call me in the middle of the day and woke me up.
And of course I hear, "Well, it wasn't my intention to disturb your sleep, Mr. Walker, but" (click)
I also like people on TV that claim I shouldn't vote for Mr. So-and-so because his tax cuts favor the rich. Anyone that makes this claim should tell me just how much they make. I'm pretty sure that make quite a bit more than I do. To me they are rich. That makes them the enemy.
Strange things are afoot at Legoland.
Actually, I did vote for Mr. Bush, it's just sometimes I get annoyed at the fact that political candidates seems to play to me so much. I got a call a couple of years ago from the Republican party. They wanted to survey me as to which issues I would be voting for. I hate the fact that candidates can't have opinions of their own. They wind up claiming they are interested in my issues. I promptly told the person taking the poll that I would be voting for the candidate that didn't call me in the middle of the day and woke me up.
And of course I hear, "Well, it wasn't my intention to disturb your sleep, Mr. Walker, but" (click)
I also like people on TV that claim I shouldn't vote for Mr. So-and-so because his tax cuts favor the rich. Anyone that makes this claim should tell me just how much they make. I'm pretty sure that make quite a bit more than I do. To me they are rich. That makes them the enemy.
Strange things are afoot at Legoland.
Sunday, March 14, 2004
So anyway, I was talking to one of the fellows a work the other day. He was helping our group out, and I responded with, "You know Lehi, your a pretty good guy. I don't care what Spike says about you."
Now Spike is our resident O.D.B. Lehi is a pretty religious fellow. So what do you think the response was? I'll tell you how surprised I was to learn how few people know the typical response. The typical response is, "I don't really care what (insert name here) says either."
No, the reponse went to the complete opposite direction. Lehi said, "Well, when a dog barks do you listen?" Somehow I think there's some story in front of this moral, but I don't know what it is.
I think that I made the wrong response when I said, "Well sometimes I do. If it were a big mean dog, I'd listen to it. After all, I don't want to get bit." I don't think that he got that joke either. Later on, I had to spend thirty minutes explaining that Spike really didn't say anything bad about him. I guess some people have a hard time understanding a joke.
I'd also listen to a dog if it were Lassie. Lassie saves people. From wells
I thought everybody knew that joke. Try to remember the proper response if I ever say it to you. That and the magic words, "a la peanut butter and jelly sandwiches."
Now Spike is our resident O.D.B. Lehi is a pretty religious fellow. So what do you think the response was? I'll tell you how surprised I was to learn how few people know the typical response. The typical response is, "I don't really care what (insert name here) says either."
No, the reponse went to the complete opposite direction. Lehi said, "Well, when a dog barks do you listen?" Somehow I think there's some story in front of this moral, but I don't know what it is.
I think that I made the wrong response when I said, "Well sometimes I do. If it were a big mean dog, I'd listen to it. After all, I don't want to get bit." I don't think that he got that joke either. Later on, I had to spend thirty minutes explaining that Spike really didn't say anything bad about him. I guess some people have a hard time understanding a joke.
I'd also listen to a dog if it were Lassie. Lassie saves people. From wells
I thought everybody knew that joke. Try to remember the proper response if I ever say it to you. That and the magic words, "a la peanut butter and jelly sandwiches."
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Here's my response to this. You didn't miss much.
I did like the stock guy. I just really don't have that kind of money right now. Heck, I really haven't played with stocks in almost a year. I did have a pretty good record of getting in right before they declared bankruptcy. Thank the good Lord for Marvel and Providian.
I did recieve some benefit from attending this conference. It's nice to know you aren't alone. It's a good idea to learn some of the techniques that other people use. I liked that James Smith guy a lot as well. But he had no website that I heard of, but he seemed to be the most entertaining guy.
I think that lawyer was overpriced as well. There is no way he's going to have a form letter dealing with the situations that I have dealt with tax dees. Not that there has been many. I'm still pretty new to it as well. I've only worked on three. On the first one I broke the cardinal rule. I spoke to the people renting the place. Then the owner quit paying his mortgage and then I had a hard time getting the bank to pay me off. They did, but the drug their feet. Past the initial, second, and almost the third deadline. They paid just before I set up a court date to void their redemtion. (Not that it would have made much difference, but I wanted to prove a point.) It got thrown out and then they had to start the redemption process over again. (Here's why it didn't make much of a difference.) When the redemption was voided, they still had time in their year left. (It helped to sway the judge that I had incurred additional expenses while waiting for them to redeem.) So they just came in at the last week, which was two weeks after the previous was voided, and started over. I challenged, lost, and filed for additional expenses the final day that I had. They paid rather promptly the second time. I went through so much on that first one, that I have learned nearly every step there is to it. Also, if I need any documents to be typed up not then I will just copy the old ones and change the address and dates.
