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What’s Cooking at PerrinLovett.me

24 Friday Jun 2016

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Today is the Fourth Anniversary of my little blog. I’m proud of how far I’ve come though I have many, many improvements to make and massive growth to capture. Thank you again for all your support during these formative years.

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Here’s where I am presently:

I need to do a lot of updates. This post, if published in order, will be number 547. That’s great, content wise, but I happen to have 56 more drafts in the works. That means I’m holding back more than 10% of my material. Some of those drafts will never see the light of the internet. Some are just notes for me. Some are redundant. Some are just terrible. Still I have plenty to work with and to do.

Then again, 500 posts is a lot already. If my blog was a novel it would be approximately twice the length of the Lord of the Rings.

It’s also leading into other, newer, better things for me and for you.

I’ve published two books in less than a year. One is for sale on Amazon. The other is free, here.

Please buy now.

Have this one for free!

Like the blog posts, I have a huge number of book drafts under way. I’m planning to publish several this summer.

I’m also working on a Udemy course. They’ve put me on a deadline so I should have that out by mid-July. The price range will be around $20-25; you’ll enjoy it and learn a heap.

The blog has also gotten me some positive attention and some freelance writing gigs. I’m so happy with those that I am in the process of becoming a full-time, paid writer and consultant. Much of that content will not bear my name but it will pay the bills until the books, courses, webinars, etc. take over.

In keeping with these business advancements, and for personal reasons, I am in the process of relocating to a certain income-tax free state. That project should be complete by the end of summer if all goes well. I move rather slowly but I always get there.

That’s what I have so far. I look forward to reporting this time next year on even greater successes. Thanks for all your help.

–Perrin

There are Lies, Damned Lies, and NYT Statistics

22 Wednesday Jun 2016

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In their quest to foist more gun control on the people, the New York Times regularly manipulates gun data just as they manipulate book sales data for their list of “bestsellers”.

Last week, the New York Times featured its latest article implying that the United States has the highest homicide rates in the “developed” world — defining any other country with a higher homicide rate as somehow unfit for comparison to the United States.

This is a common tactic among gun control advocates who make claims such as “the US has the highest homicide rate of any developed country.” The qualifier “developed” is then manipulated to make the US seem like a freakish outlier. As I’ve explained here, this common tactic requires a lot of cherry picking of data and ignores the way that many American states — many of which have few gun control laws — have some of the world’s lowest homicide rates.

— Ryan McMaken, Mises, 6/20/2016.

Gun grabbers always resort to lies and lying statistics.

You, Robot?

15 Wednesday Jun 2016

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What could possibly be scarier than ISIS and gun control? I saw two stories this morning that may answer the question. Facebook seriously wants to go all video and with the videos beamed telepathically from brain to brain.

I’m out on that, thanks. First, I’m a writer. I like books. I need people to purchase books. Second, I shun the Matrix for personal reasons. The Sun story covers the Matrix/Borg fear angle with a great explanation:

Many of us might think there’s something nightmarish about a world where we’re all plugged into the matrix.

But the billionaire [Zuck] has made his money from persuading huge numbers of people to drop their privacy shields and share every tiny aspect of their lives with friends, strangers and advertisers on Facebook.

In truth many are already plugged in but inefficiently. I assume half the population or more will welcome the changes when the time comes. Y’all have fun with that.

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20th Century Fox/Asimov

 

Righting and Writing

01 Wednesday Jun 2016

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I love James Altucher’s advice and style. This morning he sent me an email – an ad for a writing system. I didn’t (don’t) consider it solicitation or spam; it was more entertaining and insightful than a lot of regular articles and columns I read. Heck, I may invest in the system. The Title is How to Become an Addict Like Me. Here’s the intro:

Writing is my guiding philosophy of life.

It’s not a passion or a purpose. It’s the way I live.

Because I write, I think of ideas.

Ideas lead to things I can sell. Writing helps me sell these things.

I live for writing well…

I’m an addict.

If I can’t write well for two days, then something is wrong with my life. If I can’t write well for three days, then I cancel everything until I write.

It makes me happy. Many things make me happy. But every moment of the day is about writing for me. Nothing else. Not money. Not my career. Not my relationships. Not even my kids. Everything else comes in second.

Which sounds like a mental illness. Maybe it is. I love my kids. I will do anything for them. But first… be quiet until I write.

Building the skill of writing is one way I choose myself every day.

Without writing I would have no career and no self-esteem…nothing.

Writing is what put me on LinkedIn’s Top Influencers of 2015 list.

Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Mohamed El-Erian were ranked #1,#2, and #3 – all are three billionaires.

LinkedIn ranked me #4 because I’m a writer.

  • James Altucher, June 1, 2016.

 

That short piece resonated with me. I dedicated the month of May to posting at least once blog entry per day here – I failed. I hit 28 out of 31 days – not bad but the quality of what I wrote suffered a bit. Something was wrong. Something is always wrong but that’s how we improve. I should have taken days off. I’m working on as many thing as I can right now. I hope June’s articles are more substantive. I don’t know where I stand on LinkedIn although I do have more than 500 contacts. My Alexa ranking was rising but has fallen rather sharply in the past few months.

Google.

I stand way outside the mainstream (or even the extreme stream) of political thought. Wally does too. Scott Adams from today:

Tina: I saw your political opinion on Facebook and now I think you're an awful person. Wally: What did you think about me before? Tina: I didn't think about you before. Wally: Sounds like I got promoted.

Dilbert (love Dilbert!), Scott Adams, June 1, 2016.

Anyway … that’s the “righting” angle.

As for “writing”, I rarely explain how I come up with my stuff beyond base mention of cigars, booze, and a healthy dose of anger and sarcasm. I was going to do a proper “how-to” article on my writing methodology but I don’t really have the time this morning (late for the gym). And, I rarely write properly anyway – a lot of my work is posted straight from my phone and I do a good deal of talking to text. Messrs. Strunk and White must be aghast. Maybe I can round this out later…

Instead, here is a short list of some tools I use when writing (the write…right way):

A computer, duh (or a phone, pencil, dictaphone, whatever);

Coffee, coffee, coffee (in the morning);

Water (in the evening and as a healthy substitute for ale);

Cigar (really helps unless the ash falls on the keyboard);

Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary;

Black’s Law Dictionary;

Harvard Legal Citation Guide (The Blue Book);

A thesaurus;

Latin Quotes;

Popular Quotes;

Google;

Strunk and White;

Chicago Style Manual;

MLA Manual;

Several other books on making books.

(I may come back and round this out later – you get the point.)

Off to the gym now. A particularly impressive milestone is just around the corner…

 

Pdemy (Perrin on Udemy)(…really…..)(………)

25 Wednesday May 2016

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The old blog is humming along nicely. This is post number 495 (I have D.C. surrounded, yes). I have a couple of books out now, several more shaping up, and a few score more in the hopper. I’m slower than Christmas but I’m getting there.

Here are a few things I have a mind to produce:

More books. More and better and certainly better sellers (you can help by generously maxing out your credit cards on Amazon;

With the paper copies I’m going to include e-books (like this) and maybe even books on tape (or MP3 or whatever sells these days);

More blog traffic via a constantly improving platform. Many changes to come;

Some sort of live-action forum. The Perrin Lovett Show is on life support over at Youtube. Hopefully this sleeper program will revive one day and gain a little more structure and professional design and consistency. I’m also thinking about web-radio of some sort;

Webinars. Webinars are the future and seem to make some money. We could have cigar webinars, gun webinars, political webinars, even a webinar about guns that shoot cigars at politicians. Heck, the sky is the limit;

and…

I always wanted to teach something. The limited experience I have came with terrific feedback. I’m looking into teaching via Udemy or Pdemy as I selfishly refer to it. Here are some courses you may (or most likely may NOT) see from me on Udemy:

HAPPINESS IS BUYING PERRIN LOVETT BOOKS, $20;

Ashton to Zino, Touring the Cigar Alphabet (this one might happen), $35;

JOHN OATS, JOHNNY CASH AND DVORAK, COMPARATIVE NOTES, with notes…, $15;

HYDRAZINE YOUR PROBLEMS AWAY, $500;

Or, for the more timid…

THORAZINE YOUR PROBLEMS AWAY, $75;

Legitimate Uses of Government (10 sec. course), FREE;

Speling made Ezee, $10;

Seduce Your IRS Auditor, $50;

Live to 100! Speed aging explained, $20;

Get More Traffic From FACEBOOK Using Cute “Hook” Pics Like the Following, $20.

Suckers… Someone’s Pinterest/Google.

Fit to be Read

19 Thursday May 2016

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A fitness update. Earlier in the new year I announced my intention to get back into shape or,rather, into athletic shape from so-so shape. It’s coming together nicely. Since New Year’s I have lost nearly 18 pounds and several notches off the belt. I’ve lost more fat but added muscle in its place. I’ve done it through hard work, dieting and another lifestyle alteration (miss my ales…). In addition to weights and my usual style of dirty boxing/mma I’ve lately added a lot of throws and such. Building Batman here.

