What is hate? Is it a feeling, emotion or attitude? How does one arrive at a place of Hatred? Is it an event, a given day, a race, a state or country?

When you hear yourself say I hate them so much, what is your real point?

You hate them so much you could….. Kill, cripple, disfigure, destroy or eliminate? I doubt it.

I think that your “hate” is an emotion that you can’t describe in the moment and the only word that gets you close is “hate” but what do I know, I’m German.

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I’m not talking about the band, I’m talking about the New York Yankee’s.  I hate them!  Just like I hatted the Boston Celtics when I was a kid, I hate the Yankee’s

I only like the Asian dude who ripped Philly for 6 RBI’s.  Since this is the last year on his contract, he’ll leave for the big money and the Yankee’s will find someone to replace him which is code for they will write another big check.

Why The Hate?

1. Spike Lee
2. The Boss
3. The Boss Jr.

Even though I’m not a fan of Vince Mcmahon and I knew the XFL would die, I really did like the equal pay bonus for winning system.  The Yankee’s seem to buy their Championship every time.  Its hard for a working stiff to get excited about baseball when you hear some guy sign a 160 Million dollar contract while your on Government Cheese.

Hate me I don’t care but it’s true and they can do that because they have the money and small markets can’t.

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What happens to your spine when I mention the word M-O-V-E?   If your like most people you’ll have one of two responses.

1. MOVE = a new beginning, a fresh start, adventure, starting over etc.
2. MOVE = Again, stressed out, pissed off, angry, frustration etc.

I have neither response!  Why?  Experience

I’ve moved 12 times in the last 19 years.  That’s right TWELVE.

The reason I have been off the grid for the last couple of weeks is because I was MOVING again.

If you haven’t moved in the last 3 years, its time to put a sign in the yard, sell that old place and find yourself something new.  Not because you need a bigger place, I think everyone should move because you will be surprised at all the cool stuff you’ll find.  Stuff that you already own but never use.

Now that my move is officially over here is a list of 10 things I found and never knew I had. Oh and for the record, the move is over but the unpacking has just begun.

1. 9 computers
2. 3 pair of Levis (tags still on)
3. 4 drills
4. 11 shirts (tags still on)
5. 2 microwaves buried in storage
6. My marbles
7. 6 jackets
8. 5 crescent wrenches
9. 14 box of nails (fixing house lost inventory)
10. 3 TV’s

That’s just the top ten.  I also found a bunch of towels, stoneware, sheets, tables and chairs.  This was a really good move for the folks at Good Will; all totaled I took 7 truck loads of good stuff to them.

Here is the best part.  All of my friends, family and neighbors who offered to help.  Or maybe they just wanted to get rid of me and all my stuff.  Either way the world would be a much cooler place if more people offered up a little service to their fellow men and woman.

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About a week ago, I was having lunch with my mom and she was telling me about her life, travels and all of the things going on in her life.  I was sitting with her but my mind kept wandering.  It’t not that she’s boring it’s that I got a lot of stuff going on in my life right now.

As most moms would, mine sensed that I had wandered off mentally and as she put it “I made several attempts to get your attention but you never responded.”

You’ve been there.  It’s like a mental flat line.  You slip off into your world of things that need to be organized and things that need to get done that you tune out the rest of the world.

You live in a world of chaos!  You live in a world of a thousand things to do.

Tasks
Calenders
Meetings
Social Events
Charity Commitments
Book Signings
Public Appearances
Hockey Practice
Global Travel
Photo Shoots
Sporting Events
and on and on……….

My mom said “you have issues, your always thinking about your next thing.”  This is a true statement, I do and you’re probably the same way.

I wanted to give you a link to a FREE piece of software for mind mapping that has helped me organized some of my chaos.

I think you’ll find it helpful.    CLICK HERE

Oh and I still don’t have any MMS

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Do you remember this (click here)

Yesterday was a huge day and it took forever to end.  Remember when you were 7  years old and Christmas Eve was the longest day ever?  I do!  I was so excited for Santa Clause to come and it seemed like time stood still, that was me yesterday.

Why

Kimbo Slice – Fight Night

Last night was Slice’s much anticipated first fight on season 10 of the ultimate fighter.  The show, the media, even the voice over guy built this thing up like it was a FREE pay per view event and that’s pretty much how I prepared for it.

I sat in my favorite chair with my dark chocolate covered almonds.  I put the remote down, kicked my feet up, locked my door and turned my iphone to airplane mode.

Kimbo’s opponent was some guy named Roy “Big Country” whatever.  He was a former champion of something and he made me look like I was the new poster boy for NutiSystems.  That’s code for Roy not looking to good.”

I would summarize this fight as a waste.  I sent an invoice to the UFC and to Spike TV billing them for the 7 minutes and 30 seconds of wasted time.

Watching hair fall at a barber shop would have been more exciting or watching paint dry.  Sliced looked like an idiot and Big Country looked fat.  Big Country wins by TKO in the 2nd round and it was a horrible fight.

