By Irina

BUY 1 DAY's WORTH of MY HUSBAND'S NBA PLAY-OFF PICKS

My dad once won a pig at a Farmers Fair lottery. And that's all, as far as winning a game of chance goes for my family. Myself, I never was so lucky as to even get a pig.

I did get a husband, though. After 16 years of marriage, still not sure if that was my luck or otherwise. But I got him. And, as the saying goes, *You'd better flaunt it if you got it* or was it *Do with what you've got?*

But, let me start from the beginning. My husband is what I consider a *normal man.* By that I mean, during the season, sports take front and center in our household.

I like it *normal.* I always can find my husband in same place (front of TV) when the games are played, mostly, all day Saturday & Sunday.

It all began about three years ago. My husband got an idea that he could put to good use those statistic courses he took at Johns Hopkins University when he studied for his Psychology degree.

I am sure his old professors intended him to use those statistics for something like calculating the rates with which the country is falling into depression due to economic crisis. I bet they never imagined that he would use stat analysis to see if the LA Lakers will make the line by -12.

And, so it went for the last three years. I was to record his NFL & NBA picks, as he picked them almost every day for the last three years. All just before the games (no cheating with me) and summing up wins and losses after each day of games.

What can I say... Now, I wish we lived in Las Vegas. After three year of recording my husband's wins & losses, I want to play my husband's NBA picks myself. Legally. In Las Vegas. I want to be able to walk up every day to a sportsbook window and put down my hard earned $$$ on each and every one of my husband's NBA play-off picks.

I wouldn't call it luck, or gambling, or even wagering. I would call it sports futures for lack of better term. I would expect to double my money on his NBA play-offs picks providing I keep my bets same on each bet and never skip a bet. This is what I would do if I could be in Las Vegas every day for the these NBA play-offs.

But as my luck has it, I can't be in Las Vegas now. And that's just that. It is beyond the scope of this listing, why I(we) can't be in Las Vegas. But if you really need to know, you can ask and I might tell.

My point here is I just can't bear that nobody and I mean nobody takes advantage of my husband's NBA play-offs picks. I wish I had friends in Las Vegas that would wager the hell out of my husband's picks, but I(we) don't have any.

So, here you have it. BUY my 1 day's worth of my husband's NBA play-off picks.

This purchase entitles you to forthcoming picks that become available next day after your payment. Best way to get them is via phone or I can e-mail them to you.

Your entertainment is guaranteed. If you are for some reason not happy with the purchase, just e-mail me and you will get your money back. No questions asked.

So, BID with confidence. The winning bidder will get 1 day's worth of NBA play-off picks. You can get it over the phone or e-mail.

So, Click HERE to go eBay and BUY NOW to WIN this auction

As we all know, I can't guarantee that every pick of my husband is a winning pick. But I will go so far to offer a full satisfaction & full money back guarantee for this auction, no questions asked.

Check my feedback and buy with confidence.

YOUR SATISFACTION with this auction is 100% Guaranteed or your money BACK!

So, Click HERE to go eBay and BUY NOW to WIN this auction

Are You Big Enough to Help Someone Become Greater Than Yourself?

Call Irina at 786-301-2456 to discuss your event. Irina will give you an insider view on everything related to your party in South Florida. From hot Miami Beach to elegant Coral Gables, she will nurture and delight you through every step of your event planning. Call or e-mail  Irina now and you'll be on your way to your dream event.

Now, let me tell you a story. A client wrote me a check for her wedding (!) entertainment. The check bounced. The client is from West Palm Beach, Florida. A wealthy, certainly, wealthier than I am. Her new husband is a well connected, self-employed in finance.

I wrote her a letter asking her for what was the matter, and if I can do anything to help her, so she can do good on her check.

She called me back, saying, she was so moved, she cried when she read my letter.

Turned out her husband lost lots of money in the stock market, etc. And she was looking for any job to help ends meet. I told her that I have connections in banking, finance among my Miami wealthy clients and I will make calls for her. I wanted her to be able to pay me!

