Longboard | Surf One Robert August II

Surf One Robert August II Complete Longboard

So, I never thought I'd be saying this, but I am looking at Longboards. I'm in the market to seriously buy one. I have never been the skating type. Believe it or not, I'm actually a pretty straightedge type of guy. (What? Someone who blogs about business, trading, and entrepreneurship is a straightedge?

Yes, I admit it. A straightedge who wants a skateboard. A longboard to be exact. Yes, I do know that there is a difference between the two. As for the Surf One Robert August II... If you look at it though, it's not really a rebel skater kid type of design. It is classic looking, beautiful long board.

What a fitting and beautiful board this is, to be part of the Robert August franchise (produced by Surftech). Who is this Robert guy, and why do I keep mentioning his name a million times in this post?

Robert August is a legend. Born in 1965, he found most his influence on surfing world at large through his involvement in The Endless Summer, a famous surf documentary. The film is a Bruce Brown film, circa 1966. You probably recognize the iconic film poster, even if you are unfamiliar with the film itself. It can be found on T shirts, Posters, and merchandise everywhere. See image below.

Robert August was the son of another very well known surfer, Blackie August. Together this father and son duo helped perpetuate the popularity of the sport. You can also find boards stemming from this family. This longboard in particular has been influenced and accredited to the traditional style of these boards.

Why this one?

Aside from the beauty and style of this longboard, it comes with rave reviews from people who bought it. There are only four and five star ratings on Amazon's customer reviews. I've never seen a product where there are virtually no bad reviews. This item is it! The total package is beautiful and may end up being shipped to my home soon.

T Shirt|Monster Energy

2010 Monster Energy T Shirt!

Looks like there is a new Monster Energy T Shirt out there. It has the Monster "M" overlaid on the gray text background. The word "Energy" is in white font over footer of the gray text.

Looks like this on is coming from Rocky Mountain ATV. There are only 2 left in stock! So order fast.

Christmas wish list - Flat Screens

Dual Flat Screen Monitors For Trading!

If there is one thing that I want more than anything this holiday season, it would be two Acer V223, 22'' flat LCD monitors! Truth be told, I may end up just getting them for myself! Trading futures and options often involves looking at quote pages, studying charts, viewing the prices options are currently trading at, and in my case, using analytic software to spot trends and predict highs and lows. One good trade, and these monitors could practically pay for themselves!

As a result of all that flip-flopping, there is a lot of navigating between browsers and different programs. With one screen, I will sometimes have 10 to 12 individual browser tabs open, all at the same time. You can see how this compounds and can quickly become overwhelming. Working with two LCD flat screen monitors (hopefully three in the future) only makes sense.

My future plans also involve a couple retail based websites, as well as some online advertising. When building and testing, it is extremely useful to have a screen for coding and one for testing. Couple this all with a case for reserving space, and I can justify getting some flat screens! Just throw on some Multimon dual monitor task bar software, and I'd be set to go.

These screens are a bargain at under $140 each! For less than $280, I'm in business with two flat panel LCD monitors for my computer! Plus, Amazon has all kinds of crazy Christmas deals if you spend over $100, like free shipping! Along with that, this item includes some special offers and product promotions, in this case a free subscription to Wired magazine for a year! Simply getting of these bad boys is a good move.

NFL picks for week 15 and week 14

I am officially out of the NFL bonus pool as of Monday night. Thank you Arizona for choking. It is much appreciated.

