By Mike in Tokyo Rogers I have found a wonderfully done musical piece that has been edited to video for you by an artist named Alper Kul. Alper Kul is from Turkey and he works with electronic musical instruments such as the piano.
Alper Kul uploaded a fine work that I am proud to introduce to you. It is called "Only a Bomb to Nagasaki?" and is simply beautiful and powerful a the same time. It brought great emotions and tears to my eyes. Please watch this and enjoy!
ONLY A BOMB TO NAGAZAKI ? BY ALPER KUL from Alper KUL on Vimeo. It is true that some of the scenes are Hiroshima and not Nagasaki but I think that doesn't detract one bit from the message and the beautiful music. I expect to be hearing more from Alper Kul in the future. Alper Kul has a Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/alperkul1973?fref=ts His Alper Kul Myspace is here. If you write to him, tell him Mike in Tokyo Rogers sent you. ----------- Keywords: Alper Kul, Atomic bomb, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, World War II, Facebook, Myspace, Marketing Japan, Mike Rogers, Mike in Tokyo Rogers
"Life is difficult as it is so let us be good to each other." - C.S. Lewis
Today, I'd like to take a moment to highly recommend a book that has helped me greatly since the first time I read it and that is Brian Tracy'sGoals!
I write down my top 10 goals everyday! Inspired by the author ofGoals!Brian Tracy (I also recommend another Tracy book,Focal Point)
In Goals!Tracy talks about how, if you are to succeed in life that you need to write down your goals in order to be able to achieve them. "Sure!" Everyone thinks this but I know few who actually do write them down. Trust that writing them down does help your sub-conscious to actually remember and activate your brain to achieve the goals you set forth for yourself.
I write down my goals everyday in the morning when I wake up and, not only does doing so help me to achieve them, it also helps me to relax and stay much more focused. Who doesn't want to stay more focused in this day and age when our "in-box" includes, for most people, several e-mails accounts that are constantly filling up as the day goes by and consistently altering our priorities? Or an Internet world filled with Social Media like Facebook, Mixi (in Japan) and Linkedin accounts (among others) to attend? Twitter and Pick, are no longer for just sending messages to your friends, but they too, have been co-opted into the business world and your boss orders you to use them, or blogs and SNS, to get the company message out...
How in the world can anyone get ahead of the pile in the "in-box"?
The book promises that you will "Get everything you want, faster than you ever dreamed." Sounds like grandiose claims but let me point out that writing down your goals and purposes is like having a sort of road map to where you want to go. When you write them down, they enter your subconsciousness, they cause your inner brain to focus upon the Law of Attraction. If you do not write down where you want to go - if you do not have a map - then how will you know where you are going?
The publishers write:
Why do some people achieve all their goals while others simply dream of having a better life? Bestselling author Brian Tracy shows that the path from frustration to fulfillment has already been discovered. Hundreds of thousands--even millions--of men and women have started with nothing and achieved great success. Here Tracy presents the essential principles you need to know to make your dreams come true.
Tracy presents a simple, powerful, and effective system for setting and achieving goals--a method that has been used by more than one million people to achieve extraordinary things. In this revised and expanded second edition he has added three new chapters addressing areas in which goals can be most rewarding but also the toughest to set and keep: finances, family, and health.
Using the twenty-one strategies Tracy outlines, you'll be able to accomplish any goals you set for yourself--no matter how big. You'll discover how to determine your own strengths, what you truly value in life, and what you really want to accomplish in the years ahead. Tracy shows how to build your self-esteem and self-confidence, approach every problem or obstacle effectively, overcome difficulties, respond to challenges, and continue forward toward your goals, no matter what happens. Most importantly, you'll learn a system for achievement that you will use for the rest of your life.
One of my goals are to become a multi-millionaire. Laughable? Maybe. But at least I have a road map and I am consciously working on that everyday...
And I really do have proof! I have evidence that Tracy's philosophy and ideas in Goals! work. I have shown myself that actually writing down goals are critical to achieving them. And my proof stands in something that, for me, is much more important than the Rat Race and making money: it's being the best dad I can be.
It used to be my #1 priority was, "To make $15,000 a month..." then, one day, when I got a flash of irritation at something my son did - then thought about that flash later on - I realized that the most important thing for me was not money. By far the most important thing for me was to be a great dad.
