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My mom just kind of laughed at me when I told her about the bank loan. Go figure - don't know why I allowed myself to get my hopes up.
Whatever. Hopefully, I can figure out a Plan B.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! :-) I feel like wasting some time now.

You Are Barney
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Blah. I am not enjoying the business-plan-writing. Mostly I just copied and pasted Jessica's plan. But I wanted to add some of my own stuff, and I have to fix some of the numbers. The numbers are the worst part. And we're not even talking about the REAL number stuff - that, Jessica got someone at the local small biz center to forecast for her. It's ( Read more... )

I had a nice long talk with Jessica at the bookstore today. I really think its going to work out. I was at the bookstore for 4 hours! We talked about everything - the stock, the magazines, things that she wanted to do or would do if she could start over or had more time. She's meeting with her banker on Monday, then I'll see her after work. She's ( Read more... )

You know those "Darwin Awards," given to people who kill themselves by doing amazingly stupid things? Or those "News of the Weird" stories about people doing stupid things (but not stupid enough to kill themselves)? They're hilarious, but they really make you wonder how the human race ever got to where it is now. And I tend to have a pretty low ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I've been on LJ! Hi friends ( Read more... )

PS - Remember all that road construction going on at my house? (ok, i only mentioned it twice here... but I certainly remember it!) Well, they *FINALLY* laid the asphalt down today and finished it. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!! Sweet Jesus, how long does it take to pave a road?! Seriously!

This is GOOD NEWS!! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061011/ap_on_bi_ge/pet_cloningRead more... )

My parents are in Chicago this weekend, for a big peace rally in Oak Park. My dad was also hoping to meet Edwin Eisendrath, who almost beat Blago in the primary (he DID get the majority of votes in some areas, like Champaign!) I don't know what the story is - this trip was just planned on Tuesday or so. He was also hoping to meet Rev. James Meeks, ( Read more... )

Check this out - http://www.grist.org/comments/dispatches/2006/08/30/mckibben/index.html?source=weeklyRead more... )