Monday, May 31, 2004

Excedrin Hard On

I get a lot of tension head aches because I'm a mad mad man. The urban myth I'd like to start is that the caffeine in the Excedrin after it helps to get rid of your headache fast, it gets a man's blood flowing giving him an Excedrin Hard On. Never again will a headache be synonymous with "not tonight dear" - instead my wife and I have had our best sex on nights after I have taken Excedrin. Why take crazy pharmaceuticals that are so expensive when Excedrin is easily bought in any supermarket or pharmacy? I only take one because I do not get a lot of caffeine during my day, I don't drink coffee or tea, but I do have a daily Red Bull. So there you have it, this is my piece of folklore I'm adding to the world's list of aphrodisiacs. This may not work on everyone the way it does with me because I don't have as much caffeine in my system as the average coffee drinker. But I tell you, if firmer longer lasting erections sounds like fun to you, give it a go. As long as you are not allergic to aspirin you should be fine. Excedrin just may become "poor man's viagra". Remember I'm not a doctor, I'm an on line personality, and none of these statements have been evaluated by the FDA. Let me know if you have any luck with this formula for a good time.

Thursday, May 27, 2004

Waiting for Costanza

Every day at 7:30 PM and 11:00 PM I watch Seinfeld, but here at my house when the show is on and I'm still in my little office working away, my wife will call up, "Costanza!" so that I do not miss my favorite little break of the day. It doesn't matter to me which Costanza it is either, the whole family cracks me up. I love how George always creates his own personal hell no matter what comes his way. He's a great example of what not to become. I think he's the most stressed character on TV. Clease of Faulty Towers is the second most stressed character on TV, and they are both hilarious to me. I think the amusement comes from the strange human trait to enjoy anything as long as someone else is more uncomfortable. Our competitive nature is amused by another's downfall. There's not a big difference between tragedy and comedy.

Is this thing working?

So many bugs to work out when setting up a new blog. The creative choices are so limitless. I've never had my very own blogger account, so I wanted to give it a run. My original intensions for the Stress Free Diet was to be a kind of self help book to help people think of creative ways to work stress out of their life. I know too well what it's like to be over stressed, so I thought I was an expert in the field. I found that I was more of an expert on stress than ways to avoid it, as I never seemed to take my own advice. I could talk to anyone about any life situation and have something positive to say, or offer a plan of action to help them come out of the situation, but as helpful as I may be for these people, I still have a hard time applying my knowledge for my own use. I think it's a shame that people are often the last to see the humor in their own tragedy.

A Rat's Ass

Many times I have stated that I do not give a rat's ass. Although I have never known anyone to either give or receive a rat's ass, I
still enjoy using this saying from time to time. It just feels so good to say.

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

The phone wins

I have had a constant battle with my home phone, and I have to admit that the phone has won. I was one of the first people to sign up for the "Do Not Call" list, and I have taken the time to be removed from "curtesey calls" our credit cards and other services automaticaly sign us up for, but I still get calls at all hours of the day. I work a lot at nights, and I hate being woken up after 4 hours sleep about a pleasure vacation in Northern California, all I have to do is enjoy a 4 hour presentation on a time share and it's an all expense weekend at the facility...

So I bought $20.00 phones at Radio Shack that all have an On/Off switch on the phone's ringer. I can now turn my phone off and it does not disturb my sleep, favorite TV shows, or other times I want to be left alone. It was a simple but very effective solution, and I can leave the ringer on anytime I'm expecting an important call.

Simple tasks made impossible

There's something about computers... a five minute task can take hours depending on what distracts you. Every day when I turn on my
email, I don't know what is waiting for me, just lurking there to eat up two hours at the beginning of my busy day. I deal with a
lot of crazy customers during my day, and it's amazing what trouble they can always come up with. Nutty problems like: "I didn't
open my package for 16 months and now some of the supplements have expired, can I have a refund?" - Things like that. People change
their mind after purchasing for any reason, and every charge back we've ever dealt with is people that plain forget they made a
charge. They don't recognize the charge, and just charge back until we email them or phone 'em up, and they always go, "oh yeah - I
remember, you shipped so fast too, I'll cancel the charge back." Dealing with folk every day has it's good side too, as once in a
while someone will write just to thank us for the great service. So it's not all bad.

Staying on the diet

Everyone has stress habits that they repeat. One must recognize the cause and everyday take some steps away from the things that stress us out, until our lives are better places to live. When something begins to stress you out, think, This goes off of my "stress free diet", and try to not let anything ruin your good time here on earth. Think of what you could start to do in order to not have the source of stress in your life in the first place.

At all points in life, we have parallel times that we could be living, and our decisions have decided only one of our possible futures. We can be having a good time, or writhing in pain, and a lot of it is up to us.