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Information Ninja Blog

2008-01-02T15:29:00.000-08:00

The Information Ninja Blog is filled with great information on seo, building membership sites, and private label rights. Thats just a start. Updated every day, it is worth checking out to learn what is going on in the internet marketing world.

Honest Reviews

2007-12-29T20:29:00.000-08:00

You know what would be fresh? Honest reviews by someone that cares more about people
than promoting affiliate links. The Information Ninja has reviews for you. If he doesnt like it then dont buy it.

Information Addict?

2007-12-09T19:22:00.000-08:00

Information Addict?

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Coolest Canadian Puppy

2007-11-06T19:12:00.000-08:00

Its the coolest Canadian puppy. Isnt she just adorable?

Internet marketing videos

2007-11-06T19:04:00.000-08:00

Whoah! Free videos on list building how cool is that?

Responsive list - http://revver.com/watch/470948

Finding your list topic - http://revver.com/watch/470837

Tools you need - http://revver.com/watch/470887

creating a list using Awber - http://revver.com/watch/469495

landing page items 1 - http://revver.com/watch/470934

landing page items - http://revver.com/watch/470845

Newest website design editor

2007-08-01T21:05:00.000-07:00

This new website design editor is awesome:

My free website builder

The best part is that it is totally free.

Cool-stuff4u: Owned by graffiti

2007-07-10T18:20:00.000-07:00

Cool-stuff4u: Owned by graffiti

Funny site . check it out!

www.okanaganreuses.com

2007-07-10T17:36:00.000-07:00

This new online trading post for the okanogan reginonal district is a great way to trade, buy, or give away items.

If your item is less than $100 the service is free. So sign up and become a member, it doesnt cost you a thing.

Squidoo

2007-06-09T17:29:00.000-07:00

Squidoo is a great way to promote yourself or your product. First create your own lense. A lense is your page. commercial lenses are encouraged. You can also make money for yourself, or donate it to charity. Join Here: (click me!)

Make money working at home online

2007-06-07T19:02:00.000-07:00

Looking to make money at home working online? I recently discovered this program by Ewan Chia Personally I think it is the best affiliate program out their. If you are a newbie have no fear. Ewan chia explains it in layman terms anyone can understand. "You can start earning while you learn." It doesnt cost much for the basic system. He gives you the option of purchasing resale rights to the product as well. I would recommend getting these resale rights; It allows you to sell the product and keep 100% of the profits.

What if Mcdonalds rest. was a high paying job?

2007-03-10T19:52:00.000-08:00

I have a question my girlfriend and I almost came to blows about - Yeah we have some heated discussions and sometimes get annoyed and frustrated with each other but of course I still love her. She hates the mcdonalds company. She thinks it is a low class immoral embarrasing and wrong place for anyone to work at. Bit of background here: she is a vegitarian and into organics ect.

So..... She asked if i work at mcdonalds if they paid 15 dollars per hour. I Said or course i would - especially if my other option was a job for 8 bucks n hour.
She though i was nuts; That it was a undignified job and that if she had to choose between somewhere at 8 bucks and mcdonalds for 15 bucks she would not even consider working at mcdonalds. She wouldnt even consider it no matter what the wage. She also considers it a moral issue - you know cuz they kill all those cows and all that litter and stuff. We got alot deeper into it and discussed other things about jobs and personal morals and selling out- but i wont get into that.

I just want to know GIVEN A CHOICE BETWEEN MCDONALDS FOR 15$ PER HOUR AND

SAY A FANCY FAMILY RESTAURANT FOR 8$ PER HOUR WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

Unemployment VS Working

2007-03-08T19:19:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to add that if your on disability in Canada you receive $850 per mo. roughly. some people more. some people less. You are also allowed to earn up to 500$ per mo. Ok I think some people get less from disability maby 650$ per month, so i will use the low number. 650 plus 500 is how much i make working full tme. If i am sick, I dont get paid. I think people on disability need that money but my point is -

What is the motivation in working full time when you make the same as someone who doest have too? Shouldnt a working stiff make a little more?

When i get sick and miss work people on disability are making more than me. I know this because I have a few friends on it ( one gets $950 per mo.) and my mom is on it. Its sad, because my mom has more money than i do. This is partly because i have medication costs, and medical. If your on disability or welfare all your medical costs and prescriptions are covered.

My final bitch - Prescriptions: I have prescriptions that far exceed what i earn. I obviously dont fill them. They would probably total about $20,000 per year. I only spend about $1,000- It keeps me breathing at least.

