Crystal Clear

Chow first-then Talk Story

IMG00366.jpg, originally uploaded by CrystalClear.

at the Hawaii Tweet Up and Flickr meet. Ate then played for long time in the waves - then talked more story! We had a great time. Reminds me of my old LA Auggie Mommy Days.... ok posts will probably be increasing.

Hap pea Birthday to Nethan!

Hap pea Birthday, originally uploaded by Clodders.

Hard to believe Nethan is 5 years old on Friday but indeed this is the last day he will ever be 4 years old...Check out some of the other veggy photos from Clodders as well as her other work too... I am getting closer to ordering that camera but until then... enjoying all the fine photos on the web

Success - deMotivational Poster

Success - deMotivational Poster, originally uploaded by ACME-Nollmeyer.

Me thinks this is easier for those who sell used cars- Very clever idea and execution too!

Here Today...Gone to Maui

Well not quite yet... but  I always loved that little saying... For those of you looking for information and links regarding Maui condo rentals, head on over. My next getaway with or without the boys to Maui will definitely start with a visit to Hawaiian beach rentals.
On a side  note, my cousin Jennifer, her son Jordan, and her new beau are headed over here to Hawaii this summer and I am sending them the link too. If you can't wait to hear their review of the site just take a look at the pictures and the rates of Maui condo rentals provided on the site. There is a whole range of options....Crystal Clear sure to please everyone no matter their budget!

Mozy On Over to Online Backup

I am excited to share Mozy Unlimited  remote Backup for $4.95/Month!Crystal Clear  , Mozy is the best remote backup service available and they even offer 2GB of backup for free. I am using Mozy to backup all the files on my computer including all my photos, music, video, and financial documents.

For those of you like myself always on the look out for a great affiliate program, sign up right here with Mozy. I understand they have excellent conversion rates to both their free and pay services and the commissions are really good.

 

FREE Life Coach Services

This is MOI: FREE Life Coach Services.
Posted it in Hawaii but the offer is global! I am serious about this. Email me if interested and please feel free to spread the news... There are only 3 spots left!

UK Mobile Phones

As I mentioned a few posts back, the marketplace for mobile phones and plans is highly competitive. Fortunately for UK mobile phone users there is Mobile360.

The site has an amazing ability to compare deals amongst all the leading UK mobile phone retailers. They also have some fantastic deals which I am not quite certain we have available here in the USA such as 12 month free line rental deals. All in all they are a one stop shop for the needs of UK mobile phone users wanting to buy online and who are Crystal Clear they want the absolute cheapest deals on all the latest mobile phones.

What You Doing Here?

Aloha! This is to let you know this blog is in process of being transferred over to Crystal Clear ...i also have a more substantive post about Terri Schiavo and a gross misrepresentation in the press... So come on over and NO it doesn't have my snazzy new design but hey... I am writing there and wanting you over there!

Free Cell Phones with New Cell Phone Plans - Compare Wireless Carriers and Phones - Verizon Wireless, Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint, Nextel, Alltel & more

Sooner or later you are probably going to need to compare Wireless carriers and phones. The constant changing of the marketplace with regards to not only phones but plans for differing levels of usage leaves many people just staying with their carrier at the end of their contract term. What a shame.
    With the changes a few years back which means you can take your cell phone number with you and sites such as Wirefly that provide  the awesome ability to compare everyone including Verizon, Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint, Nextel and Altell, go ahead and look forward to shopping for your new FREE phone with a plan. Crystal Clear there is nothing to lose as they have a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Taking it to a New Home

Seems quite a while in the coming and considering I have on more than one occassion seriously contemplated shutting this blog down..but I am excited to say I have commissioned Blogs Gone Wild! to come  up with a new blog design for  me and my new domain over at  Crystal Clear. Yep I have jumped all the way to crystalclearblog dot com!  This is exciting for me and I am still a bit nervous as to what it will mean as far as links and stuff like that and google page ranking  but I have a  feeling the requirements for  paying opportunities are going to be heading more that way than  sub domains like this one on typepad.com . Typepad has been awesome to me but I wanted  to be able to have a wordpress design... I know I know  she might have been able to  do  a design on typepad but there was a chance it wouldn't work... so there is also the  switch to wordpress for me too. I have used it and am familiar with it but  just never as comfortable as I am with typepad. So check back soon!  This one will be switched to a  free account or downgraded depending on what it means for the other crystal clear  empire of blogs!

