Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Gambling Problem or New Career By: Brent Usry Recently several friends and myself have become obsessed with winning a wsop seat through Party Poker or full tilt. At first it seemed like a crazy Idea, but then I made it past round one on a full tilt freeroll. I was number 12th out of a total of 1700 people. I was amazed I had never been in a tournament field higher than 200. My friend; Frank "The Loan Ranger" D’anelli who's personal poker blog is pokerplaybyplay.com, has had the most success recently. I believe he had place in the top 10 more than 10 times and the top 5 4 times, and that is in a field of 4000 people. Although he is quite the outstanding poker player in his own right I feel it is my duty to assert some credit over his success. I have only been playing poker for a little over a year and in that period of time I have read every poker book I could get my hands on. Now while the systems outlined in book after book all seem about the same, it has been my experience that if you play good hands like they recommend, and raise when you get these hands, ultimately unless you are an outstanding bluffer and reader of bluffs you will lose everything you came with. That is the evil secret they don't tell you, Is they are better at the people game than they are at the card game. If you pay attention to your cards more then they players you are doomed. Online gaming is even more elusive. you can't see the player so you are forced to watch playing style more than anything. The system I have put together that has helped the Loan Ranger with his success will ultimately be revealed through a series of podcasts and you will get a chance to try it out. Good Luck...and remember Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out To Get You... Its Just A State Of Extra Awareness!©     Go see Frank My Other Blogs: Paranoid Rants WizNERDs Blog 8:12:30 PM    comment []

Greyhounds Customer Service is for the Dogs! Part 2 Finally we had navigated our way through the bad service. We waited patiently at the door for the Bus Driver to load the final passengers. My son climbed on to the huge greyhound and was on his way to see his friends in California. They pulled out of Las Vegas at 10:40, the bus was due to depart at 10:20 and was scheduled to arrive at 3:30 so I am figuring he would be there at about 4:00 PM. Fourty Five Minutes Later.... My cell phone rings. It is my son he was ranting about the stupid bus driver and air conditioning. I said "What are you saying, it is 107 degrees and he is not running the air conditioning?" He said no "he is running it full blast and we have over heated 3 times." I said "Is it hot in the bus" he said "No it is freezing". "Why is he running it so cold?"  He said; "We had Just past Whiskey Petes Casino and he called and said the bus was having problems and they sent him back to whiskey petes to wait an hour for a new bus." He said; "Now he is joking about everyone having some gambling time, and I think he did this on purpose. He said it has happend to him a lot." My son stayed outside while everyone else headed into the casino. (he is only 17 and there is not much for a 17 year old to do in a casino. To make a long story short, the one hour which would have been 12:15 turned into 2:10 Before another bus ride arrived. The Bus driver got his gambling time, and my son arrived in California just after 7:00 pm. I am have since been told by other people, that the stateline casinos give a lot of perks to bus drivers who bring in big loads of people. I don't know if this guy got to Gamble free or got money or vip treatment or it he just has a gambling problem...or maybe it really was a bad bus, (I doubt it) but I do know my son was 4 hours late to his arrival and noone in my family will ever ride a Greyhound again. Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're NOT Out To Get You!   Greyhound Lost My Baggage Go Simple But Don't Go Greyhound Another Unsatisfied Greyhounder Greyhound in Court Here is a positive story I found about a customers experience with an airline. Check out this Funny Business! All I could fine about Greyhound were Negative things. Everything positive was written by Greyhound, Greyhound employees or were Greyhound press releases written by emplyees of Greyhound. Since everything written by Greyhound an their employees is positive, I do not see that they will get better. The first step to fixing a problem is to first there is a problem. Obviously Greyhound loves themselves and the employees think nothing is wrong so all will stay the same. 5:08:36 PM    comment []