Min wage in Canada

2007-03-08T18:38:00.000-08:00

If you live in BC then you know the min wage is crazy. The Canadian Government
really needs to think about it. It is 8.00 per hour. training wage is 6.50.

Now its awesome that the canadian economy is booming. There is more work around
than i have ever seen. Their is also a labour shortage. Employers cant find enough employees to fill the positions they need. I have seen signs on businesses saying
close due to lack of staff. These companys are making money. I see the profit reports and they are making millions, yet they say they cant pay more money.

Well thats obviously total bullshit. Some companys such as tim hortons and mcdonalds
have realized if they want staff they have to pay more; both these companys have raised their starting wage to $10 per hour. Why the Canadian govt. cant catch on is beyond me. Shocking statistic in Mexico per capita income is less than $6,800 US a year. Doesnt sound to great does it? In 2006 i made 12,000$ - but that is canadian funds and everything is much more expensive here. Of course Mexican Telephone operators probably only make 500 bucks a year. The $6,800 average includes the highest wages and the people who make nothing.

It is very difficult to live off of $8.50 per hour. with the economy kicking ass housing has skyrocketed it has triples within a couple years - yet min wage is the same. I Dont drink, I dont smoke, I dont do drugs - except for prescriptions to keep me alive total cost nearly 1000$ per year.

I think even $10 a hour these days is too low for min wage. its a start though.

Their are other jobs that really get paid shit- hospital positions where they are only making 15$ per hour. That is insane. My own personal beef - Excell agent sercvices. This is a telephone company that serves the united states, bermuda, puerto rico, and does internations calls. That is who you are talking to when you
call 411 for directory assistance. They have a call center here in Canada. The staff is paid a max amount of 9.00 $ per hour. you can earn bonuses, but the are
almost impossible to receive and are very low and hardly effect the wage. The average operator does 2-3 calls per min. I dont what you people in the states are paying each time you call 411 - I have heard it can be as much as 2$. so do the math:

4-6$ per minute times 60 minutes over 8 hrs per day = 1920$ to $2880 so the company is making roughly 2000 dollars per employee per day. The employee gets
about 50$. Need I say more?

Meanwhile, I dont drive,and i live like a monk. Something is wrong with that.

something terribly evil.

Hydroponic Growing

2007-03-03T20:06:00.000-08:00

Looking for hydroponics:

www.mymarijuanagarden.com

People in the biz:
BC Canada
Indica growing Co.

What would you do if you found 10 G ?

2007-02-06T22:13:00.000-08:00

A starving student in Halifax was shocked when he discovered a stack of 20 dollar bills the size of a loaf of bread. The 10,000 dollars was hardly visible beneath the shelving of a bank machine at Saint Mary's University. Jamie Hawkins 29, was overwhelmed when he discovered the money, and new he had to return it. "I was just so overwhelmed with the amount of money" Jamie said. "It just felt like the right thing to do to hand it over. I had this little voice inside of me that said, 'It's not yours. Hand it in.'"
The fat stack of cash was accidently left behind by security guards who had been refilling the machine. No word on weather Jamie will receive a reward, or if the guards will be disiplined.

If a blog is never read, does it exist?

2006-10-23T20:45:00.000-07:00

want to see a really good, emotional, heart wrenching movie? I recommend HUMAN TRAFFICING.

You know what else I liked; Hustle and Flow. Wicked movie.

So I started my training at excell. I can hardly call it a job. The pay is terrible, and i actually like
my job ( so far..)

I have been learning about internet marketing. Tried to set up a domain but it wouldnt except my postal code at one site and at another wouldnt take my credit card. Losing business from me
cuz of a internet glitch. The net is so young. Computers are so clumsy. Wait till the day when
programs mesh seamlessly. Dat ill be so dope.

Actually saw a home in summerland for lease to own. They want 300 g for it. I am going to phone them tomorrow.

my car is a piece of shit. I think I am gonna spent 500 and try to get it running for the winter (maby) . I hate having it just sit their. Once spring comes I am going to have my china enduro.

wazzup?

2006-09-04T00:40:00.000-07:00

I got my job back. They called me. Outta nowhere.

I Downloaded Mozzila composer. It took me 2 hrs. to figure it out. I was stumped on how to make a picture smaller. Finally figured it out.

I am going to buy a bunch of liquidated stock and sell it on ebay.

Thats it!

