Golf with Morgan Freeman

Here's an auction which is raising money for a good cause - the winner gets to play golf with the actor Morgan Freeman. The mission of PLAN!T NOW (the organization formerly known as the Grenada Relief Fund) is to be an advocate for the power of preparedness, focused on empowering people to develop their own solutions. But, the challenge is not only to create tools and resources for public preparedness, it's creating a sense of urgency for preparedness itself. Simply put, our mission is to give people the power to save their own lives. 100% of the money raised in this auction is going to the Grenada Relief Fund.

The auction winner will also receive -

You will also receive a set of clubs, courtesy of Callaway Golf! This set of clubs includes the latest in golf technology from top-selling Big Bertha brand. The Big Bertha 460 Driver boasts a 460cc head design with a shallower face, flatter crown and the highest Moment of Inertia ever in a Callaway Golf all-titanium head – resulting in longer and straighter off-center shots. The set also includes a 52 degree X-Forged Wedge is constructed from soft 1020 carbon steel for incredible feel with a tighter heel-toe radius that provides increased versatility from anywhere around the green. The Odyssey White Hot XG #3 putter is a rounded heel-toe weighted blade with a half-shaft offset. All of these clubs come ready to play with the industry’s #1 selling model Warbird Hot Stand Bag.

Don't forget your fantastic golf rain suit! The Dunhill rain outfit consists of an XL vinyl waterproof jacket and cream color sweater.

Don't forget to bookmark the auction. Morgan Freeman is waiting!

The Presidential Bus

I just love it when a piece of history comes up for sale. Of course, some pieces are more interesting and valuable than others - but the point of collecting historical artefacts is that they chart some moment of change in the way things are done. Take this Presidential Bus for instance.

According to the owners,

This coach has quite the history. It was originally constructed in 1995 for my wife and me; we intended to use it to go live in Alaska for a while. Well, this did not happen, and one day a good friend suggested that if I was not going to go to Alaska right away, why not use the bus to help Congressman Bill Zeliff campaign for New Hampshire Governor? So I did, and we spent the summer of 1995 driving around New Hampshire, doing parades and other events. Bill lost, but the bus was well received, so I decided to help with Phil Gramm's 1996 run for President.

The bus has been in politics ever since. Governor Bush used the bus as his campaign headquarters from July 1999 through the New Hampshire primary. Throughout this time, George Bush, Sr, Barbara Bush, Laura Bush, Jeb Bush, George P. Bush, and other members of the Bush family all rode on the bus. Many others rode on the bus, too: Elizabeth Dole, Judd Gregg, Jack Kemp, and Congressman Charles Bass. After the primary the bus supported the campaigning efforts of various Federal and state candidates, taking them throughout the state of New Hampshire in their bid for elected office. The last political event of the 2000 election the bus attended was President Bush's inaugural parade, and the presidential bus was born.

After the 2000 election the bus rested snuggly in its climate controlled garage until the start of the 2002 political season. Every candidate supported in 2002 won political office: Senator John Sununu, Representative Charles Bass, Representative Jeb Bradley, and Governor Craig Benson.

In 2004 the bus again campaigned for President Bush, and in 2006 it also campaigned throughout New Hampshire. Many well-known politicians, including Senator John McCain, campaign on the bus during this time.

Rudy Giuliani used the bus in 2007 and 2008 as his New Hampshire mobile campaign headquarters.

Throughout all of this the bus has been meticulously maintained. All the maintenance was done in house by me or under my immediate supervision. I just recently retired and sold my trucking business, so now its time to sell this great bus.

What an amazing opportunity to own a well documented piece of presidential and electoral history - it could be used as a miniature tourist attraction in its own right.

Painting by Breast??

I sometimes surf through eBay's Weird and Wonderful section - and today, I came across this amazing painting which you could actually hang in your lounge. The artist, Kira Ayn Varszegi, said

The paint is applied directly to my breasts, which are then pressed onto the canvas. This process is repeated several times, using different color combinations, until I like the final composition. This series is intended to be intimate, whimsical, and fun (and an interesting conversation piece). This is a 100% original creation that was painted entirely with my (real) breasts.

