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5 Jan, 2011

The Real Resolutions

By |2011-01-05T00:44:08-05:00January 5th, 2011|My Life|0 Comments

I wrote a few that are longer term and require some effort.  Here are some things that I should change that really require minimal effort but are difficult to achieve.

  • Flossing daily.  I’m about a 2 flosser a week currently but it was usually never the till a year or two ago and my dentist yelled at me and I just decided I’ll try to do a better job.  I could obviously make it happen but I always forget on weekends and that’s about 3/7 of the week and the other half is whenever I remember.  No reason for bleeding gums
  • Using fluoride.  I just hate it beyond belief.  It tastes horrible and then you can’t eat for 30 minutes after and the minute I have to swish it around is usually the worst minute of my day.  Restoring enamel can suck my left nut.
  • Changing my diet and eating healthier, in conjunction with not spending for most meals.  The majority of meals I eat are taken from the freezer, put in the oven, and cooked for 30 minutes.  Never any veggies or fruits.  It’s fried chicken or pizza and I could do a better job mixing it up a bit.  However I will add that I don’t really drink soda and I very rarely eat dessert like ice cream or brownies.  It’s funny when Jess Baker or Jill bring baked goods they just hang out because I just don’t partake in that.  I also should make breakfast or bring lunch because I the cash I spend on lunch certainly adds up when I do it 10x a week.
  • Keeping things cleaner and more organized.   There’s really no excuse to having things filthy and out of place.  People who lack self pride and have no discipline are the culprits and even though I’m aware of this trait, I still could do a better job.  I don’t have a spotless attitude but things that are neat just tend to have a better outcome and a little effort over time makes this happen.
  • Keep a daily log.  It’s not unusual the world log is in blog but I think if I had a notepad in my pocket and wrote down things I thought about during the day, I’d have more things to check up on and more concise thoughts.  JC would be the ultimate influence on this bullet point and I agree with him as I’ve gotten older, if you write it down, it has a better chance of getting done.
  • Read more books and do more research.  It’s embarrassing when you don’t know who the Secretary of State is (Hilary Clinton) or Bush Sr.’s VP (Dan Quayle).  Just stupid stuff is completely at my fingertips and when I don’t know something or just want to learn about something, it’s just a keyboard away.  I’m completely honest that my history is awful and I usually just reason “who really cares?”  But it’s more the big picture that to understand situations and make decisions, it’s better to have more information then less.  Sort of off reasoning from my original posing of a question but I think it’s somewhat related.
  • Just caring more.  Instead of plopping down in front of the TV watching the Jersey Shore, opening books or learning about something constructive has to have much more impact on my future.  Sure it’s awesome to know if Vinnie is banging Snooki but in the bigger picture, this won’t have much impact.  I will still watch it more but finding a passion or hobby of something you really like to do is how one can become successful.

That’s it.  Simple things that I’ve arrived at after 27 years of this Earth.  Aside from getting into a more constructive daily routine, that’s all I got.  I’ll keep you posted.

5 Jan, 2011

The Funhouse

By |2011-01-05T00:20:57-05:00January 5th, 2011|My Brain|0 Comments

I’m just posting these as sort of a time waster but I have about 3 more documents I wrote up years ago and I’m happy to post them.  You’ll notice that in all of them, they are never complete.

“The Funhouse” (Tentative Name)

Mission Statement:  The goal of this business is to give the upscale customer a social atmosphere for which they will be charged a monthly, recurring fee.

Business Summary

This establishment will be a jack of all trades in the entertainment industry.  The main focus will be on a fully stocked, well maintained bar.  A wide variety of beers will be provided as well as various liquors.

Gaming facilities will be in place in order to entertain the patrons.  Multiple pool tables will inhibit a section.  Dart boards, ping pong, shuffle board, and a bowling lane will also be available.  Competitions, such as tournaments, in each event will take place in order to create a sense of companionship and competitiveness.  This will create repeat business because it will be run professionally and perhaps leagues could be created.  Weekly poker tournaments will be held as well.  These services are provided so customers will WANT to keep coming back.

The point of this company will be to establish a customer base that will want to return to our establishment because we provide quality entertainment at a monthly, recurring cost.  Rather then charge a fee for every drink a consumer orders, they will drink at no cost.

4 Jan, 2011

TomCo.

