Don’t you know what a swipe auctions scam is? You’ll find out more if you click on my previous link and read the article. Briefly, the scam goes on like this: there’s an auctions website where you can find all sort of items as cheap as 100 times less their real value. However, there’s a catch: you have to bid on them, the sum going up 1c with each new bid. Then, one person wins the bid, but all others have been ripped off their money because they are not going to see anything back. I even suspect there are websites which don’t actually give the winning bid to a real person, but they assign it to a fake user inside their system, so they can sell the same item multiple times,

Did you know about this type of scam? Have you been a victim of such websites? Please let us know so we can all learn and stay away from them.

Have you ever watched teenagers in their social relationships? It’s very interesting, the most popular guys and girls usually have a skill, a talent that makes them special. Most of the times, playing an instrument can secure them a high place in the heart of their less skilled colleagues. This is why I have a piece of advice for all of you who have kids: if your kid comes home one day and tells you he wants to learn guitar, don’t ignore that wish. Do some research and find a good guitar teacher for the kid, pay him some lessons, at least until he goes beyond the beginner stage. After that, he’ll be able to go on on his own, by home study, so you’ll only have to buy him books and DVDs. Here’s a video review of a course called Learn and Master Guitar, which is a very detailed home instruction guitar course that can be good especially in case your kid doesn’t feel like spending time with a real teacher, but rather study when he’s in the mood.

Do you know any other guitar courses that are suitable for kids as well as for adults?

Since the day I bought my laptop tote, I noticed that it had a positive impact on my business. I’ll explain you why: since the idea of carrying your laptop in something else than a laptop bag or case is rather new and unusual, almost all my cleints and prospects would be amazed seeing me taking the laptop out of my tote bag.

This helps me raise interest and get my audience’s attention. The resty is easy, because I’m a professional and I know very well my stuff. Once I get people to listen to me, the game is 90% won. My experience and the projects I’ve done so far speak out loud for me.

This is so funny! It took me so long to see that I needed this attention catching element. Besides, when I think that the tote bags are much cheaper than thye expensive laptop cases I used to buy, I see more money remaining in my pocket. Who wouldn’t be happy with such an observation?

What’s your attention catching element? Have you given this a thought yet?

DIY is a concept which supposes that you fix all kind of things around your house, without making use of specialists to do those jobs for you. Since early childhood, I’ve admired our dads, how they used to meet at some do-it-yourself sessions around their cars. Fixing and cleaning the car was an excellent reason for a talk and many times, why not, for a social drink. Moreover, repairing a garage door was one of those difficult tasks where you really can’t manage by yourself, thus you need to call a neighbor or two. Hence, some more socializing before, after and in between the job of fixing those springs and cleaning that opener.

There’s no wonder that I have to outsource all similar things, as I hate socializing and I don’t even know my neighbors. Besides, I’m not sure I ever want to. They probably think I’m peculiar, but who cares, anyway?

There are so many people graduating from those massage therapy schools everywhere in the world, that even if you live under a rock you still can call a massage therapist to come at your place for massage sessions. This is good, because now even those of us who simply hate socializing can enjoy the benefits of a massage well done, without having to endure all that small talk that usually goes on in the massage therapy and wellness centers. The regular clients of such centers are usually spoiled ladies who keep on talking about the latest Coach bags collection for late spring or early summer, or about what Paris Hilton’s dog had for supper the day before, or about famous couples divorces. When you are not that type of person, even listening to them for one-two hours seems a torture much bigger than the benefits you get from that massage. So, instead of getting relaxed, you find yourself at the end of your session very tired, nervous and exhausted, and you wonder why did you pay that much if the benefits aren’t there?

For you, my dear, there are the private massage therapy specialists who come home and keep silent.

Allergy facts show us that many times, people can live with allergies and not be aware of that for most of their life. It is true that in the beginning, the symptoms can be mild, thus misinterpreted like being just rebel colds, which go away with ordinary over the counter medication. This is why allergy testing is very important in screening and finding the allergies when they are young and not so severe.

But when you are allergic to something else than common allergens, how do you proceed? For instance, I’ve discovered that I’m allergic to social networking. Each time I need to network, I feel like postponing those moments forever. I don’t have any social needs. I don’t want to communicate my dirty blue widgets with lots of people, I hate chats and public profiles. Maybe this is why I decided for this new concept, of private social networking, as the way to go for those who are too shy, or too bored to be able to use the regular social websites.