ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS
2014
“You Should Always Have a Sense of Humor, Especially When You Next Look at a Pumpkin” I guess they do things a little different in Georgia (Only Kidding). Police work can be entertaining as well as dangerous. A female sheriff's deputy arrested Patrick Lawrence, a 22 year old white male, who...
10/31/2014
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“The Gift of Family” It was my daughter’s birthday on the 28th and she was very specific as to what she wanted for her birthday. She wanted to spend part of the day with her sister Dava, Gail and myself She wanted to go to a corn maze and play. This one had 2.2 miles of trails. This is someth...
10/30/2014
“I Never Realized Our President was such a Good Negotiator” Lars has to be pretty well connected, my calls never went through. President Barack Obama was in the Oval Office when his telephone rang. "Hello, President Obama," a heavily accented Norwegian voice said. "'Dis here is Lars, over h...
10/30/2014
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“Do Your Current Clients Use the Internet?” Part One: I am always amazed how many of my current clients say they saw one of my blogs. Each time that tells me, I want to keep myself in front of them, all the time. I hadn’t really given this any thought until this past weekend. One of my p...
10/29/2014
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“Being a Rainmaker Pays Dividends” Whenever I get an email that comes through Activerain, it always brings a smile. Most of the time, the emails come from other rainers, but when I get one AR email that comes from the public, that is extra special. I have had more of them lately. Janet sent m...
10/29/2014
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“I Wasn’t Able to Get These Folks a Mortgage” I wish I was successful 100% of the time, that will never happen, but I will always give 100% effort. It was rewarding to receive the email below for the folks I couldn’t get a mortgage for. It made me feel a little better. DEAR JOE, BOB AND I...
10/28/2014
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“You Better Know ALL the Details Before You Ask” A Texan walked into a barbershop, sat on the barber's chair and announced, "I'll have a shave and a shoe shine." The barber (using a straight razor, by the way) began to lather his face, while a woman with the most beautiful "cleavage" that...
10/28/2014
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“Mortgage Brokers Under Attack Again?” I used to love to hear how the mortgage broker community caused the housing crash a few years ago. I love how much power we have or wish we had. This topic has been brought up to me many times and I would always ask if mortgage brokers created the loan pro...
10/27/2014
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“A Delicate Corporate Matter” It sure does pay to be a good soldier in Corporate America. All of the ten senior members of the Board of Directors of the company were called into the chairman's office one by one until only Bob, the junior member, was left sitting outside. Finally it was ...
10/27/2014
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“Evil Exploiting the Internet” Where is the internet police? The internet is the vehicle used by groups like ISIS to enroll their future recruits. How is their not some system in place to immediately remove propaganda that encourages the destruction of you, me and all of mankind that doesn...
10/26/2014