Viagra Blog: I can’t take it anymore! All I want to do is inform people about ED and possible options for ED; specifically, Viagra. But nooo, every single day, some jackarse will spam me to shred! You know what’s worse? They’re not even spams about Viagra! I don’t care about cheap free OEM software! Hey, stop smirking like-

Cap: Sorry sorry, I couldn’t help it. I know how you feel, Viagra Blog. *giggles*

Viagra Blog: Look, you brought me out here in the middle of nowhere for a reason right? Don’t tell me you’re—

Cap: No. No way. Heck no. I’m only 23, dammit. Anyway, there’s someone I’d like you to meet.

Cap: Viagra Blog, meet Spam Karma.

Spam Karma: Hellooo there, sexy.

. . .

I get a lot spam, believe it or not. Like out of the wazoo. You’d think a blog without any content, depth, and value - would have no trouble with spam, but alas, this isn’t fantasy land. It’s the Internet.

Ever since I switched from Blogger to Wordpress, and got my own domain - I’ve been spammed to death. Manually deleting them is tiring. If they were good o’ spam like pornographic materials, I wouldn’t care. But they’re boring spams about Viagra, and OEM software. I hate it.

So instead of figuring out a solution, I complained to another person. Namely, Jim from Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.

The exchange went something like this (or not):

Cap: Jim, I can’t give you more power to the shields. These spams are killing me.

Jim: STFU and download Spam Karma.

And that was that. Life got better, my cholesterol level went down and I became one happy camper. So if you have a Wordpress blog and you’re besieged by spam, download and install Spam Karma! Afterwards you can dance the night away!

To me anyway.

Watches in six minute increments. For lawyers.

Saw it mentioned on Seth Godin’s blog.

I can’t tell if it’s a clever idea, or a wacky waste of money.

Maybe because I’m not a lawyer?

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Extra Television Sets That You Don’t Need

I was responding to a comment when I realized that I have six television sets in my house.

Freaking SIX of them.

There’s THREE people in this house.

The television sets are spread out like this:

There’s 4 rooms, so naturally, there’s a television set in each of our room. Never mind that one of the room isn’t occupied. Then there’s the standard big screen TV (it’s only 32 inch) in the living room.

Oh yeah, there’s also a 13 inch kitchen TV in the kitchen.

Wait wait, I got that mixed up. The kitchen TV is now in my room.

The kitchen TV was one of my ultimate crap gift buying.

Mother’s day, 1998.

15 year old who couldn’t figure out that all mom really wanted is for her kids to spend time with her.

In comes the RCA kitchen TV from Sears.

Happy mother’s day!

…

Big Screen Televisions That You Can’t Afford

This isn’t a jab at my sister, who semi-recently got a 50+ inch Sony HDTV.

I suppose one of the reason why people have extra television sets is because they upgrade to bigger TVs.

Before I start complaining, I should state for the record that HDTVs are frickin’ cool.

It is awesome to be able to see the zits of your favorite TV stars. Blemishes at high definition! Oh thank you, technology!

Unfortunately, only a few channels are currently available in HD. Even worse, sometimes you have to pay extra to get these HD channels. Another semi-pooper is the fact that the current DVDs are in 480i, and unless you buy the right type of DVD and know all the technomojo, you might not be fully utilizing your HDTV.

The worse part is that HDTVs are expensive. Like, thousands of dollars expensive.

But seriously, who cares? It’s only $80 a month (forever). With 90 days of no interest and no payment!

But wait, for only $500 more, upgrade from a 55″ to a 60″!

Because, you know, 5 extra inches is bigger than that damn Johnson family’s. Why can’t they freaking shut up about their Porsche Cayenne.

Right. So I don’t live in one of the Powerball states, but even if I do, I don’t think I would care who won the Powerball.

Every other freaking time when I come across a news report about the lottery, it would be some record-breaking jackpot.

“It’s the biggest jackpot ever for any lottery in the US!”

3 months later…

“It’s the biggest jackpot ever for any lottery in the US!”

Because the latest winner(s) haven’t gone public (or found out about it) yet, it has become quite a mystery.  Oooh, how exciting!

You see, I’ve been thinking about the amounts of news stories I’ve seen on Powerball jackpot winners. There’s quite a bit of them. Of course, most of us know that the chances of winning are quite slim. But every now and then, we’ll see some news about a group of people, family, blah blah, winning the “biggest jackpot ever for any lottery in the US” - and I wonder, does that affect some of our judgement?

