2 Million Dollar Bills

I don’t think their can be many people  who are blogging and haven’t heard of Darren Rowse of Problogger; he has one of the most well-known and popular blogs in the world. Out of the millions of blogs out there, it is one of the better ones and I occasionally pay it a visit myself.

Whilst doing a Google search I came across a catchy title, How To Become a Famous Blogger, I thought that sounds interesting and its on Problogger, so I thought why not have a look at what one of the most famous bloggers is saying. I thought he must be offering some unique and well written information, which  will be of great help to all those wannabe’s out there, who are blogging in the vain hope of becoming famous

Wow, I clicked on the link and I was speechless, it was unbelievable; it was totally amazing, it was total CRAP!  It’s a badly drawn cartoon and a few words of wisdom! This is the secret of how do it! Darren means by saying this, that he can basically put anything of little or know value on his blog and get thousands of hits, and almost 50 adoring comments from I want to become a top blogger by riding on his shirt tail.

It makes a mockery of all the up and coming bloggers out there, who are writing fairly decent articles and are struggling to get people to leave comments or click on there revenue adds.

I’m off to get a pencil and piece of paper; lets see what crappy little cartoon I can draw up over the next few minutes! Dam, I’m stuck I cant come up with a catch little title, ah well, never mind, I will leave it to Problogger to continue with the groundbreaking artwork!

I will give you something Daren Rowse failed to do and that is some real advice, on how to become a famous blogger. Do a streak across centre court at Wimbledon with your blog name on your back; there is some awesome advice for you.

You can find the most  amazing little cartoons on how to become a famous blogger,  at Problogger….How to Become a Famous Blogger

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The toughest most brutal sport in the world is undoubtedly boxing, admittedly MMA isn’t far behind it. Over the years there have been boxers whom I feel deserve the status of legend.  So instead of voicing my opinion in the bar, I will do it online to save a bar room brawl from erupting.

These are boxers who I feel were true warriors, they wouldn’t avoid anyone, and above all else they were entertainers.

Marvelous Marvin Hagler - The greatest middle weight champion ever, always in fantastic shape, and robbed in his last fight when they gave the belt to Leonard.

Roberto Duran Hands of Stone - He was world champion at four different weights. One of the best lightweight boxers of all time, if not the best.

Muhammad Ali - 3 time heavyweight champion of the world, the best heavyweight boxer of all time. A true legend.

Rocky Marciano - remains the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire having won every fight in his professional career. He won 43 of his 49 fights by knockout.  A great record that  will take some beating.

Mike Tyson - In his early days when he was training properly and had the right people behind him, he was simply awesome. But it was only a mtter of time till the booze and crazy living ruined him. If it wasn’t for the 3 years he was made to go to prison for something whick  he was most probably innocnent of. We would have seen so much more from him.

Sugar Ray Leonard - Olympic gold medallist and former world champion at multiple weights. Unfortunately like many great boxing champions Leonard didn’t know when to quit. Unbelievable hand speed and all round great boxer.

Julio Cesar Chavez - Mexican who held world titles at 3 different weight classes,  he fought and beat some of the best boxers of his time.

Floyd Mayweather Jr - Probably the best pound for pound boxer in the world at the present time, I don’t think anyone can touch him at the moment, very skilful boxer.

Sugar Ray Robinson - 5 time middleweight champion of the world, quite simply one of the greatest and best boxers of all time

Joe Calzaghe - he is currently the longest reigning title holder in any weight class in boxing, recently passing the ten year mark as the WBO super middleweight champion. I feel when he beats Bernard  Hopkins he will finally receive the recongntion that he deserves.

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 I’m not sure when President Bush first appointed himself as sheriff of the world and the USA as the police force of the world. Or should I say the parts of the world that are of benefit to their own interests. Who gave him the sliver badge? Or maybe he just found it in his cereal packet one morning? 

If President Bush was around in the olden times of the wild west when Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James or Billy the Kid were around, I’m certain he would have been run out of town, or if he was unlucky, swinging from a rope. There is something about those old days of cowboys and Indians that I find so appealing.

Why is it that George Bush and his Government preach to the world that they are the guardians of the free world and democracy. They are going to make sure that the world is a safe place to live in; they are going to sort out those evil dictators and outlaw nations. But we all know that its only countries that provide some sort of benefit to the USA that are of any real interest to them.

