Archive - The Startup

Assigning Value

I like to think I am a pretty decent person.  Along with all of the girl scout standards such as holding doors open, helping elderly ladies cross the street and smiling at most every eye that crosses my path, I also volunteer my time and energy on larger projects like helping to find homes for [...]

Paying Taxes on Adsense Earnings

This year I find myself in a strange tax predicament.  Not only have I moved across the country (again), but I have earned more than $400 through Google AdSense.  According to the IRS, this fact makes me a business owner.  In the eyes of the law, my business of website content writing is a Sole [...]

I’m Back

November 17 1 Comment Category: News, The House, The Startup

I apologize for my brief absence from entertaining and updating everyone!  I made it safely back to Pee-ay, and am now in the process of figuring out how to best divide my time with my new living situation.  I spoke to Butterfinger last night and he was outside of Reno, Nevada, so I expect to [...]

Zeitgeist II: Addendum Movie

October 04 0 Comments Category: Realpolitik, The Startup, Videos

Today the second Zeitgeist movie was released, Zeitgest: Addendum, and I am confident that it will answer most if not all of the lingering questions that remain in everyone’s minds concerning the way Butterfinger and I choose to live our lives. Are you wondering why we let our house foreclose?  Want to know why Butterfinger simply [...]

Airport Juice

My latest secret shopping excursion landed me at the airport. Most people would have been greatly perturbed at the notion of leaving a BBQ on a Friday night to ride around in an airport shuttle and submit a report, but I was energized. Instead of taking the airport for what it is at [...]