Greyhounds Customer Service is for the Dogs!. By: Brent Usry School is out, My son decided to go California and hang out with his friends. I booked him a seat online on the greyhound Bus. We arrived at the station 30 minutes early, and got into the Pre-paid will call line. A nice looking young lady about 30 years old, serving our line. In the next 20 minutes, she was still with the same customer, The man at the other counter, a young man about 23 years old, had taken care of everyone, plus a few more who had gotten in his line. If I was in that line I would have been served already. You know the feeling when you finally realize you got into the wrong line! The lady was near serving the only customer she had in line. She looked up at me, then over at the other guy and said; "Is there one line or two?" He stated; "There is only one line. Get in the back of the line sir". I said "I have a prepaid ticket that is why I am in the will call line". He said "we don't have a will call line now get in the back of the line". I said "the sign says will call pre-paid tickets", he then said rasing his voice; "I am not going to tell you again now get in the back of the line" (Now I don't know what kind of derilick, people he is used to dealing with, probably treating them like crap yelling at them then calling the police and having them arrested for nothing! But nobody talks to me like that.) I then said; "First of all you don't talk to me in that tone, and second of all If had gotten into your line when I arrived, I would have already been served. He then yelled "Get in the back of the line NOW!" I thought this guy is unreal, its like he thinks I am his kid. I turned around and went straight to the door that said "DO NOT ENTER Authorized Personnel only!" The young man yelled you can't go in there. I walked right through those doors and the lady inside said, you can't be in here. I said I want to sell the top person in charge, and she said he doesn't see anyone without an appointment. There was a Big red door on the left that said; "Supervisor Do Not Disturb!" I said he'll see me and I walked right in there. There was a lady inside playing games on the computer and I said I need top see the supervisor, "he's kinda busy. "I said "Too Bad, where is he and she said he is out taking a survey". "Well I need someone in charge right now". Then In walked a nicely dressed lady and she said whats the problem? I told her my story, I Said; This company spends millions of dollars a year to attract people like me, who normally take planes. They try to convince us that the bus is a viable alternative, and when we stupidly fall for this BS, and show up here, your employees chase us back to the airport where we belong. With service like this all you ever will attract is bums, derilicks and people who want to travel with guns and knives in their possession, she said "I am terribly sorry sir you are next in line." We walked out to the counter and the lady who first refused service to me, now provided service with a smile and was much faster, with her boss standing there. The moral of the story is: Do Not Stand For Bad Service! Walk Through Those "Do Not Disturb" Doors Insist On Good Service Demand to See the Boss and the Bosses Boss and The Bosses Bosses Boss Back in the day when Wal-mart provided Great customer service all companies were providing good service. As in the Song American Pie; February 3rd, 1959, The Day that Buddy Holly, Ricky Valens and The Big Bopper Died, Became The Day that Music Died. April 6th 1992, The Day Sam Walton Died. Has Become The Day that Customer Service Died. We Do Not Have to Except This Fate; Sam Walton, Did Not Die In Vain! Lets us Bring Back Customer Service, We have the Power to do it. First Me then You then 4,000,000+ Bloggers all Demanding Great Service, Standing In Unison. Service is what Makes America Great! Come One, Come all, Lets all Demand to be Treated with Respect, and Let Us All Insist on Great Service or Else! Or Else What? They who Love Giving Bad Service Shout! And We Respond: Or Else We Will Blog Your Company Out Of Existance! The Power Is Ours NOW! and Remember....... Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out To Get You... Its Just A State Of Extra Awareness!©     5:03:49 PM    comment []

Little Known Secret Cost a Homeowner $10,000 a Year. I have been in the Mortgage Business for almost 10 years. During that time I have yet to find 3 people who actually understood what the Adjustable rate rider on a home loan says. Most loan officers think they know what it says and most are actually explaining it all wrong, and when you try to explain it to them they get all hostel. For the most part it did not matter what it said because rates were down for a long time and didn't affect the LIBOR, However the climb in the stock market has also gotten the libor to go up too. Now it is time for all those loan officers to get worried for their clients are about to have 9.25 interest rates instead of the 6.25 percent ones they signed on for. I am not sure if those loan officers were trying to close the loan the fastest way possible by disguising the actual character of the loan they were representing or if they just really did not understand. Whatever the reason that is the loan you have and the rate is going to go up. So what do you do now? I have prepared a FREE white paper on the subject and it is available for a FREE download. Simply go to www.mortgagewentup.com You may also call me direct at 702 238-2438 or email me for the report at brentusry@yahoo.com 5:01:40 PM    comment []