Murder Suicide

2006-08-29T21:42:00.000-07:00

The RCMP are investigating after two people were shot to death Tuesday afternoon at the Penticton Regional Hospital.

British Columbia's Interior Health Authority said the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide.

A 77-year-old man walked into the health care facility and shot his 80-year-old wife with a handgun before turning the weapon on himself, CBC News has learned.

Interior Health Authority CEO Murray Ramsden said the man had visited his wife daily since she was admitted several weeks ago and was well known to hospital staff.
He described the man and his wife as a "very kind, gentle older couple that appeared to be very close."

The woman was due to be transferred to a long-term care facility soon, Ramsden added.
The couple's names have not been released.

RCMP Cpl. Rick Dellebuur said the incident took place shortly after 1 p.m. PT.
Ramsden said a nurse had just left their room and was in the hallway when two gunshots were heard.

It is the third instance of violent death at a B.C. hospital in under four years.
A B.C. coroner's inquest was held after three killings at Mission Memorial Hospital in 2003.
Forty-one-year-old Sherry Heron and her 68-year-old mother, Anna Adams, were killed by Heron's estranged husband, who later committed suicide.
The inquest ultimately dealt more with issues surrounding police handling of domestic violence cases than with hospital security.
In April of this year, a 78-year-old hospital volunteer was beaten to death at the Campbell River Hospital.
Police said that Phyllis Hards, who had volunteered at the hospital for 20 years, was kicked in the head.
Dale Olvai Huttunen, 26, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with her death.

2006-08-27T17:03:00.000-07:00

Stephen & Susan CBC News Online
October 18, 2005The Stopwatch Gang, all Canadian, is still talked about 30 years after their bank robbing exploits, joining other renowned bad guys in books and in film and television dramas.Patrick (Paddy) Mitchell was the ringleader, operating with Stephen Reid and Lionel Wright.Reid and his cohorts got their name from the stopwatch he wore around his neck as they robbed banks all across North America. They made the FBI's most-wanted list.Among the gang's scores were the 1974 heist of six gold bars worth $700,000 from the Ottawa airport, the biggest bank job in San Diego history ($283,000 US) and about 100 other bank jobs from Seattle to Miami to Montreal, scooping up some $15 million.When Stephen Reid was robbing banks for a living, he took great care with the planning, timing and execution of each heist. There was always the chance of the unexpected, the bad-luck fluke, but good planning overcame most obstacles.He also took great care with the language when he robbed banks."My job was to make panic leave but fear stay," a bank-robbing character says in Jackrabbit Parole, the novel Reid wrote while doing time in Millhaven Penitentiary. The novel was autobiographical, it is likely that's how he conducted himself while robbing banks.The Jackrabbit Parole character once tried to be clever, saying things like, "OK, folks, imitate your favourite statue." This backfired when an elderly lady in the bank walked over and said, "Pardon me, young man. Would you mind repeating that?"Reid found it better to say, "Reach for the sky!" and "Stay where you are and nobody gets hurt." Reid tried to keep things calm by saying, "This won't take long, folks."It didn't take long, no more than two minutes, sometimes 90 seconds.Stephen Reid went straight for a while, then robbed a bank in Victoria in 1999 and is now back in jail. Mitchell is in Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas. Wright last was reported living in Kingston, Ont., working as an accountant for Corrections.Between heists, the Stopwatch Gang lived in a lavish cedar-and-glass home in the Arizona mountains. They explained their frequent absences to neighbours by saying they were concert promoters. A local sheriff used to invite Reid and his girlfriend over for an evening of bridge.They used guns, but they were known as considerate bandits because they were polite and orderly and never shot anyone.Violence wasn't Reid's style. That's what is surprising about the bank holdup in Victoria. Reid and Allan McCallum, 31, were accused of robbing a bank in Victoria, then firing at pursuing police officers. It wasn't out of character for Reid to rob banks, but it was to shoot at people. He faced 10 charges, including attempted murder, armed robbery and unlawful confinement.It appears Reid and McCallum encountered one of those bad-luck flukes: police happened near the bank investigating a troublesome panhandler. Police recovered the money from the car used in the escape. A SWAT team captured Reid after a five-hour standoff at the apartment of an elderly Victoria couple. Reid was found hiding in a foldout couch.Stephen had been working on building a new home on the Queen Charlotte Islands for his wife, the poet Susan Musgrave, and their two daughters. Musgrave says Stephen started with marijuana, then cocaine and heroin. She said when Stephen was trying to recover from his addiction, "friends" smuggled drugs to him in his hospital room. Liise McCallum says her husband had been doing well on a methadone program until he and Stephen began working on the new home.Susan fell in love with Stephen when she was editing his manuscript for Jackrabbit Parole. He was in prison at the time, serving a 14-year sentence for bank robbery. She asked him to marry her, which he did in 1986, the same year the novel was published.She had been married twice before, first to a lawyer, then to one of her husband's clients, a drug dealer who won an acquittal through her first husband's efforts.When Stephen was paroled in 1987, he and Susan set up a life for themselves on Vancouver Island. Reid often has been quoted as saying, "My criminal career ended the day I began writing."Susan and her friends are raising money for a defence fund for Stephen. She established a trust fund for this purpose at Pacific Coast Credit Union in Victoria, but the credit union later closed the account when executives realized what it was for.The decision to close the account came after an executive from the Bank of Montreal called the credit union to tell them that the trust account was to be used as a defence fund.At a trial in Victoria in November 1999, Reid pleaded guilty to bank robbery, but not guilty to charges of attempted murder. It was revealed during the trial that he and his partner fled the bank with $92,000. It was also revealed that Reid started taking heroin when he was 13 years old, and did drugs the day of the bank holdup. While fleeing police, Reid fired blasts from a sawed-off shotgun and a .44 magnum handgun.On Dec. 1, 1999, Judge Alan Filmer found Reid guilty of attempted murder. He was later sentenced to 18 years in prison.For years Mitchell was on top of the FBI's Most Wanted List. It was a single-handed robbery in Mississippi that was his downfall. Unlike the Stopwatch heists, it was sloppy, almost amateur. The police were waiting outside when he emerged from the bank. He was sentenced to 30 years and the United States has always refused to allow him to transfer to a Canadian prison.Paddy Mitchell has since written his own autobiography, The Bank Robber's Life, which he sells from behind bars via his own website.Reid isn't the first bank robber to gain a measure of celebrity writing books. In 1978, Roger Caron won a Governor General's Award for his book Go Boy! Caron wrote three more books, but is back behind bars after being convicted in 1993 of robbery, assault and taking a hostage.