Now my #1 priority goal that I write everyday is; "I am a kind, loving and patient father and husband today and everyday" (with today's date added).
Folks, trust me. This really works! Since starting this habit, I have caught myself several times with a flash of irritation at my son - that before would have caused me to get angry or upset and maybe raise my voice - but since I started writing down everyday my goal of being patient and kind, my mind recalls that goal immediately and has killed that flash of anger instantly its tracks.
Why ruin what could be a good learning opportunity and great memory with an out burst of irritability? What for? Life is too short to be getting upset at the small stuff all the time.
As the great writer C.S. Lewis wrote in Chronicles of Narnia, "Life is difficult as it is so let us be good to each other."
Try reading Brian Tracy's Goals! Write down your goals everyday. You'll be glad you did.
I will be on an US East Coast TV news program being interviewed about issues concerning the differences between Japan and the USA dealing with gun control, expatriation, immigration, the economy and the view of the United States from here across the Pacific on Sat. 2/23 6 pm & 11 pm EST. (Japan time 8 am & 1pm Sunday, 2/24.) The interview starts at about the half way mark of the show and continues for a good 15 minutes. http://usmediavault.com/stream.php?s=whdt 私はアメリカのテレビのニュースでインタビューされます。 明日、2月24日, (日) 午前8：２５~再び13：２５~見てください: http://usmediavault.com/stream.php?s=whdt
It's a recurring theme in many of my blogs; the old order is quickly collapsing right in front of our faces; TV and radio are dying a slow death. Now here is an explanation how Wi-Fi could be the final nail in the coffin. Viewership and listenership of TV and radio are sliding down a steep slope. Of course, as for TV, think about it; anyone who has the time, in this day and age, to sit for 3 or 4 (more?) hours a day, everyday, in front of the TV must either be; a) Jobless b) Poor c) Inactive d) Lazy Hate to be so rough sounding but I can't think of any sponsors who want to advertise or market to people who are inactive, lazy or have no money... Unless, of course, the sponsors are fast food or ice cream and sweets... Most TV & radio stations are both heading the way of the Short-Wave or Ham radios. The Internet is allowing for totally new ways for entertainment to be delivered to a targeted audience. Why would sponsors waste huge budgets on TV advertising that advertises to EVERYBODY when they can target their select group? They won't. That's why old media is dying a slow death. Read more about that here and here in two articles I wrote about the Long Tail.
To prove that this collapse of the old order is not happening just in Japan, here's an article from the Washington Post that talks about TV getting the worst ratings in history:
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans avoided television in historic levels over the past week.
CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox together had the smallest number of prime-time viewers last week in two decades of record-keeping, the Nielsen Co. said. Given the dominance of the big broadcasters before then, you'd probably have to go back to the early days of television to find such a collective shrug.
The first week of July tends to be among the slowest weeks of the year in television, anyway, with families more engaged in barbecues and fireworks. The problem was magnified this year because July Fourthcame on Sunday, largely knocking out one of a typical week's biggest viewing nights.
Together, the four networks averaged 18.9 million viewers last week, Nielsen said. During the season, "American Idol" alone usually gets a bigger audience than that.
