October 2009

Swine Flu -Its a Rerun but It’s Profitable

10.29.2009 Healthcare

I sometimes believe the media is so swine flu happy just so they can help sell this damn healthcare overhaul. (For the record its the wrong type of reform that Congress is pushing currently. ) The current President and much of Congress has been given a free pass by the media in my opinion. I am saying that the media seems to have been complicit in much of the governments actions lately.

Creating a healthcare panic might be good to push through a very unpopular bill. Government profiting from healthcare… this could be interesting. I don’t mean profit as in money but profit as bigger government more power. Government loves to expand and suck money.

Cliff Lee’s Boring Catch in the World Series

10.29.2009 Sports

Philidelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee not caring about the catch, and just putting a glove out.

Tagged as: Baseball

DishNetwork Customer Service Needs Improvement

10.27.2009 Business

Dishnetwork customer service fail.

Tagged as: Business, Customer Service

My Great Grandfather Lewellen Astle

Another Photo of My Great Grandfather

10.24.2009 About Me

A while back I posted a newspaper article about my Great Grandparents. On a recent trip to visit my parents in San Antonio, TX, my parents had on their mantle a picture of my Great Grand father.  I thought I would share it as its just like I remembered him… always in his garden.

Tagged as: Family

What’s Wrong with the American Economy Illustrated by Calvin & Hobbes

10.23.2009 Business

I don’t know if this is a real Calvin and Hobbes but it illustrates some great points about American Business and our economy. It appears lately that the American Business Juggernaut has been sidelined. I believe we have too much government intervention hindering business.  It has become easier to do business elsewhere. Its cheaper, its faster, more efficient [...]

Tagged as: Business

Cell Phone Location Accuracy: Don’t Let the Salesman Fool You.

10.12.2009 911

When a caller calls 9-1-1 the most important thing to convey to the call taker is location location location. Many times the caller can give this information but in some cases they can’t. This is where call location technology comes into play.

Information coded inside the call sends location data to the 9-1-1 call taker.

For the past 30 plus years the public has become accustom to the fact that when you call 911 from a land line that your address (Automatic Location Identifier or ALI) and phone number (Automatic Number Identification or ANI) information is displayed for the call taker on the other end of 9-1-1. This has given the public and first responders a level of comfort that even if you can’t speak if you can dial 9-1-1 we will find you. This is true.

Tagged as: Technology

More Acoustic Love

10.11.2009 Music

In my last post Acoustic Music Love, I realized that I had missed some of my favorite acoustic songs. I thought today I could include a few more. If any of you have one’s you think I missed please post a comment with a link so I can check it out.

Tagged as: Music

Great Acoustic Music

Acoustic Music Love

10.09.2009 Music

I thought today I would blog about some of my favorite acoustic guitar songs of all time. This is just a random sampling from my music collection. There are hundreds more but these came to my mind to share.

Tagged as: Acoustic Music, Music

My Great Grandparents

10.06.2009 About Me

My cousin sent me a newspaper article about my Great Grandparents from 1958. I thought it was cool enough to share. I was lucky enough to know my Great Grandpa. He was a funny guy.  He passed away when I was 21 at age 102.  Click on image to read. This is courtesy of my [...]

Tagged as: Family

How to Build a Business Warren Buffet Would Buy?

10.03.2009 Business

Be motivated by excellence, not money. You need to be better than all of your competitors. If you are, the profits will come.
Offer customers true value on quality products. A low price on a cheap piece of furniture is not value.
Think like a customer and treat them as you would like to be treated. Remember: we are agents for our customers and they can fire us at any time and take their business elsewhere.

Tagged as: Business

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