Learn to start a busisness

While pursuing the ole MBA, I have found myself drawn to the concept of being an entrepreneur. Recently I attended a workshop on the subject and they are launching a subscription site (~$30/mo) www.theentrepreneurschool.com
I think it was worth it. Here's some of the things they teach:
How to start an online business through dropshipping.
How to get to #1 on Google.
How to write a business plan.
How to pitch an idea.
How to use the previous two to obtain Angel and Venture Capital funding.

Not a bad Idea - Wish I had thought of it

Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my
taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order
to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random urine test with which I have no problem.
What I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people
who don't have to pass a urine test. Shouldn't one have to pass a urine
test to get a welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for
them? Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get
back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping
someone sitting on their butt, doing drugs, while I work. . .. . Can you
imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass a
urine test to get a public assistance check?

This just in! Election 2008

Someone from this party said something about that party, and that party thought it was mean. Outrage ensues! More at eleven...

I hate politics, unfortunately it's too improtant to ignore.

Ripoff?

Let's just say I'm not convinced the buy-a-car-get-gas-discount gimmick is worth it. Please tell me the only reason you're buying a new car is not for the $3.00/gallon gasoline. All you're getting is a $600 discount (assuming $4.00/gal gas) on a car that gets 20 MPG. You could talk them down that much and get the money up front, and avoid the hoops you'll have to jump through to get your money back.

If you want to save $600 on gas just use the standard tricks while driving.
1) Slow down. For the record, I do not follow this advice.
2) Put the car in neutral and coast down hills. Note, I do this a lot but I have a manual 5-speed. If you have an automatic transmition, don't do this.
3) Drop the top on your convertible and turn off the AC.
I bet if you look around on this thing we call "the internet" you could find some more helpfull hints. Just please don't buy a new car for a gas gimmick.

This has been your Consumer Alert Update, brought to you by Carls Jr's.

--Brad

Picture Time

SEC Tournament and a Tornado

To think I lived in Northwest TN, aka Tornado Alley, for two years and I had to move to Atlanta to get hit directly by a tornado/severe weather. As the State - Bama game went into overtime, the Georgia Dome's roof started shaking and the scoreboard started swaying. Time to seek shelter. Or as one University of Kentucky fan put it, "God is angry the Kentucky game has been postponed."

The last second shot in regulation that sent it to overtime? Simply a blessing. Had that shot not gone in, several hundred fans would have been sitting in traffic when the storm came through instead of sitting in a concrete building. So I had a window knocked out of my car, we weren't in it when the rock came sailing through the window. For that, I truly can give thanks.

--Brad

Decison 2008

I simply found this amusing. Warning, foul language.

From The Onion.

--Brad