My Week 15 NFL Picks (This Week)

• Indianapolis Colts Vs. Jacksonville (Indy to win)
• Dallas Cowboys Vs. New Orleans (Dallas to win)
• New England Patriots Vs. Buffalo Bills (Pats to win)
• Arizona Cardinals Vs. Detroit Lions (Cards to win)
• Miami Dolphins Vs. Tennessee (Tenn. to win)
• Cleveland Browns Vs. Kansas City (Cleveland... really?)
• Houston Vs. St. Louis Rams (Houston to win)
• Atlanta Falcons Vs. NY Jets (NY to win)
• San Francisco Vs. Philadelphia Eagles (Damn you SF)
• Green Bay Packers Vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (Packers to win)
• Chicago Bears Vs. Baltimore Ravens (Ravens to win)
• Cincinnati Bangles Vs. San Diego Chargers (Chargers to win)
• Oakland Raiders Vs. Denver Broncos (Ponies to win)
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers Vs. Seattle Sea Hawks (Water Cocks to win)
• Minnesota Vikings Vs. Carolina (Farve to win)
• NY Giants Vs. Washington (NY to win)

Last Week's NFL picks (week 14)

• Pittsburgh Steelers Vs. Cleveland Browns (Pittsburgh to win)
• New Orleans Saints Vs. Atlanta Falcons (Saints to win)
• Green Bay Packers Vs. Chicago Bears (Packers to win)
• St. Louis Rams Vs. Tennessee (Tenn. to win)
• Denver Broncos Vs. Indianapolis Colts (Broncs to win)
• Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City (KC to win)
• NY Jets Vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Jets to win)
• Miami Dolphins Vs. Jacksonville (Miami to win)
• Detroit Lions Vs. Baltimore Ravens (Ravens to win... what a blow out!)
• Seattle Sea Hawks Vs. Houston (Houston to win)
• Cincinnati Bangles Vs. Minnesota Vikings (Viking victory)
• Carolina Panthers Vs. New England (Patriots to win)
• Washington Red Skins Vs. Oakland Raiders (Oakland to win)
• San Diego Chargers Vs. Dallas Cowboys (Romo... you let me down)
• Philadelphia Eagles Vs. NY Giants (Eagles to win)
• Arizona Cardinals Vs. San Francisco 49ers (Noooooooooooo!)
  

Guest Post

Jack was kind enough to write a guest post. I also want to apologize, as it took me forever to respond. Please enjoy the article.

7 steps to find a great job

I ask primarily those who already have some experience and have managed to form an idea about what he wants to do more.

1) Make clear your goals and profile. This is the first thing to do, need to know exactly what to follow, has no sense to apply to all kinds of jobs at various companies in different industries, only becouse they offer car and service telephone .

2) Build up a CV - first read all the articles about CV, letters of intent and about job seeking (on this site and others) - can take up to 2-3 weeks you do a CV, but effort is worth - do not hesitate to adjust your CV and always ask for someone to read and give their opinion - in your CV write all relevant information on training, experience, skills and personality ( there is no problem if your CV stretches on page 2 or even 3) - when he exceeds a certain level is almost impossible to concentrate everything in one page) - do not lie, not exaggerate, but highlights all aspects that advantage you - use keywords typical to job and industry (according to your objectives and profile) - using short phrases, explicit (for forms you can inspire from company announcements, but be sure to match perfectly).

3) Apply to as many jobs - but only those who match the profile and objectives

4) Be confident and tenacious - perseverance always works.

5) Get ready for each interview - first read all the articles about interviews (on this site and others) - always inform you for each interview (search on internet information about the company, the industry about the type of job), - try to find the key elements of the company (keywords, relevant requirements, etc.) and search on the internet (search on google like''what is project management''or''what is purchasing '', etc.) - not just read on the monitor, print important information and read them in your free time (it is important to be familiar with terminology and basic principles, no matter what you gonna work) - get notes.

6) Go to all the interviews - at the interviews you will learn what gaps and strengths you have - if you go to many interviews and prepare for each, after a while you will accumulate several hundred pages of documentation, but you will find with pleasure that after several interviews you are perfectly prepared for any challenge.

7) In an interview be a "god" - you`ll never imagine what power have positive thinking - before you prepare to go on the interview say aloud ''Today history is written", "Today i`m a hero'' - but do not forget to be modest and to have the right attitude.