I'm sure that this sort of article will be coming out less and less in the near future. Why? Because every week will be worse than the last one for TV, radio, magazines and old media. And this sort of story is becoming old hat really quickly. The only place that will shine from here on out is the Internet. The revolution is being televised - not by what TV is showing, but by what they don't show. Also, and this is not yet widely publicized but, data currently shows that 68.4% of all Japanese household now have Wi-Fi. It is estimated that by 2017, that number will be over 88%. Also consider the fact that many people now use "pocket" (portable) Wi-Fi in their cars and outside. Wi-Fi is, folks, a broadcast signal. Wi-Fi can carry both television and radio and Internet broadcasts (of course)... Now, think about this, folks... It is estimated that a near 100% penetration of all Japanese households will be achieved by 2023. If Wi-Fi is a broadcasting signal, which it is, then de-facto Wi-Fi can broadcast TV and radio, etc. then why does a manufacturer like, say, Panasonic, need a TV or radio station for? They don't. Think about it. A company like Panasonic wants to communicate directly with customers, but under the old order (Broadcasting laws), they can't. The middleman in all communications as of today are the mass media... But what happens to the mass media when companies like Panasonic, Sony, Toyota no longer need them and can communicate directly to potential customers via Wi-Fi? And, since Wi-Fi is an extremely short distance signal, Wi-Fi REQUIRES NO BROADCASTING LICENSE! The only thing the major manufacturers and sponsors need is content. They DO NOT need TV and radio stations for content. In fact, most TV and many radio stations (especially in Japan) do not create content: outside production companies do. In many cases, especially in Japan, broadcast stations are merely a platform. This means that companies like Panasonic (or your favorite company's name here) no longer needs to pay the middleman broadcasting companies anymore. They can use their own broadcasting set-ups going into the homes through Wi-Fi... Wi-Fi has an unlimited number of channels too! And, then, think about this, if the advertisers and sponsors can create their own content and go directly to the audience, then why wouldn't they? And when that happens, who will the TV stations and major mass media get to buy their broadcasts? No one, I reckon. Content will always be king, but broadcasting platforms, like TV, radio, cable and satellite TV channels are in trouble. By the way, most of the upper executives at broadcasting stations already know about this (at least the smart ones do) so what I am telling you isn't a shock to them... Like I said, TV and radio are dying a slow death. This news isn't a revelation; it's a death sentence.
Concerning my most recent article at Lew Rockwell, "Gun Control and Japan" in which I wrote; "Is directly comparing Japan’s gun laws and crime rate with the USA a good and logical comparison? Does this make sense? Are the progressives bringing up a point that is difficult to argue against? Can we make an apples-to-apples comparison using Japan against the USA? The answer is no. Unfortunately for the progressives, we can’t sensibly make that comparison and I want to show you why it’s absurd to even consider it. The only things that might make sense in a Japan versus USA comparison might have to do with economics, automobiles, love of sushi and baseball (and I’m not so sure about the baseball part). If we are talking about gun control, crimes, or even universal health care, Japan and the United States are two animals that are as different as night and day... ...I think it must be pretty obvious to anyone who thinks about it when talking about gun control and crimes (or even universal health care) comparing the United States to Japan is like comparing a steak barbecue to a slice of fish." The response to that article was very good with only one person telling me that I am a moron (thanks dad!). But I did get one letter from a reader that really touched my heart. It struck me as a sort of whimsical (for lack of a better term) look back at a better time in America, though it is not stated so directly. In fact, this letter reflects my thinking (and chagrin) about the United States today.
Dear Mike, As you are fully aware, it is not "fair" to compare two countries. It isn't even fair to compare two different US regions or even two US states, even when they share boarders! It isn't even an even ground when comparing a population of one state...before the devastating influx of illegals, but before that was the change in immigration policies.
What we are able to compare with just about any two countries is the government vs. the people. While culture and mindset may be different, most people groups, if left "alone," are much more interested in their family group, basic needs being met, and their culture/arts. Unfortunately, governments with power and money (debt) behind them, will not allow this to happen. The love of power and control is inherently evil.
I remember how much better life was years ago, even when the societal decent had been in motion. Our moral compass had not been totally removed. In every society since Adam, evil has been present, but at least in those years, there was still a societal veneer to cover up the ugly sewer life. Today, the veneer has been removed and people are embracing and celebrating filth and sewer scum as if it were natural and edifying.
I find it hard to believe with the influence of media upon all modern societies that the Japanese culture has not been affected by it. The changes are probably manifested differently. The US culture was probably "less restrictive" and already "under attack" than the Japanese culture in the early part of the 20th century. (Was the women's movement already underway in Japan as in the US starting with the "flapper" era?) War(s) is the quickest way to societal change. Those who "developed" the war(s) won, and those who were the patsies--all those who participated-- lost the war--no matter what the "history" books say. Society as we knew it was over, but most people didn't notice the slow decent into the abyss until now. It is probably too late. It is a very sad thing. Mrs. R Yes. It is a very sad thing. Too bad too few people seem to realize it... It is, indeed, far too late. "I remember how much better life was years ago...." Whatever happened to that wonderful place I lived in so many years ago in my youth? Thank you, Mrs. R. Thanks for the mail and thanks for allowing me to go back to my youth for even a few seconds.
