So if you’re serious about renting out your second home or condo, if you own a Bed and Breakfast and want to take it to the next organizational level and stop using pencil and print-out calendars then (in this day and age) computer software is where you’re going to be headed some time or another.  You just have to, it’s not really an option anymore.  If someone walks into your establishment and you’re writing things down on paper and erasing and re-writing and all that, you’re business is going to come off as half-ass and less than sub-par. 

It’s time to invest in a new fandangled flat-screen computer and put some reservation software on it.  And let’s keep the MAC freaks at bay here – you know with specialized software like this, PC is clearly the way to go.  But that’s besides the point.  Whether you own or operate a campground, motel, rent out your condo or house, or are starting your own B&B (an increasingly popular trend these days), you’re going to need appropriate reservation software so let’s just face that now and move on…the links below all go to the same place but I figured you’d feel better about yourself if you clicked on the one that applies to your situation so go for it!

Campground Reservation Software
B&B Reservation Software
Motel Reservation Software
Condo/Vacation Rental Reservation Software

Some may recall a time not too long ago when Bush could control the Stock Market simply by talking publicly.  Well with Obama it’s gotten out of control…

It’s the little things that count…kind of. 

Well this is one very small step in using alternative energy sources whenever and wherever it’s possible.  For a measly $60 on Amazon you can score this little handy-dandy case and simply walk around and go about your daily life while the solar cells in this case gather energy from the sun and convert it to energy for your iPhone.  

It’s a fairly simple concept but it pays for itself and allows for countless very cool conversations.

If you’re looking at this article, you’re probably a total Photoshop nerd.  If so, you will definitely be interested learning the following strategies to give your own personal photos a very unique and artistic edge or your photography-related business will benefit greatly from these strategies that normal, everyday Photoshop users know nothing about… 

• how to manipulate a photographic image without loss of focus, enhancing color and edges, creating a lifelike watercolor look while preserving the essential elements of the image

• how to make your digital painting look like you’ve spent countless hours creating brushwork and texture by working with only a few Photoshop filters

• how to create the shimmering hues and values that great watercolorists use

• which filters to use and how to combine them to create the illusion of a handpainted watercolor picture

Definitely worth learning these skills if Photoshop is something you use regularly as a serious hobby or even in your business or line of work (ie: marketing, blogging, photography - weddings, band photos, etc.)

Cheers my photogenic friends!

Well this is going to be perhaps the most practical article on this blog ever in the world forever (excellent grammar usage). 

 I’ve had a slow leak on the tire of my car for the last couple of months and I was driving it to gas stations that offered free air and filling the tire up whenever it was convenient OR once a week.  Then…I freaked out because I started having to fill the tire up every single day. 

So I looked online and found my solution and I thought I’d pass it on to ya’ll so you can benefit and refer anybody looking to fix a slow leak in their tire without having to buy a new tire or ALL new tires (which they’ll make you do if your tires aren’t brand-spanking new).  The product I bought for less than 10 bucks is called Fix A Flat and it works.  Check it out below and leave me a comment if you tried it and it worked. 

Fix A Flat saved me from buying new tires…

Definitely the most normal, everyday, practical article to ever make it onto this site.  I apologize if reading this article was the absolute boring, low-moment of your day!

You may see many headlines like this and probably more to come…

Congress May Need to Fund Another Stimulus, Pelosi Says

Washington Post - ‎8 hours ago‎

By Lori Montgomery House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that the federal government may have to spend even more money to shore up the nation’s ailing economy, on top of the more than $1.6 trillion so far approved by Congress.

 …but don’t be fooled.  In the 1930s, the government came out of the Great Depression by spending money on the war and by doing so they created jobs and opportunities and sustained cash flow.  That is not what the liberals in office are doing now.  They are spending money like it’s 1985 and saying that’s it for the benefit of everyone and that we have to do it now. 

Let me just throw a couple numbers at you and let you get angry:

15% of the original stimulus bill will go directly to criminal, illegal immigrants.  Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against immigrants since that is the only reason I’m in America today but I do take up issue with crimminal, illegal immigrants as I would with any type of person who participates in illegal activity.

More than 50% of the voting population in America right now do not pay taxes.  This means that MOST of the people that will vote in the next election (and possibly more if we don’t figure out how to impeach Obama and get a non-socialist in there or at least someone who is pro-America) are unaffected by tax increases, decreases or really anything that has to do with financials.  What do I think?  Most of them will vote for whomever will give them the most money and whomever is the most popular.

As you have seen in the last couple of months, America is being taken by a socialist storm and it will absolutely destroy the capitalism of America.  This is a large problem that needs to be addressed.

Any ideas?

Take a look at this album from David Cook (last year’s American Idol winner for all you cave-dwelling creatures) but be careful listening to it…it’s just…well…not good.  Sorry David but Archuleta (or however you spell his last name) should have won hands down.

Click to see David Cook’s New Album

However, David Archuleta’s New CD is worth looking at listening to, making it officially better than David Cook’s though David Cook did end up winning last year’s American Idol because 30 year-old men decided miraculously to call in and vote in order to live there dreams vicariously through Cook causing the audience for the show to expand overnight from middle school girls to middle school girls AND thirty year-old men. 

Click to see David Archuleta’s New Album

To top it off, Archuleta’s CD is self titled!  How bad (in this case “bad” means GOOD) is that?!