Some scant progress was made on a few important fronts this afternoon. But it's still progress to me, and kept me awake for a little while:
* Look to your right - you will find a new logo which I will activate soon, taking you to a perfect marriage for me: writing for Major League Baseball. I received a very surprising email from MLBBloggers.com today, and I'm in the process of signing up. This is also a very encouraging sign that someone has referenced this blog for something!
I'm glad they think of me as one that can talk about baseball - I actually haven't done much of that in this space - because I really can. Look in the next few weeks for the link at the right to work, and my knowledge & fever for the sport shine in yet another area of the web!
* I learned one important thing when I worked for municipalities: Go out for bid when you are looking for something, someone, or a service that will really dent your budget.
My car seems to have more lives than a cat. Forlornly as it has sat for two weeks, it could still be resurrected. Today I compiled nineteen auto repair places within a two-mile radius of me. After getting over the sheer shock of their prevailancy, I began calling them one-by-one getting quotes on the two parts I need replaced rather quickly.
Patience was rewarded as I have likely chose my repair personnel. Prices ranged from $225 (low end) to over $500 (high end). In bidding, I learned you always go for the lowest bid to keep it competitive. My early years were spent always choosing the first place I found in the Yellow Pages, or going somewhere referred to me. Sometimes, I have to come up with my own answers - and hopefully this will be a shining moment in that effort to think for myself.
* Only twice before have I come close to responding to a work-at-home ad. Both those times were in 1999, when I really had no clue or trust in these places. The internet is now filled with sites where you can work from home and get paid. I specialize in grammar & punctuation (I scored on the 99th percentile on my high school ACT test in that area), and there is a call for proofreaders on this site. I have emailed my interest and, in the next couple days, will be taking a grammar test, to see how good a proofer I can be.
English and writing were not my college majors, so I won't be using education here: I'll be using natural knowledge. And that could be almost as rewarding as putting my long-dormant degree to ultimate use. Wish me luck - everything's worth a chance once... as long as you tread cautiously.
