Weekly Fun Facts

Now that I am feeling much more human, we are back on schedule for our weekly fun facts. As we have had in the past, these are fun facts gathered all over the place so that once you have them, you can amaze your friends with your depth and breadth of useless trivia. Hopefully some of these fun facts will cause you to stop and think, and then grin to yourself. Enjoy:

For all of you who may use Colgate toothpaste, did you know that they faced a huge marketing obstacle while trying to sell their toothpaste brand in Spanish speaking countries? Colgate translates into the command, "go hang yourself". There are probably some children out there, when asked to brush their teeth, would probably hang themselves rather than brush their teeth...

Did you know that large kangaroos cover ore than 30 feet with each jump? Remind me not to aggravate a large kangaroo, I most likely can't run as fast as they can jump...and I do know they can box...

How many diets have you tried? Since we have entered another new year, there are many people looking for new ways to lose weight. Here is a different way to burn calories....you consume one tenth (0.1) when you lick a stamp. The problem with this statistic is that the majority of stamps now come essentially pre-licked... so perhaps if we try to lick an already sticky stamp, we burn more calories??? I'm not going to try that...

Did you know that Dragon boat racing is the 8th most popular sport in the world? Have you ever seen Dragon boat racing? Where do they find the dragons? (only kidding...)

For those of you who need your math fix - Pi has been calculated to over 2,260,321,363 digits... and I don't have a calculator with that many decimal points...nuts...

There are more plastic lawn flamingos in the United States than there are real ones... that I believe, have you been to Florida lately?

Did you know that the short phrases of organ music played at baseball games are called a tucket?

Some of us "older" folk remember the term Dungarees. How many of you young-en's out there know that Dungarees is another word for Denim (aka blue jeans, Levis...)

Now for some more animal trivia - Beavers can hold their breath for 45 minutes under water...don't know why they would do that if they only live in streams?

The average speed of a housefly is 4.5 mph, now that explains why I still can't squish those little buggers....

Thinking back on Flamingos...did you know they are pink because they eat shrimp? So...if I eat that much shrimp, will I be pink too??? ewwwww.....

Lastly for this week, did you know that all porcupines float in water? I pity the porcupines that got thrown into water to be a part of THAT study.

Hopefully you had fun with this week's edition of Weekly Fun Facts. Have fun amazing your friends, family and coworkers with this useless, but enjoyable trivia.

Until tomorrow...

Business Inspiration

I never thought I would get Business Inspiration from a motorcycling magazine, but it just goes to show you that when your mind is in an inquiring mode, you can find inspiration almost anywhere. There are many times, when working your small business that you may find that you have lost your inspiration. Times are tough, the daily grind gets in the way, bills rear their ugly heads and you wonder...why am I in business for myself??? It is times like that when you should have a source of inspirational articles or inspiring people to look towards.

This week I found business inspiration in the most unusual place, the American Motorcyclist Magazine, specifically the February 2010 issue. Please don't get me wrong, this is a great magazine, fun to read, loads of good articles, but in this issue one article in particular really resonated with me. The article was about Bob "Hurricane" Hanna who is a member of the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. People who earn any sports Hall of Fame are people who I am interested in learning more about, but I was particularly enthralled with the interview in the February 2010 issue.

Bob Hannah was a motocross racer who won seven AMA National Championships along with a bunch of other championships. He raced pro for 15 years and then when he retired, did not just go back into the motocross sport as a coach. He started his own aviation company, Bob Hannah Aviation. What was most interesting about Bob Hannah was not that he started his own company, but more importantly, his views on life and on business.

When he was racing motocross, he was known for his single-mindedness on winning. He made sure he was as fit as was absolutely possible, always looking for ways to be in better shape than any of the competition and he never gave less than his all to training and competition. Bob Hannah carried that competitive attitude through to his business and has not compromised anything.

