Is 90 minutes of your time worth $400?
Being able to value someone’s time in dollar amounts is all relative. But, one thing that a high percentage of us can agree on, getting $400+ for 90mintues of your time is pretty damn good. So what’s the catch?
Lets say you wanted to go to Orlando for a 3 day getaway. Staying in Orlando for 3 days at a four star hotel easily runs $400+. Now there’s a program out there that allows you to get that stay for FREE. Thats where the 90 minutes of your time comes in. If you attend a 90 minute presentation on timeshares, you will get that orlando stay for free.
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Courtney Love states on Howard Stern that Gavin Cheated on Gwen – with Courtney
I swear this is the year of cheating , swinging and everything. Today on howard stern, Courtney Love states on that Gavin Cheated on Gwen with her! I’m not sure which part bothers me more. To go from Gwen to Courtney (talk about serious downgrade) or the apparant allegation that Gwen knew about it the whole time. It seemed to have been going on for a while. Read more about the stor on MSN here. You could always just find your discreet partner here
Were you a Memento Fan? If so you’ll love Inception
Memento was one of the best mentally stimulating / through provoking movies of all time. The director of Memento, Christopher Nolan, is directing Inception. A star studded cast including Leo DeCaprio, the movie is about a group if freelance dream theives who steal people’s ideas for corporate gain by inserting themselves into strangers’ subsconsious while they are sleeping. Thinkg “Dream Stealers” for the good of greed.
Inception does a great job of bouncing betwen dream states and reality. Dreams has always been a fascinating concept to the human mind. Bringing this topic to life in a high budget well written (actually well guarded script) will sure to be a home run. Check out the Inception Movie Trailer
Who can say no to Kevin James Chris Rock and Adam Sandler in Grownups
This summer has some great movies lined up to hit the box office. One comedy that looks like a home run. When you have the likes of Kevin James Chris Rock and Adam Sandler, its virtually impossible to not burst out laughing every minute! The movie is basically about a bunch of childhood friends that get together for a summer trip. Apparently, this cast was such a trip that they had the cameras running for an additional 45 minutes in adlibs. The movie is called Grown Ups, view the trailer. It’s slated for June 25
Hollywood Movie Futures – A Whole New Level to Legal Betting
Two new future markets will be brought in front of regulators for approval shortly. The purpose of these new future markets is allow individuals to financial benefit from a success or failure of a new movie release. The Cantor Exchange will be for individuals, while the Trend Exchange will be for institutional investors. These new hollywood movie futures brings an extra level of excitement for movies that the market will hopefully embrace fully.
Here is a scenario.
Toy Story 3 comes out this summer. A future contract is valued at $1 per million dollars in gross that movie is expected to produce in its opening 4 weeks. Lets assume that Toy Story 3 is expected to bring in 125million in its first 4 weeks at the box office. On the Cantor Exchange, the Toy Story 3 futures contract will be valued at $125. After 4 weeks, if Toy Story 3 grosses 150 million at the box office, the futures contract will be valued at $150. You profit $25 on that contract. The inverse of could hold true.
As you can imagine the Movie Picture Association (MPAA) hates this idea. Their fear is the multiple levels of manipulation that could. You know what though, it will be a fraction of what is going in the equities future market these days! Lets say marketing directors of major budgets movies can make friends and enemies real fast!
Gotta feel the rush from Dune Buggies
I highly recommend trying dune buggies out in the desert. While in nevada, we decided to try this out. The service we used was sunbuggy.net. For $200, you get transportation from the hotel , the dune buggy rental, and a 30 minute ride in the desert. For those of you that never did something like this before, definitely with checking out. Sun Buggy was mentioned in rolling stone and various other media outlets. You’ll be acting like a kid and loving every moment of the energy pack ride.
As for sun buggy / dune buggy tips, wear sneakers, keep hydrated, and try not to drive over huge rocks as you feel them more so than the dunes themselves! Then of course go to In and Out burger and call it a day
Nothing Beats the Energy in Las Vegas
I have to believe every single person that has tried FIXX Extreme has been to Las Vegas. Its the one place in the United States where regardless of your age, you fill like a kid again. The ability to have all the pleasure (and sin) that you want in one location is enough to fill up any energy junkie.