I can't imagine that you would need that many documents. Not enough to warrant 3000 dollars. Besides, I would feel much better if I allowed a lawyer to do it. Interview several in your town. They will often give you a free consultation. I found none in Rutherford County that knew how to deal with it, but I found one that was so interested that he did his work for free. I think that the only one in Nashville was the one that I fought. Tax Deed/Lien laws vary from state to state and county to county. I wouldn't think that some guy who sells legal documents could guarantee them from state to state. It's got to be impossible to keep up with all the laws nationwide. This legal thing seems to be the biggest scam since pre-paid legal.
Where was I?... Oh yeah...
I have only done two since then. I am still waiting for the redemtion period to end on those. I got my deeds in January and February. I can't say whether they are more effective than I am at holding on to these things, but their pitch did seem pie in the sky. I think that the best thing is that you get a return on your money. In Tennessee, that's 10 percent. If you get to keep the place, that's great. Bonus. But right now I am looking into the fact that I can get a 10 percent return.
I am looking into a real estate investment seminar. It's considerably cheaper, and I'll be glad to announce what it is once I find out about it. (I had been keeping it a secret, but the cat's out of the bag now.) Anyway, I did miss one real opportunity that day.
There was a notepad going around that day. It had three columns. I saw it during the lawyer's presentation. (Your time may vary.) The realtor beside me handed it to me after she signed it. All that people were writing was their name and two phone numbers. It said "Nashville Network" on the top. The guy beside me said, "What's that?"
I responded with, "I have no idea, and that's why I'm not signing it." But I did in a way. Just after he signed it, I asked for it back and wrote across the top, "You have given me no reason to sign this." I wish now that I had. I don't want people to have my phone number, but if I had written, "Gunny Walker / GunnyWalker.com / early tax deed investor" I might have gotten quite a few hits here.
I was tired, okay. Anyway, live and learn. If I get any more tickets to these sort of things then I'm going to try to go. After all, I may get to meet some more folks. But not in the next two weeks. This Saturday, I'm going to see Shakespeare and the next Saturday, I'll be going to that crappy internet thing I paid twenty bucks for. I hope I'm wrong and it turns out to be better than I expect. At least, I get a meal out of it. (Of course, since I've been boycotting beef, I probably won't eat it.)
If I buy the stock thing, I'll just figure out if they are coming back to town again. It's not like they are firing their pitch men tomorrow. I'm sure they make them lots of money. And then I can buy my stuff at the discount rate. That is if I can't talk them down over the phone.
Thanks for visiting the site guys. Keep plugging away and always save 15 percent. Then you too can be the millionaire next door.
(Gunny has now left the internet. Good night)
I did like the stock guy. I just really don't have that kind of money right now. Heck, I really haven't played with stocks in almost a year. I did have a pretty good record of getting in right before they declared bankruptcy. Thank the good Lord for Marvel and Providian.
I did recieve some benefit from attending this conference. It's nice to know you aren't alone. It's a good idea to learn some of the techniques that other people use. I liked that James Smith guy a lot as well. But he had no website that I heard of, but he seemed to be the most entertaining guy.
I think that lawyer was overpriced as well. There is no way he's going to have a form letter dealing with the situations that I have dealt with tax dees. Not that there has been many. I'm still pretty new to it as well. I've only worked on three. On the first one I broke the cardinal rule. I spoke to the people renting the place. Then the owner quit paying his mortgage and then I had a hard time getting the bank to pay me off. They did, but the drug their feet. Past the initial, second, and almost the third deadline. They paid just before I set up a court date to void their redemtion. (Not that it would have made much difference, but I wanted to prove a point.) It got thrown out and then they had to start the redemption process over again. (Here's why it didn't make much of a difference.) When the redemption was voided, they still had time in their year left. (It helped to sway the judge that I had incurred additional expenses while waiting for them to redeem.) So they just came in at the last week, which was two weeks after the previous was voided, and started over. I challenged, lost, and filed for additional expenses the final day that I had. They paid rather promptly the second time. I went through so much on that first one, that I have learned nearly every step there is to it. Also, if I need any documents to be typed up not then I will just copy the old ones and change the address and dates.
I can't imagine that you would need that many documents. Not enough to warrant 3000 dollars. Besides, I would feel much better if I allowed a lawyer to do it. Interview several in your town. They will often give you a free consultation. I found none in Rutherford County that knew how to deal with it, but I found one that was so interested that he did his work for free. I think that the only one in Nashville was the one that I fought. Tax Deed/Lien laws vary from state to state and county to county. I wouldn't think that some guy who sells legal documents could guarantee them from state to state. It's got to be impossible to keep up with all the laws nationwide. This legal thing seems to be the biggest scam since pre-paid legal.