By |2011-01-04T01:11:03-05:00January 4th, 2011|My Brain|0 Comments

I forgot how many of these documents I have saved on my computer and I’ll leak a few just for some filler but you can see how my business ideas come about.  I’m not even going to review it and just post it so take it for what is something I created 3 years ago.

*Stripper Pole

TomCo.

Mission Statement:

Our goal is to provide our customers with a wide variety of products through multiple channels of distribution.  Accuracy of orders and swiftness in delivery will help us grow a loyal customer base through constant satisfaction.

Business Summary:

We will open a beer distributing service.  Safety requirements to prevent underage drinking will be in order.  We plan on opening up a brick and mortar location which will also serve as a warehouse for our product.  This will act as a walk in store where our customers will be able to purchase cold beer at no extra charge.  This location will have a necessary refrigeration area.  The store will also house a wide array of snacks that go along favorably with drinking (nuts, chips, etc).  Employees will all be over the age of 21.  Our employees, preferably females, will use their assets in order to bring in and maintain customers.  This is in no circumstance demeaning.  We will use females as employees because the majority of beer drinkers are male.  If good looking females can entice more business they will be provided a commission as well as an hourly wage.

Another means of distribution will be through our local delivery system with hopes to expand through growth.  Delivery trucks will be stationed at the store in order to supply our customers with their purchases.  Enough drivers will be employed so that demand will be met.  Delivery times should be timely and extra help will be mandatory if demand grows too rapidly.  Perhaps having 2 locations at central areas will ease the delivery time.

The internet will also help to develop a customer base.  Our website will contain a section where the customer will be able to purchase a case of beer that we stock.  We will then receive the order through an instantaneous network and be alerted of the purchase.  The order will then be distributed in the same manner as an order that is called in.  Safety precautions will also be in order to assure that our customers are all of legal age.

We believe that through a timely delivery service, competitive prices, a wide breadth of products, and a progressive attitude, we will override our competition and acquire a loyal customer base.

The Product

The obvious profit center will be through our distribution of cased beer.  We will have to be a wholesaler of the large breweries.  Budweiser, Coors, and Miller Lite are must have contacts.  Yuengling and Victory are local breweries that would be good additions.  The Guinness line will also be essential.  Other varieties will include Corona, Heineken, Amstel Light and many others.  Unique hard to find brews will also be available although will not be stocked as plentiful.

Cases will be bought in larger quantities in order to take advantage of economies of scale.   Since beer has a long shelf life, there should not be an issue of spoilage.  Although, the serving of beer is highly competitive, we believe that our unique business model will keep us afloat with a strong customer base.  Once our business begins to grow, expansion will help profit.

A secondary profit center will be through our food inside of our distribution center.  This will include first class beer nuts, top shelf pretzels, the best chips and salsa, and high end potato chips.  These will typically not be products you can find at the grocery store.  Hopefully our customers will see us as a unique spot to purchase beer and food.

Safety Precautions

Employment Criteria

Logistics

In depth look at Internet Network

Deep Look into the Profit Margin of Products

4 Jan, 2011

Start being good at things.

By |2011-01-04T00:48:22-05:00January 4th, 2011|My Life|1 Comment

First let me describe what I have to go through to get back into form.  After waking up 10 times in 45 minute intervals last night trying to sleep and waking up in cold sweats or hot flashes, I had a rough night sleeping (I think pregnant women only get hot flashes).  I spend today wishing I was someone else at work and literally drinking as much water as possible because these ill feelings are brought on by dehydration.   When I got back home I literally sat in front of the TV complaining because you need people to know you feel like shit so they don’t bother you.  I watched Cool Runnings and felt inspired by it.  I’ve seen this movie before but certain parts brought on chills.  Specifically the part when Junior tells Yul he can live in Buckingham palace if he sets his mind to it and the ending scene is obviously moving.  Just a good all around movie.

When Junior is looking in front of the mirror with Yul Brenner and Yul asks what do you see and he can’t reply and Yul steps in and says “I see pride, I see power, I see a bad mother who don’t take no crap from no one.”  So after another year down the drain I looked in the mirror.  I still have a deformed lip from the 13 stitches that occurred 6 months ago.  I don’t think people can see it so well but I notice it everyday and try living with something like that and it’s just not fun knowing that people probably are like “wtf is on your lip.”  So we will tally up 2010 as another year of something moronic I did when I was wasted.  I also notice my now 5 teeth capped after re-breaking the capping on two that I previously broke.  This whole debacle set me back 5k and unfortunately the lesson still hasn’t been learned.  It’s sort of a shame too because I do other things well like keeping in good shape and function properly at work.  My diet is still pretty poor but it doesn’t seem to have such a negative effect on my life.   The New Years Resolution “to start being good at things,” becomes the titles of this post.