OK. My friend in California, "Al", has written to me to ask if this "story about Japanese girl's wearing panties on their heads" trend is true. I checked. It's true... Sort of... I'm not saying that there is a trend whereby Japanese high school girls are wearing panties on their head. I'm saying that it is true that there is a story about Japanese girls wearing panties on their heads as being a trend.
Well, no... Seeing is not believing. This is Japan after all!
And whenever there's this sort of nonsense of the Geek variety about Japan, I don't have any problem finding out about it. There's only one place to even bother looking to find the answer: The Akiba Blog! I'm not saying this "trend" is true at all. All I'm saying is that I found this article; it is true that there is an article. Today, near the station, I saw dozens and dozens of high school girls walking home from school and did not see a one with panties on her head. Akiba Blog has photos and the "story." It's in Japanese but you can use Google translate to get the story in English though.... But why bother? They say a picture speaks a thousands words, right? What more is there to say?
Go there and check the story... For me, every time I look at the Akiba Blog, I feel like I have to take a shower and that's what I'm going to do right now...
You read that headline correctly. In Japan, last night on the headlines of the world's biggest newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun; a newspaper that was established in 1874 - that has over 13.5 million newspapers delivered daily, ran a Headline News story read about a 44-year-old man who stole some Valentine's Day chocolate because, "He wanted some." Saints preserve us! Is this the beginning of some kind of out-of-control criminal crime wave sweeping the nation?
Yes. They have Hershey Kisses in Japan!
(And on Valentine's Day in Japan,
the girls give the guys the chocolate - NOT the other way around!)
Now, this isn't just a story about why Japan blows away most of the rest of the world when it comes to a lack of crime, it also is a story about the general psyche of people in this country. But first, here's a quick and simple translation of the story: The Yomiuri Shimbun headlines read; "Man claims, after stealing chocolate, 'I wanted some.'" On the 16th of this month, police in Sendai in Miyagi prefecture arrested a 44-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of theft. According to the police statement, at about 2:40 am on that day, the suspect was in Miyagino City in the vicinity of an apartment where a 31-year-old civil servant lived and saw some Valentine's Day chocolate and other items in a vinyl bag hanging from the handlebars of the bicycle owned by that civil servant. The chocolate had a value of ¥550 (about $5.93 USD). When the suspect took the chocolate, the 31-year-old civil servant gave chase and subdued the suspect. Upon being asked why he stole the chocolate, the suspect was quoted as saying (testifying), "I wanted some chocolate!" Feb. 17, 2013, Yomiuri Shimbun
The online edition of this story
Now, people are often asking why Japan I think is a much better place to live than, say, the United States and it's often difficult to point out specifics as to why. But when it comes to crime, Japan is miles away safer than just about any western country in the world. I never have to worry about my wife or daughters going out at night. But this little anecdote about the chocolate also shows us a glimpse of something very important about the Japanese psyche that is difficult to put a finger on. This story shows what the level of crime is in this country and what people think about crime in general. From my westerner perspective, that this sort of story could even hit the newspapers is amazing; and we're not talking about some local newspaper here! We are talking about a national newspaper in a country of 130 million people that has a circulation of 13.5 million copies daily! This sort of crime would never make any major newspaper in the USA... I think even local newspapers wouldn't run this! Also, one more thing about the Japanese... And this too is an intangible, but this article points to it. The Japanese are generally shy and humble people... Where I come from, Los Angeles, I hear it is a badge of honor for head bangers to get arrested and have a criminal record. Not in Japan. In Japan, a criminal record is a shameful thing. Shameful for that person and very shameful for the family. I think when most Japanese hear this story they think, "Stealing is a crime and that's bad! He should never do that!" The Japanese pretty much have a zero-tolerance for this sort of thing... Of course that 31-year-old guy wouldn't let the old thief slide. Theft is theft in this country and a shameful act; it must be dealt with properly. I think, "Poor guy." Heck, if that were my chocolate and he stole it (and I chased him - which I probably wouldn't do) and caught him and he meekly said, "I just wanted some chocolate..." I probably would have felt sorry for the guy and gave him the chocolate... Heck, I probably would have bought him some cigarettes and a beer too... After that? Who knows? If he were even luckier, maybe I would even have given him a Valentine's Day wink and a kiss too! Poor guy indeed.
