Monday, July 2, 2007

Umm... Wasn't There A Blog Here That, Like, Posted Stuff?

For those of you who were wondering if this blog (and/or I) are dead...

This blog definitely isn't. My existence is more questionable, but steadily improving. I can't pretend this is going to be coherent, having just worked 32 hours of overtime in 4 days to churn out 2 annual reports and 2 proposals (I'd say, over 600 hundred pages of formatted, proofed, edited, reedited, re-reedited, re-proofed, re-what the fuck is wrong with this header?, re-WHY WON'T IT ALL FIT ON ONE PAGE?, re-re-re-WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY??????? text).

So last night (Sunday), I got home from work at 3 a.m., hopped up on a pot of coffee I drank at 1 a.m. (pretty much entirely by myself in under 20 minutes), I found myself watching an infomercial entitled Russ Dalbey's Winning in the Cash Flow Business. I became obsessed with figuring out how this get-rich-quick scheme was a scam. No, seriously OBSESSED--ask anyone I talked to today and trust me, they've heard this already (and those of you reading this now, go ahead, shake your head and laugh... or, more accurately, shake your head an call a local mental-health provider because seriously? seriously! she's bringing it up again).



So the 3 easy steps to make money, according to Russ, are to 1)Find "notes" 2)Post these notes online on his webpage 3)Wait for your check to come in the mail.

You don't need education, money, talent--hell, you don't even need to know how to read as long as someone can read it to you!

The notes were ever-so-briefly described as "IOU" notes between lenders and sellers in the real estate business, the point apparently being--and super circumspectly explained--as having something to do with connecting sellers with buyers, which allows people to opt for quick cash payouts instead of prolonged (though higher) payments over time.

So go to the site, or better yet, watch E! at 4 a.m. on a Sunday night and post in the comments what you think the hell is going on with this "Cash Flow Business" scam. And maybe one day--when I have more hours of sleep under my belt than cups of coffee consumed--I'll get over trying to figure out the "mystery" of the cash flow business.

I'm off of work for the next week (and taking an impromptu trip down to Florida to celebrate my independence from workoholism) and me and Mr. Francis Ford Coppola Pinot Noir are working on my coffee/stress/insomnia problem currently. So you can expect more (posts, coherency) from DivMo--your favorite little blog that could--in the near future.

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