I just finished reading a book called, “Rich dad, Poor dad.” This is the forth or fifth book on becoming wealthy I have read. Each one has a different take on what to do and how to do it. I’m not sure why, but this one affected me more than some of the others. And [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Inspired to build wealth
Posted: December 30, 2008 in Books, Christian, Money/ wealthTags: money, rich, wealth
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Thinking about joining “The Compact.”
Posted: December 30, 2008 in environment, FamilyTags: consumer, freecycle, materialistic, PS2, the compact, used
So my wife and I are thinking about joining “The Compact.” When I told my parents, they asked if that it was some kind of cult. I explained that it’s just a group of people who agree to not buy anything new for a whole year. Food excluded of course. My Mom said “Oh, well [...]
Merry Christmas to all my friends in the blogoshphere! Think of this as your Christmas card from me. And yes, I said Merry Christmas, not Happy Holidays. I don’t want to disrespect other cultures, but I celebrate the birth of Jesus in my house. So enjoy the season. May it be snowy and white, filled [...]
I just finished writing my first novel!
Posted: December 16, 2008 in novella, sci-fi, writingTags: creative writing, first novel, novel, sci-fi, writing
More on this later. I’ve typed too many words in the last few days… So basically imagine this + this = my book. There’s also a little of this: I had a lot of fun writing it. I thought that taking a creative writing class would be a good motivator for me and I was [...]
The snooty world of luxury pens
Posted: December 4, 2008 in writingTags: Cartier, design, Dunhill, Faber Castell, fountain pen, fountain pens, Lamy, luxury, luxury pens, Montblanc, montegrappa, Parker, pens, snooty, style, Visconti, Waterman, writing
I just got a catalog in the mail yesterday from the Paradise Pen co. In a word, snooty. The first pen on page 2 is on sale for the low low price of $1,115. There’s another one half way through that goes for $3,000. Yes, you read that right. You could buy 12 pens for [...]
if you like horror/ thriller/ sci-fi…
Posted: December 4, 2008 in Books, sci-fi, Sigler, Sports, writingTags: Books, horror, sci-fi, Scott Sigler, Sigler, thriller
Listen to Scott Sigler. He writes some of the best stuff out there now. And he is very approachable/ available with a big online presence. He started out inventing the Podcast Only novel, but now he has books in print with a new one (Contagious) coming out December 30th. All of his stuff is really [...]
unreal gun damage in video games
Posted: December 3, 2008 in video gamesTags: PS2, unreal gun violence, video games, XIII
I was playing XIII last night on the PS2 and thought about how stupid video games are sometimes. XIII is an older first person shooter with cell-shading to make it look like a comic book. It’s decent as far as those games go but not amazing by any means. Anyway, I got to the end [...]
genetically engineered food debate heats up
Posted: December 2, 2008 in environment, Food, foreign policy, Politics, TravelTags: biotechnology, Food, GE, genetic engineering, genetically engineered food
Around the world, the debate over using genetically engineered food is heating up. This is an article from Yahoo and the AP. ” “Influential voices around the world are calling for a re-examination of the GM debate,” says C.S. Prakash, a professor of plant molecular genetics at Alabama’s Tuskegee University. “Biotechnology provides such tools to [...]
I broke 2,000 views today. This second thousand only took a little over a month to build up unlike my first thousand which took three months. Yay.