recognize this car?

2006-08-27T16:55:00.000-07:00

correct me if I am wrong but isnt this car Susan Musgrave's, the poet who was married to Stephan Reid, the bank robber and author?

stopped at the border, again, in a different stolen car

2006-08-27T16:12:00.000-07:00

It had been a fun journey. My brother and I had been travelling the west coast of the United States. We camped in palm springs for a while, and then went to TJ Mexico. We left our wheels in San sidro California and walked across the border into mexico. We checked out the shops, and spent our money on leather jackets, gold plated silver, nunchucks, a swithchblade, and a butterfly knife. At one shop the clerk was drunk. He pulled out a box of dynamite, and offered to sell us some. We declined. He passed out in the store, leaving us to help ourselves to what ever we wanted.

Then, to our suprise, We saw a Canadian family from our home town that we knew. We hung out with them for the rest of the day. The daughter became friendly with my brother and offered to smuggle our weaponry into the United States for us. We duck taped our goods to ourselves and walked back to the american side. The Border guards check everyones I.D.'s. We were all from the same city in Canada, so it looked like we were all travelling together. They searched our friends dads bag, and waved the rest of us through.

We drove back to Canada, With our knives, and nunchuckas stashed in our dirty laundry. At the U.S./Canadian border they searched our entire vehical. The guard picked up our garbage bag of dirty laundry.
"whats in here?" he asked
"oh, thats our dirty laundry"
"well, no need to look in there"
That was it. Seems like I still had some lucky stars left.

Stopped at the border

2006-08-27T15:31:00.000-07:00

The border crossing from the U.S. into Canada was closed. It was late at night and I was travelling in a car stolen from L.A California. I wasnt ready to stop, and a closed border crosing wasnt going to stop me. Why would it? All you have to do is drive around it. No problem. I go for it. I only get a short distance, when the car starts to sink. What the hell? I am stuck. I get out of the vehical, and check out the situation. I guess they figured people might try to drive around the border, so they built a sand trap. I can hear the border guard dogs barking. I hang out for a while. The dogs never shut up and I wonder why nobody has come out of the border office to find out what is going on. God only knows why, but I hold my ground until dawn.