Crystal Clear the Game!

So where did the time go? Well it went to some trainings and a freak happening in the rain that left a  tree better off than the left side of my car and then there was that darn Tsunami watch . Erring on the silly side of caution (since Crystal Clear it never arrived) I decided if it was going to hit  at like 12:30 I would rather just drive away right then and watch it from the condo in Waikiki then to have a siren go off and try to high tail it out of here... We are walking distance to the beach and in an evacuation zone. So time has also been spent with the boys doing some puzzles. We discovered Nethan has an amazing knack for them and so Bryceton and I have also been doing some more challenging puzzles with Nethan nearby. In that mode let me show you I learned of a game called Crystal Clear over at Jay is Games and here is a link to the game Crystal Clear. Other things are picking up and I am quite busy in a very very good way. This week's vlog entry was going to be about what I know and understand about Tsunamis but hey...it has become more clear to me over the past week with virtually no computer that I do much better with more sleep and less computer...

Fun as a Tourist

So there are times like this weekend where it is to just pretend to be a tourist and really soak up all the great stuff here in Hawaii and not get caught up in the same old stuff to keep up with life such as laundry and grocery shopping. Thus this Sunday night we have no milk and no real food at least fresh to speak of and yet we had a great weekend. Saturday we went with my parents to Haleiwa Joe's which is just fantastic. Haleiwa is the cutest little town and just fun. We love the Coconut Shrimp there and the place is a mini vacation. We didn't stop there though, today we went to the Aloha Swapmeet which is held at the stadium. We haven't been in a while and there is always a lot to say about the swapmeet. This time I decided to put together some pics I took ( mediocre snapshots but hey I am trying to find my mojo again!) and here it is for you to see!

eXactly When is Soon for eXlinks?

This whole web 2.0 makes strange sense to me and if you have any doubts about where it is heading or you just want to make sure you hedge your bets, trust me and click on the link and sign up. They have been in prelaunch for a few months but the hubbub seems to feel it is right around the corner. According to their very brief and mysterious website it is "the ultimate,exponential link-swapping, site exploding system" Signing up now is promised to bring extra goodies. It is free and it can't hurt so sign on up!

Another Opportunity for Money from Home

Although the hype is you can Opinion Square is actually an opportunity to make some easy extra cash from home as well. You complete the easy sign up which is FREE by the way and fill out a profile and then opportunities come to your email box. There is never any obligation to fill out the surveys but they are usually easy and not very time-consuming. I would personally appreciate you just even signing up even if you don't fill out any surveys as I will generate a commission just for you signing up. Every little penny helps when you live in Hawaii and don't forget those pennies can end up generating quite a large  sum if you invest them correctly.

What A Comedy

According to this from the American Board of Trial Advocates in their National Jury Summit to Address Threats to Jury System:

The Hon. George Greer of the Pinellas County/Pasco County (Florida) Circuit Court will address judicial independence and the civil jury system. He will discuss how the Terri Schiavo case and other recent events impact and damage the civil jury system in America.

In my humble opinion and with some facts thrown in, that man has done more to undermine the entire judicial system than anyone else in my lifetime I can think of at the moment. For example:

According to court records, from 1994 until May, 2004, Greer's decisions outside the Schiavo case were appealed 32 times. The 2nd DCA dismissed the petitions for appeal without rendering a decision in three of cases but of the 29 cases in which it did render a decision, the lower court decision of George Greer was reversed 22 times.

And of course how can we ever forget his moonlighting on the Pro-death circuit? THAT is just of course another way he continues to thumb his nose at all of us who believe Judges should uphold the canons and at least have the semblance or ethical judgement and behaviors.

