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Disclaimer: Whatever you read here are collated from public URLs readily available to you online.  All opinions expressed here are for entertainment purposes only.  I have no liabilities over what you decide to do with this information.  Have you heard about the priest who preaches about doing good and then snatch other people's wives?  Have you heard about the wolf disguising itself as Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother?  To you, who or what is the biggest "wolf in sheeps' skin"?

To some, the biggest wolf are those who start quick-spreading bush fires in Australia.  Some of my country's (Singapore) biggest wolves have been charities - most, thankfully, have been reformed under tighter and stricter regulations.  Some other wolves(pedophiles) pose as kind tutors.

I remember reading of a rock star who was locked up for 3 days due to having a suspicious organic deodorant that was previously reported to have forbidden substances or drugs in them.  More and more people get arrested to be "investigated: for carrying organic food on their trips.  Source: Mercola.com

Family Gems, not Family Jewels, you perv. Nancy used to go to an office where a Daniel and she hung out and collected a paycheck. Some work got done, but a lot of play got more doner. Daniel and his accomplice wrote a book which was just released. She and I read it while we were on our way to trade bourbon for silver and turquoise with the Indians.

Manuscripts are sometimes rejected by agents based on the first sentence.

In practice, none of the agents got past the first page of any 3-page submission. Some they read to the bottom of the first page, but then they started rejecting them before they got that far.

Starts with dialogue.” Toss.
“Starts with weather.” Toss
“They’re in an elevator!” Toss
“Starts with a prologue!” Toss.

Hell's Bells, The Fresh President's book was rejected.

Given that it was written by Daniel, I thought I should give Family Gems a go. After all, I was on a plane with nothing else to do, what could a hundred pages hurt? Especially since it's only a total of 164 pages.

My Aunt who’s in Connecticut said they are limiting the amount of rice you can buy at Cosco. A similar case occurred in a supermarket here in Israel not long ago. Oil prices are surging. China and other producers are restricting the export of grains in order to ensure domestic food supply.

The world has become so needy and accustomed to exhausting energy sources, natural resources and commodities. Even though it is a stretch to say that the living outnumber the dead (the current world population outnumbers the combined historical world populations), however way you compute it. Still, more people are alive today than have ever lived before at any given time.

Therefore, there are far greater considerations as to supply of goods that haven’t been taken into account. 100 million people have already been put in danger by the current situation. We used to think this situation will not affect us. Many people feel that at the western countries, one can always pay more and get what he want. So maybe we will have to pay for food what we do now for gold?

Well, maybe. But maybe the now “poor” countries will realize that their gold is worth them their lives, and simply won’t sell it.

Possible Conclusions: Buy commodities, Live in Asia, Develop alternative energy sources (conserving energy is not nearly enough - we will use it all up sooner or even sooner), stock up on food, what else?

Ooo eee, Baby, open the door...
Baby Boomers and a lot of others never know the Sounds Of Silence. We have tinnitus. Tin-eye-tus, or Tin-it-tus, the organization can't even agree on how it should be pronounced.

But before we go any further, please play this audio file at the lowest possible volume you can and still be able to be aware of it. This is a mix I did of what my tinnitus sounds like - almost. It's about 90 seconds long.
Start playing the file and then read on please.

That's 24/7 in my head. But others hear a whoosing, or a buzzing/clicking, screeching, tea kettle and many others. Short sound files are here.

I hate a silent room. It's never silent. I always have the Bells of St. Mary or Tone Loc with me. I'm so lucky that Nancy likes to fall asleep to the noise of the Tee Vee. My tinnitus starts out quiet in the morning and when my head hits the pillow it is raging.

I'm not whining just to whine.

If you know a Baby Boomer that plays the Tee Vee louder than you prefer, or cranks up the audio player in the car for every song, then you might want to take advantage of a free hearing test the next time the hearing aid place offers it.

Oh, he will HATE it, but if you can convince him to go (and it will always be a him, because we Men Boomers are a stubborn bunch) to take the test to prove

A physical business
When a shop or restaurant opens its doors, a party is organized inviting relatives, friends and influencers in order to start a word of mouth campaign.
Food and drinks are served for free in order to get people come over for having a good time and getting them entertained socially.
Additionally a press release can be sent out to the local newspapers or magazines in order to get some coverage with a picture.

The most important part is that the invited people have a great time and tell their friends about it. The buzz is then generated.

Website or web service launch
When a website launches, it can be announced in a press release, and an email can be send to relatives, friends and influencers in order to spread the message.
Additionally bloggers can be informed in the hope to get coverage.

The question is: will this create a word of mouth campaign?
Probably not.

There will be 5 things missing:
- The food and drinks
- The encounter of "important" people