Just for Fun Sunday…

My father sent me this earlier in the week and I only now got around to opening and reading it. The caption above the image reads:

Halloween Is Going to Suck This Year!!!

He also wrote (on 10/3/08):

WILL SOMEONE STAND UP AND BE COUNTED?

At age 76, I was born during the Great Depression and it may well be that I will die within a depression that may be even greater. (more…)

UPDATE: Sunday morning – keep in mind this guy is only talking about $85B while the government is proposing a $700B bailout!

Okay, now just as a whim a good friend of ours sent this email along. It may have started out as a joke, but it’s anything but.

This actually MAKES SENSE – a hell of a lot more sense then anything I’ve heard our government talking about doing.

See what you think – U.S. or not…?! (more…)

Today, while reading my horoscope in a really oddball local magazine, I was struck by how much this particular one makes sense. Here’s what it said:

“The composer Stravinsky had written a new piece with a difficult violin passage,” writes Thomas Powers, quoted in the book Sunbeams. “After it had been in rehearsal several weeks, the solo violinist came to Stravinsky and said he was sorry, he had tried his best, the passage was too difficult, no violinist could play it. Stravinsky said, ‘I understand that. What I am after is the sound of someone trying to play it!’”

It goes on to inform me to keep this message close to the heart in the coming week in order to have “the proper perspective as you go about the work of doing the best you can, at a task that is virtually impossible to perfect.”

Now doesn’t that sound exactly like internet marketing?!

We each do our very best with the methodology at hand, but never do any of us truly “perfect the art” because the art of being online is so fluid.

However, it’s not in the getting it perfect where we succeed, it is in the trying and applying where we shine.

We’ve known our share of online entrepreneurs who take a direct course of action and willingly try their hand at all new proposals (or revisit “old” ones to fine tune them). Conversely, we’re also familiar with some would-be online business people who seem too shy to get out there and give it a go.

Maybe what holds some back is that feeling of “I won’t get it right.” There is no getting it wrong (other than blatant spamming of course). The beauty is in the doing!

Keep this message in mind as you go about your week (each week!) and put yourself out there! Meet other people in the social communities, write that article you’ve been putting off and post it in Hubpages and article directories! You can do it!

Here’s to sweet music to you in all your endeavors!

In today’s news, Google, Inc., has concerns about Microsofts proposed $42 billion acquisition of Yahoo and not for the reasons you would think. Google realizes there is more to this deal as it pertains to the worldwide internet search market. If Yahoo and Microsoft merge it would only account for 16% of the search engine market (which is no comparision for the 62% that Google holds). Google, Inc., opposition to the acquisition lays in the fact that Microsoft may try to incorporate the advanced online services Yahoo has developed into their Windows operating system setup; guiding new PC owners towards the services such as email and instant messaging. This move could stifle the innovations of other companies including Google.

Although Yahoo is currently reviewing the offer with their Board, most analysts believe there is little choice with its stock price near a 4 year low. The fact that Microsoft bid 62% above the market value of Yahoo indicates to some that this is a hostile bid. Most analysts doubt any other company will be able to top Microsoft’s offer.If Yahoo accepts, then both the U.S. and Europe antitrust regulators will need to review and approve the proposal, a process that could take up to a year. During that time Google may be able to setup plans for counteractive measures and better prepare for the merger.

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