This is for my friends on Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean Online where my pirate name is James Shipstealer.

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Hey All!

Today was an eventful day to say the least! I just started my journey as a REAL insurance professional. I will be in the capable hands of the New World Financial Group!

For all of those that are not “In the loop”, I was introduced to my new mentors and colleagues via my school. I have been going to school with the owner’s wife and two children for some time now. I was always amazed at the cool things they were doing and the plans they have for their futures. The whole family seemed very easy going and supportive of each other and each person in that is brilliant. Must be something in the water.. lol

In my last class, I once again had the pleasure of having this family as classmates in a marketing class. Our instructor was an insurance person as well so many of our online conversations revolved around insurance as it pertains to consumer behavior. I kept hearing of all great things that were going on in the family’s business and how they are doing new and progressive things to help people. That is when they struck the caretaker nerve in me. I had to know how and what they are doing and how to be a part of it.

Some time went by after the class had concluded and I did not hear from anyone from the family, so I started inquiring with the mom. She emailed me and told me that they are still working the bugs out of the system and that if I was still interested that I could interview. I was happy to interview with them.

Now after two interviews (with one more to go) I consider myself affiliated with a company that I feel will be a tremendous benefit to me and the people that will come to know me as their trusted advisor.

Hey all,

I have one for the books (book of idiots that is). Recently my 2-year-old laptop decided to quit working and would freeze any time I would use it for more than a few minutes. At first, I thought this was a software or virus issue. So, after 3 wipes and reloads (formatting the drive and loading the software back on) I was convinced that this road warrior’s trusted companion has created it’s last PowerPoint or insurance illustration.

After days of negotiation, I was able to convince Jen that it is time that she and I upgrade our computers. My machine was only 2 years old but hers’ was built (by me, that is why it lasted) over 6 years ago. She really needed something more powerful for all the school stuff she was doing and I needed to continue being mobile for work and school.

Fortunately, Dell was offering a good deal on six months with no interest, so I decided to go for it.

Meanwhile, I had moved most of my operations over to my Linux machine. Surprisingly the Linux machine did its job very well. During this time I custom tailored each machine according to each person’s needs and goals. Jen got a powerhouse of a machine and I got one that I know will stand the test of time.

Finally, my delivery came! I was so elated that I actually took my old machine and jokingly put it in my garbage can.

This is where the story gets stupid.

WARNING: You may end up feeling dumber for reading this.

Don’t say I didn’t warn you…

Now, my children are wonderful little creatures. I teach them to perform various duties for the good of the family. They perform those duties with a high-level seriousness and professionalism.

I was on the phone with one of my insurance carriers discussing the ins and outs of delivering a policy, and I was very obviously in deep concentration and would not be bothered by one of my little workers doing her job to best of her ability. Jill was busy emptying all the trashcans in the house. I didn’t notice that she was removing my old laptop from my trash can and trying fit it in one of the grocery store bags that she uses. I also didn’t notice that my son, in response to Jill’s pile of bags, decided to take some initiative and take the small bags out to the trash can..

A week later…

Here I am sitting at my desk eating some lunch and getting ready to watch a show I have on my computer (thanks to windows media center) when I all the sudden thought about whether or not the memory in this laptop is compatible with the memory in my old laptop.. I turned to where my trashcan is….. Oh @#$%, where is my other laptop?!?!?!?!?

Right then the movie played back in my head that I remember Jill complaining that something wouldn’t fit in the bag and me asking Jeff to help her..

At this point in time I am in a cold sweat and fearing for the worse..

I look everywhere even places that would be impossible for my laptop to be.. I go out and dig through the nasty garbage can (for all of you who don’t know me well, I am a HUGE germaphobe) and then in the recycling can and even in the yard debris can.. No luck

I text Jen about the situation and tell her that I may have enable the children to dispose of the laptop. She wasn’t very happy with that text message at all..

As a last ditch effort I call the sanitation company and asked them if they had recovered it and to my dismay, they informed me that there was nothing I could do. The laptop had already been incinerated.

I resolved this situation mentally by telling myself that the computer wasn’t usable and would have cost more money to fix than what its worth. I also told the children about the whole thing and Jill immediately apologized and I told her that she didn’t do anything wrong and that is was daddy’s fault for putting the laptop in the trashcan in the first place.. Jen forgave me, course I eventually have to buy her a pink laptop.

What can I say.. I can’t be a genius all the time..

Well.. This site used to be control by Joomla until a Trojan virus kept crashing my site and infecting all who dared to log on.. For that, I apologize to anyone who sustained damages or inconveniences.

Now that I got that out of the way.. Lets catch up..

Where do I begin? I am still in school but I am taking some time off to finish an insurance license. Not sure if I will ever get it done with all the other stuff I have on my plate. I am currently trying to get a bunch of stuff listed on eBay (which is always the hardest part), thankfully my son Jeffrey took all the pictures I would need for this project.

Medically… Well on the psychological front, I have made some headway (excuse the pun), and was properly diagnosed (for once), and am now on a different set of medications that are helping a lot.

Career… I had an interview with a great group of people that may want to take me under their wing and help me grow as an insurance professional. I was blessed to have been going to school with the boss’s wife and two kids for the last few years. I guess that not too many people make it through his wife and on to the interview, so I am very grateful and humbled by this opportunity. I hope that my second interview (Tuesday 21^st @ 1pm) will start a wondrous new chapter in my life.

Musically… Haven’t bought any news toys for awhile, but I have “freshened” up an old song of mine. I know that in the previous software I would have just uploaded the song to this website. I am going to go back to using soundclick (http://soundclick.com/jimispier ) for my songs for now. If something else comes my way that is easier for people to get to then I will implement that.. Anyway, thanks for paying attention long enough to get through all of this. I hope this site will last longer than my other attempts..    

Me..

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