The news story will usually be accompanied by statistics on previous winners and their jackpot amount, juicing it all up even more. It reminds me of that past survey, where they found out that over 20% of Americans believed that the best way to build wealth is by winning the lottery. So again I wonder, do these “constant” news report on jackpot winners affect the public a bit?

“This just in, family of four became millionaries after years of hard work, living below their means, and years of wise saving and investing.”

Guess that’s not as exciting.

Plus it would be pretty annoying to hear that everyday.

Dave Barry’s Money Secrets:
Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar

Author: Dave Barry (really!?)

Publisher: Crown Publishers, Random House

ISBN: 1400047587

URL: www.davebarry.com

Milk came out of my nose.

While reading Dave Barry’s Money Secrets, I was having some cookies and milk - it was a horribly bad idea.

Luckily for me, I didn’t stain the library book.

I’m not too familiar with Dave Barry or his work, but after reading the introduction to Money Secrets, the genius in me has concluded that Dave Barry is quite a funny fellow. Anyway, Money Secret is a parody on money books, it is 240 pages long and uh, its shipping weight is 12.6 ounces.

Money Secrets contains 22 chapters dedicating to specific, important financial topics that are similar to the ones you’ll find in money books. It also has many pictures of Suze Orman, and a few pictures of Donald Trump. Why? Steal your own copy and find out.

Here are some of the chapters found in the book:

• How the U.S. Economy Works - Adam Sandler is involved
• Providing for Medical Care - You’ll need some leeches
• Teaching Your Children About Money - Let the little bastards starve
• Planning For Your Retirement - The financial advantages of early death

Personally I would love to list all of the chapters, as they all have hilarious captions attached to them, but that’ll just spoil the book for you. If you think finance is a boring subject, think again. From how to read an annual report to how to negotiate deals (Dave suggest carrying a machete with you), Money Secrets made me laugh so much that I almost choked on my cookies.

Other wacky stuff from Money Secret included suggestions on filing your taxes. Dave’s tip? Write your name on the tax form, followed by the word: DECEASED.

Har har!

Wasn’t that hilarious? I’d love to list more examples but I have a feeling I’ll just ruin more jokes.

Money Secrets also contained lots of nifty graphs and charts, a plus for literary challenged people like me. Here’s one where Dave shows why cigarettes are so expensive:

I can list even more graphs and charts, but at the risk of being sue and ruining more jokes, I think I’ll stop here.

So yeah, where was I?

Right right, funny book, funny man. I read it, I spit milk, and I laughed out loud. Good times.

The book can get a bit silly though. In some instances, I felt like I was listening to a joke told to me by my 10 year old cousin. But the silliness is kept to a minimum, so it’s not really a big problem. Another small problem is the price tag, the book’s MSRP is $24.95, a little bit on the steep side. ‘Course, no one pays retail anymore these days… and there’s always the library or the five finger discount (I suggest library).

To conclude this depth-less review, Money Secrets is a laugh out loud riot that’s appropriate for all some ages. If you’ve been stressing out about financial matters, you might want to consider picking up this book. It’ll help you laugh a little, or cry a little - especially when you realized that the examples in the book matches your financial situation.

That’s what I did. Tears are yummy along with cookies.

Pros:

• Freaking funny
• Freaking hilarious
• Freaking frequent mentions of toilets

Cons:

• Gets a bit silly sometimes
• Not enough mentions of toilets

Back in January I received a new chair as a Christmas gift. For a short period of time, my butt was in heaven - it was one happy camper.

Now I’m not a heavy person, but within a one month period, the seat cushion has somehow magically disappeared. Evaporated, per se. The only thing left behind is the groove of my beautiful behind.

Needless to say, when it comes to the welfare of my butt, I take immediate and prompt action! So, a few days later I called the customer service included with the warranty card, and told them my woes.

The CSR asked for the model number, my name and address.

“Okay sir, we’ll be sending you a new seat cushion. You’ll receive it in about 7 to 10 business days.”

“Uh, okay. Thanks!”

That was easy.

No proof of order, silly red tape, or transferring of calls. I’m pleasantly surprised and confused.

Being the pessistimic person that I am, I now believed that I have been tricked and that the CSR was only pretending to be typing down my information.

Guess I’ll find out in 7-10 business days.

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Ohhh I hope I get in. *crosses finger & toes*

More shocking evidence:

One day as I was logging into my PayPal account, I suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of evil. Like, Mr. Burns evil.

The number stayed like that for a total of three days! Soon after, it suddenly changed from 666 to 668.

True story.