I couple of New Years goals that come to mind:

  • Breaking 60 minutes in the 10 mile Broad Street Run.  I was just under 61 in 2009.  A dud last year at 62+.
  • Playing a sub 80 round of golf.  I hit 84 from the blues at Bucks County this year and if I just put forth the effort to practice, this is still a stretch.  Putting and chipping specifically need work to make this a reality as my driving gives me an absolute shot at this goal.
  • How about being a viable scoring option in Basketball.  My inability to shoot or make lay ups is honestly a complete waste of growing up playing basketball.  Devoting some time to hitting the gym and getting in pick up games is really all this takes.
  • Weighing in at 170 would be losing a few pounds that is only there because I consume 30 beers a weekend.  To think how much even better shape I would be in if I took care of my body is really something I’m considering at my final few years of peak athleticism.
  • Not losing a single dollar at a casino or sports gambling?!?  This goal is also eaten alive by alcohol consumption but at my age of 27, I’ve completely learned that there is no money to be made doing this and to think otherwise is kidding yourself.
  • And this goal, as easy as it may seem, to get through weekend #1 sober.  I’m confident I can make it through Wed & Thurs but a full thru to Friday and Saturday is such a rare occurrence, that I might just do it to do it and see what type of lifestyle accustoms it.
3 Jan, 2011

The Jkash Cleanse

By |2011-01-03T08:19:59-05:00January 3rd, 2011|My Life|0 Comments

I can’t really explain why but when I woke up on New Year’s Day, I felt like a million bucks.  No hangover, no ill feelings, just felt awesome.  Awesome is the new word of the year by the way.  Now comparing that day to yesterday and slowly  creeping into today, we have a different story.  After going to the bar in the afternoon with Hafer, Hetrick, the Sheee, CK4, Jkash to watch the PSU game, I think I had 3 or 4 shots of scotch-whiskey and a couple of beers.  Then went back to the apt and slept till 8 and then started playing beer pong, then went to Mad River where I was getting double Rum and Cokes and as Chad can give an eye witness, I wasn’t making it back without his help.  So I woke up yesterday feeling like death and that has pretty much continued into this morning.  I went to sleep at 9:30 last night and even that wasn’t enough to make me feel better.

As the title states, I’m going to see how long I can go without drinking for a while to see if I can restore some order to my dysfunctional life.  The last entry I wrote was on Wednesday so I guess I have to at least update on a few things that have taken place.  Thursday I found some random girl to make out with but nothing else transpired, not even a number.  Friday was New Years and we had some people over.  Jeff and Sam came over with their GF’s which was a pleasant surprise.  Rock stopped by too which is good because we don’t see each other very often.  The night went off pretty much without a hitch aside from people coming in and trying to take a bottle, but I wasn’t involved.  That brings me to where I started writing in paragraph 1.   I made contact with the 38 year old an sent some retard text messages like “do you want to ride and train” and “are you wearing crotchless panties” so I’m pretty sure that’s not going anywhere.  I think it was a joke to begin with anyway as getting myself involved in a situation like that is ludicrous.

Blog traffic reverted to it’s previous ways and there will be no selling out.  My life needs to get back on track after a while of goofing around.  I may try to just lock myself in my room and only going out to go to the gym.  We’ll see what happens this weekend and if I can even pull off the Jkash cleanse.  I know it’s best for me and you’d think eventually I’d be able to live a normal, sober life but it hasn’t happened.  I know this has also been a pretty random, everywhere post with no real content but I’m just not in the right state of mind to be entertaining or exciting.  So that’s it.

