Evil Plans by Hugh MacLeod

Figure out what your gift is, and give it to people on a regular basis. ~Hugh MacLeod. Blogging has given us a world full of people who have a lot of mostly nothing to say and a strong desire to say it.  Successful bloggers are the ones that stick with it, get an audience, and keep giving that audience whatever it is that they liked in the first place.  This is a good deal harder than it sounds-as the countless failed blogs littering the internet can attest to.  Even if you happen to have the chutzpah to keep blogging every…

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American Pickers

There are two things you need to be a successful antique dealer-knowledge and money.  The heroes of The History Channel’s American Pickers seem to have an endless supply of both.  They also have a lot of time on their hands, as the point of American Pickers is that they are roaming near and far to sort through piles of junk for items they can resell for profit. I like American Pickers and I have to admire the chutzpah of these two saps as they bang on doors and hand out their want list.  I have yet to see them hit…

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