AdWords Campaign

Today I launched my first AdWords campaign, and it's a big step for me! I feel like this could really be successful if I do it right. It's really just pointed to my painting website, and it's in the hope that I'll drum up some more cashie income doing some painting. On the flip side, this might mean I have to go legit and get a company registration, license, insurance and all that (cough:crap) stuff.

I have a friend who lives right near people who have a bunch of money. He started working for them, and now he's well known as the go-to guy for their repair work, painting, remodeling, or whatever they need. No advertising needed. Lucky stiff.

Anna Nicole Smith

I feel stupid for having a post with a playboy playmate for the title, but this post really is essentially about the paternity test of her daughter. I wish I could make this comment somewhere people would actually read it and LTAO, but since I don't know that many forums or anything: I sure wish her paternity test would happen on Maury Povich's show, it would be the best one yet. I haven't seen that much of Maury, but what I have seen is mostly "who's the father" and people running around and crying. Pretty pathetic... but hey I bet he'd pay for the test, yeah?

Obambam

First read this post

Found this myspace video...here

Made me think of the MD governor's race, Mike Steele would go and speak and people showed up to throw oreo cookies at him.

Trolls Anonymous

Thinking about trolling, I wonder if there's a Troll's Anonymous out there somewhere. It'd be funny, you know, since trolls are inherently anonymous or even if they identify themselves (I try to) they're unknown persons to the blog they've just commented on.

I'll say I feel like a troll often, since I don't really have the time to be a truly social blogger. There are people's blogs I really enjoy reading, and I want to comment, but hesitate because I don't really know the difference between a random comment from someone and a troll's comment.

I think the first step in eliminating a problem is understanding the problem.

Later: I went to wikipedia, as many of us do to find information, and found this, which is more than I knew before. I guess being at odds with a 'community' or popping in and intentially being inflammatory would be the keys to being a troll...

My idea still stands for a Trolls Anonymous website. I wonder if there already is one? Checking...

Later: I found Kibo and his signature.

Even later: Trolls Anonymous on Dogpile. Nothing official that I could find..

Later still: Let's say for example the search trolls anonymous is not in quotes, well not it's not very specific, so follow on search, with quotes, yeilded this, a posting on a message board. It goes to show that someone somewhere thought of the same thing. Not surprising, not even annoying, but cool, actually. What's cool is the fact that the internet makes possible the connection between two similar ideas no matter who has it.

Last post script (maybe): You know how AA encourages its members to believe in "'something'-it-doesn't-have-to-be-called-God?" for TA it would be "'something'-it-doesn't-have-to-be-called-balance."

Ok my last PS I promise:
An example of me, posting to a blog just because I read it once in a while, and I felt the urge to be part of it.

Rich or Poor

Yesterday on the trip home in my car (yes my car, not via metro) I was listening to NPR, and there was a story about how the top 3% of income earners have 20% of the wealth and the gap is widening.

One of the indicators of the wealthy CEO's pay in the story was the purchase of private jets.

This morning driving to work I realized that the key to good driving is not to be greedy. There's a lot of road there and you only need the space around your car. Then I thought back to the story about the rich, and actually short of getting your private jet/chopper/air travel, if you're on the morning commute, the road is a great equalizer, everyone, regardless of income can really only take up the space of one vehicle, and they only get so big, even a stretch limo maxes out at 3 cars long or so, and frankly isn't that much of an advantage, it only offers comfort while traveling, but won't necesarily get you there faster. In that sense the road is the great equalizer. Now reliabilty, comfort, and good looks is a whole nother discussion.

Quiz

One of the better quizzes to cross my screen, link here, via someone or other's blog, Oh wait it was a blog on blogger's main page, anyway, I got a 32. Some recent web company names, and some Star Wars names, can you tell the difference?