The Official “I Have Nothing to Write About” Post
I am a fan of television producer Chuck Lorre. He’s the man who’s created shows like The Drew Carey Show, Dharma & Greg, and the brilliant Two and a Half Men.
After each one of his shows’ ending credits, Lorre’s talent is set apart by his vanity cards – those 0ne-second title screens you see after a show’s credits. Where most vanity cards may only say the name of the production company, Chuck Lorre plasters an entire essay on his vanity cards. Before the advent of the DVR, it was impossible to gather even the slightest gist of what those cards said.
Now, with the beauty of the “pause” button, Chuck Lorre’s brilliant writing outside of the teleplay can be enjoyed.
But there are some vanity cards he posts with the “I Have Nothing to Write” title, which goes into an explanation of how time limitations in his personal or professional life have caused him to use his recycled vanity card.
I always get pissed off at seeing those. It’s such a letdown to think you’re about to read something great only to be let down by the recycled card.
The way I see it, he should just write at least a few words, rather than let his audience down.
So then why am I posting an “I Have Nothing to Write About” post? Ironically it’s because I have something to write about, but the subject matter is as good as nothing. Technorati sent me an email today saying they have finally granted me a claim code for my blogs - thanks a lot – that only took about three months … sheesh.
Short of that technical tidbit and commenting on the only problem I have with one of the world’s greatest television producers, I have nothing to write.
Here’s a Technorati claim code for your enjoyment!
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How to Survive Your Start to Working From Home
Imagine you’re on one of those game shows where you have to choose between door number one, door number two, or door number three?
Pretty nerve-wracking ordeal, even if the payoff is good through any of the three doors.
Now imagine there are 10,267 doors from which to choose. Again, there’s a reward on the other side of each one of those doors, but why are your nerves ablaze at the thought of such a decision?
The answer is simple. As a regular, rational-minded, living, breathing human, you want to make the best decisions that will give you the maximum benefit for your life. You care not to waste time on trial and error.
That’s where all the fear originates for people when choosing a work-from-home opportunity. There are so many great opportunities out there, but we can’t do them all; additionally, some may be more suited for us than others.
Pick one work-from-home strategy and you may generate significant income, but it might not be that fun for you. Pick another and you may generate just enough to pay the bills, but it fulfills your need for having fun. Or you might get lucky and find a program that generates significant profit and fun for you.
Who doesn’t want the best of both worlds? Who doesn’t want to have fun making money?
Here’s a tip to remove the clouds of uncertainty as you embark on your work-from-home adventures. It’s actually two points to consider:
a) Ditching your daily commute is more fun than getting stuck in traffic.
b) Working for yourself and determining how much you want to make is more fun than being a wage slave for someone else who’s determining your salary.
When you consider the two essential truths of working from home, you begin to realize that whichever program you choose to start your home-based business, chances are it’s probably going to be one that improves your quality of life.
And it’s still okay to be fearful of scams, but most companies today that specialize in work-from-home opportunities (i.e. 99.9 percent of them) are legitimate. If they have a toll-free contact number that leads to a corporate office somewhere, you’re in the clear. In this day and age of forums and discussion boards, it’s pretty hard for scams to survive for long.
Yes, the thought of starting a home-based business can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be.
I’ve been working online for nearly a month. My recommendation is don’t jump into anything too quickly. Do all the research you can. Wait for things to jump out at you that pique your interest. It is possible to earn a full-time (or greater) income from home, but it won’t happen overnight, there is a lot to learn and there’s a lot of information to filter through, but persevere and it becomes simple.
I am getting more confident every day because I know I’m one step closer to my dreams. Keep at it – you’ll be closer to your goals tomorrow, and things keep getting better after that.
Manuel Carrillo III considers himself the future number-one automotive journalist in North America. He aims at achieving that goal by mastering Internet marketing and profiting off his mastery. Manuel hails Maverick Money Makers as the everyman’s program for profiting online. Click here to find out how to start generating an income online.
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ClickBank & EzineArticles
I have been doing research on EzineArticles.com and ClickBank.com. I just signed up with those two resources today and I think they will help in monetizing my efforts on the Web.
My ability to be profitable on the Internet will allow me to have enough money to create my own version of Top Gear.
This will also help me with the goal of changing my life before the end of the first week of December – as referenced in my first post.
Today I feel as though I’ve made some progress. Every day I learn a little bit more. Every day I get closer to my dream.
I’m just going to keep going!
