By Pete on Dec 9, 2009 in Bad Spending Habits, Featured | Post a comment
Here’s a fact: most advertisements are full of s@#t (some more than others [see pic])!

Whether it’s on TV in a 30-second spot in between your favorite show, or in the weekly circulars that are tucked inside of your Sunday newspaper, you almost have to know that some advertising company was paid big bucks to make you do or buy something that you wouldn’t do or buy otherwise (not with a clear mind I should clarify here). So my advice to you is this: take these lies with a grain of salt, while you quickly turn up your bulls@#t meter a few notches at the same time!
Throughout my short life, I’ve met plenty of people and companies who are full of absolute s@#t, AND plenty who are as sincere and genuine as they come. The tricky part then comes when this person or company insists they are one way (like wholesome and good for you) yet their actions depict them in an entirely different light. When this crap-talking session occurs, you’re nostrils should begin to flare up, and when they’re saying that they are a certain way, but nothing in their past reflects this claim then this would be the perfect time to walk away from this bulls@#t (I mean right now … while they’re trying hard to suck you in!). Continued
By Pete on Nov 26, 2009 in Life & Health | Post a comment

Here’s wishing your Thanksgiving is full of turkey, stuffing, parades, beers, football games, family, friends … and the list goes on and on (as long as it’s good stuff, that is … no family fighting or drinking and driving [note: that kind of stuff is for losers ... and you're no loser, winner])!
I’ll catch you back here on Monday (no review tomorrow … I’ll be enjoying all those things I just covered in the last paragraph) … enjoy the days off, and all the fun you’re bound to have! Happy Turkey Day!
By Pete on Nov 25, 2009 in Career, Featured, Life & Health | Post a comment
Reputation = the results of what you do, what you say, and what other people say about you.

From the very moment a person is targeted by their peers, his or her life will change whether they want it or not, or as a matter of fact: even if they believes in it or not themselves. It’s true … your reputation has everything to do with the immaterial, which is a more powerful equivalent of a scarlet letter sewed onto one’s clothes (you do know what this means right?). It is more powerful because it may not even be perceived by the individual to whom it sticks, and consequently it is out of the individual’s power to control and manipulate anyways.
Simply speaking, reputation is the sum of impressions held by others you come in contact with each day. In other words, reputation is in the “eyes of the beholder”. So, have people labeled you as something that you don’t like? Well then, there are some simple steps that you can take to aide you in correcting this problem: Continued
By Pete on Nov 23, 2009 in Career, Life & Health | Post a comment
“I just can’t do it … I tried it like a hundred times, but I always fail. I’m a loser baby, so why should I keep on going? People are laughing at me, but they don’t know how hard it is! I hate to give up, but I must! Man, I wish things could have been different, but when I really think about it, I always knew it was going to turn out this way! I knew it every since I was a kid. Well, it’s never going to happen for me … better GIVE UP now.” Ah, shut the hell up … you panty waste!
God, I hate people who talk like this … who give up at the first sign of trouble! Do you think we’d be here today if our founding fathers gave up so easily … just surrendered themselves to the British, I mean? And what about Henry Ford … do you seriously think we’d be where we are today without mass-produced, affordable transportation? No, we wouldn’t, if you were confused about that one! So why not do yourself a huge favor and drop all that loser talk right now … your job in life is far from done (I mean really far)! Continued
By Pete on Nov 17, 2009 in Bad Spending Habits, Frugal Living, Life & Health | Post a comment
Well folks, it’s that time of the year again …
There’s a little over a month to fill the “simple” requests from our children who are way too young to get the fact that Santa doesn’t really make those expensive toys they’re begging us for, or from our wives, husbands or family members who are old enough to know better, but still don’t seem to get “it”! Yes, welcome to America … a country that doesn’t care how much you make during the rest of the year, as long as you have enough dough in your pocket to blow it all the products the marketers and advertisers profess that you must buy to keep the peace!
Yet, the cold hard truth remains: You honestly don’t need this stuff … Jesus Christ himself didn’t have a Christmas tree, did he (probably because he wasn’t a 5th century German tribesman)? Really … at a time of mass lay-offs, a weak U.S. dollar and general uneasiness about our economic future, does spending hard-earned cash on shiny new (fill in this blank with whatever they’re begging you for) make any sense to you? God, I hope not! Seriously, how can anyone on a budget justify splurging on a 50” plasma TV or a $500 Coach purse when this country is in near financial ruins? Continued