300 pounds...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take over the world? Not in a bad sense, like, say, Attila the Hun, but in a good sense, like, ummmmm, Google. (Who wouldn't love a stock price at $800?) I think about it all the time. I think about ways to create the next big TAKEOVERTHEWORLD thing ALL THE TIME!

Long before Google was the 800,000 pound gorilla (fits nicely, eh?) , I was planning on being the online GARAGE SALE KING. I had this idea that build a better garage sale and people will beat a path to your $20 lawn mower. GARAGESALING.COM was going to be the biggest thing since Pat Boone and penny loafers. But alas, t'was not to be.

You see, in order to become the NBT, you really have a lot of work to do to get there and you must overcome lots of problems and obstacles. Not only that, but you also must KNOW something about the product, or service you are intending to offer. Now most of you don't know me, so I'll tell you, I can't STAND garage sales. Imagine that. A garage sale king who starts sneezing if he gets within 100 yards of a garage sale. Yes, I am allergic to old suitcases, lava lamps and white elephants of all shapes and sizes! One time I broke out in hives after seeing just a garage sale AD in our local newspaper. My doctor prescribed bed rest and plenty of non-allergenic milk shakes. The hive abated.

Still, I had the idea that I could make enough money to get treatments for this allergy, so I didn't think it would be an issue. But I had to get there, to the money that is and, well, as in all things it ain't that easy! (Duh. Please don't pepper me with insults about my grammer in that last sentence, I know I didn't use "ain't, propurly!) The point is, if you don't love what you're doing, well, you might do it and the money might come, but you will probably be miserable. And then, 1 year later you may try to kill yourself by eating 300 pounds of Cheetos in one sitting. Not a pretty way to die, all orange and everything.

For me, however, this thought hit me one day ... "I love to put on events, so, da-uh, hey, maybe I should think about doing sumpthin that involves events. Duh, I could maybe even pubwish a magazine!

Eureka! The opportunity of a lifetime ... I would become the EVENTS KING! It looked so easy, so perfect, so sensible, so me. So, in I jump with characteristic lack of caution, to a sea of new opportunity and joy and, alas, problems, trials and travails. "Wow, this is really harder than it looks," I said not long ago. DINK...light goes on and, aha, perhaps everything has pros and cons to it! YES, maybe life is just full of problems no matter what you do! WOW, maybe that's the next big idea. Being willing to overcome any obstacle is THE ONLY KEY TO SUCCESS! Yes, I finally figured it out. what a relief.

Hmmm, maybe I could even go back to garagesaling.

Nah, I don't think so. I really do like events. Besides, I forgot the Cheetos.