A Complaint
If only WordPress would allow me a smidge more freedom. I would like to put a newsletter sign-up form on this site, but WordPress is so rigid. I am hesitant to post often as I plan on getting my own hosting soon.
At the beginning of November I said that by December my life would be much different.
Now halfway through the month, I can say it has gone by fast, but my life is not much different. I attribute it to the theory of starting out with a penny and doubling it every day. By day 18, I’d only have $1,310.72, which is great, but not life-changing.
Now the test is to see if the next 15 days accelerates this change of life I’m going through. I just know November is my special month. I just know change is afoot. But like many things, change comes in an instant, so I’ll keep you updated.
The adventures continue for the future number-one automotive journalist in North America .
The Solution to Ease Christmas Suckiness
Halloween has passed, which means I have to endure Christmas shopping commercials – you know, the ones that add incessant holiday theme music and sound effects. I like these commercials in the same way I like a pair of crow bars slammed against my ribs.
I cringe at hearing bells jingle on TV and radio during the fall months. Too much, too soon. They make me want to vomit in the same way I would vomit if I were dunked in a sewage treatment plant.
Except for one show (Top Gear on BBC America), I don’t watch TV on my own. Any TV I see is the result of someone else’s watching. If I sit down for 10 minutes to see what’s on the telly, I’m guaranteed to see a holiday shopping advert with bells jingling and Christmas carols playing. At this point my face fills with rage, becoming more sanguine than Santa’s jumpsuit as my teeth grind into a wintry powder. This is usually followed by that unshakable urge to vomit.
Don’t ad agencies know the consumer is tired of the same old shit every year? It boggles my mind. It makes me want to rebel.
“Come in for 25 percent savings now through November 16th.” Jingle jingle.
“Tis the season for savings.” Jingle jingle.
“It’s the perfect holiday gift …” Jingle jangle, and more jingle, with a children’s choir in the background.
Hey, cool it with the jingling. I have a calendar. I have two brain cells to rub together. I KNOW WHAT SEASON IT IS.
All these commercials reminding me I should be spending money on people to show them I love them? That really whores out the holiday spirit, doesn’t it?
This year, I’m boycotting the holiday rush. I’m hand-crafting my gifts.
What matters more than anything is the thought – it’s the thought that counts, and when you take the extra time to make something from scratch, it means all the more to your recipient.
Furthermore, folks who opt to make their Christmas gifts will be happy to make them for their friends/family. People who opt to shopping for their holiday gifts will more than likely be pissed off doing it.
For so long, it has always been the same thing each year: with the arrival of the holidays comes the arrival of jingling on the TV and the radio. By this point we’ve been conditioned to respond to these sounds in a Pavlovian way, and that response is usually, “Oh no! I have to go holiday shopping,” followed by the eyebrows becoming drawn together and downward, followed by profanity emanating from the mouth, followed by a nervous breakdown highlighted by a nude appearance at your neighbor’s doorstep, followed by a few months at the mental hospital.
This year I’m changing my Pavlovian response. The next time I hear a company using corny-ass jingling in their ads, I’m going to make a mental note to boycott that company.
It’s time the sound of jingling makes us happy for the beauty of the holiday season because I’m sick and tired of how the last three months of each year make me feel like a tortured mental patient with feces in the lungs.
Resisting Sexual Temptation? I’d Rather Resist Urination
One thing that makes the 21st century such a good time to be alive is that there’s no sanctioned authority telling you to limit your time doing the horizontal mambo.
In this day and age, you can meet someone of the opposite sex (or even the same sex) at a bar, coffee shop, restaurant, whatever … and a few hours later you both can be lie-down dancing. There’s no medieval ruler over your shoulder threatening your castration if you take a possible mate away from him.
Nowadays if a woman wants to enjoy the company of a man, she can very well go out and enjoy the company of a man … or another woman … or a man and a woman … or four men and five women … or even 12 men and 8 women all at once inside a rainbow-colored Mini Cooper – anything goes – no government approval needed.
Nowadays, if a man wants to go out and hit that stick, he can hit that stick. And people don’t really care any which way from Tuesday whether his preference is for the “stick” or the “gash”.
That’s the beauty of the age in which we live … when it comes to sexual things we hold dear, we’re free to do what we please, because we’re human and we have needs.
For most, sexual needs are life’s Energizer battery. Without sex, much of the inspiration we have to move forward through life would be gone.
