Posts Tagged In My Humble Opinion

Rest In Peace Jean Daum

Story from Winnipeg Sun reproduced at Battling-Cancer.com

I am an avid reader of Coffee News .. I read it every week since *AT LEAST* the Palatal Mongolian Stir Fry Restaurant opened up across the street a few years ago .. and periodically whenever I would stop inside Tim Horton’s to each lunch and enjoy an extra large coffee.

There are weird news .. (of which I probably read before on the internet - but, that never mattered) .. there are local community news .. there are horoscopes .. and jokes .. and quizes and advertisements! This Coffee News publication literally made it possible for people - like me - who wanted to enjoy their favorite food joint and coffee or donut place (ALONE) and not be embarrassed to eat there (ALONE) and forced to eat in their car from the drive-thru take-out window.

You don’t have to pretend to NOT watch people as they are sticking their forks in their teeth or picking their nose or have chocolate donut all over their face … You can just enjoy sipping your coffee and lunch or snack reading the Coffee News! Yep! It is nice to sip on a coffee and read the latest issue of Coffee News every week!

Jean Daum was truly an Entrepreneur .. and from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada! I was sad to read that she had passed away yesterday after battling with cancer for years.

My condolences to the family. Coffee News is a great legacy left to the communities of the world - i.m.h.o.

WHAT IS COFFEE NEWS?

Coffee News has the weeks funniest and most unusual news stories, jokes, trivia, amazing facts, horoscopes, lucky numbers and more. Everything in it is fun and entertaining - no bad news here. It is a very big breath of FRESH AIR to millions of readers whose only other source of news is bad or negative.

COFFEE NEWS IS POSITIVE. It provides the “other side of the news”, - something that makes people SMILE!

Coffee News originated in 1988 in Winnipeg, Manitoba (CAN) and is the brainchild of Jean Daum, an expert in, not only advertising itself, but in super learning and subliminal techniques as well — many of which she designed and researched herself to make Coffee News one of the most potent, yet affordable advertising publications ever produced.

Coffee News is a weekly publication delivered to restaurants, coffee shops and pubs that also serves the advertising needs of small businesses. It has been proven that people absorb more advertising messages before or during eating, as there is a need for mental input — food for thought– during this time period. Coffee News is designed to take full advantage of this fact.

SOURCE: Coffee News Net

HART (1-800-HART) Wants To Get Paid To Blog For A Year

Please Vote For Me!

* It’s an interesting concept ..

Glenda Watson Hyatt pointed me to this site during Open Mic Night last night.

I Would Like To Get Paid To Blog For A Year

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Heat Wave In Winnipeg Continues

It was 31c Thursday
It was 33c Friday
It was 36c Saturday
It was 37c Sunday
It was 36c Monday (yesterday)
It is 34c Tuesday (today)
It’s supposed to be 33c Wednesday (tomorrow)

humidex-20070724.jpg… then back to normal temperatures! I know there are many cities out there in the world that are having hotter temperatures than the above, but here the humidex is quite high. The Humidex (a Canadian Term) today is 43. What that means, is that given the heat and humidity outside .. it feels like 43 Celcius (or 109.5 Fahrenheit) when you are outside.

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1187 Emails Per Day - OK - Time for Plan Two

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Last Thursday, July 18, 2007 .. I received 1187 emails.

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My Firtht EVDO Bill hath arriveth

I received my first EVDO (MTS Mobility) statement today. It is for the period June 29, 2007 until August 7, 2007 - and geesh that screws me up. First of all, this bill was for $145.77 allocated as follows:

Activation Fee (Jun29) - $35.00
Service (Jun29-Jul07) - $34.00
Service (Jul08-Aug07) - $60.00 (discounted from $90 for next three months)
PST 7% and GST 6% - $16.77
>> Total $145.77

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My License Photo Card Arrived Today

In Manitoba, you are required to hold two parts for your driver’s license

* Part 1 - License Photo Card (renews every 4 years)
* Part 2 - Drivers’ License Certificate (renews every year)

Well .. this year I had to renew my photo once again .. in 2007. My last photo was taken in 2003, and the one before that 1999 and so on and so on. Maybe one day I will collect them all and put them in a separate gallery.

The picture on the top right of this sidebar is really my passport photo taken in the Fall of 1996 just before I went to Europe (UK and Sweden).

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1800HART around the ‘Net

Do you need to find me? Emailing me usually works best .. hart@[any of my domains] .. Toll-Free Fax Line 1-800-613-2087 would be your next best bet .. or you can find me on one of the following social sites and NUDGE,NUDGE me with a private comment or something .. I dunno, wut-eh-vrrrr ~~

SO: add me to your friend list, your contact list, your enemy list, spammer list, (wait - no, scratch that - please do NOT add me to any SPAMMER lists, thank-You) or even as your beneficiary to your estate!

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At The Beach Craft Sale: Will that be cash, cheque or did I say cash or cheque?

* Yup. Still at Victoria Beach

There was a craft sale today and naturally we had to go. I made a beeline for the gourmet food mix and meat spices, and my wife makes a beeline for the jewelry. Afterwards, we meet at the artists corner to browse the original artworks, prints and pictures that closely resemble a view from our lakefront cottage.

Well .. today there was a picture painted on our neighbor’s deck and the view could have been from our front deck .. we had to have it. But, I didn’t have enough cash on me.

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HBSMC Fee Review - 1st Half of 2007

[RAMBLING ON]

I was looking at my Year-To-Date (YTD) fees and invoices this year until the end of June 2007. Here is the breakdown of my billings to June 30th - by type:

16.57% - Monthly Bookkeeping and related services (EPD, PST, GST, etc)
63.57% - Year-Ends, Notice to Readers, Consultations, Systems and Training
>>> subtotal - 80.14%
19.86% - Personal Income Tax Preparation
>>> total - 100.00%
(before my online earnings)

My Thoughts - Tax Preparation

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What I Want For My Birthday

It’s 7/11 - That time of year again!

As I mentioned last year on my birthday .. I’ve been counting backwards every year since I turned 33 years of age .. and now I can proudly say that I am .. 22 years old today!

WooHoo! Pretty soon I’ll be a teenager once again! :D

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