WB/DC. Google.

And, I have a new book rapidly shaping up. This one, like The Happy Little Cigar Book, basically wrote itself. Unlike Happy it will feature a decent e-book version for Kindle. Less than a month away I’d say. Prepare the debit cards.

 

The Confessions of Congressman X

13 Friday May 2016

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The Confessions of Congressman X by “Congressman X” is a stunning tell-all tale due out on May 24, 2016. The anonymous author is either a sitting member of the Congress or a recently departed former member. What he’s saying, to me, is a confirmation. For others it may come as a stunning wake-up call (if they can hear it).

Mill City Press, Amazon.

If you’re still asleep, new to my site, or just arrived from outer space, know this: “you’re” elected officials (virtually all of them) think you are a stupid sheep; they care absolutely nothing about you except for use as a pawn in their crooked schemes for power and easy living. Consider the book’s description:

A devastating inside look at the dark side of Congress as revealed by one of its own! No wonder Congressman X wants to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. His admissions are deeply disturbing. . .
“Most of my colleagues are dishonest career politicians who revel in the power and special-interest money that’s lavished upon them.”
“My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected. It takes precedence over everything.”
“Voters are incredibly ignorant and know little about our form of government and how it works.”
“It’s far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification.”
“Fundraising is so time consuming I seldom read any bills I vote on. Like many of my colleagues, I don’t know how the legislation will be implemented, or what it’ll cost.”
“We spend money we don’t have and blithely mortgage the future with a wink and a nod. Screw the next generation. It’s about getting credit now, lookin’ good for the upcoming election.”

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America, a “nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification.” I hate to think that this is how Democrats and Republicans look at their constituents but it is true. For their part the people tend to fit the description, especially if one adds to it: fat, slovenly, lazy, effeminate, soft, short-sighted, blind, and foolish.

Many thanks to Michael Snyder for bringing this work to my attention. I’m planning to get a copy, particularly if it is available on Kindle. I bet I already know 97% of what’s in it but, like I said, it is mere confirmation. You too should invest in a copy. 84 pages should be a quick read. I hope you get super angry. Then, I hope you get to work. These filthy psychopaths are the enemies of the free people.

The first step is to recognize that we have an enemy. The evidence is everywhere and on everything they touch. Second, we, all of us, must stop supporting these fiends and cringelings. Do not vote for them, talk to them, or wish them well. One doesn’t get termites out of the house by dividing them into two camps and picking one to coddle over the other. Like termites, we must be totally rid of this political pestilence. Either that or prove Congressman X and his friends right for eternity.

Outmaneuver Your Own Obsolescence

01 Sunday May 2016

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James Altucher is a genius or at least he keeps coming up with great ideas. He’s not afraid to act on them either, though he seems to keenly understand the importance of timing.

I highly recommend you read his lengthy article, How To Quit Your Job the Right Way, April, 2016. The initial concept is that sooner or later your employer won’t need you (or won’t be in business) and it is best to diversify yourself before a layoff comes along. He delves into personal solutions for numerous modern problems – the changing/declining economy, escaping debt slavery, working smarter, and pursuing passions. He also goes into idea creation and networking.

James and one of his great books. Forbes.com.

James on the 80/20 rule at work:

The 80/20 rule refers originally to the fact that 20% of the seeds planted in a garden will result in at least 80% of the flowers that eventually blooming the garden.

It’s applied to every area of life. 20% of employees do 80% of the work.

20% of your customers, will result in 80% of your profits.

20% of your studying will result in 80% of what you remember.

And so on.

But what if you square it. So 20% of 20% of what you do will result in 80% of 80% of what you value.

So 4% of your work will result in 64% of the value.

Square it again. 1% of your work will result in 48% of the value.

This is the rule I like. 1% of the seeds planted in the garden will result in almost 50% of the flowers that will bloom.

This is how I know I can do many 2 week experiments to see what will eventually work in my life.

Instead of wasting my time on going out at night or watching TV I can take some days to start these two week experiments.

I wonder if you are like me. If you take certain stories. Certain questions. Squirrel them a way into your soul so you can peek at them later.

Let mystery wink at you.

Networking:

But here’s the real important thing to remember: networking compounds.

If I meet you today, I know you forever. And you might even tell others about me. Some will. Some won’t.

Do that every day and over years, your network becomes huge.

