Coming out and being Gay today, for crying out loud already!

I just happened upon a headline in a USA Today newspaper about a congressman that came out about being gay. My first reaction was a bit of anger. The reason is that we as a people in America especially should be educated enough now about gay people and the lifestyle. Why does someone coming out have to be headline news now? A slow news day perhaps? This is about all I have to say on this subject but I welcome any comments. Now, get on with your life, okay?

Making Money On The Web with Affilate Marketing, another update and motivator

I vowed to not let a month slip by without making a post about something. But, it's been almost two months now so this hopefully we be short and possibly useful to someone on the world wide web. You see, it's all about caring for each other. Too often we get wrapped up in ourselves, hardly thinking of others. You can work so hard for yourself and get a lot of frustration but then if you stop just for a moment and do something for someone else, you get instant gratification. This might sound sucky to you and you may not even be interested in what I'm saying at this point in your life or day. That's okay because one day you will have these same thoughts and you might remember that you read about on a blog somewhere. My latest thoughts for myself are to begin creating a new web site to sell products. I have talked about affiliate marketing in prior posts. I have this web site design in mind, now I just need to get moving on the first step, creating that first home page. I already have the domain name and it's been sitting there doing nothing. I've signed up with companies year after year of which products I have liked. Now I can't even remember all of them. I know I have a file folder somewhere on this computer that may have all the emails with the acceptance of my applications to be an affiliate. I just have to hunt them down one by one. Each will be set up on their own page as a sub page behind the main home page. From the home page there will be a list of categories of products or just an A to Z list to click on. I'm not sure how it will go yet. Okay, I've given away my secret to success but I am hoping that it might benefit you to get going too on making money on the web. I'd like to see others doing this along with myself. Who knows what may come of all of this. I envision myself sipping a cool drink on a resort island with fellow affiliate marketers one day in the future. We each get up and speak about our successes and our business trials and tribulations. My end goal is to set up a trust to manage all the extra income I could never spend and help the poor. A bold and ambitious goal you might say. But, it's done all the time so why not we too. Like I said, giving is instant gratification. Helping each other is another one of those great little and important things in life. So, what are you waiting for, get going already.

Updates and What and Why

I pity the regular person who is not computer literate. We get these updates on a regular basis. By default most just download and install by themselves and nobody is the wiser. Except the illiterate computer uses that are frustrated because their computers have become slow or unresponsive. First thing that comes to people's minds is, 'I must have a virus'. Maybe but what does one do. Over the years I have learned that it is better to pay for a complete antivirus suite that help protect me. Many will argue over which product is better. You can either listen to someone else or try different ones until you find one you like. But, there is what this post is all about. TIME. So much time is devoted to our computer either in use or upkeep. If you are lucky enough to not have filled your hard drive with rarely used programs you might not have much trouble. But, the more you have loaded the more resources the computer has to use to keep up with it all. I have worked hard for years to keep the background resource usage to a minimum. To save the computer for me when I want to use it. I have turned off automatic updates on everything. Starting off with Windows Update. With Windows 7 you only get one update a month which is a blessing. Then there is Adobe Flash Player. Today I restarted the computer and first thing I see when logging on is an Adobe Updata for version 11.8.800.94 at 16.3mb of data. I don't know how much I really use Flash. I believe it is only for advertising and maybe some news articles I sometimes view. I have not put that much time into studying that but I'd rather update to keep the malware and Flash player attacks away. I have my antivirus set to update every four hours. It's quick and not that big a deal. It won't slow your computer down like an Adobe Flash update will. So, here's to those that like to know what's going on under the hood and are trying to stay on top of things. Good luck to you!

Google+ and Google Circles and less Facebook

I don't know about you but I have been giving less and less time to Facebook and more to Google+ and Google Circles. A new routine is embarked upon now. Boredom and letdowns is what always eventually turn me onto another path. Change is good for sure. As I am constantly on the lookout for the next new and great thing, I hope to post more on my blog here for anyone that may be interested in my findings. Lately though world events have cluttered my mind and it is hard to keep from noticing with all the push from the media. Rarely do I turn the television on anymore as there is just too much advertising and it gets old real fast. I use the fast advance on the DVR with the remote always nearby when a commercial is about to cut in. To hell with all of that I say. If I am going to buy something I will go looking on the web for it, not the tube. My television is like a plain old monitor to me. I only use it when I want to use the DVR appliance attached. So, here goes another day, hoping the rainy season goes away quickly. The lawn is waterlogged and it was a mess to cut yesterday. I had to change the blade to the regular one instead of the mulching one. The mulching blade was just leaving too much fine cuttings in clumps on the lawn and I have already had to deal with one outbreak of chinch bugs now. I'm sure there will be more to come. How I hate a lawn anymore. I will leave you with a thought today. Get more sleep and eat less. Don't forget to try and get some regular exercise. It just feels better if you do.

U.S.P.S lost my mail again. Am I the only one this happens too?

