New Book to Read.....Getting Out

After all the loss freedoms we have been taking in the country (see the wiretap bill, torture bill, 700 mile fence, etc.) this book recently came along and is sure to be a best seller.


Getting Out, available here, is a how to guide for leaving the US. It gives you step by step instruction on what you need to know, where to go, what paperwork to fill out and how to support yourself when you get there. The sample sections that are up on the site are done very well and represent the book well.

From the page............

Getting Out walks you through the world of the expat: the reasons, the rules, the resources, the tricks of the trade, along with compelling stories and expertise from expatriate Americans on every continent.

Getting Out shows you where you can most easily gain residence and citizenship, where can you live for a fraction of the cost of where you’re living now, and what countries would be most compatible with your lifestyle, gender, age, or political beliefs.

Chapters Included:

• Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
• Foreign Citizenship and How to Get It
• Work and Study Options Abroad
• Choosing a Country: How Do They Stack Up?
• The Top 50 Expat Meccas
• Doing It: How to Begin, What’s Involved, and Where to Turn
• Web Resources

Mark Ehrman is a frequent traveler and freelance writer whose work regularly appears in the Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Travel and Leisure, and numerous travel magazines and city guidebooks. By the time you read this, he will be living in Berlin.

http://www.processmediainc.com/press/mini_sites/getting_out/

Bush OKs 700-mile border fence

Sigh...... OK I think a fence is a REALLY stupid idea. I have since I heard that it was one of the new legislation packages that was bouncing around. I look at it this way, a fence is a two way thing. Fences keep out, but they also keep in. It's as if the fence is a concrete thing that represents the loss of freedoms and rights in this country.

OK, so we have a new fence. Great. Now as CNN points out , no one knows how we will pay for it. Well, it's really not a mystery....700 miles X contract labor + kickbacks = a whole lot of tax increases. More taxes..... as if taking 45% of my salary every year wasn't enough, let's just
increase it some more.....

Yes indeed, there are rules to Shotgun

Shotgun. We all call it, but how many calls could not turn into arguments with just a few simple rules? Well, as per this site, here are the rules in order have a successful "Shotgun!" shout out. Enjoy......

Chad Vader #4 on GMA!

Way to go guys!!!!! The next episode of Chad Vader is going to premiere on Good Morning America (ABC) on Oct. 11th. Now the non-utube folks can see this awesome show. Go Vader!

This kinda says it all......

What A Mess... Oct. 16, 2006
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Google Calendar

Google...... I love ya but boy sometimes I STILL wanna kick your butt!  Please, for the love of God fix your calendar.  I have a LOT of bad data to delete and you sure don't make it easy on me.  Search only returns 200 hits at a time..... which in a normal scenario would be good, but I need something like 2000 and why oh why can't you tag all and delete?  Click, click delete, click on Yes I'm Sure for every item........ this sux.  Three hours gone for naught at least three more to go.... sigh

My kid want's fish

Yeah, he mentioned it again today. Not sure why, he may have seen a commercial for Little Mermaid on the Disney Channel. I still strongly believe that if we get a tank, well, disaster comes to mind. So, HERE is a possible solution. What do you think? Is it cheating? Hope not :-) This DVD looks like it might be my savior from the "hey Daddy why's the fish swimming upside down?" questions. Just not ready for that yet LOL......

Here's a blurb from their site... Ambient Water Video Aquarium DVD

All New & Shot in True Hi-Def (1080i)
10 all new aquariums
Over 3 hours of crystal clear video aquariums
Bonus! Wallpapers for your PC Desktop

Google's new ping service

This should make all bloggers lives easier..... well it will for me at least :-)

10/05/2006 08:15:00 AM

Posted by Nikhil Chandhok, Product Manager

Today we're launching the Google Blog Search Pinging Service, which is a way for individual bloggers and blog platform providers to inform us of content changes. Blogging providers who syndicate RSS/Atom/XML and want to be included in our Blog Search index can now ping us directly. We'll continue to monitor other pinging services and will contribute change notifications to the community. Read more at our FAQ. Permalink |

I think I want to wear ties again....

