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Working for Freedom If we have to work, and most of us still do, it is what it is. It's just a normal part of life. Until we have enough money in the bank to sustain ourselves and go it alone, we have to do what we have to do. But, as I have talked about many times here and in other places, working for just a paycheck is not an ideal way to go. If you do that, you're living to work and pay bills, and that's pretty much it. And I will be honest with you, while there is…
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Writing for Dead Air Looking around here I am reminded of the ever-famous Johnny Fever on the hit TV show from yesteryear, *WKRP in Cincinnati*, when he used to speak into the mic proclaiming he was talking into *dead air*. "For anyone actually out there," he might say. Or the Congressman many years ago who asked a series of questions for which he received no real answers for. He kept tapping his microphone and looking over at the Committee Chair asking, "Is this thing on?"…
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If you think writing for read.cash is futile without Rusty, I think you have missed the point. I think you have underestimated the community. I think you have not fully thought out the purpose and the opportunity. Hear me me out. Give me a few minutes. Let me explain. https://read.cash/@Porwest/writing-for-dead-air-f0ee5908
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Wow. Rainy this morning, but it looks like today we may hit a new record high temperature of 70 degrees F. The last record high was apparently 68 degrees in the St. Louis metro area. 70 in January? Yeah. I'll take that all day long.
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Well, this is interesting. It appears the freebitcoin site is down and has been for a bit now. It would be just my luck if the whole thing just went bankrupt and all my coins have vanished into thin air.
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I told the wife we would just have hot dogs for dinner tonight. You know, I will just boil up a few and we can put them diagonally on some regular bread with some ketchup and mustard, and then eat up some deviled egg pasta salad I made we have left over and MAYBE a little veggie. "Are we broke?" she asked. "No, but why not stretch the budget with this high inflation? Hot dogs are dirt cheap." Besides. Who doesn't like a simple hot dog now and then?
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While I don't care much for the royal family, I do have to admit that some of the Harry and Meghan story is interesting, even if I also believe it is a whole lot of hooey. I share my thoughts about the latest accusation by Harry in an upcoming book being published by Random House soon. https://www.mylot.com/post/3538815/what-is-their-aim-harry-and-meghan
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The MegaMillions lottery which is a multi-state lottery in the United States is worth $1.1 billion. It's only $2 a ticket and I have no chance of winning. But you better believe I still have a ticket in my hands.
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What if it's All Just One Big Scam Freebitcoin, a Bitcoin faucet, went down a couple of times recently. From that little revelation, I posted on noise.app, "Well, this is interesting. It appears the freebitcoin site is down and has been for a bit now. It would be just my luck if the whole thing just went bankrupt and all my coins have vanished into thin air." https://freebitco.in/?r=48683138 Nothing would surprise me right now with Luna in my hindsight, FTX, Celsius and all…
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Despite Commissions, Employers Should Still Offer Raises Where I currently work, I get paid in two ways. I receive an hourly wage which includes over time. And I get a commission from the profits from my sales. Luckily, I am in business-to-business sales, which simply means that once a customer is established, and because we sell things those businesses need in their day-to-day operations, there is a lot of repeat business. It doesn't mean that once you have a customer…
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I used to not spend much time thanking people for sponsorships, or even writing to thank people for their support of what I do here. But it was a different time then than it is now here of course. Back then (not that it was that long ago) I felt it was enough to simply show thanks in other ways. Besides, wasn't it just wasted space? Who wants to read thank you notes all day? And couldn't my time be more productive spending time writing new posts and reading other's and…
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A Little Upside, But Not So Fast I have to admit it is fun watching the entire—or at least most of it—crypto market going up. It feels like it has been forever since the market has really done anything at all. But like most things in any market, I try not to let it cloud my judgement or get overly excited about it. That's when you tend to make mistakes. Of course, you will have a bunch of people coming out of the woodwork now who will predict the end of the bear market and…
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The Internet: A Portal of Opportunities Sometimes you think about a certain technology and consider, "It's great to have, but I could probably live without it." In fact, many of the technologies we have today I lived without for a very long time before it was even a thing. Cell phones, for example. We did not have them. If you had to make a phone call when you were out and about you went to a public pay phone. And of course, if someone needed to get hold of you when you were…
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A Major Misrepresented Article on the Rich CNBC's website recently published an article saying that the richest 1% scooped up a whopping two-thirds of all of the new wealth created in the past two years. The article was based on a study conducted by Oxfam International, which is basically a confederation of 21 charitable organizations interested in knocking out global poverty. A noble cause, by the way. But Oxfam's views are less than focused, in my opinion, on the *real*…
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You Are But a Mere Beneficiary Let's talk about work. But first, I talk about this sort of thing often for a couple of reasons. To explain a little bit further where I am coming from when I write to you about these kinds of things as well as to offer up perhaps a different perspective on money, work-life balance, and certain freedoms understood better when there is money in the bank. Every article on these topics is really but yet another part of an ongoing series that has…
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It's One They Always Get Wrong Call the start of our own *roaring 20's* the age of *cancel culture*. Gosh, our 20's are quite a lot different than the *19*20's, that's for sure. Back then Americans loved America more, respected their country, flew their flag with pride and honor, appreciated the Constitution, and even while they may have disagreed with their president, still respected the White House. I should note, I do not have much confidence or faith in our current…
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I tend to write in several places, and decided it may be a good idea for those who want to follow me and keep up with my various writings, to set up a Facebook fan page of sorts where I can post links and share other information. If you want to check it out, here's the link. I'd be happy to have you around. https://www.facebook.com/jimbauerwrites
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Being that there are several places that I write, I thought it might be a good idea to create a Facebook fan page of sorts where I can post links to various writings and share other information for those who want to keep up with what I do outside of here. I'd love to have you if you care to take a look. https://www.facebook.com/jimbauerwrites
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Elon Musk Gets the Last Laugh Tesla is a very interesting company when you really think about it. I mean, here's this guy who is the face of the company, Elon Musk, who was not even technically a founder of the company. Sure, he's listed as one. But he fought, through a legal battle, to get his name on the list. The reality is that the company was founded by two innovative men with a new and fresh idea, Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in 2003. Elon Musk came in, in 2004…
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At it again, for whatever it is worth, and posted another article on read.cash. https://read.cash/@Porwest/elon-musk-gets-the-last-laugh-13207399
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When it comes to myLot, Admin and I have an interesting relationship. I am the content and therefore the revenue. They need me more than I need them. So, she stands her ground, and I stand mine. And we have an exchange. And I usually win. I know this is a bit "mysterious" since the back story is not included here. But stick with me and the back story will be written on read.cash and posted here. Stay tuned. In the meantime, perhaps this past thing over there might interest…
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I Don't Have to Write For You Of course, this is read.cash. It's a writing site. But it is not the only one. And even beyond writing sites, there are some social media sites that are *kind* of like writing sites, but less focused on the writing and more on the interactions and social nature than the words. Regardless, all of these sites are reliant on one main thing. The *content*. And of course, the sites do not produce that. The people who put the words down do. In the…
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It seems to me, and I am sure I will have naysayers on about me, that noise.app has simply "failed to deliver." It's not fun. That's one thing. There is a critical lack of engagement. That's another thing. It's harder to tip and harder to get tipped. There is no real BCH component and no effort on the part of the owners to "incentivize" users or make the site better or more unique than any other social media platform out there. It is NOT better than noise.cash was. That's…