There's an old guy who lives in an apartment building near me who also collects and raises Bonsai trees. I see him outside everyday taking care of the trees that are placed outside of his apartment building. What is wonderful about them is not only their beauty and the art, but the fact that they are worth hundreds of dollars each yet he doesn't lock them up and no one steals them or vandalizes them. You know what would happen to them overnight in the USA, right? Anyway, I walked by on Thursday and was very happily surprised to see the first blossoms in Tokyo that I have seen this year so far. They were on one of the old guy's Bonsai trees. I asked if I could take a picture and he was very happy to allow me to do so. So here I want to share them with you.
The first blossoms of 2013. For me, these represent good fortune and prosperity!
This is a photo of the entire Bonsai tree. I'd say it was about 2 feet tall (about 60 centimeters) tall and about twenty years old. The old guy told me that the blossoms were out "About a week to two weeks early this year." That surprised me because this winter has been so cold and snowy. I guess Hanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing time) is going to come early this year!
Also, since those were the only plum blossom flowers I've seen in Tokyo so far, I wanted to share some more great Mt. Fuji photos I have. This one was taken by my friend, Yuki Koizumi.... Beautiful!
This next few were taken near my house by the Tamagawa River on Feb. 17, 2013. In the background, Mt. Fuji. In the middle, you can see the Japanese "Boys of Summer" (baseball players) playing baseball in February while it's freezing cold outside (the puddles on the ground were frozen!)
This one reminds me of one of Hokusai's "36 Views of Mt. Fuji" in that in some of those, it's difficult to pick out Mt. Fuji.... But there she is in the very middle on the horizon covered in snow!
When it comes to gun control in the USA the
logic of the progressives works in a very curious way. They often like to cherry
pick nations from around the world to compare with the USA. One of their favorite
nations to use as a comparison is Japan.
The argument goes like this; “Gun crimes are
out of control in the United States! In America, over eleven thousand people
are killed with guns every year! Japan has strict gun control laws and only a
handful of people are killed with guns annually. Therefore Japan proves that
gun control works. The United States should have gun control laws like Japan!”
You’ve heard this argument. I’m constantly
hearing it; “If the United States were more like Japan”… “If the United States
had gun laws like Japan, then gun crimes would virtually disappear.”
Is this true?
Well, it is certainly true that overall Japan
is a much safer place than the United States. The data show this to be fact. I
would also venture to say that, in many ways, it would be better if the United
States and American people were more like Japan and the Japanese people. But I
suppose that’s a samurai sword that cuts both ways; there are plenty of
unfortunate things about Japan and the Japanese that sometimes make me wish it
were more like the USA and American people.
Is directly comparing Japan’s gun laws and
crime rate with the USA a good and logical comparison? Does this make sense? Are
the progressives bringing up a point that is difficult to argue against? Can we
make an apples-to-apples comparison using Japan against the USA?
The answer is no. Unfortunately for the
progressives, we can’t sensibly make that comparison and I want to show you why
it’s absurd to even consider it. The only things that might make sense in a
Japan versus USA comparison might have to do with economics, automobiles, love
of sushi and baseball (and I’m not so sure about the baseball part). If we are
talking about gun control, crimes, or even universal health care, Japan and the
United States are two animals that are as different as night and day.
We probably can’t even fairly compare Japanese girl’s fashions
Let me show you why and then when anyone makes
this sort of comparison, you should smile and remind them of these few points…
You want to compare the United States to Japan?
The United States is a country that isn’t even
250 years old.
Some people consider that the USA has a huge immigration
problem. In the United States, there are estimates of up to 20 million illegal aliens in the
country.
Japan is not known to have an immigration
problem. Japan is extremely strict on immigration. About 150,000 people per
year are allowed to immigrate to this country.
Any child born in the USA is automatically
awarded citizenship even if that child’s mother is in the country illegally.
This accounts for about 380,000 new Americans annually.
Just because you were born in Japan doesn’t
mean that you can get Japanese citizenship. Even those living here today, as permanent
residents, whose grandparents were brought to Japan as slaves from Korea or
Taiwan over one hundred years ago, are not given Japanese citizenship upon
birth.
“Cultural Identity” and “United States of
America” are not words that I often note in the same sentence. The United
States is a good example of a country that is considered a “Melting pot.”