Why do people strive to be richer? Why do people strive to mob deep in an Escalade as opposed to an Escort? Because it is way more fun to jackhammer away on supple Cadillac leather than on itchy econo-car mouse-fir cloth.
Why do people strive to vacation in the French Riviera as opposed to “Mosquito Swamp” State Park? Because nobody in their right mind wants critters up their crotch … plus nothing kisses the ass better than the Mediterranean Sun.
Sex is such a vital part of human life, not just for its ability to bring new life into the world, but because it brings new life within us. Sex makes us happy.
So when I see people and organizations that try to get people to turn off their sexual urges, I scratch my head in confusion. Sometimes that confusion leads to my wanting to scratch off my scalp in pure anger.
Here we are living in the era of 21st century sexual freedom, and then I see books trying to take us back to the 13th century. I was visiting a friend in Pennsylvania a couple of weeks back and I was quite disturbed by a book I saw on her counter.
There are few things in this world that disturb me, but this book really took the cake – it was entitled, “Every Young Man’s Battle: Strategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation (The Every Man Series)”.
With sex being such an integral part of the human experience, I cannot imagine there are people out there encouraging the blockage of sexual feelings and thoughts. It’s as bad as someone writing a book discouraging exhalation, with a bonus section on how to avoid urination.
I just don’t understand how keeping the mind “pure” makes anyone happier. If anything, it would cause psychological damage just like plugging the penis tip during ejaculation causes urinary tract damage. Isn’t it possible that a book like this could cause a level of angst that would make men dangerous to women? There’s also an “Every Woman Series”. I worry that series could cause more young women to get pregnant.
There are not many things in this world that make me red hot, but when you tell the ice cube it’s not allowed to exist in a solid state, you’re just wasting your breath.
Books that say masturbation and sexual thoughts will send you straight to hell are creating an unnecessary a fear in young men and women. When I see people suffering it kills me, especially when the suffering is manufactured from the fundamentalist views of 13th century-minded authors.
I further question these books’ effectiveness when I read their customer reviews. One Amazon.com customer commenting on Every Young man’s Battle reported the book delves into gritty details of sexual discovery. While that’s enough for me to want to buy a copy and make the pages stick together, I feel sorry for the innocent minds to which this book is targeted. Imagine the look on poor little Bobby’s face when he finds out “doggy style” has nothing to do with Scooby Doo. I’m not saying that’s what’s in the book, but it is a gritty sexual detail.
What it all boils down to is another instance where the peddling of family values backfires in the face of those who are so hell-bent on forcing their beliefs on others. To all you pushy, overbearing, hypocritical bastards: I dedicate my next hard-on to you, and I spooge in your general direction.
Surviving The Recession
How many people do you know who have been affected by the recession? Probably more that one. Has the Great Recession affected you? It’s very likely, even if you haven’t lost your job. While the economic litmus test is unemployment rate, often times we neglect to think about those who are underemployed.
While the national unemployment rate is hovering around 10 percent, the underemployment rate is closer to 22 percent.
I’m a person who loves to take bad situations and make good out of them. My political views are more left than right, but I’ve taken a page out of the right-wing playbook: instead of waiting on others to get me through this recession, I’m taking the initiative to rely on myself to get through this recession.
So how am I doing that? I’m diving head first into going for my dream of becoming the future number-one automotive journalist in North America.
I think one possible way of doing that is creating my version of Top Gear; one of the most popular television shows on the planet with 350 million viewers worldwide. It is also the TV show that has inspired my career path for the past seven years.
American audiences are craving more Top Gear, but they’re stuck with year-old episodes on BBC America. NBC tried bringing an American version of Top Gear hosted by Adam Carolla to the primetime lineup, but that fell through … and that’s a shame because I was at that pilot episode’s filming, and the show was hilarious. More on that in another post.
But there is a craving that needs satiation. My goal in life is to fill that content vacuum.
So what’s the next step in achieving my ultimate goal? Today I’ll officially unveil this site to my pals on Facebook. I should have my business cards by week’s end as well.
And in the near future? Well, since I’m starting at nothing, I have to ask a lot of questions, so in my interview series, I will be asking people advice on how I should tailor my path to success … not just in the automotive media, but in other professions as well, like acting and business and academia because however people have become successful, the common thread among them is the good advice they can give.
This site is here to inspire all – not just the car people.
I’m still figuring out how to post my newsletter sign-up form to the Web site, but I’ve already set up everything on the newsletter side, so I’ll suss out the WordPress side soon.
Manuel Carrillo III
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