Where was I?... Oh yeah...
I have only done two since then. I am still waiting for the redemtion period to end on those. I got my deeds in January and February. I can't say whether they are more effective than I am at holding on to these things, but their pitch did seem pie in the sky. I think that the best thing is that you get a return on your money. In Tennessee, that's 10 percent. If you get to keep the place, that's great. Bonus. But right now I am looking into the fact that I can get a 10 percent return.
I am looking into a real estate investment seminar. It's considerably cheaper, and I'll be glad to announce what it is once I find out about it. (I had been keeping it a secret, but the cat's out of the bag now.) Anyway, I did miss one real opportunity that day.
There was a notepad going around that day. It had three columns. I saw it during the lawyer's presentation. (Your time may vary.) The realtor beside me handed it to me after she signed it. All that people were writing was their name and two phone numbers. It said "Nashville Network" on the top. The guy beside me said, "What's that?"
I responded with, "I have no idea, and that's why I'm not signing it." But I did in a way. Just after he signed it, I asked for it back and wrote across the top, "You have given me no reason to sign this." I wish now that I had. I don't want people to have my phone number, but if I had written, "Gunny Walker / GunnyWalker.com / early tax deed investor" I might have gotten quite a few hits here.
I was tired, okay. Anyway, live and learn. If I get any more tickets to these sort of things then I'm going to try to go. After all, I may get to meet some more folks. But not in the next two weeks. This Saturday, I'm going to see Shakespeare and the next Saturday, I'll be going to that crappy internet thing I paid twenty bucks for. I hope I'm wrong and it turns out to be better than I expect. At least, I get a meal out of it. (Of course, since I've been boycotting beef, I probably won't eat it.)
If I buy the stock thing, I'll just figure out if they are coming back to town again. It's not like they are firing their pitch men tomorrow. I'm sure they make them lots of money. And then I can buy my stuff at the discount rate. That is if I can't talk them down over the phone.
Thanks for visiting the site guys. Keep plugging away and always save 15 percent. Then you too can be the millionaire next door.
(Gunny has now left the internet. Good night)
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
So I have a problem. As many of you know I use AOL. I'm not sure how easy it easy to save web sites on MS IE or other ISP's because hey I'm an AOL'er. It's not like I am cruising the REAL web. (Insert obligatory joke about moving the training wheels of the net and switching from AOL.) Well the problem is that I have a long list of stuff that I thought, "Gee whiz, I should put that on the page." Of course, I never did. Until now.
Like karaoke? So does your computer.
Some people don't need computers. I guess that a lot of those people reported The Irish Virus to Symantec. (Probably one of my fellow training wheel users.)
Here's one for Evil Hippy. It's Stick Figure Warning signs.
These breast cancer stamps are the regular 37 cent stamps that are for sale for 45 cent a piece. The extra change goes to breast cancer research. Just helping to support the cause by passing it around. (I'd buy them, but I only mail a letter about once every three months. The price of stamps go up before I use a whole book.)
It's terrible what passes for news today. Warning: News stories may be dumber than they appear. Is this what passes for news? Isn't there a war somewhere we can talk about? A murder? Butterflies? Anything?
And now from the irony department, the second richest man is claiming that CEO's get paid too much.
If you've been watching Dennis Miller lately, you've been seeing Star Parker on the panel lately. (No, that's not that woman from The View.) Star Parker is founder of C.U.R.E., The Coalition On Urban Renewal and Education. I have to admit I like the cut of this woman's jib.
That's it for now folks, except for the fact that I have updated the bookends
Like karaoke? So does your computer.
Some people don't need computers. I guess that a lot of those people reported The Irish Virus to Symantec. (Probably one of my fellow training wheel users.)
Here's one for Evil Hippy. It's Stick Figure Warning signs.
These breast cancer stamps are the regular 37 cent stamps that are for sale for 45 cent a piece. The extra change goes to breast cancer research. Just helping to support the cause by passing it around. (I'd buy them, but I only mail a letter about once every three months. The price of stamps go up before I use a whole book.)
It's terrible what passes for news today. Warning: News stories may be dumber than they appear. Is this what passes for news? Isn't there a war somewhere we can talk about? A murder? Butterflies? Anything?
And now from the irony department, the second richest man is claiming that CEO's get paid too much.
If you've been watching Dennis Miller lately, you've been seeing Star Parker on the panel lately. (No, that's not that woman from The View.) Star Parker is founder of C.U.R.E., The Coalition On Urban Renewal and Education. I have to admit I like the cut of this woman's jib.
That's it for now folks, except for the fact that I have updated the bookends
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Okay, here's a funny story of what happened recently at work between French Lady and Blonde Lady. I will try to create a French accent phonetically.
