John Higginbotham

Moms and doctor’s offices

John — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:38:02 +0000

I am here sitting in the eye doctors office waiting on my mother to see if she has scardosis (spelling)? In her eyes. She has had a lot of health problems as of late.. I worry a lot about her. She is only 54 years old and seems to have a lot of problems already…

We are at the same doctor’s office that my great grand grand parents went to before they died. I have been thinking a lot about them as of late. They lived long and relatively healthy lives. They both died several years ago in their ninetys. My grandmother was not as lucky,she died at 66 several years ago as well. My maternal grandfather is still alive in a nursing home, he is 82. He is not in the best of shape and has had a host of health problems for about ten years now, but he is still alive,thank God. He is such a good man. I mention all of this I believe out of thought regarding my own mortality.

I am sitting in this doctor’s office where 100 percent of the patients are 70 plus… a couple of them are with their children perhaps who ate over 50 at least. I sit here wondering about the journey they have experienced on this earth. Everyone has a different experience and a story to tell
. I could just imagine the stories they could share
..I have always so much enjoyed hearing stories from older Generations.. I love hearing stories from my grandfather to this day, he has so much to share.
There was a plaque in the form of a clock with an old poem by an unknown author that I always enjoyed and thought about.. I am going to attempt to remember it.. we will see how it goes…

The hands of life are wound but once…. and no man has the power… to tell just when the hands will stop…. at late or early hour…

That is all I can remember for now…there is more of course…. I am now going to go back waiting for my mother at the doctors office …enjoying the tid bits of information that my elders are unknowingly Sharing.. some of them are just so fascinating. I don’t agree with everything they say but fascinating nonetheless..

Pics from the Beach

John — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:09:50 +0000

We went to Myrtle Beach with some friends a few weeks ago. We had a blast. We took the non-stop flight via Allegiant Air from Huntington, WV. Awesome price and awesome deal. I’ve never seen the tri-state airport as busy as it is when their is an Allegiant air flight coming in…. it is very nice!

enjoy because I will be about 20 pounds thinner next summer…. I don’t usually like to go without a shirt…. but I came to the conclusion that I draw more attention to myself being in the water with a shirt on rather than just letting my belly flop out….. although I try my best to suck it in..

Battle of the Bulge

John — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:58:00 +0000

Today I’m doing a video journal of my journey to lose weight….. my goal is to weigh 150 to 155… on my 5’9 frame this is my ideal weight.. I still have 20 pounds to go.

Below is the 2nd part of my video on losing weight… I kept getting text messages (my phone stops recording and I lose the entire video) so I didn’t want to spend a lot of time journaling and it not “take”…. so I did 2 different recordings. I came to the conclusion that saying I am going to lose 20 pounds is entirely too overwhelming…. instead I am going to lose 5 pounds a time. Rome wasn’t built in a day…

WordPress application for android phone

John — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:17:22 +0000

I have a nexus 1 phone and have found an application for it that will allow me to post to any word press blog that i have. I absolutely love this app. Couple the android application with the voice function of my phone and i have a match made in heaven. I can quickly communicate on my blog via my phone without having to type on the virtual keypad.

The virtual keypad is one of the only things i do not like about my smartphone. I have gotten use to it for the most part but do not prefer it. I like the keypad on my old pre phone much better. There so many apps for my phone and not enough time to enjoy all of them or even test out the many features they have to offer.

Godaddy Gotcha Moment

John — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:41:40 +0000

I have several domains registered through godaddy… domains i have acquired by taking advantage of specials they have to offer. my registar of choice is actually namecheap.com… they have free whois protection (for a year) where godaddy charges for the service.. they also offer a feature that will let you easily reactivate domains in your account once they have expired, where godaddy does not.. at least not that I know of.

If you pay Godaddy via paypal you electronically sign a “billing agreement” that basically allows godaddy to charge your account for the renewal registration fee. I am certain this increases their revenue stream dramatically… but really upsets a lot of customers, including myself. A couple of my domains were renewed automatically that I had no intention of renewing.. it really ticked me off.

I reviewed their paypal billing agreement and it said that the option to renew domains automatically was turned on by default… a dirty little trick in my book… it was a classical “gotcha” moment… Godaddy got me.

I have been using the paypal virtual credit card plugin in the past to avoid this very situation. You are assigned a temporary credit card number with an expiration date in the current month and year. So if a company such as godaddy that employs dirty little tricks such as these decides to automatically bill you, you are safe, and you have the ability to cancel the transaction. Once they have your money, it’s very difficult to get it back. After examining their agreement, it looks like their are NO refunds. I won’t be doing any future business with godaddy and will continue to use namecheap.com as my registar of choice. I, like anyone else, hates the feeling of being taken.

After examining their agreement, it looks like their are NO refunds. I won’t be doing any future business with godaddy and will continue to use namecheap.com as my registar of choice. I, like anyone else, hates the feeling of being taken.

Real Estate Investing

John — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:32:50 +0000

Scams on classified ads sites

John — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:57:53 +0000

My sister was recently looking for a puppy on the internet… she ran into a classified website called oogle.com.. she inquired about a puppy that was located in oregon, which i thought was strange since it was so far away. She received a response fairly quickly to my surprise. It was a very lengthly email asking her all sorts of questions in broken english. It appeared to me to have scam written all over it. The person was selling the puppy for 250 dollars including shipping. Does that just sound very odd to you? The cost of sending the puppy via an airline would be $250 I would think. The email even included the classic hard luck story about why the person wanted to get rid of the puppies.. i told my sister to reply to the email and ask what kind of payment she would accept.. i am almost certain that she will respond saying western union.

Be very careful when dealing with out of state people on classified sites on the internet. I know a few people who have been taken on the sites on a deal that was too good to be true.. google the email address of the person you’re dealing with, you may be surprised what you discover.

Always get a second opinion

John — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:23:16 +0000

My grandfather had always told me to never take one person’s word for the gospel.. always try to get a second opinion from someone else… being an entrepreneur i cannot tell you how important this piece of advice has been in my life. People have different reasons they tell you what they tell you…. you never know what their motive may be. You also can never assume that they understand the questions that your asking them completely. For example, just because you ask and internal medicine doctor about a heart condition you may have does not mean they will give you a good answer or even one that would be appropriate for your situation… another example that is much closer to home, asking a real estate attorney about an intellectual property issue may not necessarily get you a very good answer and vice versa.

The point is you need to know who to direct your question to. It also always helps to ask educated questions. Research the issue or question you’re having and ask the questions that are appropriate to your situation. Asking general questions will get you general answers… being specific and detailed in your questioning will get You much better information.

Noone cares about your question or issue like you do, ask educated questions , do your research and always get a second opinion. Also do not be afraid to appear ignorant in your line of questioning… you’re gathering information specific to your issue… being concerned and wanting to get more information about something will only get you respect. Being passive and “letting things go” will only make it easier for people to walk all over you.

Preachers and Acuras

John — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:38:03 +0000

It really sets me off to see men and women of the cloth driving expensive cars driving around to members of their church asking them “not to forget” the church in their wills…. really makes me quite sick honestly……

Starting to work out again

John — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:17:48 +0000

I joined a health club called american health centers a while back ago and am absolutely loving it.. i started another blog about my weight loss journey… i have been kind of lazy to post on it. I would like to lose about 10 or 15 pounds before i’m satisfied with my weight. I got to about 205 pounds a few years ago and it has taken about 3 years to get to where i am today. I have weighed the same for nearly a year and am very dissatisfied with myself.. i plan on pushing myself very hard and losing 15 pounds before summer is over …i know i can do it