The Japanese have an extremely strong cultural
identity. Japan is a good example of one of the world’s few homogenous
societies.
The United States was born in a revolution against
a monarchy and all through its history it has had a civilian population that
has always been well armed.
Japan was a caste society for thousands of
years. The people – the peasantry – have never been armed. There was never any
idea of democracy in feudal Japan and the people never considered rising up
against the aristocrats and the warlords.
The United States was also founded on the
principle that “All men are created equal.”
In Japan’s feudal caste society, 98% of the population
was the peasantry; the remaining two percent were aristocrats, warriors and
merchants. People were far from equal.
In the United States, the law of the land,
written in the 1780s, says that the people have the right to keep and bear
arms. People in the United States have a history of a country awash with guns.
In ancient Japan, the people were not even
allowed to carry swords. The Great Sword Hunt was carried out in 1588 and
disarmed everyone. The only ones who were ever allowed to carry arms were the
warrior class. Guns? What guns?
According to the Global
Peace Index, the United States ranks a lowly 88th
place (One rank above the People’s Republic of China). Japan is ranked as the 5th
most peaceful nation in the world.
In the USA, the official numbers show
unemployment at 7.8% of the population. Unofficially, according to Shadow Stats, the unemployment rate is
about 23%.
In Japan official unemployment stands at about
4.2%. Unofficially it is at 5.7%.
And that’s just a few of the big differences.
There’s much more but I think you get the picture,
Now, you tell me, after considering the above, is
comparing Japan and the United States fair when it comes to gun control or even
Universal Health Care?
Can we find a cure for gun crime in the United
States by looking at how another country with a vastly different history, culture
and people with a completely different experience have dealt with it or do we
have to look within ourselves and our own nation?
Could it be that the gun crimes and murder rate
in the USA have little to do with the numbers of guns and everything to do with
what Henson Ong said at a gun violence
prevention public hearing said,
“Gun control does not work. Your own history is
replete with high school rifle teams, Boy Scout marksmanship merit badges. You
could buy rifles at hardware stores. You could order them – mail order them –
delivered to your home. Your country was awash in readily available firearms
and ammunition. And yet, in your past, you did not have mass shootings… What
changed? It was not that the availability of guns suddenly exploded or
increased, it actually decreased… What changed was societal decay…”
I think it must be pretty obvious to anyone who
thinks about it when talking about gun control and crimes (or even universal
health care) comparing the United States to Japan is like comparing a steak
barbeque to a slice of fish.
Men may be from Mars, and women are from Venus,
but never forget that the Japanese are most definitely from Japan… Americans
are from who knows where.
"...the other day, I saw something that really made my heart sing and think, for the first time in a long time, "Wow! Here's some Japanese people who are really going for it and trying to sell their product, not only in Japan but around the world!" I went to a live jazz performance of a new artist named Julie.
It was a refreshing evening. It made my heart sing to hear REALLY top quality world-class performers doing music with style....
...Meet Jazz singer Julie. Her latest EP (now on sale on Amazon) is a refreshing break from the typical pop music scene. Julie does Jazz and in the traditional mode. The EP has been released in Italy and was produced, directed, recorded, engineered, mastered by an Italian film director. The video was also shot on location in Italy. And one can tell immediately that this is not a Japanese production."
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Seriously... Today I got an email from Linkedin that said I was one of the Top 1% of all profiles viewed on all of Linkedin (200 million users) for 2012. They also have said that I have an "All-Star profile"... Really? I think that if my profile has been viewed in the top 1% that's pretty lame! (I mean for Linkedin; maybe cool for me!)
200 million members? Top 1%? That is cool, I suppose. But in my twisted mind, it reminds me of the trivial fact about alcohol hand-sprays. You know, the ones that you see at hospitals and doctors office entranceways that ask you to spray your hands before entering in order to kill bateria and any other nasties on your hands? Well did you know that those sprays only kill 99% of all bacteria? Yep. That leaves 1% alive. And did you know that in one sneeze, there are about 200 million bacteria? Yep. So, if the spray kills 99% and there are 200,000,000 then that means.. Let's see... 99% is actually .99 which means that 0.01 are stil alive. 200,000,000 divided by 0.01 leaves 2,000,000 left over.... So, if you spray your hands with this alcohol spray, then there could be 2 million little bacteria nasties still remaining. Delicious! So, if there are 200,000,000 Linkedin users, and I am in the Top 1% viewed, then there are two million people just like me!!!!! Wow! I feel so, so.... Unique. Or maybe, most people take that Linked in too seriously. I did write once in How to Make Six Figures a Year From Your Linkedin Account - Linkedin Needs More Truth in Advertising - My Linkedin Page is a Big Joke
Do you know what Linkedin is? Linkedin is a great place where you can connect with people you don't know or care about and brag about stuff that doesn't really matter. It's kind of like going to a high school reunion where everyone who thought they were hot stuff in school tries to impress everyone else that they are still hot stuff even though they now work part-time as a plumber or are on food stamps!