BL: Do you have southerners in France?
FL: Yes, we hov ze same dee-rect-shawns that you hov.
BL: No, what I mean is do you have, you know, country people?
FL: Of course.
BL: What do you call them?
FL: We call zem pee-zonz.
BL: You call them piss ants?
FL: No, not piss ants! Pee-zonz! Pee-zonz!
BL: Oh you, mean peasants!
Man, nothing's funnier than a foreigner and a southerner trying to understand each other. The southerner gets mad because the other can't speak perfect English. And southerners make it worse because they don't realize that they can't speak it either. Ain't life funny.
There is also the time that French Lady complained that there was no poop (pulp) in her orange juice. Her boyfriend said, "Isn't that a good thing?"
BL: Do you have southerners in France?
FL: Yes, we hov ze same dee-rect-shawns that you hov.
BL: No, what I mean is do you have, you know, country people?
FL: Of course.
BL: What do you call them?
FL: We call zem pee-zonz.
BL: You call them piss ants?
FL: No, not piss ants! Pee-zonz! Pee-zonz!
BL: Oh you, mean peasants!
Man, nothing's funnier than a foreigner and a southerner trying to understand each other. The southerner gets mad because the other can't speak perfect English. And southerners make it worse because they don't realize that they can't speak it either. Ain't life funny.
There is also the time that French Lady complained that there was no poop (pulp) in her orange juice. Her boyfriend said, "Isn't that a good thing?"
Sunday, March 07, 2004
Okay folks, so here's the deal. Have you ever received a letter in the mail to a investment seminar? You know the type. They say, "You've been specially selected" but when you look on the front of the envelope it's addressed to occupant. Well, what you've got is an invitation to a day long sales pitch. Well, National Training Conference was presenting the Financial Super Stars conference at the Music City Sheraton. Well, the link that I gave you was only one of the speakers.
First there was a stock presentation for a product to help you analyze your stock portfolio. Investor Toolbox, a search engine of sort, claims that they assist you in finding valuable stocks in which to invest. The cost of the service is about 300 dollars a month, but the training seminar is about 5000 dollars. (but wait there's more!) If you had signed up at the seminar you can save over a thousand dollars.
Actually I don't know how much it cost. I seem to have neglected to write the prices down. Okay, I'm not a very good note taker. So sue me. Well, It took a while to find them online. The presenter never actually gave an internet address for their site. In my opinion, that's a bad idea. I mean what if I want to buy it tomorrow? I mean the seminar, hasn't really come at a great time. I don't have that much dough in the bank. I just bought a car, just got back from vacation, and just bought a new computer. Most of my savings are tied up in tax deeds. Maybe next time if I had a little bit more than a months notice, I could have a little money to spend. I have plans already and I'm going towards those full force. Heck if I had four of five thousand dollars to plunk down at will, then I wouldn't need your investment seminar. I'd likely be rich already.
As many of you know, I work nights so to go to an all day seminar where I'm not even guaranteed a meal shows that I am pretty interested. After all, I actually was up for 24 hours by the time the seminar was over. And I had to go to work last night off of two hours of sleep after the seminar. Maybe that stock guy (and the others) should get together with internet guy and get a website up. Just a thought.
Next up was a seminar about total asset protection. It was a seminar to show why I need a corporation, LLC, et cetera to protect my property and investments. The website. It seems to me that this lawyer might be the one who organized this seminar. Well, he was selling a package with all the forms that I need to form my own corporation. It seems very interesting, but I was never told why exactly why I should buy his forms when I could probably buy the same thing at Staples. Anyway, he was somebody who wanted a few more thousand dollars.
Then there was a break for lunch. The hotel was selling food in the lobby. With three dollars a hot dog and the fact that I've gone bovitarian, I decide to make a run for the border.
By time I had gotten back and sat back down, William Danko, had started his speech. It was a well delivered speech, but there was nothing there that wasn't in his book. It was nice to hear him speak, and that was the reason why I came. I wish I had gotten an autograph, but "you can't always get what you want, but if you try some time, then you might find you can get what you need." You should read the Millionaire Next Door. The message is pretty simple. Live off of less than you earn, but of course the main push of the book is that a guy like Sam Walton became the richest man in the world by driving around in a rusty pick up truck with a couple of dogs in the back not by blowing his money on overpriced cars, toys, or homes. These things are nice, but most people that buy things seriously impair their ability to be wealthy by buying these things.
Next was a pitch for a Tax Lien program. Another pitch for a few thousand dollars. Want to go the cheap route? Try John Beck. Of course, you could do this yourself. The best thing about these tax investment is that you get a great return on your money. You might be able to get a house, but I question some one who promises that they can get you one every time. Of course this isn't the only game in town. The Lennox group will handle the whole thing for you for a larger fee. Actually, it's about the same price as what salesman wanted to charge me to do it myself. Oh well. The price was marked down from $2884 to $1995.
