Our society has ceased to be based on cash. Most can remember a time when paychecks had to be cashed or money retrieved from a teller at the bank. Even more can remember waiting in line at an automatic teller for cash. Now virtually every transaction is electronic. That just means that if you want people buying stuff from you, you’ll just have to have the best and most affordable way to get the money. A sell merchant account from the right place will save you money and make you money.
Archive for January, 2010
Merchant account
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Two types
Thursday, January 28th, 2010What kind of classifications divide the world?
Men and women.
There are those that have and those that have not.
Those on the internet and those that are not.
Land owners and renters.
Those that might be inclined to look up some trivial bit of information in an almanac and those that might be inclined to look up some trivial bit of information on wikipedia.
Typers and writers.
Cops and criminals.
Those who write poetry and those who don’t read poetry.
Star Wars people and Star Trek people and most people who are neither.
Drivers and passengers.
Macs and PC’s.
Car crash crash
Thursday, January 28th, 2010If you drive somewhere on most days, you will eventually be in an accident. Odds are that eventually you’ll be in an accident that’s you’re fault. (Strange that they’re still called accidents.) When you’re in a collision, you’ll immediately think, “Good thing I have auto insurance.” If you don’t have any right now, go online to find auto insurance quotes.
Magic Genie
Thursday, January 28th, 2010I found a fun little game on the internet the other day that is a fun waste of time. http://us.akinator.com/ asks series of questions to find out who you’re thinking about. Just pick someone famous, real or fictional, and in a few questions, it will give you a guess as to who it is. The database must be pretty intensive because it has picked out every character that I’ve tried on it so far.
Have fun
OK City Law
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Just remember that in Oklahoma City, it is definitely OK to exercise your rights and have a quality defense attorney represent you in court. The best way to stay out of jail is to not break the law in the first place. But if it’s too late for that, make sure that you have a lawyer that knows the local Oklahoma city law to fully represent you at your trial.
Weird Al Movie
Thursday, January 28th, 2010The Cartoon Network just became my favorite cable station with word that they are signing papers to bring Weird Al Yankovic on for multiple projects. The first of which will be a feature length movie. The world (or at least me and a few like-minded folks) have been waiting for another Weird Al movie since the genius that was UHF.
Try to hold in the insanity until then, and don’t forget to Dare to Be Stupid!
From the Mouths of Babes
Monday, January 25th, 2010My son told his classmates today that it takes him 2 and a half hours to fall asleep each night. I said he was exaggerating to make a point and that technique is called hyperbole. He said, “Oh, I thought it was called lying.”
Yeah, that too.
Double Ouch
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010My son thinks I don’t have a cold but that it’s allergies instead. I don’t really think so but I’m ready to try allergy relief if it means that I can get rid of this KILLER sinus headache. I suppose for now I’ll just settle for another round of what I have here in the house – orange juice and sudafed. Does chapstick work on chapped nostrils? Yes, I know that’s gross but desperation is setting in.
How To Pass the Time When Sick
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010I’ve been spending the day watching the Leathal Weapon movies. For some reason they’re being shown in reverse order. I’ve gotten to see Mel Gibson’s hair grow in reverse and his blurred out naked butt. What a great joy. I think I see a bald spot on the side of his head. At some point in time he stopped smoking in the movies.
Ouch
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010My sinuses are so plugged up right now, my tongue gets stuck to the roof of my mouth when I swallow. I keep wishing for an electric blanket to put on my right temple to make the pain go away. I’ve gotten immune to sudafed so that’s not working for me but I’m too paranoid about drug interaction to try something else for at least 3 more hours. Oh, can’t I just take a nap?
Conan’s Departure
Friday, January 22nd, 2010I got to watch the first episode of Conan on the Tonight Show and I just finished watching the last one. He bookended the show by having on the same guests as he did to begin with – Tom Hanks and Will Ferrell.
Definitely something to see (so watch it on hulu if you missed it). He shredded his ID, paid homage to NBC for the good years he had with them and signed off with a rendition of ‘Free Bird’. He (among others) played guitar while Will Ferrell did vocals and PLAYED THE COW BELL!! Of course Max Weinberg played the drums.