If Iraq had been some little African country without the oil, are we honestly meant to believe that the conflict, which was created in Iraq, would have happened? NO WAY IT WOULD HAVE! We just have to look around and see the various African Nations that are controlled by some crazy lunatic that has no value for human life. Places like Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau, I doubt if Bush or his Government are even aware that these countries even exist. Can sheriff bush send out this posse to lend a helping hand, don’t be silly; they haven’t got anything of value for the USA.

As my Americans friends will tell you, I’m in no way anti American; I have travelled to the USA in the past and love the American way of life, and I was looking forward to do so again. That is until Sheriff Bush decided that it’s going to be a good idea for all tourists who arrive at airports in the USA that they will have to  give fingerprints of all 10 digits. Land of the Free, or should I say land of the fingerprints! 

Hey George I’m sure that this big brother like procedure will make the USA the safest country in the world. Not really, Washington Dulles the first airport to adopt these procedures, failed miserable, airport security staff were unable to spot bombs and explosives in recent tests. Good job guys, you cant find test bombs, but your great at taking fingerprints.

Until sheriff George Bush is run out of town, I think I will be  heading to a more civilised county for  my holidays. I have just booked my summer holiday to Russia, you don’t have to queue  up for 4 hours to get into the country, you don’t have to have your fingerprints taken, you don’t have to be subjected to being  treated like you’re a potenial terroist.

I’m sure Sheriff George Bush and his FBI friends would love to throw me in jail for my free speech. I better make sure I improve my home security!

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What a day, Friday the 29^th of March 2007 was, it is a day that had me coming into direct contact with so many different aspects of human nature? Some of them were good experiences and some of them not so good, one minute I’m cussing the world, the next it isn’t such a bad place after all.  This is my story of how 4 people and 4 different situations effected my day.

The Good

Well the good one is my wife, I had at some moment in time stashed away £200 in a safe place, which I had totally forgotten about and for reasons that I cant quite, remember. She had been doing a bit of spring-cleaning and came across the money stashed in my sunglasses case. She handed me the money and said, “you forgot about this”. It was a good surprise to find that money and good that she gave it back to me.

The Sweet

Whilst driving along the road I noticed a pretty young lady patiently waiting at a zebra crossing so she could get across the road. I done what drivers are meant to do, I showed a bit of courtesy and stopped, she give a big sweet smile, waved her hand and said thank you. It’s amazing how the simplest gestures can make you feel good about life.

The Ugly

I was walking along the road heading to my favourite local bakery, to get my Friday treat of some Aberdeen Rowies, when 2 of the ugliest people in the world, {3 if you include their dog} were walking along the road arguing with each other, drinking WKD and letting the dog crap all over the pavement. I thought to myself where are those great public servants they call community police officers when they are needed, {probably hiding round the corner till the coast is clear}.

The Crook

A few weeks ago I had the misfortune of crashing into a Chinese woman driver, It happened like this, I was driving along a main road, she approached from a side road, she stopped at the give way sign like your meant to do, but she only stopped for 1 second and then pulled straight out in front of me when I was about 5 feet away from her. Luckily one of us was alert and I managed to do an emergency stop, which I was proud of, because of my awareness and good driving skills I very gently crashed into the side of her car. We got out  of our cars, she apologised for not concentrating etc She said she would forward her insurance details on to me.

Her insurance details finally arrived today, only 3 weeks after the incident took place; I also had to send her two letters asking why she hadn’t forwarded me her details.   I phoned up her insurance company to find out what the procedure was for claiming for the damage to my car. 

You guessed it! The crook claims its all my fault for crashing into her, maybe in China it works like that, but you’re in the UK now. It gets even better! I go and phone my insurance company and get some robot in a call centre in India, asking me why it isn’t my fault, they had her version of the crash, bearing in mind that they haven’t even asked me any details about the accident yet.  Things get better when I get to talk to a real person in the UK instead of a computer like Indian.

It was an interesting day, which had a happy ending because I had saved a couple of rowies from earlier, which I toasted and then ate with a chilled bottle of  Indian beer called Cobra, before I went to bed.

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