As usual June over at North County Gazette has an awesome commentary.

Explosive Rates of Return

It takes a few seconds to let the banner run but look at those rates of return. Clicking on it will take you to a free e-book. Here is an example from Peter Leeds on  Buying Penny Stocks

Two Ways to Enter Your Trades: Computer or Telephone

So, you have decided that you want to buy some shares of ABC.   You need to know the following details for your order to proceed:

1. The ticker symbol of the stock.

(In this case, ABC). You may also need to know the name of the   company, which is ABC Corporation for the purposes of our example.

2. The market which the stock is trading on.

In our example, we will say that ABC trades on the AMEX.

3. The number of shares you want to buy.

This is referred to as 'volume' of shares. We will say that   you have $3,500 in available cash in your trading account, but only want to   spend about $1,500 on this stock. The most recent trading price was around $0.50   per share.

Thus, you would probably want to order 3,000 shares (which would   total $1,500 before commissions, assuming you bought at $0.50).

4. Market or Limit price?

Be sure to review his full description of the types   of trade orders.

If you choose market, you do not know what price you will pay   for shares, but you will be assured that the trade will go through.

Alternatively, you can set a limit price. I will say $0.60 for   our example, meaning that you will pay $0.60 or less for each share.

If there is insufficient selling below that price you may wind   up getting none or only a fraction of the shares you wanted. You feel that ABC   has good daily trading volume, and since your order is small, and your limit   price is a 20% premium to the last traded price, you feel confident that your   order will be filled.

As well, when you got a recent quote on ABC you saw that there   were 9.0 lots for sale at $0.50, which equals 9,000 shares currently being offered   at $0.50.

In that scenario, your limit order to buy 3,000 shares at $0.60   would result in a purchase of 3,000 shares at $0.50.

5. Decide on the duration of your order.

Market orders do not require a duration, because since you are   willing to take the best available price, your order will be instantly filled   when it hits the trading floor.

Limit orders do require a duration, and you will get an additional   brokerage commission every day that a part of that order gets filled. To buy   3,000 ABC over 3 days (assuming you only got 1,000 each day at your limit price)   would triple your total commission cost. You decide that you want to guarantee   to only pay one commission, so you make the order good for the day. This is   called a 'day order.'

You can also choose to keep the order open for days or weeks   at a time.

6. Total Cost

Know the total costs you would have to pay. Take into account   commissions.

You are now ready to enter your order to buy 3,000 ABC shares   on the AMEX at $0.60, good for the day.

We highly recommend that if you have the option, do your very   first trade order on the phone with a live broker. Even though most brokerages   will charge a slightly higher commission for this service, they will catch any   errors you might have made, and can answer any questions. As well, some brokers   will even be able to tell you if your order was filled (for market orders only)   while you wait right there on the phone.

Tell them that it is your first order, and they will most likely   be extra helpful.

Open Order:

Until your order expires (at the end of the duration you have   set), or is filled (3,000 shares of ABC have been bought), your order is considered   'open.'

Monitor your open orders. You should be able to check these   quite  if you have an online brokerage account. Watch to see how many   shares you have gotten and what price you paid.

If at the end of the trading day you have acquired 2,500 of   3,000 shares, and your order was good for two days, you may want to cancel the   rest of the 500 that the order calls for. This will help you avoid paying a   second commission, in case the other 500 get bought the next day.

Did you find this article interesting?- please visit www.peterleeds.com   for more info

 

Lend Me a Loan

Nah just joshing. Remember that from Strunk & White as a way to remember the difference between lend and loans?

You don't loan a book and you don't loan a lend. You lend a book as well as  personal loans or secured loans .  If you are a UK resident or know someone who is, check out the links. There you will not be surprised to find an online guide for personal loans.

The site is loaded as would be expected with a great deal of information about the different types of loans and the caveats you would be well advised to heed. And hey- don't consider my post a loan...consider it a gift... After all I am such a giver!

