Archive for March, 2010

March is a decent month

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

The first week of March went very well in my stores.  The second week sort of died and then the last two weeks have picked up alot.  With just under 100 orders, it has been a good month for what generally is a slow time of year.  Last year I ...

US Postal Service – Why I hate big businesses

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Every week on the Undercover Boss the CEO always ends up saying how he's lost touch with people and how his policies are hurting rather than helping.  The USPS is another great example of this. I print out my shipping labels at night and drop the packages off in the morning ...

How Do I Pay For New Shoes?

Friday, March 12th, 2010

About 7 months ago I bought some new shoes.   I paid $85 for a pair. I've been happy with them but I need to get a new pair. I didn't want to pay another $85 for them, so this is what I did... I made a site about my shoes.  ...

Mt. Kilimanjaro Video

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

I finally finished editting my videos of the Mt. Kilimanjaro climb. The video below is a Summit on the Summit Trailer Video. I do find it amusing how they manage to add so much drama into the trailer. "It could get so cold that it would freeze your corneas." ...

New Stores

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

The hardest part of opening a new store for me is naming the store.  These days, coming up with a cool name is only step 1.  Step 2 is checking the domain name availability.  Step 3 is checking for a trademark and Step 4 is checking on the origin of ...