You know what I like best about Twitter? It isn’t the fact that it’s easy to use and a ton of fun (although those are important). It isn’t the fact that I can communicate with some fantastic people, get answers to questions and pick up information and advice that I couldn’t have learned any other…
Change. It’s one thing in life we can depend on. And it can be the thing that frightens us most. I’ve known people who don’t like the least bit of change in their lives. They are most comfortable in keeping the status quo. Change implies risk. And risk… well, sometimes things don’t turn out the…
When I first started playing around with AdSense, I knew nothing. Now, I like to think that I know a few things about AdSense, but I am still learning. Want to design direct-mail flyers? Don’t ask me. I haven’t a clue. Need to know how to fill a restaurant to the rafters every night? Never…
Random thoughts for today… I’m finally starting to see through the scam known as “insurance”. What ticks me off most is health insurance. It doesn’t matter how healthy you are. Once you are accepted by a company, they religiously increase your rates every premium period just because they can. So what to do? Change insurance…
And so, the litigation hounds once again are unleashed on the prescription drug community. This time it is over Vioxx, an anti-arthitic drug manufactured by Merck. Research has long pointed to the fact that long-term use of Vioxx may contribute to heart attacks and strokes. Perhaps the FDA didn’t study the drug long enough. Perhaps…
Do you have a fax machine? If so, has your number been released to the spammers of the fax world? Once it has, your fax machine will never be the same. Junk Fax has cluttered my fax machine for nearly two years. I get several junk faxes a week, promoting the latest penny stock, travel…
I hate dealing with insurance. When you pay a premium, you are betting that you will need to make a claim. With health insurance, you are betting that you are going to get sick! About eight years ago, I bought a policy with Fortis, one of the world’s largest banking and insurance companies. At that…
After the week I had last week, the icing was put on the proverbial cake yesterday afternoon. I found that I have been paying way too much for my health insurance thanks to my agent at Al Boenker insurance (The link is there so you know to avoid them). He is no longer with the…