30 Dec, 2010

Amusing Pick Up

By |2010-12-30T08:39:04-05:00December 30th, 2010|My Life|1 Comment

Ck4 and I went to Kildare’s for their happy hour and I got their wings and had a few of their specialty beers. Ck4 had to leave at 7:30 because he had a business call at 8 and as we are about to leave this lady comes up and orders a car bomb right next to me. I had ordered a shot of Jameson before I left just for the fun of it and her and I were making small talk and ended up doing the drink together. Ck4 said he had to go and I had to decide if I wanted to leave or amuse myself by talking to this woman. Well naturally I decided to stay. Get this baggage. She’s 38 and has 3 children. She’s still married in New York but her husband is married to another women in PA. Now the girl that her husband married is her lesbian lover. To top it off, she tells me that she was laid off from her job at as a teacher, she’s writing a book on fashion, and she was just boned by one of her students recently. Now I couldn’t tell if she was banged earlier in the day or earlier in the week but she was telling me how much it hurt because she hadn’t been fucked in 6 months and how tight it was even after having 3 kids. She wasn’t too bad looking but she had that trashy feel to her. I obviously got her number…

29 Dec, 2010

Celebs I Like

By |2013-03-15T03:28:48-04:00December 29th, 2010|Celeb|3 Comments

To mis-quote Leslie Gore in the song “It’s My Party,” “you would sellout too if it happened to you.” It’s fairly obvious that this onslaught of traffic is brought on by celebrity pics and commentary so I’ll continue on this trend whether you like it or not.

Sofia Vergara


Need I say more, seriously. If I met this woman I wouldn’t even know what to do, probably stand awestruck and start drooling. Her accent is hot too and everything she wears in that show, she looks awesome. She has Kim Kardashian curves and doesn’t have all the negative publicity like the aforementioned whose claim to fame and initial stardom was from a sex-tape. Even at 38 she’s cracked my top 10 favorite celebs.

Miley Cyrus

I don’t really like Miley for her looks or the way she talks, but the fact that she lets people video tape her while getting stoned, she seriously must have been out of her mind. Who is stupid enough to let her friends record her while she’s getting high knowing that she’s a huge mega-celeb and an enormous role model to kids around the world. That’s just saying “I don’t give a fuck.” I respect that. Her career may have taken a hit to the parents of the world, but she gained one fan in me. I think her music is so-so and not worth the time.

Katy Perry

Notice how all my pictures are of tremendous cleavage or someone getting high. Yes, I’m shallow like that, don’t think otherwise. She’s taken the music world by storm and have you seen some of her outfits. With a voice like hers and how catchy her songs are, how can you not like her? Not only that but she married a nut case like Russel Brand and he’s as nutty as a cashew. Meaning she’s just as crazy and probably a minx in the sack. Plus she spells her name funny.

Mike Vick

Are we seriously picking Mike Vick here? First off, we know he’s an action junkie with no morals, whose dumb as a tree stump. He really is an idiot to get involved in the dog fighting knowing there is nothing good that could come out of it. It obviously wasn’t for the money and only for the thrill, and he shows no compassion for the animals. BUT. The man did his time in prison and has seemingly turned things around. Aside from the one little shooting incident where he apparently was “not present” at his own birthday party, he’s had a clean rap sheet. I’ve even heard a few of his press conferences and he says all the right things like it’s not him alone winning football games and constantly praising his teammates. Yes, I find the dog fighting horrific but I give Vick a lot of credit for turning his life around and being a far superior QB than he was with Atlanta. Hard to imagine putting yourself back together like that I’m impressed.

29 Dec, 2010

Blog Traffic

By |2010-12-29T00:02:20-05:00December 29th, 2010|My Brain, Sports|0 Comments

Blog traffic is through the roof and it’s getting absurd. I had 90 unique visitors and they are arriving from countries like Brazil, Turkey, France, and Indonesia. Suri Cruise isn’t even the reason, people are just being directed to this site. I’m grateful that I’ve increased traffic by more than 100% in 3 days but there’s absolutely no reason for it other than Google is sending random people my way. It’s baffling. I write 400+ entries and have never had more than 40 people visit the site in one day and now we’ve doubled traffic because I wrote one thing on celebrity’s. At this point I feel like I’m at the mercy of Google. I have no idea what it’s looking for and it’s up to me to satisfy its needs. Talk about pressure. I guess the one thing I can learn though is that whatever I was doing for the past 400 entries wasn’t nearly as gravitating as my past few. I also vow to not put ads up unless I can achieve 500 unique visitors in a day. If that becomes the case, I think I’d be foolish not to earn some money for my efforts.

As an ongoing project, CK4 and I like to come up with ideas that can potentially make a lot of money. We’ve nixed his ideas of a walking ladder and a dollar menu for pets, and have tried to focus on a more realistic approach. The one that was thought up tonight is called forever-life. We are going to concoct an elixir that will prolong your life years. We are going to charge a steep price tag for how essential and in demand this product will be. Little do the people know that they are just going to be buying some sham but with expert marketing and some smooth talking, all we’d have to do is nail a couple of billionaires who are looking to try their hand at a 5,000 dollar gamble for eternal life. All you need is a few hundred gullible people and I’d be happy to live my life on an island far away from the world.