He believes in doing what he wants to do, daily. He states, "Yesterday is over. There's only today and tomorrow. And I'm always thinking of tomorrow." How many times do we lose sight of our tomorrows when we are struggling with our businesses today? As when he was racing motorcycles and then planes, he practiced for all contingencies, including equipment malfunctions. We need to remember to do that for our business also, nothing will ever go as planned but with proper planning, we can overcome unexpected problems.

Bob Hannah believes that if you are even partially good at what you do, with the right training, planning and effort, you stand a pretty good chance to succeed. You don't always have to have the raw talent to succeed, just the absolute desire to succeed. He never considered himself talented, but with a lot of practice and training he learned how to do things and succeed at them. Bob Hannah has no regrets, he has done what he wanted, he dedicates 100% of himself to the particular task. Even as he is working on one task, he continues to look ahead to the next one and the next day.

We should all take an assessment of where we are in business and perhaps we can use some of Bob Hannah's wisdom to help renew our business inspiration.

Until tomorrow...

Finally on the mend

Well, today was the first day that I felt like a human being. No more water-hose called a nose, my coughing is getting under control and sneezing is a thing of the past. Now that my head is not so stuffed up, I discovered that all that stuff that I blew out also blew out ideas for the upcoming blogs...

The good news is that once I plow through all the back-logged e-mails and messages, I should have re-located my list of desired blog topics so you won't be entertained anymore with my woes of a cold... The great news is that I managed to get through this cold in record time. I came down with bad cold symptoms Saturday night, and the majority of the discomfort was gone most of today. Usually colds for me would last at least 10 days.... I would attribute my greatly improved healing time to the stem cell nutritional products I have been taking regularly.

If you have questions regarding the stem cell nutritionals, please feel free to visit my website at www.hawgwash.stemtechbiz.com These products have worked wonders in me, especially during this cold and flu season. I can tell you that the people I am consulting for are amazed at how fast I recovered from this cold. They have been sick before me and are still dealing with the illness....

Tomorrow we will be back in full swing regarding "normal" blog topics...if you have any idea what my "normal" blog topic is, please let me know... Perhaps we will do another Millionaire focus, we haven't had one of those for quite a few weeks....

Tune in tomorrow for what the topic will be...the anticipation is building...

Until tomorrow...

Runny Noses Here I Come

Well, here it is, yet another day and I wish I could just attach a tissue box to my nose. I think that would be easier than cutting my nose from my face, which is also a very interesting thought right now. I have gotten past the sneezing that I was enjoying all last evening, so now I can kind-of see. Now my nose has decided to create a marathon of it's own and it has been running since this afternoon.

I would love to chat with you all more, but I never learned how to type with only one hand. I have always been a touch-typist, my mother would allow nothing less, so I cannot just type with one finger. Right now, my hands are occupied with tissues, trying to stem the race my nose has embarked upon.

So, I wave a quick good-night to one and all so that I can better attend to the running of the nose.... With luck tomorrow the race will be over and I can get back to the Internet and all the fun that entails..

Until tomorrow...

You are not being ignored

Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know that you are not being ignored. I have a ripping cold and have spent late this afternoon sneezing my fool head off. If I am not careful, I will be typing with my nose...

As soon as I can get this cold somewhat under control (after working all day...) I will be back online providing you with your weekly fun facts updates (right now, I can't even see straight after the sneezing fits...) and various comments.

Have a great week and hopefully you will be able to avoid this year's cold. I count myself luck to have caught this cold only once...before I started taking my Stem cell nutritional products, I would catch several colds a year.

Until my cold subsides...even just a little bit...

Three most important intangibles that you never want to lose

There are many things I do not want to lose. I don't want to lose my car keys, I don't want to lose my wallet, but there are three very important intangibles that I never want to lose. The three most important intangibles that you never want to lose are your friendships, your time and your health.

Me In Time

These are some very important intangibles that I never want to lose. One of the most important intangible items is Friendship. You can't put your finger on the intangible concept of friendship, except to poke your friends. No matter how busy or stressed you may become, you do not want to lose the friendship of the people you really care about. This intangible can be very difficult to hang onto, especially if you are in the traditional job environment. Many people are worried about losing their jobs and unfortunately the stress involved with that worry can easily flow into your personal life and affect your friendships. Losing friendships due to overwork and stress can and will make your life even more unhappy and stressful.

