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Check out this new website about golf for new golf players called of all things, “The Golf Virgin“.   This should be a really cool site long term and it addresses a really cool niche marketing opportunity.

The new golfer and in fact the beginning and even the intermediate golfers out there all have tons of questions.  Golf from a techniques, etiquette and equipment stand point is perhaps one of the most complex and often intimidating social activities in the world.  There are millions of golfers out there and many new folks joining the ranks everyday including countless business professionals that almost have to play golf as part of doing business.

This is a great example of carving a niche in a market that appears at first glance to be highly saturated.

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As you can tell by the title my prediction for the Super Bowl and my desire are quite different.

My Desire First - I am rooting for the NY Giants and I really hope they pull of the big upset.  I would love to see Eli Manning get a Super Bowl ring much faster then Payton did and I just want the Patriots to loose, I am just tired of seeing them in the big game.

My Prediction Second - The Patriots are just to damn good to loose to a team like NY that have proven to be vulnerable very to many things over this season.  Even if Eli and his team play the way they did in the playoffs (almost perfect) I still don’t believe they can win.   Over all I pick the Patriots by 14-20 points.

The Sad Fact - This game I must say will be a lot like I predict the 2008 Presidential Race will be.  Looks like McCain will face Clinton or Obama.  In that race I won’t be voting for McCain just against the other side.  That is how I can describe this Super Bowl.  I am not in typical Super Bowl excitement mode this year.  Usually I care who wins, this year I only care who looses.   I am more excited about the football pregame season starting in August then I am about the Super Bowl at the moment.  Who knows if my prediction is wrong perhaps that will change.

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On January 1st I blogged about the fact that I was cutting back on eating and would be loosing 52 pounds in 5 months.  That will need to be just over 10 pounds a month to work out to hitting 210 as my target weight from my starting weight of 262.  I also mentioned that Neil Franklin had bet me 200 dollars that I would fail.  Today is my first update and despite Neil attempting to sabatoge me at every opportunity I have done quite well.  The results,

• Starting Weight - 262
• Feburary 1st Weight - 244
• Total weight loss in Month one - 18 Pounds

So what have I been doing different?  Not much so far just the following…

• Light vs. heavy beer
• Salads and soups for most lunches (Campbles Healthy Choice is great)
• No big portions of bread, potatoes, rice or other starches
• No candy, sugar, etc
• I have been drinking fruit smoothies for breakfast about 3-5 days a week
• Dinner has been what ever I want other then the exceptions mentioned above

So thus far I am ahead of the game yet the first month is always easiest, which is why I did not start exercising yet.  That starts today from Feb 1 -Feb 14 I will do 10 minutes once a day on my Elliptical Trainer then from Feb 15 - Feb 28 I will do 10 minutes twice a day and I am adding some basic supliments.  I will report in on March 1 with results and may comment on Neil’s treachery during the month of February.

All I know so far is pants I had custom fit for a meeting I had in November with Trump University will now fall completely off if I don’t have a belt on.  I must say that feels pretty good.

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OK it was a tough day at the office the day we filmed this.  Neil Franklin, my partner and good friend grabbed my cheap video camera and pushed me into one of my alter egos and this video was the result.

Please before you watch this understand that “Crazy Jack” uses quite a few 4 letter words.  Remember you too can own this Golf System for only 19.95!

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So Halloween is just around the corner.  Our son Matt is now 18 and long past dressing up and going out to trick or treat but we still try to have a bit of fun.  We try to make our house fun for the kids that come around, hell it is only one time a year a kid can actually “take candy from a stranger” with out being at risk.

So we open our garage, put in a fog machine, lots of decorations and black lights and some spooky sounds on a CD plays.  I bring out my dog (Husky the kids all call him a wolf) and we just have a blast giving out candy.  Our place isn’t where you get one tiny piece either we give each kiddo a big hand full.

So how do you celebrate Halloween?  How do you make is special for the kids in your neighborhood.

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