In all seriousness though, a fantastic idea that Yahoo or someone should implement is to play out Week 17 in fantasy football. The difference being that you can challenge a person and obviously through internal betting amongst themselves, you play out a fantasy game instead of the season being over. Yahoo could even charge for this and I guarantee people would be doing this all over in their leagues. Give me Sam Levin one more time in my ESPN league and I’d pay 5 bucks to run it again with us wagering on the side. I think it’s a good idea.

I won’t go into my driving range that’s also a bar or my fatheads that are all porn stars. I sometimes wonder if I had nothing to do to entertain myself and I just locked myself in a room with a pen and paper, what other ideas I could come up with. Everyone knows that the majority of start ups fail but I think if I ever came up with something that I thought would work and I had the passion to make it work, I could be profitable. It has to be something I’d want to do though because no one wants to spend time doing something they don’t like.

Quick betting update – I lost 60 on the Falcons last night and won 25 on the Vikings tonight. I have a little over 100 bucks in my account and that makes me up +600 for the season for a unsuspecting profit in a sports betting season. I also collected from 3? leagues in fantasy football and should have been 4 if Steve would have paid out the 2nd place finisher like any normal league. Stocks like Agen and Siri are also leading the charge into a new year. Good luck to all.

28 Dec, 2010

Magic Hat Howl vs Sam Adams Winter Lager

By |2010-12-28T13:28:52-05:00December 28th, 2010|My Brain, My Life|0 Comments

I was searching around some beer forums and read how some of these people write reviews and I refuse to write a review like that. Apparently the five categories are appearance, drinkability, smell, taste, and mouthfeel. My categories are does it get you drunk and do I enjoy drinking it to get drunk.

I purchased the Magic Hat Howl about 3 weeks ago. The artwork on the case and bottle is cool looking and I’ve had some Magic Hat’s like in the past that I’ve enjoyed. I’ve also had the #9 and Circus Boy, neither of which I cared for. The Howl is a black lager that is 4.6% abv. Bottom line, I didn’t enjoy the case. Yes I finished it, but no I wasn’t enjoying the beer, just drinking it for it’s alcohol. It just wasn’t a good tasting beer and at such a low abv, there’s no excuse for that. Another miss on Magic Hat’s list for me.

At 5.5% abv, this beer will get you drunk. I just find this a great tasting beer that goes down easy. On Sunday I drank 7 of them in 4 hours and ended up having to take a nap. This isn’t your let’s get fucked up beer as it tends to make you go to sleep than party til the morning hours. This is just a very smooth lager that I will order hands down over 80% of other beers. There is one drawback, it makes you fart like no other. I can’t explain it but I will attest to this last statement.

27 Dec, 2010

Suri Cruise

By |2016-11-01T23:44:30-04:00December 27th, 2010|Celeb|1 Comment

So there’s been an alarming surprise. My blog traffic has skyrocketed and it’s not because of me. I know I’m a terrific individual but believe it or not, people are visiting this blog for a completely different individual. All my hard work and details of my life are meaningless compared to the reason why people are visiting. I literally haven’t had more people come to my blog for the entire year and a half compared to how much it’s been up in the last two days. I’m honestly flabbergasted.

I had 50 people Saturday, 77 Sunday, and then 88 people on Sunday and the majority are searching for Suri Cruise photos. I’m considering changing the name to suricruise.com, then moving to LA and papa-razzing the shit out of that little girl. I could sell ads and probably make a fortune. Sometimes these things just fall into your lap and then you have to roll with them. If this blog develops into a shrine to Suri Cruise, you know I’ve sold out. If ads start popping up, I’ve sold out. If I start creating an imaginary narration of the life of Suri Cruise, I’ve sold out. For the people who have been reading my blog for its entire lifespan, I apologize. This might be a major transformation and I might consider just getting a new domain name or swapping it around. This new blog may have to be devoted specifically to childhood celebs.

Suri – If I blow up because you are more famous in your pinkie then I’ll ever be, I’ll send you a gift. For now though, this sacred temple will become a token of my appreciation. Let’s take this to the moon little girl, I’m shameless.

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