Good luck! Now you are the best candidate and will certainly get the dream job!

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Week 12 - NFL Picks

Thanksgiving Football

Thanksgiving has come and gone. Hope you guys all had a good one. I was extremely happy to see the Dallas Cowboys stomped Oakland. Although, I didn't have much doubt about that game. I didn't have a very good week as far as my picks went in week 12. My record for Thanksgiving was 10 wins, 6 losses. Here's the picks:

Thursday November 26

• Green Bay at Detroit (Green Bay Packers to win) Winning Pick
• Oakland at Dallas (Dallas Cowboys to win) Winning Pick
• NY Giants at Denver (NY Giants to win) Losing Pick

Sunday November 29

• Tampa Bay at Atlanta (Atlanta Falcons to win) Winning Pick
• Miami at Buffalo (Miami Dolphins to win) Losing Pick
• Cleveland at Cincinnati (Cincinnati Bangles to win) Winning Pick
• Arizona at Tennessee (Arizona Cardinals to win) Losing Pick
  
• Seattle at St. Louis (St. Louis Rams to win) Losing Pick
• Chicago at Minnesota (Minnesota Vikings to win) Winning Pick
• Carolina at NY Jets (NY Jets to win) Winning Pick
• Washington at Philadelphia (Philadelphia Eagles to win) Winning Pick
• Indianapolis at Houston (Indianapolis Colts to win) Winning Pick
• Kansas City at San Diego (Kansas City Chiefs to win) Losing Pick
• Jacksonville at San Francisco (Jacksonville Jaguars to win) Losing Pick
• Pittsburgh at Baltimore (Baltimore Ravens to win) Winning Pick
  

Monday November 30

• New England at New Orleans (New Orleans to win) Winning Pick

The VIP of week 12... No, the VIP of this season is Drew Brees. The Saints are just on a death march. Whoever stands in their way... are simply crushed. This is an amazing team this season. Drew Brees gets the plug for his NFL jersey below:

NFL Picks Week 11

Last week was not my proudest showing for my NFL picking prowess. I went 10-6! OUCH. Here's what my picks were.

WEEK 11 NFL Picks:

Thursday: Miami Dolphins Vs. Carolina (Miami win)
Sunday: Washington Vs. Dallas Cowboys (Cowboys win)
Cleveland Vs. Detroit (Detroit win)
San Francisco Vs. Green Bay (Green Bay Win)
Pittsburgh Vs. Kansas City (Pittsburgh Win)
Atlanta Vs. NY Giants (NY Win)
New Orleans Vs. Tampa Bay (New Orleans Win)
Buffalo Vs. Jacksonville (Jacksonville Win)
Indianapolis Vs. Baltimore (Indianapolis Win)
Seattle Sea Hawks Vs. Minnesota (Minnesota Win)
Arizona Vs. St. Louis (Arizona Win)
NY Jets Vs. New England (New England Win)
Cincinnati Vs. Oakland (Cincinnati Win)
San Diego Vs. Denver (San Diego Win)
Philadelphia Vs. Chicago (Philadelphia Win)
Monday Night: Tennessee Vs. Houston (Tennessee Win)

NFL Week 9

Pigskin

Here we are again, an NFL Sunday. I dropped my NFL picks off last night, and looks like I'm doing alright today. A lot of this year's crappy teams have byes today ( Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raiders, and St. Louis Rams). So I had some trouble deciding which game would be my NFL guarantee this week. I thought about going with the Detroit Lions (to lose), but the Seattle Sea Hawks haven't been playing well enough to bank on. We are talking about Money here! I ended up guaranteeing the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins game. Atlanta for the win. Currently they are in the second quarter, and the score is 14-0 ATL. So, I'm happy with that. We'll see what the day brings.