The cliff hanger -  UFC president Dana White assured us that Slice will be back.  The promo to the next fights all but guarantees that slice will be back and when he comes back I’ll be watching basket weaving on the discovery channel.

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I’ve owned a business or two in my day. Some I’ve mastered and some I’ve been the absolute worst operater on the globe.

Throughout my successes and failers I’ve learned a couple of things about business.

1- Pick up the phone when ever possible.

2- Communicate with your customers.

I talked with Apple and AT&T yesterday, a call that I had to make both times about this whole MMS mess and I learned a couple of things.

AT&T’s “flawless” launch wasn’t so flawless. From the mouth of their own people, AT&T said that the 3G network failed 20 minutes after they launch their MMS last Friday. Customers with 3GS phones had MMS delays but not a total crash like the 3G owners.

AT&T decided not to tell those effected, they hoped they could resolve the problem before guys like me could make it global.

I’m not pissed that it failed, to be honest, I expected some sort of problem. What I’m pissed about is the lack of communication about what was going on. I was then left playing mind games with myself about whether or not I even signed up for unlimited texting or did I fail to pay my $145.00 per phone bill.

I know for a fact that if you will communicate with your customers they won’t leave you because you talked with them. In actuality, they will be more loyal because business communication is so rare.

You have to be honest though. You can’t say some items on back order when it isn’t.

Try a test, try picking up the phone whenever possible and communicating honestly with your customers, you’ll be suprised what happens.

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Look at the date and time of this text message. Look at the top of the photo it’s still sending.

It’s now been more than 24 hours after AT&T gave the MMS ok, myself and alot of others are still getting errors.

Here is a post from my friend Julie from The Gadgeteer.

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Dear AT&T

It’s now 6:40 PM MST and I would like to thank you for providing me the MMS for my iPhone.

I was just curious if you can find it in your hearts to make the Damn thing work?

Every entry has “failed” and when I “try again,” it comes back “failed.”

For months I have tried to defend you while the masses were giddy about booooossssst mobile, I stood up for you and said “there service may cost $145.00 a month per phone but they’re worth it and when the MMS comes on line they will be even better. I was wrong.

The guy down the hall in my building came by to show me his MMS. He was even nice enough to try and give me a demo but you know what happened next.  Click Here For Details

Sincerely

Inmate #4789450

What kind of a day is it going to be?

Well, if your and iphone owner and you woke up to your MMS working, you’re probably going to have a pretty good day.  If your MMS is not working, then your going to need a Vodka Redbull to cope. Why, because some time in the next few minutes one of your friend or coworkers is going to invade your space inside your professional workstation and attempt to give you an MMS tutorial and the fact that theirs works and yours doesn’t is going to make you boil inside.

DAY DREAM…… Maybe I should show old bob here my brand new shoes and when he bends over to get a better look, I’ll drive my knee right threw the middle of his face.  Does that constitute a hostile work environment?  AND WE’RE BACK

AT&T said they expect “some glitches” and some of their customers will not have MMS for “a while.”

That would explain the Vodka Redbull; so the day dream doesn’t actually happen.

I wrote this a 8:00 PM on Sept 24, 2009.  In twelve hours I will be up and in front of my iphone to see if my MMS is working.  You wanna guess what the out come will be?

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About a month ago my Board of Realtors was kind enough to send me a letter informing me that “they” would be changing our lockbox and key system again.

For those keeping score at home this would be the second time in three years.  Myself and 4500 other realtors pay dues to our board and they in turn make stupid decisions that only benefit themselves.  It’s like paying your employees to keep their jobs only to have your employees kick you in the nuts every morning before you get to your desk.

In an era of financial woes, mortgage crisis and real estate market implosions; you’d think that the association that I prop up every month financially with of my dues payment would take better care of me.

That’s a thought for rational thinkers like you.  My board of realtors is not a rational thinking organization.  They are grossly arrogant creatures who waste my time and steal my money.

I am very comfortable fighting buyers and sellers, bankers, lawyers and title companies but I’m not comfortable fighting my own board of realtors.

These are mostly salaried people who have never spent a day grinding out cold calls or spent their last dime on an ad hoping to get that listing sold.  They’ve never thrown on the coveralls and pulled an all nighter painting an entire house.  They sit in cubicles and stare off into megapixel computer monitors hoping that 5:00 PM get here soon so they can waddle outside and climb into the car that I provide them and head home to their warm meals and LCD televisions.

At night when they’re alone with themselves and they close their eyes and the demons come, their pea shaped brain dreams of new ways to screw me out of more money.

The next time you buying with me and I get you 160K of instant equity take the time to rejoice, acknowledge my work, praise my name and let me enjoy my commission. The next time you sell with me and I get you market price for your crappy ass house with rotten wood, stupid floor plan, small lot, broken windows, terrible curb appeal and over grown landscaping, don’t nickel and dime me on my fees. Why?  Because most of what I earned goes to my board of Realtors.