Heck, nothing wrong with food stamps! Join the crowd! I just got my Obamacard today so I get food stamps too! Hey Linkedin, where do we enter that sort of information on our biographies?
........ Maybe the wig is why I have never had anyone call me even once for a job interview after seeing my Linkedin bio!
Speaking of that, I been wondering exactly what the purpose of Linkedin is anyway? I mean, if it is a site to look for a job then that's cool, but what's the point of posting your bio on Linkedin if the only other people who are going to see it are also out of a job and looking for one too?
Isn't that a contradiction? It's so confusing....
...Is Linkedin merely a place for unemployed men to be bragging to other unemployed men? Not hardly.
The truth is that Linkedin was designed for the gainfully employed to show their old high school girlfriend (who savagely dumped them just before the big year-end dance) that she made a mistake that she'll always regret because you - and only you - were the one who really loved her most (that b*tch!) When you understand that, then Linkedin makes sense.
That's why you rarely see girls on Linkedin. They don't go there because they can't really figure out what the point is either (remember they were the ones doing the dumping). Did you know that, by my latest calculations that guys on Linkedin outnumber women by over 25 to 1!!!...
...I think Linkedin should have a "reality recommendations" part and, instead of just positive recommendations, it should also have a "condemnations" and "personal attacks" place whererealcomments about your shady character can be added. Stuff that can't be blocked by the page owner.Real opinionson your work quality and ethics (or lack thereof) like these from your former employers:
"So and so worked here for six months and things went fine until we began to notice huge amounts of toilet paper missing from the restrooms and forks, knives and spoons missing from the employee cafeteria." - Manager Or, remember your very first job? Working at your dad's company?
"So and so was a totally worthless pile of crap employee. He was the worst putrefying heap of overblown bovine excrement imaginable. All his life he's been useless. Totally night and day difference between him and his extremely successful older brother." - Your father
Well, that was then and this is now. Actually, I've fallen on hard times so I cleaned up my Linked in account and make it more, er, serious in order to get gainful employment.
A look at my Linkedin description of my radio work should drive that point home:
Mike Rogers was born and raised in Los Angeles, a city even more dangerous and crazy than he is. His passport lists his occupation as 'D.J./comedian' and as we all know, passports never lie.
He has worked as a professional DJ/Professional wrestling announcer/Sushi chef all around Japan entertaining and irritating audiences in equal measure for the last 27 years.
With his two of his only three friends, Mike wrote and starred in many of Tokyo's most popular radio programs, including Good Morning Garbage, er, I mean, Good Morning Garage (GMG) and Channel G.
Hopefully one day GMG will be syndicated nationwide, but as things stand, it looks like that will be the same day that you can ice skate and pirouette across the fiery rivers of hell.
Mike has also done many TV shows and can often be spotted in a romantic kissing scene at a restaurant as the customer in the background... Yes, that's him. No, not him. The other one. Yes! That's him the one on the right with the bald spot!
Frankly speaking, in the course of his career, Mike has received no awards worth mentioning but has received many a letter of complaint from listeners and offended fans, which is clearly a lot better.
Mike is very pleased to be coming to ply his trade in Japan, as to be honest, he had all but burnt his bridges in his own. Mike has been fired from every radio station in Tokyo at least once. But, just like a radioactive cockroach Mike keeps coming back.
Mike also makes TV shows and other stuff that you wouldn't really care about.
Maybe I should put back the entire slate of funny stuff and slap stick comedy that I used to have on my Linkedin page (like the position of "Top Tosser in Tokyo")... Think that will get me the CEO position at a huge international bank or Airlines?