I am the worst networker possible. I am shy. I don’t cold call people. I am nervous meeting people.

But over years it’s compounded. Do favors for people. Introduce people in your network.

The value in your network is not the list of people you know, it’s the list of connections between all of those people.

That’s how you make networking exponentially powerful instead of linear.

The more people you can introduce to each other, the more value you bring.

I found this to be one of his more inspiration articles in a long, deep line of inspirations. Give the full article a read and then check out some of his books. Start with Choose Yourself.

No, I was not paid for this plug. I’m just passing on great information.

Cheers!

 

Books, Seconds and Sequels

20 Sunday Mar 2016

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I hate to admit it but I have soooo many drafts and manuscripts in the hopper – about as many as I have draft articles for this site. Then again, I’m happy to have the material to work with.

Over the past few months I’ve gathered a bit of input from readers, suggestions for making The Happy Little Cigar Book even better. Thank you all. Some want more stories, some more recommendations. Many, if not most, want pictures. I am considering an expanded Second Edition – with pics! I’m also developing ideas for two (or more) Sequels of sorts.

In the existing book I tossed out the idea of Cigar Stories, wall to wall tales about cigars and the folks who smoke them. I’ve certainly heard and lived enough for another volume. Another possibility is a guide book to better cigar shops. I figure I can start in America and maybe later tour Europe for yet another edition.

A tour book would require extensive travel, considerable time and expense. As is I am pressed for sorely needed new equipment and software. A GoFundMe page might be in order. I’ll give that one some thought.

Then there are all the works in progress. You’ll need a new bookshelf before I’m done.

Cheers! Perrin.

Books You’ll Never Read

03 Wednesday Feb 2016

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I’ve written two books now. I have so many many more to come. Books are awesome! This blog post is like a little bitty book. I’ll bet you’re glad you’re reading it. I am!

Here are a few books none shall ever read:

This Christian Loves America, Hussein Obama.

Austrian Economics in Action, Bernie Sanders.

Common Sense, Geo. W. Bush.

I Cannot Tell a Lie, Hillary Clinton with forward by Bill Clinton.

Slim, My Healthy Life, Chris Christy.

Straight Up: America First! Marco “Foam-io” Rubio.

It’s Not About Me, Donald J. Trump.

Small Arms Supply as a Component of the Drug War and International Terrorism, Eric “Fast and Furious” Holder.

Why I Love Government, Perrin Lovett.

Windows XX Really Works, Bill Gates.

Jesus was Right About the Day and Hour Thingy, the Rapture is Over-hyped, John Hagee.

Misunderestimated: A Study of Sauron as the Victim of Political Smear and Patriarchal Construct, J.R.R. Tolkien.

Hard Day’s Work, Al Sharpton.

Constitutional Limits on the Growth and Power of the Federal Government, John Roberts with assistance of Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan.

The White Lady: my Mother, my Hero, Barry Soetoro.

Thank God for Guns, Charles Schumer and Diane Feinstein.

Capalism not Cronyism, Michael Bloomberg.

Oops! The Devastating Consequences of Central Economic Planning, Monetary Interference and Price Rigging, Janet Yellen.

Ladies’ Wrestling Turns Me On, Denny Hastert.

I’ll Just Shut Up Now, John McCain.

American as Apple Pie, Nancy Pelosi.

Ivory – Poems for my Caucasian Friends, Louis Farrakhan.

Love, Tolerance, Understanding: my Experience with Peaceful, Honest Human Interaction, Lindsey Graham.

Okay, Okay, I Ruined Rock Fore! Dough, Darius Rucker.

A Conservative’s Guide to Responsible Legislation, Paul Ryan.

No More Tears, John Boehner.

Well, It’s Better Than KG3: Critical Reflection on 21st Century America, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

Obama Scares Me, V. Putin.

Blood on my Hands, Egg on my Face, Henry Kissinger.

Keep What You Earn!, John Kerry.

Non-White Hate Groups of North America, Morris Dees.

I Love Children and Churches, Janet Reno.

My Guilty Conscious, Lon Horiuchi.

Inside the Inside Job, Dick Cheney.

We Come In Peace, Collected Biographies, various Syrian refugees, Introduction by ISIS executive for cross-cultural outreach.

What Should Be, Shall Be, George Soros.

Filthy, Trashy, Talentless Movies are the Best, Walt Disney.

My Mistake, Big Government Does Work, Dr. Ron Paul.

Think for Yourself, Sean Hannity.

Trust Me, Hon. Barack Obama.

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