Posties Carnival

So what a  brilliant idea! Wish I had thought of it... but hey at least I can participate! The scope and breadth of Pay Per Post is truly growing. Although there are some frustrating elements such as being limited to only 2 posts per blog per day... and the number of higher paying opportunities isn't fantastic... Let's be serious... it keeps me blogging! I have unfortunately taken to writing more personal information, thoughts, and feelings elsewhere...why unfortunately??? Well there was something in the beginning of blogging and being "discovered" on Blog Explosion that was really valdiating and fun and creative. I felt free to say and write what I felt and thought and believed.

Now being in Hawaii ,an extremely small rock, ... and knowing my family knows of my blog... well it is definitely stifling... There are things about things in Hawaii that I know about and observe that need blogging and talking about... Not necessarily bad, just was good to have a space to vent and write about stuff. However, I am not willing to be that voice now when I have  a life here and need to work and live... Nope. I miss it but then again... making some money is very very fun and justifies writing doesn't it? So  things  I feel safe about will be blogged about.. Things a bit more risky ...well  let's say I have learned my lesson and you can know the deets in  private email! 

Show Me the HP Camera & Printer!

So my closest friends over at PPP </suck up> are teasing all of us posties with the awesome new 6 megapixel digital cameras and photo printers from their dear friends at HP they have to give away to posties with the best sob stories.  I am supposed to tell them why I want a new digital camera and photo printer and I could be next!

Although Ted and his dedicated Postie Squad love the crazy stuff, I am going to go for the reality of this situation. I not only want an awesome HP 6 megapixel digital camera, I NEED one. Here is how I see it and how it all links in with my undying appreciation and dedication to PPP and the difference they are making in my life and the lives of my sons.

My pay per post income is being used to supplement my PT job and to help pay for Bryceton's braces. He now has the spacer thing-a-ma-jig in his gorgeous little mouth and so if I receive the awesome 6 megapixel digital camera from HP:

• I will be able to take a picture of the braces that my work with PayPerPost is helping pay for!
  • posting pics of the spacer will serve to increase Bryceton's self-esteem and he will adore getting comments from readers
    • I mean come on... help a young boy's self-esteem!

Ok let's also look at the reality which is I live in Hawaii. I live in Hawaii and it is January and winter  weather for many readers and for Ted and the Postie Squad.

• They could use this as an excuse should they or HP wanna come on over to the Islands to hand me my new camera (Did I mention it is 6 megapixel?) I'll buy the first round of Mai Tais and provide all the sunscreen they may need
• And thereafter I will have the awesome camera to take and post pics of HAWAII!!!

Also the sad reality is, I have somehow misplaced/lost my regular puny 3 megapixel digital camera since our move around Halloween. I have borrowed my parent's camera and they are being patient but their camera is for snapshots...not for capturing the beauty of Hawaii and the beauty I see in my wonderful and handsome sons. I need this 6 megapixel camera and I need it badly... And you know you want me to have it...So whaddaya think? Good enough post to get the HP 6 megapixel digital camera?
This post was proudly and gratefully brought to you by HP.

Just When You Start to Wonder.. again...

The past few weeks or so have seen my traffic numbers drop amazingly low. I knew I had lost a great deal of traffic for various reasons but I have honestly kept it up for the Pay Per Post opportunities. Money is a serious motivator but then with the holidays and less time I even dropped off for a week from those. I have thought about dropping the whole thing and then just happened to check my sitemeter stats which I hardly do anymore since most of the hits are from search engines. Well boy talk about blushing... look at this over on PayPerPost.com ::  A couple favorites..... I am seriously blushing and although I did not get paid for the referred post, I would have blogged about it regardless and left it. And to hear someone likes my blog PERIOD.... Wow... definitely enough to keep me going even if there are a few of you who care about my blog and what I says matters... Definitely will keep blogging... just gotta also figure out how to move onwards too with a Vlog or podcast... Oh and that other thing... MONEY....