What is a last show without a touching moment? The biggest touching moment was when Conan thanked the fans for their inspirational support and asked that they reject cynicism. But then, having Tom Hanks say that in his house Conan would always be the host of the Tonight Show comes in a close second. The lengthy applause from the audience and the screaming and yelling that seemed impossible to end made me want to stand up and cheer myself.
I’m excited to see where Conan lands and I hope it’s soon.
Recovery
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Finding the right place for drug rehab is an important thing to do proper research about. One good resource for information is your family doctor and the internet is also a good source. Though it is not something that is usually spoken about, you could also try finding out about the experiences of friends or relatives to find places or programs that have helped others.
Wild Weather
Thursday, January 21st, 2010Insane weather in this neck of the woods. I took pictures of the street/river out front and let the kids play in the lake – I mean front yard. I wouldn’t let them get very close to the raging gorge that has started eroding the street out front. Parental instinct kicking in. Watch out for tornadoes out there!
Vitamins
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010If you’re pregnant your doctor has probably recommended that you take prenatal vitamins. This is so you and your baby get all the nutrients you need for proper growth and development. Something as simple as not having enough folic acid in your system at the right time in the baby’s development can result in tragic problems. Even though those pills are huge, your doctor isn’t trying to torture you by telling you to take them.
Rain on the Way
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Can you say rain? Apparently we are supposed to get somewhere between 2 and 9 inches of rain tomorrow. I can’t even fathom how 9 inches could fall in a single day but that’s the more unlikely end. They said on the news that if we get 2 inches it will be more rain in a single day than in all recorded history (which around here is only about 100 years). Good thing I know how to swim.
Stretch Marks
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010For those of you out there who don’t know what stretch marks are for, allow me to explain. When a person gains weight, the skin will sometimes get ugly dents that kind of run in lines. They start out red or purple and often fade to a silvery white. For most people, these are permanent even after weight loss. The weight gain doesn’t have to be from fat – it can be from an increase in muscle too. That makes the cropping up of stretch marks especially insulting.
Different products and treatments have been produced to help prevent or diminish the appearance of stretch marks and one of the most common is the use of cocoa butter creams on the stretch marks. Of course then you can have cocoa butter stretch marks because this doesn’t always work. Asking your doctor for ideas is always a good way to go.
New Year – New Illness
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Another child has produced a sickness able to span the continent. This one left its recipient capable of using facebook within hoursthough, so I guess that means I’m not producing the super bug mutators and incubators I once thought I was.
What to Do
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010Quick trim weight loss is one of those weight loss products used by celebrities to keep fit. Just one of the many ways we as a society can try to lose weight. Who know which is best? Should you stop eating carbs or should you stop eating pasta? Or is it about what you SHOULD eat? Maybe eating enough nuts or drinking enough milk is the way to go. I imagine that the answer is different for different people. The question each of us needs to ask is, what am I willing to do to be healthy and how can I get there in a healthy way?
Leap Year review
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010“Leap Year” is the best romantic comedy so far this year.
Make sure you don’t count romantic comedies that were released at the end of last year and were still out when this year started.
And make sure you don’t think I mean it is the best romantic comedy there will be this year (let us all hope).
But for sure, when you’ve got a yearning for a chick flick (whatever your motivations) and you’ve already seen “It’s Complicated”, you can go see this and you won’t leave feeling disappointed. Because the end is way better than the beginning and the beginning is what makes you feel disappointed so by the time you get to the end, you feel somewhat surprised that it ended as well as it does.
I am a huge Amy Adams fan but this movie does her no justice. Her character (Anna) has no direction and her back story is limited. Our exposure to her father could easily have been left on the cutting room floor – and he’s the character that reveals the reason for the the entire plot line. The other main character (Declan) is verbally abusive and too offensive for me to really get on board with the shift from enemy to love interest – unless I purposefully forgot the first half of the movie.
Which I managed to do. Thereby making my 6 bucks worth my time last night.
Fast diet ideas
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010There are plenty of different ideas on how best to lose that weight, but there is a limit to how fast you can lose the pounds and still stay healthy. However, in the first week or so of a diet, you can lose a surprising amount of weight quickly with the changes that you make in exercise and diet. Do it healthy, do it right, and lose weight fast, then find a healthy formula of good food and exercise to continue a steady and permanent weight decline.