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2009
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Even though I am a magician and am always busy during the Holiday's I have never figured out why. Maybe it is just because there are Holiday parties and the event planners want something different. At the end of 1999 going into 2000 I did 38 magic shows during the month of December. One Saturday ...
11/30/2009
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I don't know if it is true or not but my first Psychology professor used to say that "feeling follows action". When I took the Dale Carnegie Course we used to shout, "ACT ENTHUSIASTIC AND YOU WILL BE ENTHUSIASTIC"....William James taught that action precedes feelings. So to feel successful and ha...
11/30/2009
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For the Thanksgiving Holiday I have been visiting northern Colorado. Being from the Bay Area in California, I am blown away at the cost of homes. We enjoyed Thanksgiving Day in a home that is valued just around $1,000,000. In my neck of the woods this home goes $6M to $8M. The price difference is...
11/28/2009
A friend got me into Facebook and Twitter. And from there I am a "DJ" on www.blip.fm. I like the DJ part and love listening to the song I enjoy but I attached the blip to Twitter and Facebook without knowing that each time I blipped a song, which sometimes I would blip 20 or more a day, that it s...
11/25/2009
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My grandson has to have a medical treatment called IVIG every month. He goes to the hospital and the nurses put a needle in his arm and there is an intravenous procedure. He has had this procedure his entire 7 year life but it is still frightening. Some brilliant person developed a play kit. Ther...
11/24/2009
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In the movie American Beauty the Realtor lady did an open house and she was doing affirmation after affirmation while she was setting up for an open house. later that day she was seen laying on the bed crying. Sometimes affirmations can't be forced immediately. I can remember feeling out of plac...
11/24/2009
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You have not been past due with your mortgage - we can't help youYou are past due-- We can't help youYou don't earn enough- we can't help youYou earn too much- we can't help youYou have too much equity - we can't help youYou don't have enough equity - we can't help youYour credit has gone bad- we...
11/23/2009
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Just got a call from a distressed homeowner in Florida. She is getting a divorce and has been out of work for most of the past year. She has tried to get BoA to help her this past year with a modification. They would not. For a year she called and begged and tried to get them to help. Finally she...
11/23/2009
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This will be unpopular but I really don't like today's music. I seem to be stuck in the 70's and 80's and I like it- I choose it. Last night some music awards were on TV and flipping thru I told my wife, "I don't like this." I am sure there is tremendous talent there but I still prefer melody lin...
11/23/2009
Last year I took on some Loan Modification work for clients. Now that the process is getting easier I am down to my last client. Of course, they would have 6 more properties for me to work on. This past year I worked on 11 Modifications and I am so glad that I did not take on more. To me this ent...
11/22/2009
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