The key here is to trust your friends. if you are feeling stressed, let them know, and if they are really good friends, they will let you know if you are becoming difficult to deal with. True friends will understand your stresses, and will work with you to help mitigate them. These are the friendships that you definitely do not want to lose.

Another intangible that you never want to lose is time. I realize that this sounds trite, but how much more time are we all working? Because of our stresses at work and the companies are downsizing people but not tasks, we tend to get sucked into the idea that we must spend more of our valuable time at the office in order to maintain the status quo of a job. The problem with that theory is that you may be able to retain your job, but you lose your most precious resource, time. You have now limited your personal time even more and that could easily affect your friendships. Time is an intangible that once lost, you can never regain.

When working at a traditional job, you are trading your time for their money. If your company requests, or even demands that you give more of your most valuable resource, time, to them without an equivalent return of money, then you need to start making some hard decisions. Your time is very valuable. If you give it to your current company, then there is that much less time for you to spend with your family and friends. Despite all the jokes, time is finite, once gone, you cannot retrieve any time.

The last very important intangible item I never want to lose is my health. If you lose your health, then you won't have the time to spend working on your friendships. Health can be affected by stress and overwork. All three of these intangibles tie together, if you are having problems maintaining your friendships because you don't have the time to spend with friends and family, you can get so stressed out that your health is adversely affected. You have to learn how to balance your finite amount of time with your health, friendships and work. This is not an easy balancing act, but is critical to your overall personal success.

Of the three intangibles that have been covered tonight, I believe that time is the most valuable intangible that you really cannot afford to lose. It is important to learn efficient ways to manage your time so that you continue to spend quality time with your family and friends. Quality time does not mean sleeping at your friend's house, but being awake to honestly listen to their troubles. You need the time to spend with your spouse or significant other so that they do not feel like you take them for granted. You also need time to spend with your children, because once they are grown (time again...) you cannot regain or repeat their childhood.

If you feel that your current job is sucking your time dry and not leaving any quality time for you to spend with the important people in your life, you may want to consider finding alternate sources of income. Again, at first blush, you will think that if you don't have time now, how can you spend what little time is left on an additional income stream. In actuality, if you do not invest a little extra time up front, then you will never have the ability to spend more time with your loved ones. Even more importantly, if possible, try to find an additional source of income that the whole family can participate in. You will then be all working together and most likely having fun doing it. You are now spending your time doing two very important things at once; earning an extra income and spending quality time with your friends, family and loved ones.

If you need ideas for additional income streams, check out our website at www.hawgwash.net. We offer several different types of income streams. If what we have to offer does not "float your boat" we may know where else you can look so that you can find that perfect second income which will ultimately allow you to spend more quality time in pursuit of other intangible things that are very important to you. All you have to do is to ask, we will be more than willing to assist you in your search.

Until tomorrow...

Brief notes for the evening

I only have brief notes for the evening today. You guys will probably not be interested in all the work I did these last two evenings on initial public offerings (I.P.O.'s) and Private Stock Offerings. As a result of all the research I have done, my brain is truly fried and I cannot be very imaginative and interesting tonight.

My brain is funny like that, if I am doing hard-core research, it is very difficult to transition to fun, light-hearted banter. You are not being ignored, I just don't want to put you all to sleep with all this relatively boring, technical stuff.

On the other hand, if you are interested in learning about IPO's and Private stock offerings, please let me know and I will post some of my research here. I am more than willing to share, just not sure what the interest level is for that stuff.

For those of you wondering WHY I have been researching IPO's and such, we are exploring possibilities with Wink Energy, Inc. I will divulge more regarding Wink as the time gets closer.

So, tonight is VERY short because my brain is mushy. You all most likely have had the mushy brain syndrome, so I wish you all a good night as I allow my brain to re-gel...

Until tomorrow...