Finally, after hours of listening to the dogs bark, a uniform approaches me.
"What do you think your doing?" He asks
"I am just trying to get back into Canada." I say
" well, the border is closed, how come you didnt wait untill it opened?"
"I just didnt feel like waiting" was my reply
This chap didnt seem to concerned. He asked if I had bought anything in the U.S. and I told him no. Then he wanted to know what I was doing in the U.S. . I told him I just had my car painted. He seemed O.K. with this and told me to go check in with the American Authorities.

I walk over to the American office, and tell them what happened. They have a bloody cow. They tell me how this is a serious offense, and that I could be charged. It turns out I didnt make it to the canadian side so I didnt actually break any laws, and they let me go. Its odd though, nobody searched my vehical or my person, or checked my I.D. . Who hired these guys anyhow?

By now a train is stopped at my vehical. I talk to the conductor. He offers to pull me out, Hinting that I could pay him for this service. I tell him I am broke but he pulls my car out of the sand with his train anyways. After this rather surreal event, I continue on my way into Canada. As I drive I wonder how I managed to pull this off without getting arrested, detained, or even searched? I guess I was just lucky.

ripped this off of alex's mustard jar

2006-08-27T12:26:00.000-07:00

These are actual metaphors used by high-school students in essays.

1- Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had it's two sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master
2 - His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free
3 - He spoke with a wisdom that can only come fom experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes without a pinhole in it.
4 - She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was a room-temerature Canadian beef.
5 - She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
6 - Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever
7 - He was as tall as a 6'3" tree
8 - The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infedelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.
9 - The little boat gently floated across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't
10 - Mcbride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup
11 - From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another cityand Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30.
12 - Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
13 - The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease
14 - Long separated by cruel fate, the star-croossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:30 p.m. traveling at 55 m.p.h., the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 m.p.h
15 - They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrington's teeth
16 - John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met.
17 - He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River
18 - Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind like a steal trap, only one that had been out so long, it had rusted shut.
19 - Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.
20 - The plan was simple, like but brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.
21 - The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while
22 - He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical kind, either, but a duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
23 - The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like e dog at a fire hydrant.
24 - It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.
25 - He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.
26 - Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any pH cleaner.
27 - She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs.
28 - It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall

internet junkie

2006-08-26T21:19:00.000-07:00

I spend to much time on the internet. I went through information hoarding rather rapidly. Within a short period of time my computer was clogged with more info than any person needs to have. I solved this by erasing my hard drive. Now I just collect music. I Love music and at one point had thousands of songs downloaded from limewire. The music industry must hate me. F*ck em. What are they gonna do, take me to court. Go for it. I could use the entertainment.
I am unf*cking touchable. Mwa ha ha ha. I have no wealth, so as far as I can tell I cant be sued.
I dont pay for anything. My internet connection is over priced, so I am going to make sure I get my moneys worth. I stare at my computer screen. The internet has fried my brain. My head aches and my eyes water, but I keep on going. I dont even want to communicate any other way than over the internet. If somebody asks me about something I cant even respond anymore. If you want a answer your going to have to read my blog because I dont do well in person.

All the this time on the computer for what? I have acheived nothing. I wish I could find a internet guru to mentor me. I would like to make my internet time productive. I am wandering, lost and directionless amid a sea of information.

make money doing online surveys

2006-08-26T18:11:00.000-07:00

The internet is full of sites that claim you can make money by using their system. I have spent the last year looking into many of these companys. Each week I will report on what I have discovered. Today I am going to give you the low down on making money with online surveys.

If you have been looking for ways to make money on the internet you have probably heard about online surveys. These companys claim you can make anywhere from 5$ up to $50 completing surveys. Some companys want you to pay a registration fee in order to join. I am
warning you right now; Do Not send any of these companys money. If you are curious and want to do online surveys their are plenty of companys that will let you sign up for free. But let me save you some time. Dont bother. I set up a seperate email account and joined a bunch of these
survey companys. Some of them say you can make money by reading advertising, or emails, or whatever. The bottom line is that you won't make any money with any of these companys. What you will get is spam. Lots and lots of spam. In fact I checked my email today and had nearly 350 spam emails. These survey companys will sell your email address to anybody. Thats
how they make money. And you should hear some of the claims the emails make. If you believe what they are telling you then I have a great deal on a bridge for you. One I noticed said that 1,500 $ has already been deposited into my bank account. Uh huh, sure. So take my advice, save yourself time and money and ignore the hype. Your not going to make money reading emails in your spare time or completing online surveys.

