Call before you dig!
Okay, I’m about to get hacked.
For the second time in two weeks, our internet is down. Same song, second verse. Somebody forgot to call before digging and sliced the phone line.
This is a major pain.
Weather has been really nice the last few days. Almost springlike, to be accurate, complete with the wind.
We went to Warehouse Willy’s in Poteau last night and ate with my parents. Really nice. I live next to my brother but that was the first time I have seen him in months.
We’re brothers but so much different. Almost like we’re two separate people. Oh yeah, we are. Guess that’s why. In some ways, he’s brilliant. In others, he is a little different. Definitely not a people person. I’m not as much of a people person as I used to be. I blame that on working with the public for way too long.
A big chunk of ear wax just plopped out of my ear and landed on the desk. Wonder why ear wax exists? Doesn’t seem to serve any purpose other than to stop up ears and fall out at bad times. Haven’t ever had to go to the doctor to remove ear wax, but hear it is painful.
Guess I got lucky there.
The wife let our puppy, Bailey, sleep with us last night. She did pretty good, I guess. She went to sleep and didn’t bother me. I always wake up a couple of times during the night. My lack of snoring must have bothered her and she would turn and look at me.
Woke up once and she (Bailey, not my wife) had her butt right in my face. Glad she wasn’t gassy (both the dog and since I’m mentioning it, the wife also).
I’ve been trying to figure out for years the way to start something that will make me filthy rich. The plan is to get it up and running, then sell it to some foolish investor for enough money that I can fart off for the rest of my life, or at least until the money runs out.
Main problem is figuring out what to do. So many people can touch a pile of poop and turn it into gold. Unfortunately, I must not have the Midas touch. Either that, or my refusal to touch poop might have something to do with it.
I’ve got several things on the side that does pretty well, including rental properties, my web site and photography work. Sadly, none of them do well enough to make me rich.
I know it will have to be something via the internet that will draw in thousands of people a day. I refuse to do porn, so that isn’t an option. It needs to have something that a lot of people will be interested in that hasn’t been done before.
That is where I am currently stuck. So far, I have been thinking too small. Need to enlarge my thinking. Here are my strengths: writing, photography, sports and surfing the internet. I looked in the want ads for a job with the following job skills: Looking for person who likes to surf the internet, answer his emails and willing to be paid lots of money. All those positions must be filled.
My weaknesses are: lack of time, money, energy and brilliance. So, I will welcome any suggestions. Heavener Online does okay and I’m fortunate enough to have some good supporters, but I’m dealing with a limited amount of people. Need to multiply that by thousands.
When I posted my books on the internet, I thought that would attract a lot more attention than it has. The first one The Old Man’s Request got a good reception and a lot of readers. The next one, One for the Ages, didn’t do so well. It was a sports book and I guess most guys have something better to do. Either that, or they thought it sucked.
I’m writing another one now, but it’s so silly and crude that I haven’t posted the link for the general public. Just gave it to a few people who also go for silly stuff.
All it would take is for one of the books to hit it big. I sent The Old Man’s Request off to one literary agent to see if they would be interested in representing the book. Within a week, I got a response back from a dadgum intern. Denied!
So far, I am 0-2 in seeking literary agents.
For the second time in two weeks, our internet is down. Same song, second verse. Somebody forgot to call before digging and sliced the phone line.
This is a major pain.
Weather has been really nice the last few days. Almost springlike, to be accurate, complete with the wind.
We went to Warehouse Willy’s in Poteau last night and ate with my parents. Really nice. I live next to my brother but that was the first time I have seen him in months.
We’re brothers but so much different. Almost like we’re two separate people. Oh yeah, we are. Guess that’s why. In some ways, he’s brilliant. In others, he is a little different. Definitely not a people person. I’m not as much of a people person as I used to be. I blame that on working with the public for way too long.
A big chunk of ear wax just plopped out of my ear and landed on the desk. Wonder why ear wax exists? Doesn’t seem to serve any purpose other than to stop up ears and fall out at bad times. Haven’t ever had to go to the doctor to remove ear wax, but hear it is painful.
Guess I got lucky there.
The wife let our puppy, Bailey, sleep with us last night. She did pretty good, I guess. She went to sleep and didn’t bother me. I always wake up a couple of times during the night. My lack of snoring must have bothered her and she would turn and look at me.
Woke up once and she (Bailey, not my wife) had her butt right in my face. Glad she wasn’t gassy (both the dog and since I’m mentioning it, the wife also).
I’ve been trying to figure out for years the way to start something that will make me filthy rich. The plan is to get it up and running, then sell it to some foolish investor for enough money that I can fart off for the rest of my life, or at least until the money runs out.
Main problem is figuring out what to do. So many people can touch a pile of poop and turn it into gold. Unfortunately, I must not have the Midas touch. Either that, or my refusal to touch poop might have something to do with it.
I’ve got several things on the side that does pretty well, including rental properties, my web site and photography work. Sadly, none of them do well enough to make me rich.
I know it will have to be something via the internet that will draw in thousands of people a day. I refuse to do porn, so that isn’t an option. It needs to have something that a lot of people will be interested in that hasn’t been done before.
That is where I am currently stuck. So far, I have been thinking too small. Need to enlarge my thinking. Here are my strengths: writing, photography, sports and surfing the internet. I looked in the want ads for a job with the following job skills: Looking for person who likes to surf the internet, answer his emails and willing to be paid lots of money. All those positions must be filled.
My weaknesses are: lack of time, money, energy and brilliance. So, I will welcome any suggestions. Heavener Online does okay and I’m fortunate enough to have some good supporters, but I’m dealing with a limited amount of people. Need to multiply that by thousands.
When I posted my books on the internet, I thought that would attract a lot more attention than it has. The first one The Old Man’s Request got a good reception and a lot of readers. The next one, One for the Ages, didn’t do so well. It was a sports book and I guess most guys have something better to do. Either that, or they thought it sucked.
I’m writing another one now, but it’s so silly and crude that I haven’t posted the link for the general public. Just gave it to a few people who also go for silly stuff.
All it would take is for one of the books to hit it big. I sent The Old Man’s Request off to one literary agent to see if they would be interested in representing the book. Within a week, I got a response back from a dadgum intern. Denied!
So far, I am 0-2 in seeking literary agents.
posted by Craig Hall at
12:51 PM
4 Comments:
If you do find openings for a job like that with the same disqualifications as yourself, pick me, pick me, too. I bet Bailey was happy. Sounds like such a deal. Well, if your loyal silly readers were as rich as Midas, then you could be supported for an eternity writing silly stuff for the masses. Definitely a void out there for silly stuff - huge void. Thankfully, you keep filling it, albeit slowly due to the hindrances of work, the wife, the children, the photography, the....
I had psychic vibrations there was a brother and therefore deduced he was separate from you, as in sibling. Just how different is he relative to the given normal sibling differences and indifferences? Intriguing?
Actually, the photography isn't a hindrance. My brother is like WAY different. His brain operates on a totally different plane that mine.
OK, I'll give you photography. His brain operates on a plane way different than yours?? Same parents or were you stolen at birth. Poor guy must be such a dud. That's a tough load for the Craigster to carry, given all the other loads he's saddled with. Well, sorry about your days of being Bowl Picker Champion falling by the wayside. All of one's little dreams do get flushed away at some point or the other. This seriously sucks in general. The Craigster needs to get deadly serious about taking care of the old bod, or it will be an old bod. Take heart, only the Shadow Knows!
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