Patrick Says

(Note: This post contains coarse language including the f-bomb. If that’s a problem, you should probably come back for the next post.)

I feel like I owe you folks a real post. It’s been awhile. I know. But lately, I’ve lost the urge. To be honest, I’m kind of drowning. I’m sure it will get better, but I’m just having a real [expletive deleted] hard time seeing it.

Jen’s home, but that’s more a midpoint than an end to this mess we’re living through. I’m getting some help from family members and friends and I hope it’s enough to keep me from losing my job. If we think things are bad right now, they will be exponentially harder when I get fired.

I’m in trouble, peeps. I wish I could talk to my parents. Both dead. So that’s out. Sometimes it really sucks to have been born to really old parents.

Assuming I can keep my job, perhaps I won’t lose the house this year. I don’t know. There’s a part of me that just wants to mail the keys to the lender and walk away. But my boys need a home. So, I push on and hope for the next lifeboat.

Anyway, enough depressing crap from me.

Here’s a funny bit I realized today. Farts in the shower are like, ten times more horrendous because the ‘shields are down’ per se. No pants, no filter.

So, while Kim and I were surfing the Interwebs yesterday looking for a particular funny image she had seen, we ran across an image that I found ROFL funny. Seriously, I nearly passed out. But, the image is a little racy and clearly NSFW. While it only has ‘near’ nudity, it does contain the depiction of an act that some might find slightly or absolutely offensive, so please, do not look at the picture if you think you can’t handle it (or if there is a kid ANYWHERE near you). On the other hand, it is hilarious.

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Wordless Wednesday

Okay, so yeah, I am kinda psyched for this.

The fine folks at Pertuity are giving away a Kindle. I’d like one of those, so here’s the question:

If you were loaned $25,000 today by social lending network, Pertuity Direct, what type of online business would you launch?

The online part is the kicker really. I have a couple ideas for offline businesses, but what kind of online business would I like to run? There are a bazillion online businesses with no business models, but infinite buzz. So, what can I add?

I suppose the best idea would just be to modify the offline idea I came up with. Since my background seems to be not-for-profit and I like computers, I’d like to start an organization that provided computers to people who don’t have them.

How would that work with an online model? I suppose you could make some kind of referral system for people to recommend others who need computers. And on the other side, you could offer linkage and advertising to potential computer suppliers to help persuade them to donate. Who wouldn’t want to be associated with that kind of site?

So, that would be my idea. Of course, $25,000 is a pretty small amount to start that. You’d probably need some volunteers for grant-writing and mailings. But $25k would be a decent start.