The next one was a internet package. They can help you design a website to sell things. What sort of things? Well, there's toner. They help this guy set up a website and he, according to them, does really well, but if you look at the website, they use Yahoo's shopping carts and what seems to be an over the counter website design program. Stuff that you could use yourself. For those of you in the know, there isn't even a CGI script working here. It's just pretty straight forward HTML. About a days worth of work for $3,995 They do however submit you to search engines. Something that blogger does for me anyway, but if you want a professional then look at this hypersubmit deal.. I used them with another website, and they are pretty good. I can't tell you how to use Yahoo's shopping cart program, but I can recommend a server and a website design program to do it yourself. The question is are you willing to do this yourself? But of course you need a name. Here's what I use. They will get you a name, like I got for Gunny Walker dot com, and will hide your personal info from prying eyes.
Why would I want that? Well, if you are like me, you don't want anybody stalking you because you. I would expected some people might be mad that I was the one that competed with them for a tax deed. Some people really do think that since I am nice enough to tell them info and help them understand how these auctions work, that I will just lay down and let them have what they bid on. Hey, I'm not a millionaire either, but I want to be one just like you do. Some people have a hard time understanding that. I know I did at first.
Anyway, the last guy was the most entertaining, he was an all around real estate investor. He preached tax deeds, foreclosures, offering your own mortgage, and anything else you can think of. He had no website, a generic name like James Smith, and wanted five thousand dollars for his course. The only reason that I sat so long with him was that he was a pretty entertaining guy.
All in all I was offered to invest over $20,000 dollars in several course that day. Of course in my opinion, it would be crazy to be spreading the peanut butter that thin. After all, how hard would it be to try to learn six new things at once? I know that I should have Multiple Streams of Income, but to do six things at once causes me to do everything poorly. No, I think it's best is to master one and then move on the other. That way, if I master the things one at a time, then I can do what comes automatic while I am learning new stuff. And I don't waste my mucho dollars, by paying for five courses, and by having do them all at once, get tired and maybe actually stick with one of them. The rest get ignored and forgotten.
Okay, I know this is getting to be a long post, I am about to wrap it up.
My verdict is this, I am very interested in all these opportunities, but I currently have something lined up to divert my interest, when I am done with that, then I will be looking for something new. Those speakers with websites or at least a business name I can search for on the internet, might get my business. Those who have no contact information, but the one that I would've left with them if I had paid them, will get none of my business. I am interested in all of them, especially the stock and tax lien info. Oh well, that's about it. I might eventually contact the ones that have stuff on the web, but those that don't have lost me. They could have at least stuck around until the end of the conference. Maybe I could have gone back to them after hearing all the speakers and bought their program because they were the most convincing. Most of them just had planes to catch though. Or weren't dedicated enough I guess. Anyway, that's it.
On another note, some folks did approach me about the fact that I have tried tax deeds. If you are one of those I say, "Hello again." (If you made it this far.) Please forgive any grammatical errors I have made in this post. I'm still pretty tired from yesterday's long day. Please feel free to e-mail me with anything you want to know about. There is some info I don't feel comfortable giving, such as telephone # address, but if you want to meet somewhere for lunch, then okay. I do have a real name, but it is rarely used, so Gunny is just fine. Just remember that it's spelled with a Y. I am picky about that. Any other way is just girly.
Also if you have a website and I enjoy it, I'll gladly place it in a post or if it's (Gasp) really useful then I will list it in my sidebar. Either way a link in one of my posts will help to increase your traffic cause that's the way a lot of search engine's work.
Well, that's a bout it. I'm still pretty tired. I have some reading that I want to do, and may take a nap before I go to work again tonight. (Yes, I frequently work weekends. Heck, you may have even seen me before. A lot of people that I don't know seem to know me somehow.) So until next time faithful reader, adieu.
First there was a stock presentation for a product to help you analyze your stock portfolio. Investor Toolbox, a search engine of sort, claims that they assist you in finding valuable stocks in which to invest. The cost of the service is about 300 dollars a month, but the training seminar is about 5000 dollars. (but wait there's more!) If you had signed up at the seminar you can save over a thousand dollars.
Actually I don't know how much it cost. I seem to have neglected to write the prices down. Okay, I'm not a very good note taker. So sue me. Well, It took a while to find them online. The presenter never actually gave an internet address for their site. In my opinion, that's a bad idea. I mean what if I want to buy it tomorrow? I mean the seminar, hasn't really come at a great time. I don't have that much dough in the bank. I just bought a car, just got back from vacation, and just bought a new computer. Most of my savings are tied up in tax deeds. Maybe next time if I had a little bit more than a months notice, I could have a little money to spend. I have plans already and I'm going towards those full force. Heck if I had four of five thousand dollars to plunk down at will, then I wouldn't need your investment seminar. I'd likely be rich already.
