Bad bones, bad joints, bad muscles, bad tendons, rugged nerve endings...something is nasty and giving me reasons to want to carve out chunks of my body and discard them. I've had similar bouts before, every year or two, so I'm confident this one, too, will slowly fade and I will be relatively pain-free in a couple of weeks. In the interim, though, I'd be grateful for a supply of morphine if you can spare some. Damn, Alex is no longer a pharmacist! She would no doubt have refused me, anyway.
Aside from my rant on the personal hell of aging, there's not much going on in my world. Yesterday, I picked up my brother's 1995 Mercedes cabriolet from the garage, its hydraulic vacuum cylinders replaced and its nice convertible top now functioning. Temperatures in the 30s and rain make it unlikely I'll be driving it around with the top down anytime soon, though.
Recent attempts at getting new clients have been, thus far, unsuccessful. I've been increasingly selective about who I'm willing to prepare proposals for, which tends to reduce my chances of getting new business, but also tends to reduce the chances that I'll accept a client I'll loathe from day one.
Speaking of business and entrepreneurial endeavors (well, we were almost speaking of those things), I had a conversation with a guy last week who has a couple of side businesses, in addition to being an employee of a company that pays him regularly. One of those businesses is a catering business that focuses almost exclusively on Scout troops, elementary and middle school activities, and the like. When the parents decide that volunteers are not sufficiently dependable, he offers up his catering and is welcomed with open arms. He makes hot dogs, burgers, and other such stuff or, if he's tired and doesn't have the energy, he just buys pizzas and hands out slices. He says he makes, on average, between $200-$500 for each event, which typically requires about 3hours of his time. Not a bad little side business, eh? He says he normally does 1-3 events per month, but on some weekends he might have 2-3 going. I admire entrepreneurs (is that self-congratulatory, or what?), particularly the "little guy" who either supplements his or her regular income or who jumps in full-bore, trying to just make a living.
Another entrepreneur I know is devoting a lot of her time and energy to creating products that she can sell on the Internet. She beats the drum that "content is king," and has amassed an enormous volume of information that she is packaging and selling from various websites she has created. In fact, she has created an educational program, including 8 CDs, several worksbooks, etc., that explains exactly how to go about doing it; she charges about $500 for it. It will be interesting to see how that product goes.
Finally, here's a bit of utterly useless Internet crap, the results of a "personality test" that ostensibly reads my personality on the basis of which photo I selected as most appealing:
| Your Personality Profile |
 You are funky, outdoorsy, and down to earth. While you may not be a total hippie... You're definitely one of the most free spirited people around. You are very impulsive - every day is a new adventure. However, you do put some thought behind all your actions. Still, you do tend to shock and offend people from time to time! |
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