Okay. So I locked myself out of my room…again (yeagh why don’t they ahve key cards here). And I spent time eating and watching presidential debates on YouTube. Which I’m still doing. At http://www.youtube.com/republicandebate. So with that link I’m done for the night…probably.

No…it’s cheese…but this is rice:

http://www.freerice.com

No, I haven’t seen Borat, nor do I have a particular desire to. But I like that line. And it’s relatively pertinent in this case. If you go to the link you see they’re givingaway rice…to the hungry people of the world. Nice thought…and the’re a non-profit so that’s their mission. But their other mission is making you smarter. Their custom-built system gives you a high-powered word and asks you for a synonym, tailoring the “game” to your vocabulary level nd seeking to expand that level. They’ve been in business since October 7th…for about seven weeks. In that time they have, by people getting 10…no wait it’s now 20…grains’ worth of donations for each word they get right (thanks to advertisers displayed on the web page), generated a massive 4.2-plus billion (with a “b”) grains of rice to end world hunger. Okay, so that migh actually be not that much, but it’s a coolway to raise money for ending world hunger, while at the same time endeavoring to make the population more literate. I think I’ve raised a thousand grains or two so far. Hey, it’s a cool, beneficial use of the web. Check it out.

Oh, in case you’re wondering, looks like there are about 29,000 grains of rice in a pound of rice, or 1800 in a half-cup serving. So, up until the end of last night FreeRice has raised some 144,000+ pounds, or a little over 72 tons, of rice for the hungry. That gives enough rice to dish out over 2.3 million servings of the stuff. That’s some serious anti-poverty power by a little web 2.0-ish company. Applause for them. I think I’ll generate a thousand grains really quick here to end world hunger

P.S. I think I’m up to 2000 grains now. My computer is set to remember such things now so I can keep track of my progress easier.

Yeah I know I know. I haven’t updated my blog in ages (yes, I know by now that ten days on the net is ages). And I haven’t updated Go4Prepaid in even longer. Very sad indeed. Well, I’m remedying the first problem right now. And I’m going to my Go4Prepaid forum to check up on the folks there. Anyhow, I’ll be posting several times today.

First off, I own twenty shares of Apple stock. Just an experiment really…I think I’ll be putting that money back into my business as soon as the stock rises back up above what I bought it for. I got it for $185 using Ameritrade, whic gives you a month of free trades. I’m going to sell because I think my money is better spent on my business, which is now the largest of its kind in the world. Nice to be able to say that. But it needs a smll cash transfusion. Which the sale of the Apple stock and withdrawal of funds from Ameritrade should give it.

Enough about stocks though. See everyone a little later. I think I’ll post every hour until I go to sleep tonight…whenever that might be…about something or other. This blog seriously needs updating