Long story short. I did help her. She paid me in 3 installments over period of time in cashier checks. With her last check she wrote me a letter, among other nice things saying *I will be a better person now because of this experience.*

The moral of the story: I overheard someone once said “Are You Big Enough to Help Someone Become Greater Than Yourself?” And that is my motto: I feel blessed and big enough to help anyone at all, especially someone who owes me.

It is really great feeling, feeling big. In most cases it cost no more than an hour to research for info, write a letter or make a few phone calls.

If each of us makes an effort to do just that, we all can move on step in the right direction.

I earn my living as balloon artist event entertainer in South Florida. Some people with the right personality can do what I do while looking for a job.

Here are my instructions on how some can earn $100/h as an event entertainer: http://bit.ly/tKGkl Who knows, it might help one or two unemployed.

Call Irina at 786-301-2456 to discuss your event. Irina will give you an insider view on everything related to your party in South Florida. From hot Miami Beach to elegant Coral Gables, she will nurture and delight you through every step of your event planning. Call or e-mail  Irina now and you'll be on your way to your dream event.

One day I will be investing in hedge funds. Commodity Trading Advisors are up 50 Percent This Year.

Contact Irina at 786-301-2456. She is an event entertainer based in South Florida. Many of her upscale clients invest in commodity hedge funds.  

One day I will be investing in hedge funds. For now, I am just following the hedge fund industry, commodity funds in particular, and try to learn as much as I can.   My fascination with commodity funds and trading began in about 1999 when I read Market Wizards books by Jack Schwager.

From there, I met and talk over the phone with many hedge fund owners and traders.   In fact, hedge fund owners in South Florida are some of my favorite clients. They have eclectic tastes in art and they totally "get" my balloon art. LOL..  

And although I love my balloon art work, sometimes I wish I worked for one of the hedge funds. The adventure, the pursuit, the chess-like game, is something really suits my nature.

And when I read articles like this that report that Commodity Trading Advisors are up 50 percent or more this  year when every other commodity funds, commodity mutual fund and commodity index fund is down about 50%, I am thinking about a small group of people at Commodity Trading Advisors and their game and I know they are motivated by more than just money.

Contact Irina at 786-301-2456. She is an event entertainer based in South Florida. Many of her upscale clients invest in commodity hedge funds. 

    

Are We in Depression? Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, Merrill Lynch agreed a $50bn takeover by Bank of America.

Are we in Depression? "Ignore the Lehman takeover chatter,"said Paul R. La Monica, CNNMoney.com editor at large, in his online story June 19, 2008, "Investors shouldn't buy into all this gossip."

Today, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection and Merrill Lynch agreed a $50bn takeover by Bank of America.

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Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers,Goldman Sachs.. Investment firms with fascinating stories. People who work there are subjects of curiosity to me but I keep my money elsewhere.

I also stopped following consumer financial news long ago. I get my financial and political news from HBO: Real Time with Bill Maher and personal finance bloggers.

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Feel free to discuss bellow in comments.

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Customer Service. How to get a Human at a Customer Service Number Fast, Use GetHuman.com

We all have horror stories about customer service. Being impatient myself, I hate it when I dial a customer service number and have to jump through the hoops of customer support options. I usually just hold "0" key down in hopes that I will be able to get to a human faster. It usually does not work.

Yesterday, I found gethuman.com Reportedly, it is a database where you can search for alternative customer service telephone numbers for many companies that will connect you directly to humans.

This is me with a stern look. :-) I used to work for customer support myself at Deneba Software in the late 90's. 

I didn't have a chance to test it on a real customer service call yet, but am looking forward to it. I often call Comcast, my Internet provider, Nokia for my N80 smartphone and T-Mobile, my service provider for my Nokia cellphone. I did the search at gethuman.com.  And all three have human customer service numbers listed and they will all be tested by me in time. 

Give it a try yourself at gethuman.com

and leave a comment bellow if you were able to get a human directly by using this much needed human customer service telephone directory.