As many of you know, I work nights so to go to an all day seminar where I'm not even guaranteed a meal shows that I am pretty interested. After all, I actually was up for 24 hours by the time the seminar was over. And I had to go to work last night off of two hours of sleep after the seminar. Maybe that stock guy (and the others) should get together with internet guy and get a website up. Just a thought.
Next up was a seminar about total asset protection. It was a seminar to show why I need a corporation, LLC, et cetera to protect my property and investments. The website. It seems to me that this lawyer might be the one who organized this seminar. Well, he was selling a package with all the forms that I need to form my own corporation. It seems very interesting, but I was never told why exactly why I should buy his forms when I could probably buy the same thing at Staples. Anyway, he was somebody who wanted a few more thousand dollars.
Then there was a break for lunch. The hotel was selling food in the lobby. With three dollars a hot dog and the fact that I've gone bovitarian, I decide to make a run for the border.
By time I had gotten back and sat back down, William Danko, had started his speech. It was a well delivered speech, but there was nothing there that wasn't in his book. It was nice to hear him speak, and that was the reason why I came. I wish I had gotten an autograph, but "you can't always get what you want, but if you try some time, then you might find you can get what you need." You should read the Millionaire Next Door. The message is pretty simple. Live off of less than you earn, but of course the main push of the book is that a guy like Sam Walton became the richest man in the world by driving around in a rusty pick up truck with a couple of dogs in the back not by blowing his money on overpriced cars, toys, or homes. These things are nice, but most people that buy things seriously impair their ability to be wealthy by buying these things.
Next was a pitch for a Tax Lien program. Another pitch for a few thousand dollars. Want to go the cheap route? Try John Beck. Of course, you could do this yourself. The best thing about these tax investment is that you get a great return on your money. You might be able to get a house, but I question some one who promises that they can get you one every time. Of course this isn't the only game in town. The Lennox group will handle the whole thing for you for a larger fee. Actually, it's about the same price as what salesman wanted to charge me to do it myself. Oh well. The price was marked down from $2884 to $1995.
The next one was a internet package. They can help you design a website to sell things. What sort of things? Well, there's toner. They help this guy set up a website and he, according to them, does really well, but if you look at the website, they use Yahoo's shopping carts and what seems to be an over the counter website design program. Stuff that you could use yourself. For those of you in the know, there isn't even a CGI script working here. It's just pretty straight forward HTML. About a days worth of work for $3,995 They do however submit you to search engines. Something that blogger does for me anyway, but if you want a professional then look at this hypersubmit deal.. I used them with another website, and they are pretty good. I can't tell you how to use Yahoo's shopping cart program, but I can recommend a server and a website design program to do it yourself. The question is are you willing to do this yourself? But of course you need a name. Here's what I use. They will get you a name, like I got for Gunny Walker dot com, and will hide your personal info from prying eyes.
Why would I want that? Well, if you are like me, you don't want anybody stalking you because you. I would expected some people might be mad that I was the one that competed with them for a tax deed. Some people really do think that since I am nice enough to tell them info and help them understand how these auctions work, that I will just lay down and let them have what they bid on. Hey, I'm not a millionaire either, but I want to be one just like you do. Some people have a hard time understanding that. I know I did at first.
Anyway, the last guy was the most entertaining, he was an all around real estate investor. He preached tax deeds, foreclosures, offering your own mortgage, and anything else you can think of. He had no website, a generic name like James Smith, and wanted five thousand dollars for his course. The only reason that I sat so long with him was that he was a pretty entertaining guy.
All in all I was offered to invest over $20,000 dollars in several course that day. Of course in my opinion, it would be crazy to be spreading the peanut butter that thin. After all, how hard would it be to try to learn six new things at once? I know that I should have Multiple Streams of Income, but to do six things at once causes me to do everything poorly. No, I think it's best is to master one and then move on the other. That way, if I master the things one at a time, then I can do what comes automatic while I am learning new stuff. And I don't waste my mucho dollars, by paying for five courses, and by having do them all at once, get tired and maybe actually stick with one of them. The rest get ignored and forgotten.
Okay, I know this is getting to be a long post, I am about to wrap it up.