What Is So Great About Republicans? I remember back when I was a kid. My Father and Mother were both Republicans. Living their Republican lives, going to work and doing the Republican thing. They were active in the Republican Party, and at one time, they were activists against Dorothy Healy "A well known Communist" as my mother likes to put it. Dorthy Healy was running for city council in Los Angeles, and it would have been the end of the world as we know it, had she been elected. Yes I grew up in, and around "the Republican thing", hating Jews, Blacks, Democrats and Communists, oh yes and lets not forget, Gays, although at the time the politically correct term was "Fudge Packers, Faggots or Queers". "God Hates Queers Boy" my daddy would say, But today I wonder "What about toothless redneck racist losers daddy. Does God hate them too?" As a child of Republicans, after completing 18 years of down home Republican brain washing, I too would become "An Everyone Hatin Republican". I voted for Regan, who was running for President as I was a high school senior. Just like a football fan cheers his team on to victory, My friends and I all cheered in unison, to see the great Ronald Regan, take the seat that is second only to God and Bill Gates. You see all my friends were Republicans, because I was a Republican, I hated everyone who was not a Republican! Even my Black, Jewish and Gay friends were Republicans or at least they Pretended to be so, and pretending to be Republicans, it made them less Black, Jewish and Gay. However even though, the Gay ones were Republicans, and I hated them a little less because of it; They still could not be married for that was Un-Republican. God himself could surely not look down in pride, on a couple of happily married Gay Men, for that would be, so Un-Republican of God, and we all know God is a Republican! But something happened to my training, I think I must have been hit by brain waves, That had been shot around the globe, by the Jews no less, because somewhere in the middle of the first President named George Bush, my brain began to wake up. I could smell the slight stench of Republicanism. Time passed and I was just about to register Democrat when the "Un-pardonable thing" happened. Monica Lewinsky (who’s name rhymes with Jewinsky by the way) got down on her knees and sucked the Penis of a Democratic President! In The Oval Office No Less! and Bam I was a card carrying Republican again. How could I have for a moment even doubted, and with this new found re-dedication to Republicanism, suddenly the world was more beautiful, the Blacks were Blacker the Jews were Jewer and the Gays, seemed oh so queer. Yes all was well in Republican land. Then along came that name, the name that was so destructive to the whole Republican thing. George Bush, but this time they changed it, you see. they slipped in a W. that should do it. After all, we are only trying to fool Republicans? No thinking person would be fooled, but with Republicans, it should pass. But now remember I am no ordinary Republican, I told you earlier about the Jewish Brain Wave event. That single event morphed me into being Super Republican, able to thing beyond ignorant brainwashing. Now hold on Republicans, try to keep your Republican minds open slightly just for a second. You might learn something. George W. Bush was a grown man whem he ran for President, Being a gown man one would expect, that prior to running for president he had mastered all the basics. Now being a highly educated Republican,(oxymoron if I ever saw one) it seemed like he might be lacking one basic skill, the ability to form a literate sentence. Forming a sentence is a skill that any Democrat learns, from his parents at age five. However lets cut him some slack, and assume that being a Republican, he was so busy learning to hate Blacks, Jews and Fudge Packing Faggots, that the former President Bush (then head of the CIA) did not have time to teach GW how to TALK! George W. Bush Does get elected President, even though he was lacking proper linguistic skills. (Remember the phrase "Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice, uh um ....well ya just, not gonna fool me again, thats all") However being able to speak is not necessary to win an election, If you are a Republican in Republicanville. Republicans always vote Republican. A vote for a Democrat would be a vote for Satan himself! (and lets not forget, all those Fudge Packing Wedding Ceremonies). However, having your brother count the votes in the swing state doesn't hurt either. I will admit though, that I have learned one thing from G.W.Bush. I voted for him in the ffirst election, but not the second. and the lesson the President has taught me.... Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice, uh um ....well ya just, not gonna fool me again, thats all. Now, we all know about 911, and that fiasco and then of course Fahrenheit 911, which I will not go into, however; I will say that, I DO NOT know one single Republican who would see that movie. It seems the only way is to remain a Republican in good standing, is to not let a bit of information, that is not officially sanctioned, as fit for a Republican's weak mind, enter into thier Republican brain cells. It almost seems like Republicanism is completely held together by brain washing. Listen to Rush Limbaugh, and Shawn Hannity and they will tell you how to look, walk, talk and think Republican, then you can be standing next to God, side by side at the Pearly Gates, at the moment that they resurrect the Greatest Republican of all time, Ronald Regan! Did ya feel that, when you heard his name? The Republican deep inside, just shivered as I typed his Ronald Regan's name. Then that destructive name showed up again. George W. Bush continues making mistakes. But like any good Republican, G.W. does what is good for his big business partners, making all his friends richer. However, as long as we have Rush and Shawn the Republicans will keep on sleeping. Now when the polls begin to fall, In true Republican form, G.W. Spins a war out of nothing (at the time it was called weapons of mass destruction) Then suddenly like the boy, in The Emperor Has New Clothes, someone has the guts to stand up and say the truth. The Dixie Chicks come out, and publicly say "Just so you know, we're embarrassed that the president of the United States comes from Texas." The world is out raged how could anyone question something so pure and beautiful, as eighteen year boys getting their legs blown off, for Republicanism and Big Business profits. George W. Bush, then stepped up, and said that the world should not buy Dixie Chicks cd's! Now wait a minute........ Isn't this America, and isn't the most American thing in the world, Freedom of Speech! Don't we have the right to say our opinion, no matter what it is? without the fear of government retaliation? I stand up and agree that Republicans, also have Freedom of Speech, and I would never attempt to stop Rush Limbaugh and Shawn Hannity From spilling their Crap, and I believe that George W. Bush has Freedom of Speech also, he does have the right to say whatever he wants, even if we can't understand what he is talking about! But when the President of the United States stands up and speaks, he is no longer a citizen delivering Free Speech, He is the Official Leader of the United States Government. and when the United States Government's Leader, tells the world not to buy Dixie Chicks CD's, that is the act of Government strong arm tactics, and attacking a citizens business all because they spoke out with what they believed. Now listen very closely; When Government attempts to intimidate, and therefore impede freedom of speech, that is not the American way, That is called Communism, the Republicans have been saying, someday the Communists would come and take over, well they were right! Instead of finding a communist under their bed, it turns out the communist was sleeping in their bed the whole time. By The Way.... The Dixie Chicks New CD Take The Long Way is # 1 on the Charts Right Now. Well Mr Bush America Has Spoken! Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out To Get You... Its Just A State Of Extra Awareness!©     4:58:06 PM    comment []

When I'm 64 When I'm 64. By: Brent Usry Today is Paul McCartney's 64th Birthday. Who would have thought. What makes this birthday more significant than his last or his next; is that when he was a Beatle, he wrote a song about being OLD and Gray, called when I'm 64. Its kind of like Prince's 1999, when 1999 came out, I thought 1999 was along way off. I would be so old then. Well 1999 came and went, and I still feel like I am young. Does 64 look as old when you get there, as it looks when you are 19? Its a interesting thing about aging, I have noticed as I have matured, to the ripe old age of 44, It seems that every age is the right age. As we get older our minds get more and more aware, and in tune. I believe it is called; getting wisdom. So Paul tell us: You wrote some many wise songs, over the years. Is 64 as bad as you thought? Will I still Have my teeth? Will I have any energy? and most of all, Will I need the Big "V". If you were to read the lyrics to when I'm 64 you would find that Paul thought he would still be rockin at 64, but his rocking would be in a rocking chair. But that doesn't seem to be the case. He is 20 years older than I am, and has been seen out with women, that are at least 30% better than I ever had. And most of all, his Rock and Roll Career is still booming. Happy Birthday Paul! 64 Doesn't Look Half Bad on You. and Always Remember.....   Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out To Get You... Its Just A State Of Extra Awareness!©       Big "V" = Viagra 4:52:53 PM    comment []

Microsoft Dancer, A Desktop Friend By: Brent Usry I was looking through the massive amount of programs, that came with my New Fry's Media/Game computer. It was amazing all the stuff that came loaded for 2500.00 and No Microsoft Word or Excel. Just when I caught myself about to exit to DOS and Typing C:FORMAT I ran across this little program called: Microsoft Dancer. It is a little character that dances on your desktop. I may be a writer with no writing program but least I have a dancer to watch while I am sitting here doing nothing but this time thanks to Microsoft and Fry's I am fully justified in my writers block. I think things like this dancers is cute, but it is a scam. Perhaps I was to decide to load Linux Fedora 5 on my computer because it is the best program in the world, and it comes with a website builder, a word processor and spreadsheet program loaded from the beginning for less that $32.00, compare that with Microsoft XP that is 100.00 and is only an operating system. Well back to the scam If I wanted to load Linux but liked the little dancer I am stuck with Microsoft. Microsoft sticks in little fun things instead of good solid programs, in order to keep us from Saying No To Microsoft. However, I did load Fedora 5 on an old laptop of mine, and I love it, before you make the big switch try it on an old computer and see if it for you. and remember.... Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out To Get You... Its Just A State Of Extra Awareness!©     4:28:11 PM    comment []