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I'VE FOUND A SECRET KEY TO MAKING MONEY SELLING BOOKS (and lots more) ON THE INTERNET, AUTHOR SAYS

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A FABLE ABOUT THE VALUE OF USEFUL INFORMATION

Once upon a time, there was a frog that never learned to jump. Normally, the frog would not have cared about his lack of skill in the jumping department for he was a lazy little schmuck who enjoyed nothing more than watching the French Chef on TV. Then one day, a fierce cottonmouth moccasin moved into the pond next door and was always on the prowl for an easy meal.  And what could be easier to catch than a frog that couldn’t jump?  And so our intrepid hero set out on in search of help with his problem.
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CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT MONEY AND GET MORE OF IT:
Vinvesting: A Philosophy of Finance to Buy By

All my life, I’ve wanted to have something named after me: a street, a park, a library, even a disease would be nice, but only if it involved an abnormal lengthening of certain body parts. But alas, so far no one has called me with an offer... 
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Eat out for lunch often? One easy tip to make over $16,000.

If you’re a typical worker, you go out to lunch five times a week and buy a beverage. Any idea what fancy sugar water and weak iced tea is costing you per year? (Not counting the blubba you acquire from the empty calories) Most drinks costs in the range of $1.75 - $2.50. Let’s take the low end at $1.75. $1.75 x 5 times a week = $8.75. Multiply that $8.75 by 50 (52 minus two weeks vacation) and you get $437.50. If you make 45,000 a year, that’s just about half a week’s salary spent on sodee pop. But, Mighty Jackass, you cry, sodee pop tastes so good. Yeah, well, does it taste $16,350.49 good? That’s what you would have earned if you'd invested that $437.50 every year in an IRA at a modest 5% compound interest over 20 years; just over  $16,350.49!

Buy a (nearly) new car once and then drive one for the rest of your life (almost) free.

Driving a new car off the lot can be the most expensive 100 feet you will ever drive. Cars typically lose 20% of their value when you take them home. On a $20,000 car, that’s $4000!  But if you really dig cars and want to take the time, here's a plan to drive a nearly car for free for as long as you want. First, hook up with a car wholesaler. Pay his nominal fee to get you an (almost) new two-year-old car, just make sure it is a brand that holds its value. Popular brands hold their value at mostly constant levels for the first three years. Then, in the fourth or fifth year, the value begins dropping off steeply. So you drive the car for a year, and then sell it for nearly what you paid for it. Then call your car wholesaler and tell him to get you another 2-year-old car that holds its value. Repeat this procedure until you get too old to drive. That’s how you can drive a (nearly) new car for (almost) free.

Make money and fool your friends. Party fun!

The human mind, even the razor-sharp minds of your fascinating friends, can be tricked into believing one thing is better than another. Want proof?
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ABOUT THE DIVING JACKASS

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Why am I here? I ask not in the grand sense of life’s biggest question; I know the answer to that: a good bowel movement. No, I simply ask why am I here putting up this blog?
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THE LAUGHING CUCKOO BURRO

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With friends like you, who needs enemas?

We authors have more friends now than ever before. Back in the day, Leo Tolstoi had maybe ten friends, tops, and they only liked him because he made a helluva borscht. Virginia Wolff had maybe three good pals, but then again she suffered from mental illness and sometimes believed she was a pickle. 
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Bignorance: The art of losing your mind and finding bliss. 

I have spent most of my adult life reading three books a week and perusing two daily newspapers and innumerous magazines. I have watched untold hours of educational TV, thousands of news reports, and scores of movies, all in a quest for learning - and what did it get me? Confusion, anger and dissatisfaction. Day after day, I watched the ignorant, the unaware and the uneducated saunter down the sunny side of the street and wondered why that couldn’t be me.
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