My verdict is this, I am very interested in all these opportunities, but I currently have something lined up to divert my interest, when I am done with that, then I will be looking for something new. Those speakers with websites or at least a business name I can search for on the internet, might get my business. Those who have no contact information, but the one that I would've left with them if I had paid them, will get none of my business. I am interested in all of them, especially the stock and tax lien info. Oh well, that's about it. I might eventually contact the ones that have stuff on the web, but those that don't have lost me. They could have at least stuck around until the end of the conference. Maybe I could have gone back to them after hearing all the speakers and bought their program because they were the most convincing. Most of them just had planes to catch though. Or weren't dedicated enough I guess. Anyway, that's it.
On another note, some folks did approach me about the fact that I have tried tax deeds. If you are one of those I say, "Hello again." (If you made it this far.) Please forgive any grammatical errors I have made in this post. I'm still pretty tired from yesterday's long day. Please feel free to e-mail me with anything you want to know about. There is some info I don't feel comfortable giving, such as telephone # address, but if you want to meet somewhere for lunch, then okay. I do have a real name, but it is rarely used, so Gunny is just fine. Just remember that it's spelled with a Y. I am picky about that. Any other way is just girly.
Also if you have a website and I enjoy it, I'll gladly place it in a post or if it's (Gasp) really useful then I will list it in my sidebar. Either way a link in one of my posts will help to increase your traffic cause that's the way a lot of search engine's work.
Well, that's a bout it. I'm still pretty tired. I have some reading that I want to do, and may take a nap before I go to work again tonight. (Yes, I frequently work weekends. Heck, you may have even seen me before. A lot of people that I don't know seem to know me somehow.) So until next time faithful reader, adieu.
Friday, March 05, 2004
I've got a lot to do, but let me squeeze of a quick update first.
I went today to get a copy of the book. I had a copy already, but the only books that I know the location of, are the books I don't enjoy. They just sty on the shelf. The other ones are by the bed, or in the kitchen, or in the car, or still in my luggage from when I went on vacation, or...
I also got the title to my new car. I'm going to worry about that Monday. Saturday's docket is full. Sunday's will be busy catching up on missed sleep. So it's best to set that aside and not think of it for now.
It's going to be a busy day tomorrow. Wish me luck. You may not hear from tomorrow, so until then faithful reader, I wish you well.
| All right folks, I've got to get ready for work, so let's make this quick. I've got a lot to get done, like shave. I've got a big shindig in Nashville at 8 a.m., and I don't get off work until eight. So I need to shave now and and lay out my clothes for tomorrow. Because I hope I can sneak out of work early in the morn, then squeeze out a quick shower, and then rush my behind to Mcgavock Pike in Nashville. Do you know those seminars that you get tickets to attend? Those seminars that say that they selected you personally but the outside of the envelope is addressed to occupant. Well, there is one that happens to list William Danko as the main speaker. Who's William Danko? He wrote one of my favorite books, The Millionaire Next Door. He and Thomas Stanley wrote the millionaire next door. They were paid to study millionaires spending habits and were greatly surprised by it. Turns out that fellow in the Dale Earnhrdt hat and the greasy jeans is much more likely to be a millionaire than the people you of which you would normally think. Of Stanley has completely pimped out the whole franchise. Danko only wrote on the original. I haven't read the whole series, but it's been my experience that the first one is the best one. |
I went today to get a copy of the book. I had a copy already, but the only books that I know the location of, are the books I don't enjoy. They just sty on the shelf. The other ones are by the bed, or in the kitchen, or in the car, or still in my luggage from when I went on vacation, or...
I also got the title to my new car. I'm going to worry about that Monday. Saturday's docket is full. Sunday's will be busy catching up on missed sleep. So it's best to set that aside and not think of it for now.
It's going to be a busy day tomorrow. Wish me luck. You may not hear from tomorrow, so until then faithful reader, I wish you well.
Thursday, March 04, 2004
You'll be glad to know that I finally finished the book that I've been about Napster. I'll be trying to write my opinions on the book tomorrow. I will be honest. This book was a hard one to finish.
anyway, that's about it for today. So until tomorrow, now I've got a crappy movie that someone loaned me to finish. Good night, Gracie.
| On another note, I'm not sure how many of you have seen Robot Wars, but it's getting pretty hard to watch. There are some of the greater contenders, such as Firestorm, Chaos2, or Anvil, but there is one, Razer (no website available), that's it's getting hard to watch. Razer pretty much stomps everyone that it goes against. As a matter of fact, I've only known one competitor to hold Razer off. It must have lost battles in the past. It's won the world championships, but lost the UK championship several times. I just want to say, it's getting hard to watch. You pretty much know that when Razer goes into a battle, it's a good time to get a drink of water. The winner has already been determined. It's a great show to watch even if some of the battles seem to be predetermined. There's even a computer game for cheap. |
anyway, that's about it for today. So until tomorrow, now I've got a crappy movie that someone loaned me to finish. Good night, Gracie.
