How to tell is someone is lying. Useful to determining Buyers’ intentions, opposing agents’ intentions, or general day-to-day living.
Browsing Category Thoughts, etc.
Blogging for Business
I attended the VPTC “‘Casting for Customers” on Thursday and was quite impressed (as I fully expected to be) with the quality of the discussion. Cvillepodcast has the podcast and there is a brief blogging “primer” on Michael Prichard’s site.
Coincidentally, I came across this site yesterday, which led me to this blog discussing how and whether companies should integrate blogging into their corporate marketing plans. His arguments are against corporate blogs, per se.
My own personal spam.
I am senior manager with the(S.S.B BANK Plc), Accra Ghana I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and a reputable person to handle this confidential transaction,which involves maximum confidence.PROPOSITION: A foreigner, Late engineer Jacques Monroe, an oil merchant/contractor with the Government of Ghana, until his death in a ghastly aircrash, banked with us here at S.S.B.BANK Plc Accra, and had a closing balance as at the end of march, 2002 worth USD$23.5 million (Twenty threemillion, Five Hundred Thousand United State dollars) Which the bank now expect a next of kin to claim as beneficiary…. Jacques Monroe next of kin (he had no children that is known to us.) The management under the influence of our chairmanand member of the board of Director, that an arrangement has been made for the funds to be declared =93UNCLAIMABLE=94 and subsequently be donatedto the Trust Fund for Arms and Ammunition to further enhance the course of war in Africa and the world in general while people are suffering. There are no goodschools, no clean water and no good hospitals etc. In order to avert this negative development, some of my trusted Colleagues and I now seek your permissionto have you stand as a next of kin to the late Engr Jacques Monroe so that the funds USD$23.5million would be released and paid into your account as thebeneficiary next of kin…. Please do not take advantage of the trust we have bestowed on you, please kindly forward to me immediately your most confidentialtelephone, fax number, and particulars so that I can apply for the release and subsequent Transfer of the funds in your favor.Thanks in advance for your anticipated cooperation.Thanks,Yours faithfully,Mr.
APF, Bird Flu
Jim Bacon says:Tim Kaine has gone astray. He’s taken a populist, NIMBY-like position here. The problem in Virginia isn’t “out of control” growth, and the solution isn’t giving local governments the power to nix proposed developments that will generate negative traffic impacts. Kaine’s proposal would simply give local governments power to block projects without enouraging them to make the kinds of positive changes they need to make.APFs are good in a theoretical vacuum; in practice, they simply don’t work.Bird Flu preparations.
“A free shot”
Bryan McKenzie has an excellent idea In the face of an egregious violation of group mores, a group member could call for a free shot to quickly and adequately express societal disapproval…. If so, justice was swiftly and gladly administered on the scene.Swift justiceA free shot was a punch administered to the offender by each member of the group without fear of reprisal by the offender. Members affected by the behavior were allowed one punch each to the offender’s arm or chest.No strikes to the head, stomach, back or legs were admissible and any such illegal strike was immediately met with its own call for a free shot. Calling for too many free shots also resulted in a free shot.Sure, the punishment caused minor physical discomfort but after the first few days of its novelty, it resulted in greater adherence to group norms.
Mold, bubble, energy prices and Zipcars!
What will CNBC and BusinessWeek cover if the market only shifts and doesn’t “burst”?Is the price of your house about to plummet? There’s no one foolproof indicator of a local housing bubble, so the best approach is to evaluate the situation from many angles. It’s important to gauge such factors as construction permit issuance, local incomes, job growth, and rental rates to determine if you’re living in a danger zone…. Caulk will help lower your energy bills.With heating prices expected to soar over the next few months, homeowners are starting to take a newfound interest in the unfashionable minutiae of caulking, insulation and tankless water heaters.Good resources here as well.
Saving energy and telecommuting
“We currently waste about half of the energy we use in this country, so the potential is quite enormous,”This from the president of the Alliance to Save Energy in a story in the RealEstateJournal. Here are some ways to save energy.I think that the rising energy costs are going to effect how we live in many ways, not least how we settle, work and develop our areas. Developments and work environments may be closer together, mass transit may become more prevalent …… one can hope!Find the time to read this article.