Gambling, the pools, the girls, the guys, the clubs, the atmosphere… what else do you need really? Seriously, what else do you need? I’m actually typing this on a Southwest flight to Las Vegas right now. What the weekend holds for us is a TBD, but isnt that what its all about?
Stop Focusing on the TV and Focus on the Speakers!
Guys love talking about the tv they purchase. LCD LED Plasma refresh rates are all words that get guys excited. The part that a majority of the male population forgets is the key element missing : quality speakers. Your surround system with receiver should be 3x the price of your LCD/LED/PLASMA purchase! Yea, so if your buying a 2k tv, you need to put in about 5-6k for the speakers & receiver.
I know, you’re thinking I’m crazy. But have you ever listed to a nice new tv with an amazing set of surround sound speakers, sub, and a nice receiver? Throw in a blue ray movie and you will literally be blown away by the crispness in sound. Don’t go to best buy and purchase a $2,000 tv and buy their $500 surround sound package. You should be slapt for thinking that way. Its like saying would you be a bumber sticker on a bentley, you just dont do it.
Speaking of best buy, go into their magnolia section. Listen to the sound of their higher end speakers. The crispness is unparallel.
So lesson learned, all that energy you put into the tv, double that and put it into the speakers. You will be quite amazed
Do you believe they killed off Renee on 24 last night?
I’m a diehard fan of 24. This is the first time in quite some time that you have a romantic involvement surrounding Jack. Rene was that perfect blend for jack, and then they decide to have your killed off in yesterday’s episode. Why i ask, why!!!!!!! Their relationship was developing from last season and was something you felt would continue on for Jack. To have her killed like that, definitely upset about that one.
Here is Renee Walker, aka Annie Wersching website: http://www.anniewersching.net/
Rant Complete
Some Extreme Sports Don’t Get Enough Credit
There are the mainstream sports and you extreme sports. There are thousands of extreme sports out there that many people just don’t know about. These are the sports that give you the rush that cant be felt in many mainstream sports
Adventure racing
Adventure racing is a combination of two or more endurance disciplines, including orienteering (if an orienteering map is used) and/or navigation (when non-orienteering maps are used), cross-country running, mountain biking, paddling and climbing and related rope skills. An expedition event can span ten days or more while sprints can be completed in a matter of hours. There is typically no dark period during races, irrespective of length; competitors must choose if or when to rest.
Barefoot water skiing
Barefoot skiing is water skiing behind a motorboat without the use of water skis, commonly referred to as “barefooting”. Barefooting requires the skier to travel at higher speeds than conventional water skiing.
Base Jumping
Base Jumping is an activity that employs an initially packed parachute to jump from fixed objects (also see paragliding). “B.A.S.E.” is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennas, spans (bridge), and earth (cliff).
BMX
BMW is a cycling sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles.
Bouldering
Bouldering is a style of rock climbing undertaken without a rope and normally limited to very short climbs over a crash pad so that a fall will not result in serious injury. It is typically practiced on large natural boulders or artificial boulders in gyms and outdoor urban areas. However, it may also be practiced at the base of larger rock faces, or even on buildings or public architecture.
Bungee Jumping
Bungee jumping is an activity that involves jumping from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord. The tall structure is usually a fixed object, such as a building, bridge or crane; but it is also possible to jump from a movable object, such as a hot-air-balloon or helicopter, that has the ability to hover above the ground. The thrill comes as much from the free-falling as from the rebounds
Canyoning
Canyoning is traveling in canyons using a variety of techniques that may include walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling, and/or swimming.