My NFL week 9 picks

• Washington @ Atlanta (Atlanta to win)
• Arizona @ Chicago (Arizona to win)
• Baltimore @ Cincinnati (Cincinnati to win)
• Houston @ Indianapolis (Indianapolis to win)
• Miami @ New England (New England to win)
• Green Bay @ Tampa Bay (Green Bay to win)
• Kansas City @ Jacksonville (Kansas City to Win)
• Detroit @ Seattle (Seattle to win)
• Carolina @New Orleans (New Orleans to win)
• San Diego @ NY Giants (San Diego to win)
• Tennessee @ San Francisco (San Francisco to win)
• Dallas @ Philadelphia (Dallas to win)
  

Monday Night

• Pittsburgh @ Denver (Pittsburgh to win)
  

Monday Night Total Pts: 45

Wal-Mart Battles Lables Over CD Prices

This is one of the those old papers I had lying around, that needs to be cleaned up. This is an old paper from my BA 101, class.

(Source: Warren Cohen. Oct. 28th, 2004 issue, Rolling Stone Magazine. Pg. 26-30)

I chose this article because this issue is going to have a major impact on future business, particularly the record industry. Currently Wal-Mart sells and often is willing to lose money on the Cd's they sell, they buy most hit Cd's for around $12 from distributors and sell them to their customers for $10. The mentality behind this is that the CD prices lure customers to the store, hoping they might also grab a boom box or DVD player while checking out the music deals.

Wal-Mart wants to keep selling their Cd's for less than $10- $9.72 to be exact, and wants the record industry and distributors to lower their selling prices to Wal-Mart. The record industry is irate over this matter, but almost forced to comply, due to Wal-Mart's effect on today's major albums. Wal-Mart currently sells an estimated one out of every five major-label albums, making it the biggest record selling store in the nation. It has so much power, industry insiders say; that what it chooses to stock can basically determine what becomes a hit. "If you don't have a Wal-Mart account, you probably won't have a major pop artist," said one label official.

If the music industry does not comply with Wal-Mart's request, Wal-Mart has threatened to remove record sales from its chain entirely. Wal-Mart can do this because record sales only account for two percent of Wal-Mart's total business, Wal-Mart wouldn't even feel the impact of discontinuing their in-store record sales.

I think this is an amazing ultimatum Wal-Mart has given, to uphold their motto of low prices, they truly do care about their customer base. (No thoughts from the author.)

NFL Week 8 Biztone Promotes!

Biztone Promotes New Orleans Saints Pierre Thomas Jersey!

Here we are, the NFL week 8 Monday night game. The New Orleans Saints vs. the Atlanta Falcons. What a game of athleticism! I'm serious, this is the kind of game I've been waiting for! What an insanely fun game it was to watch tonight.

You all know that I respect the best. Tonight, the honorary promotion goes to Pierre Thomas! This man was on fire tonight. The New Orleans Saints were the top rated, favorite tonight. Oh did they ever deliver! Although, not as easily as some might have thought. Pierre, you get the Biztone endorsement for the evening, and for a game well played here in the NFL week 8!

Other topic for week 8... Brett Farve! Back at Lambo Stadium! His ears very well may still be ringing from the boos he received when walking out on the field Sunday afternoon. I've got to admit, Farve is a class act. He composed himself and took it like a man.

What I think he should have done: If I were Brett Farve, I would have ran out with a giant Green Bay Packers flag flying. I would have stopped on the field and let the volume of boos increase. At the pinnacle of distaste from previous fans, I would have ripped the flag off the pole, held it high above my head, and tore that sucker in half. I'd let the lifeless halves fall to the ground, passing my giant ear-to-ear grin as they descended. Then for good measure, give the fabric a good stomp into the ground, and spit on it. I would then ask the water boy to run out into the crowd and collect the tears from all those cheese heads, to quench my inevitable thirst from the ass kicking I would later deliver to Green Bay on their home field.

FARVE! You are the man... I didn't count on promoting two jerseys tonight, but here is your promo: BUY FARVE'S JERSEY!