More art by Kira Ayn Varszegi is available for sale.

More aeroplanes, anyone?

I am absolutely amazed. After I found the Harrier Jump Jet earlier on today, I took some time out this evening to look through other plane auctions - here there are

• 3 BAC 1-11 Airliners on sale for a cool US $4,995,000.00
  
• A lovely Cessna - described as "A Classic 1959 Cessna 310C Full IFR, Ready-To-Fly"
  
• A 1968 Cessna 421 - the description reads "Stryair Inc. has owned this aircraft N1421U s/n 0046 for over 4 years (I have the paperwork to prove this). The retail N.A.A.A. value is 174,400 U.S dollars, with the wholesale value at 140,000 U.S. dollars. Stryair would love to keep this bird, but it is necessary to let her go."
  

Wow. I am astonished that transactions like this occur on eBay.

Harrier Jump Jet, anyone?

Don't you just love the concept of a bargain - especially when the current price for this Harrier Jump Jet on eBay is just £4,100 (price correct at the time of going to press).

The auction details say that

This is a decommissioned ex Royal Navy Sea Harrier FA2 Fighter/Attack aircraft which has served between 1987 and 1997 with all 3 of the Fleet Air Arm Harrier squadrons (800, 801 and 899 NAS).



The aircraft is externally complete to Static display/museum standards and would make a truly stunning garden feature or museum exhibit.



Complete with wing pylons and belly AMRAAM pylons. Replica engine nozzles (cast from the real thing) are fitted to give the impression an engine is installed.



Complete with photos of the aircraft in service and its full history.



This is the aircraft featured by Airfix as the 1:48 scale model of the FRS1 Sea Harrier in the 899NAS 50th Anniversary colour scheme. This colour scheme was applied to this aircraft in February 1993 prior to it's conversion to FA2 spec.



This is a Rare opportunity. You will not find a Static display Harrier this complete for sale anywhere else in the world!

More items from this seller can be seen below:

A quick update

I've been really busy - getting a couple more web sites online - Vera Bradley Handbags and Get me the Tickets

For the Coldplay enthusiasts amongst you, there are some tickets on there for some of the Coldplay events in the US and Canada

Right - I'm off to do some more work to build this great empire ..... er, revenue stream - so that I can announce my new project in September.

M

ps, just remembered, I added to the Compost Heap

£150,000 Challenge

Plodding onwards :) .... what have I done today??

Well, after publishing an article (it has yet to be reviewed and accepted), I updated another blog and then decided it was time to get aggressive with some PPC advertising.

I don't often spend money on online advertising, but I do find that there are some benefits in taking the time on a couple of the advertising networks to get some well targeted keyword phrases. For instance, I use 7Search.com because they have a fantastic keyword tool. Also, it is much easier when using their interface to see what bids are on specific keywords and to decide for myself what amount I am prepared to pay per click.

I mini-challenge myself - £150,000

Well, there you go - I have said it.

I have a project in mind and, putting a little planning in place, I realise that I need to raise a huge amount of money before the beginning of October this year.

£150,000.

It seems an insurmountable amount.

Of course, if you listen to the gurus, this is easily achievable. However, I find it difficult doing the full internet marketing bit and selling ebooks and motivational codswallop. Not that there isn't a whole lot of useful information around - it's just that I can't do it! .... or at least, not that well.

So, what can I do? Or better yet, what have I been doing??

Well, I have been building affiliate web sites which sell products because that's something I really understand. For the last twenty years I have been running a small shop - and so I do know how to sell products and gifts. The web sites are bringing in income - but I have yet to strike gold and find one where the commission is £150,000 - LOL.

My latest web site is about Vera Bradley Handbags. This is still a work in progress - and I will be working on this later today.

So, how else am I whipping myself into a frenzy to earn this £150,000?

Well, because people talk about the power of visualization, I have made a custom screen theme for my pc - which just says £150,000 - I haven't tried doing this before, but this is going to greet me every time I switch the pc on and off.

I'll be posting more about my quest for £150,000 over the next few months!

Wish me luck
M