Wednesday, March 03, 2004
In my wanderings around the web, I have discovered Teen Girl Squad. It's created by someone named Strong Bad. I highly recommend reading the e-mails that he posts on the site as well. The one about caffeine is from somebody in Murfreesboro.
And while I am on the topic of crappy flash animation, have you seen the Spongmonkeys on the quizno's commercial? What are the Spongmonkeys? See for yourself. They are promoting a deal at Quizno's right now. It says that if you bring in a coupon (any coupon, even someone else's), they will give you a dollar off a sub. No, really read the rules.
As many of you know, I just returned from vacation with MeMa. I learn a great many things on these trips with MeMa which is why I have started to record her. One of the things I learned was that preparation H will remove bags under your eyes, but you need to be cautious with this remedy. If improperly applied, you might wind up with a squint worse than Clint Eastwood.
Well, that's all for right now. Today's thought of the day comes from Mark Twain....
And while I am on the topic of crappy flash animation, have you seen the Spongmonkeys on the quizno's commercial? What are the Spongmonkeys? See for yourself. They are promoting a deal at Quizno's right now. It says that if you bring in a coupon (any coupon, even someone else's), they will give you a dollar off a sub. No, really read the rules.
As many of you know, I just returned from vacation with MeMa. I learn a great many things on these trips with MeMa which is why I have started to record her. One of the things I learned was that preparation H will remove bags under your eyes, but you need to be cautious with this remedy. If improperly applied, you might wind up with a squint worse than Clint Eastwood.
Well, that's all for right now. Today's thought of the day comes from Mark Twain....
| "When I was a youngster I attended school at a place where the use of the birch rod was a hallowed tradition," recollected Mark Twain. "It was against the rules to mark the desks in any manner, the penalty being a fine of $3 or public chastisement.
Happening to violate the rule on one occasion, I was offered the choice. I told my father about it, and as he seemed to think it would be too bad for me to be publicly punished, he gave me the $3. Now at that period of my existence $3 was a large sum while a whipping was of little consequence, and so-" Here Twain paused thoughtfully and flicked a few ashes from his cigar. "And so that was how I earned my first $3." From page 189 of the book to the right. |
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Tuesday, March 02, 2004
Here's what I can't figure out. How does Infone make any money? They charge 89 cents for the first fifteen minutes and a nickel for every minute thereafter. How do they make any money like this? Five cents a minute makes three dollars an hour. The government requires that you pay your employees $5.15 and hour. So unless they are outsourcing to India or some other country they are losing two dollars an hour. (Of course, I'd like to think that the techies over in India are getting paid $5.15 and hour. I mean they have to learn English and how to work a computer.)
This may be me showing my age, but I'm really getting tired of the scroll on the bottom of news channels. I'm trying to pay attention to what Dennis is saying. Quit putting the interesting statistics like only 9% of Ohio voters feel that education is the most important issue to them. If you want me to know this, tell Dennis to say it.
And here is the question of the day, "How many cups of sugar does it take to get to the moon?"
This may be me showing my age, but I'm really getting tired of the scroll on the bottom of news channels. I'm trying to pay attention to what Dennis is saying. Quit putting the interesting statistics like only 9% of Ohio voters feel that education is the most important issue to them. If you want me to know this, tell Dennis to say it.
And here is the question of the day, "How many cups of sugar does it take to get to the moon?"
Monday, March 01, 2004
There's a great episode of ST:TNG on tonight. It stars Michelle Scarabelli where her character falls in love with Data. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside, and it's nice to see Data show a grow a little closer to human. (If you tell anyone about my soft side, I'll kill you.) I wish that they wouldn't charge so much for the seasonal DVD's.
unfortunately, I didn't get to watch the show. I was too busy talking to my aunt over the phone about how to operate her e-mail. There's nothing like telling someone whose computer illiterate how to use services on their ISP that you've never used. She couldn't even figure out how to send herself an e-mail.
Of course, I also get IM'ed from an old friend that I haven't spoken to in a while. Boy there's nothing like being rude to an old friend. I had to apologize repeatedly to not appear a jerk.
You know, I'd list the Star Trek DVD's below, but there's just so many. Click on the link and just look for it. If I listed them all, this post would be a mile long.
unfortunately, I didn't get to watch the show. I was too busy talking to my aunt over the phone about how to operate her e-mail. There's nothing like telling someone whose computer illiterate how to use services on their ISP that you've never used. She couldn't even figure out how to send herself an e-mail.
Of course, I also get IM'ed from an old friend that I haven't spoken to in a while. Boy there's nothing like being rude to an old friend. I had to apologize repeatedly to not appear a jerk.
You know, I'd list the Star Trek DVD's below, but there's just so many. Click on the link and just look for it. If I listed them all, this post would be a mile long.