Next week: Multi-level marketing companys

Remember: The truth is out their, and it is right here

Travelling In B.C. Canada

2006-08-21T18:47:00.000-07:00

If you are Travelling in B.C. Canada you really should'nt miss Penticton B.C.. It is beautifull here with lakes, and beaches at either end of the city. You can float from one beach to the other, down the Channel Parkway on innertubes, and get a ride back, courtesy of Coyote Cruises.

Each year all the hottest people party at the Bikini and Mr. Muscle Contest. This event is located on Skaha beach and includes a beer garden. Don't forget your g-string!

We host the Show N Shine At Slack Alices, where motorcyle enthusiast show off there awesome motorbikes.

Maby you prefer to pedal your bike, well you are in luck. Our ski hill, Apex Alpine, is open year around. You can take the lift to the top of the mountain and downhill down.

Penticton Also hosts the Subaru Iron Man Triathalon. This gruelling one day event includes a 3.8 k swim, a 180 k bike ride and a 42.2 k run.

We are also known for having the largest skateboard park in British Columbia. If you are a skateboarder you got to check this out.

Mountain climbing too! Yeah, Penticton offers alot to do. Skaha Bluffs is were its at for you rock climbers. You gotta love it.

So you just want to kick back and enjoy some wine? The Okanogan has some of the best wines in the world. We also brew beer. Where does it end?

Fruit trees are everywhere. Penticton as well as Naramata, Summerland, Peachland, Oliver, and ossoyoos produce all kinds of fruit. A juicy peach? Crisp apples? Mmmmm or my favorite Cherries. We got them all ..... and more!

Try to get here for the August long weekend. It is a Rock and Rollin Party, with plenty of action at the Element Nightclub, Night Moves Nightclub, and the Blue Mule Country Bar. What a Party!

Need a place to stay? Well you better book early. Penticton has campgrounds, hotels, and the
Penticton Lakeside Resort that includes the Barking Parrot Pub, and Patio overlooking Okanogan Lake. Did I mention the Casino? Yeah, we have one of those too.

So check it out, you will be glad you did.

Just another manic Monday

2006-08-21T07:08:00.000-07:00

Good Morning!

So I woke up at dawn and headed off to work to see if I could get my job back. The boss saw me
coming and met me at the gate.
"Hi Mike, I thought I would see if I could get my job back" I asked
He is shaking his head " You just walk off the job site because you were pissed off"
"No, I wasn't pissed off"
Rolling his eyes " I didn't even know you had left until the end of the day. You don't even tell me you were leaving. You leave, and tell 3 people your quitting"
"I figured you were going to fire me anyways"
"To tell you the truth I was going to lay you off at the end of the day, I'm sorry (said in that way that means he wasn't sorry) But ....Blah Blah Blah.
I Don't really care and say "No worries" as I leave.

As I am walking home I cut through the police station like I always do. A cop gets out of his car
"Can I help you" Meaning what the f ck you doing walking here?
I'm mellow and friendly "Just cutting through"
"well your not really allowed to walk through here"
"oh" like I care "sorry about that"
"thats o.k." gets back in his car

I'm not worried about being unemployed. Unemployment is something I have been preparing for my entire life. When I was growing up I kept hearing we were in a recession. My dad always worked and so did my mom when she was well. We were not poor, but I was under the impression that we were.

I was raised with a doomsday mentality. The world is coming to an end anyday now I was told. With the end of the world on the way I prepared my self to survive through the apocalypse. I looked for ways to earn money in case there were no jobs. I studied locksmithing, improvised explosives, Creating alternate Identities. Yes, I am a cynic, bordering on paranoia.

Self employment was a part of my life at a early age. As a youngster in school I would make leather jewelry. I set up shop on my desk at school to sell my wares. Like most kids I had a lemonade stand. I had a few paper routes that my younger brother did with me. These Routes were huge, and after I gave them up they were split up into a quarter of their original sizes.

My brother. He has been self employed most of his life. He used to sell pop out of his locker in high school. He owned a taxi company, a mobile beer vending company, a landscaping company, and a construction company. All of his businesses were very successful. All built upon his reputation and word of mouth.

Will I get my job back?

2006-08-20T20:02:00.000-07:00

On thursday I quit my job. My boss was pissed at me cuz I was out 3/8 of a inch on a wall. Wether I was or not is debatable. At the time I felt horrible cuz I f cked up. I figured I would end up getting fired anyways, so I quit. Turns out I didnt f ck up, and this wall turned out to be a nightmare that had nothing to do with my supposed f ck up. Tomorrow is monday, I am going to try to get my job back. Wish me luck.