Monthly Archive for January, 2008

Eons.com Jumps the Shark

Published on January 31, 2008 in Blogging, Entertainment and Technology. 4 Comments

A boomer targeted website is going down the tubes.

Jeff Taylor who started Monster is behind EONS. Now it looks as though he is 1 for 2 because I just can’t see them hanging on in this space (no pun intended.)

Savvy Boomer did a great job tracking them from the very beginning and has some breathtaking charts of the heights Eons rose to and then tumbled from.

As you can imagine, they were very well funded. When it’s all said and done, probably $50 million will be pissed away on the venture.

The site was pretty clunky as I pointed out soon after their launch. It didn’t improve enough for me to spend time there. The blogging portion was woefully lacking in features and ability to browse. Their ranking (they called them Booms! – clever) system never did much either.

Listen and you can hear the death rattle.

I think I’ll mosey over and post this there too.

:-)

This Month’s Best Headline

Published on January 31, 2008 in Writing. 8 Comments

With Trends Like These Who Needs Enemas?

You know how 10-year-old boys have competitions to see who can come up with the grossest thing? Well, watch and learn, kids.

Tune in tomorrow when I reveal the five grossest things I will do.

Making the Comittment to Go Green As Long As I Can

Published on January 31, 2008 in Advertising, M & Ms and Shopping. 13 Comments Tags: .

With the help of my two good friends: the CVS manager and MyGoodCents I am going green.

Lady Green M & M Candy

First, MyGoodCents is a CVS shopping expert. She gets armloads of stuff for just nickels. I really enjoy her “found money” posts.

I went into CVS and picked up a large bag of M&M’s and took them to the counter to pay. The manager was working and he said he had a better deal for me.  I knew I could count on him, because on another day, when I was after drugs with no M&M’s on my mind, he told me they were on sale.

Today, he said if I bought the green only M&M’s, $3.49, I  would get $3 in CVS bucks.

Done, and done.

Not only did I get the $3 from M&M’s I got another $1.50 in CVS bucks.

Going green is working out very well for me.

The Best Deal In The State Shouldn’t Be So Low

Published on January 31, 2008 in Baby Boomer, Empty Nesters, Money and Technology. 7 Comments Tags: , , .

State government needs some advice from the CEO of a really good retail store. While lawmakers fumble around deciding which tax to raise on who and for how long – or which program to cut by how much and for how long, they are sitting on a gold mine.

The CEO could advise them on pricing strategies.

This new source revenue is desired – strongly desired – by 99.9% of the citizens. It’s a program that is already in place that people are willing paying for. When they don’t have it, it is a real hardship.

Yet, no politician has figured out there are vast un-tapped revenues that could be acquired with the stroke of a bureaucrats pen and a few computer key strokes.

Driver’s license fees.

I got my driver’s license renewed a month ago (and a month late) and the fee was $20 for the next four years.

What a deal.

The CEO of a retail company would laugh if someone came to her with such a proposal.

But how stupid that the state doesn’t charge me $20 a year, yes even $100 a year.  Would I pay? Of course I would. You expect me to walk to the end of the drive to get the newspaper and the mail?

“Boo-hoo, hardship.” Ah, crybabies. Take a look at your expiration date. You have that long to save/earn/borrow from Check Advance $400.

I bet some commenters will be flabbergasted at how low our license fees are.

Yup, I even surprise myself sometimes with these ideas.

I Never Dreamed I Would Be Memed

Published on January 31, 2008 in Baby Boomer and Blogging. 9 Comments Tags: , , .

Thanks to Grandma Henke, I get to share with you

“blog about five things in my life that I never dreamed, when I was 25, would be in my life now”.

I think a revealing part of her post was that she tagged sister who doesn’t have a blog! I guess she has to write it out longhand and send it to five friends?

This is a tough one for me. I can’t remember what I did yesterday, let alone what I thought when I was 25 years old.

I’m going to avoid the whole technology deal, because nobody would have figured the internets would come along. Here goes – things I never dreamed would be in my life:

  • Four dogs. I have always been a dog lover. We have always owned dogs, even when I was growing up and while our kids were growing up, and even after they left. But how did I end up with four?
  • A hemi. Hemi’s are a powerful engine and usually only put in great big Chryslers or muscle cars. Mine is in a Dodge Magnum station wagon. It’s cool.
  • Kentuckians. Kentucky was a pass through state on the way to Florida. Southern Kentucky is a real garden spot. I love it here.
  • Oh, of course! African-american and woman having a shot at presidency. How cool is that really! In one generation, actually less than that. This is a monumental shift.
  • So far away from retirement. Sixty-five was pretty usual back in the day. That’s not even close in my case.

Kristen loves memes.

I don’t know if Polly does.

I haven’t heard from Micki in ages.

I think Angela and Hope have croaked.