Archive for April, 2008

Some one sent this to me and attributed it to the humorist Dave Barry… sounded funny enough to be his!
Dave Barry on the Economic Stimulus Package:
Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will
send to taxpayers.
Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.
Q. So the government […]

Do you say you spend 10 to 30 hours per week on marketing to find new customers?
Are some of your best prospects people who are moving into the area from “out of town”?
Do you want to meet a higher income clientele for your business and think corporate executives might be a good target market?
Would you […]

You may recall I asked for some help to send books to prisoners.
Well, I’m back in jail again!
This time it’s once weekly at a county jail doing job seeking workshops for a couple of hours and for the most part doing alot of computer familiarization.
Got any business start up books you want to share? (They […]

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There’s lots of good general information on the website, but here’s the burning question I think you really want to know:
Q: How do I find a telework job with the Federal Government?
A: The USAJOBS website lists all available Federal Government positions. Positions that may be telework eligible are not generally designated differently than other […]

Note: The editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal asked me to remove the content of this post, and I have done so at his request.
You may still be able to read the story at this link Poughkeepsie Journal

This is from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Richardson (R-Hiram), sent a memo to state House staffers Friday announcing a trial teleworking schedule over the summer. The House’s 120 secretaries, researchers and other staffers will work one day a week from home to save fuel.
Here’s my suggestion: Since most lawmakers never actually read any legislation they […]

From The Tennessean
As the average age of farmers hovers near 60, younger people in Tennessee have been signing on to farm apprenticeships, attending organic conferences and even enrolling in a young farmer program through the Tennessee Farm Bureau. While the federal government says 87,000 farms were lost from 1997 to 2002 — not just to […]

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Talk about “Public Domain Profits”!
From Yahoo Business
Philip M. Parker has generated more than 200,000 books, as an advanced search on Amazon.com under his publishing company shows, making him, in his own words, “the most published author in the history of the planet.” And he makes money doing it.
Among the books published under his name are […]