I know times are tough and budgets are being cut but this has been happening long before now. I bought something on eBay last week and the carrier left one of those slips telling me they missed me or something of the matter and that I could pick up my parcel the next day at 10:00 AM. I drove there and went to the window and the lady was a long time in the back looking and I knew I was cursed again. Sure enough, she tells me it isn't on the shelf where it is supposed to be. I gripe a little but am told I could talk to the manager. Oh, talk to the manager again. A lot of good this will do I thought as it has done nothing in the past. So, I walk over the side door and press the buzzer. I wait about five minutes and a guy comes to the door and I tell him my problem and he takes my slip and goes wandering away to the back somewhere. I wait another five or more minutes and he returns to tell me the bad news again. Okay, so now what I ask. He says the guy that had my parcel should be in about 10:30 AM and he could call me. No, no, no! I am not driving back here when this is not my fault. He explains it's a new guy on the route and that they are trying to split this alternate route into two or something like that. I really didn't get what he was telling me and not that it matters to me anyway and why is my subdivision an alternate route. Just get me MY mail to MY mailbox, please? Is that so hard? So, I tell him I'll wait in a chair over there on the side and be patient. I sit around for ten or fifteen minutes. I left my phone in the car and there are no clocks anywhere to be found in this post office. The manager comes out and tells me the package is not on his truck and begins telling me something else, I didn't pay much attention. He went on to say that he would find the parcel and have it delivered to me, today, I hope but I didn't get any promise either. He took my phone number and he had me sign the slip. As I'm signing I'm thinking what in the hell am I doing. I haven't received anything and he's having me sign this slip now? I know this is going to get deeper and I'll be back here to let you know how I'll soon be asking for another parcel to be sent and the postal service can reimburse the seller on eBay for the loss. Or, some such thing or another. I've been cursed all my life with stuff like this and I feel like I am the only one this happens to. I have just become used to it now and accept that nothing will ever go right in anything that I try to do that involves another human being. And then I just have to spend more time to work through to find a solution. As I age now I find time is more valuable and getting to be more valuable as time goes by. I never thought about it when I was a kid or when I was a lot younger. Time just seemed to never move then. Life sure is strange but then I can't say that anymore as I find I am understanding it a lot more now. That is another deeper subject I hesitate to go into here as it would bore the hell out of everyone reading this if you kept with me this far. So, till another day...! Update - Saturday night - No package, no phone call from the branch manager, nothing. As I expected. Now, wait till Monday. I know that day will pass too and nothing will happen. It will be up to me to have to call and try to get the manager on the phone and ask him if he even remembers me and what the status is of my parcel. I can barely keep my anger contained with this fucking bullshit!!! Late Update 7/27/2013- The mail person delivered my parcel the next day. I had sat in a chair in the garage for a while waiting, thinking it would arrive this way. But, I soon gave up and realized I am agonizing over this way too much. Needless to say, it was delivered of which I am thankful that I will not have to put in any more time on this.

Laptops and Tablets, what are you views?

Have been looking for a new notebook or laptop computer for over a year now. I am tired of this old HP dual core model I have. It is heavy for one thing and the battery is what weighs the most. The battery does not last long any more and I do not want to buy a new one for this old portable computer. I have been to the brick and mortar stores and looked at and lifted many of them. I am keen to Lenovo as I like their styling. Especially after having bought the desktop model a couple of years back and loving it without having any problems so far. So, with that, I welcome anyone's comments. I am looking forward to the new models soon to be out too. I have read where the new 4th generation processors work on 1.4 or 1.5 volts. That equates to a lot less power consumption and longer battery time. It would be cool to do tests of different laptops and their battery lasting power time. Are there any manufacturers out there who would care to donate? Just get in touch with me here. I am ready to go! Oh, tablets. I didn't mention anything about tablets did I. ;)

CreditKarma, Credit Cards and Your Financial Best Interest

We all use them and we all hate them. Lately I have been researching them. I have come across a couple of websites that have some very good information about credit cards with ways to find the best card for your purpose. I have been using a PayPal debit card for years now and did not realize that there were now other banks offering better returns like two and three percent cash back on purchases. One that stands out on top of the list is Bank of America. If you go to CreditCards.com you will see what I am talking about. There is a disclaimer at the bottom of this webpage that tells you that the owner may get compensated for certain company product offerings or advertising. I have spent two days now looking around and reading terms and conditions of different credit cards and what they have to offer. I had not realized that there are different cards for various reasons you may want one. Travel cards, cash back cards, reward cards, gas cards and I forgot what others. I am looking for a better cash back card myself. I pay my balance off each month and never have more than one card with a balance at one time. I do not like paying the banks interest on my purchases. Things are just expensive enough as it is. Besides, like I said above, you can get into the interest debt game and you can be in deep debt before you know it. Okay, if you have a smartphone, you have to get the CreditKarma app. It gives you your credit score within seconds of signing in and you stay signed in and only have to tap the app to see your score at any time. The other best feature I like is it will list all of the accounts you have open on another screen. Using the app it will tell you ways to make and keep your credit score high and in excellent 'A' territory. One rule I learned was never close an account. Credit history is what matters most I believe. If you close an account you just deleted credit history. Never missing a payment is a priority also of course. I have been looking for a new mortgage loan and after applying at three different lenders I find with each there is a credit inquiry that will take two points off my score. These inquiries are known as 'Hard' inquiries. Okay, I lost six points but I am not too worried about it as I am still over 700 and I am fine with that. I will make a decision soon to get a new cash back credit card. It is just a bit hard for me to accept that I will open myself up to yet another bank that will begin to send me more junk mail in my snail mail box on the curb. For years now I have tried to stop what was once an enormous pile of daily junk mail that I would have to weed through and toss most of it into my recycle bin or the shredder. But, now I am about to embark on slowly trying to get my credit score as high as possible. Just to see if I can. I like challenges. Take advantage of banks, don't let them take advantage of you. Have a good credit day! I took the time to search on Amazon a book about how to get the most out of credit cards. Even though it was published back in 2008 I could not find a bad review on the side panel. The electronic or Kindle edition is only $9.00. I may have to buy it and read through it. I have to wonder how relevant it is today though.