I miss neckties. I know that does not sound like me, but yeah, I miss 'em. I'm sick of wearing polo's to work and since it's getting cooler now so I am wearing more button down shirts. But the caveat would have to be that I can wear "fun" ties to work like the ones on the left. I found those ties HERE as well as directions on how to tie all the knots I usually screw up :-)

I used to wear a lot of fun novelty ties when I was in an office. Once I went into the IT field they were not the best idea. Open PC's running... well you get the idea. Being a desk jockey again makes me want to dress up now and again and not just for interviews. Maybe it's just time....

ties

I admit it, guilty as charged!

It seems 78% of Americans re-gift. Yup, guilty as charged :-) In fact, I think my entire family has done it multiple times. Now deep down, does this really surprise anybody? LOL, yes I'm sure it does and now it's a statistic :-) I guess the real question is why. For me.... frankly there are very very few people who get it right. My wife does. My parents who have know me all my life? mmmmm not so much :-) Oh well, one month to re-gifting season! Happy Holidays everyone!

Head on over here for the full article......

Cellfire - Coupons on your cell phone

I came across this interesting site today while surfing around. I am always looking for deals and ways to save money. Most of the sites I frequent only have online codes for discounts and I use these a lot, especially at Amazon, but this is different.

Cellfire, www.cellfire.com, sends coupons to you cell phone. This seems pretty cool. I signed up and am going to try it the next time I go shopping to see how people react. Hopefully they react well since I hate carrying paper coupons. Well, OK, actually I hate leaving my coupons at home, that's usually what happens :-) They have a few coupons for T.G.I. Friday's and that sounds like a good lunch next week :-) I will try and report back, but it looks pretty easy to use has great potential.....

Here is a blurb about them in their own words....

Now your cell phone pays you, thanks to Cellfire, a free application for your mobile phone. By visiting the Cellfire web site or sending a text message to 22888, you can quickly download Cellfire to your mobile phone. Cellfire offers hundreds of dollars in coupons at great places like Hollywood Video, TGI Friday's, Bath and Bodyworks and many more. Simply show the Cellfire coupon on your phone to the cashier to enjoy your savings. No more clipping coupons -- always have great savings right at your fingertips!

Get Your Free Copy of Cellfire to Start Saving Today!

Parent criticizes book 'Fahrenheit 451'

Queue the irony in 3, 2, 1.....

OK, so this parent wants to ban a sci-fi book that is about book banning and censorship.......

AAAahhhh hahahahahahahahahahahahahaah Too funny! Oh yeah, in case you didn't know, Bradbury chose the number 451 in the title because that is the temperature at which paper burns.

A Caney Creek High School dad is fired up because the Conroe Independent School District uses the book "Fahrenheit 451" as classroom reading material.

New Jersey launches iTunes tax

Ahhhhh, gotta love Jersey! (read in subtle sarcasm in case you missed it)
Cnet News

October 3, 2006 11:24 AM PDT

Beginning this week, New Jersey residents purchasing music and videos from services like Apple's iTunes and rival digital downloads e-tailers encountered something they'd previously only found at bricks-and-mortar counterparts: a sales tax.

Democratic Governor Jon Corzine proposed the sales tax expansion earlier this spring to help the state to recover from a $4.5 billion budget deficit...

See whole article here.... LINK

After passage of the terror bill, this says it all

“It Wasn’t Me”, by Mick Foley

Mick Foley">“It Wasn’t Me”, by Mick Foley

America,

I’m not a pedophile. I’m pro-wrestler. You’re thinking of Mark Foley. Please stop sending me nasty emails. I don’t even have AIM. Thank you for understanding.

Sincerely,
Mick Foley, a.k.a. Mankind, a.k.a. Cactus Jack, a.k.a. Dude Love

P.s. Don’t read into the Dude Love thing. It’s just a nickname, I swear.

Yes this is a total rip-off from Best Week Ever. Go see 'em, they rock! LINK