Cliff diving
Cliff diving is defined as the acrobatic perfection of diving into water from a high cliff. Braving the rough rocks, divers take a plunge in the hard-hitting water beneath to experience a thrill to last for a lifetime
Drifting
Drifting s a sport where drivers intentionally induce oversteer, to be judged on their technique
Flowboarding
Flowboarding is a boardsport that is an alchemy of board designs, techniques, tricks and culture derived from surfing, bodyboarding, skateboarding, skimboarding, snowboarding and wakeboarding
Free Climbing
Free climbing s a type of rock climbing in which the climber uses only hands, feet and other parts of the body to ascend. No artificial aids are employed to make upwards progress; ropes and protection are used only as insurance against falls and their consequences.
Free diving
Free diving is any of various aquatic activities that share the practice of breath-hold underwater diving
Free solo climbing
Free solo climbing is also known as free soloing, is a form of free climbing where the climber (the free soloist) forgoes ropes, harnesses and other protective gear while ascending and relies only on his or her physical strength, climbing ability, and psychological fortitude to avoid a fatal fall. Free solo climbing should not be confused with general free climbing, in which gear is typically used for safety in case of a fall, but not to assist the climb.
Free-fall
Free fall describes any motion of a body where gravity is the only or dominant force acting upon it, at least initially. Since this definition does not specify velocity, it also applies to objects initially moving upward. Although strictly the definition excludes motion of an object subjected to other forces such as aerodynamic drag, in nontechnical usage falling through an atmosphere without a deployed parachute or lifting device is also referred to as free fall.
Hang gliding
Hang gliding is an air sport in which a pilot flies a light and unmotorized foot-launchable aircraft called a hang glider
Ice golfing
Playing golf on a frozen seascape is not the only task at hand. Coping with extreme temperatures, which can fall to minus 50º C with the wind-chill factor, challenges players both physically and mentally. Special kit is absolute essential. Other factors to consider are that the ‘green’ is white, the ball is fluorescent orange and there is the unlikely risk of losing a ball to a polar bear
Jibbing
A snowboarding style refering to the use of rails, tables, trees, etc. as obstacles.
Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water. Kayaking is generally differentiated from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle.
Kite Surfing
Kite surfing is a surface water sport that uses the wind to pull a rider through the water on a small surfboard or a kiteboard (similar to a wakeboard). Generally kiteboarding refers to a style of riding known as freestyle or wake-style, whereas kitesurfing is more “wave-riding” oriented. These two styles usually require different boards and specific performance kites.
Motorcross
Motocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. Motocross is derived from the French, and traces its origins to British scrambling competitions. The name “motocross” is a portmanteau derived from the words “Motorcycle” and “Cross Country”.
Motorcycle rally
A motorcycle rally is a gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts. A rally can range from the mild corporate-sponsored Honda Hoot to rowdy gatherings such as the infamous Hollister riot. Rallies can be large or small, and one-time or recurring. Some rallies are ride-in events, whereas some like the Iron Butt Rally involve days of riding and an actual gathering only at the end of the ride.
Mountain Biking
Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes or hybrid/cross road bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.
Mountaineering / Mountain Climbing
Mountaineering is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, backpacking and climbing mountains. In Europe it is also referred to as alpinism, while in the Americas the term refers to a particular style of mountain climbing, that involves a mixture of ice climbing, rock climbing, mixed climbing, and where the climbers carry all their loads with them at all times. In the Himalayan regions the style of mountaineering is Expedition. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed mountains, it has branched into specializations that address different aspects of the mountain and consists of three areas : rock-craft, snow-craft and skiing, depending on whether the route chosen is over rock, snow or ice. All require experience, athletic ability, and technical knowledge to maintain safety.[1] The UIAA or Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme is the world governing body in mountaineering and climbing, addressing issues like Access, Medical, Mountain Protection, Safety, Youth and Ice Climbing.
Open Water Swimming
Open water swimming is an activity in which people swim in outdoor bodies of water such as oceans, bays, lakes and rivers.
Paintball
Paintball is a game, first played in 1981 in New Hampshire, in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by hitting them with capsules containing paint (referred to as a paintball) from a special gun called a paintball marker. The game is regularly played at a sporting level with worldwide leagues, tournaments, professional teams and players,[4][5] but is also used by armies to supplement military
training.
Parachuting
Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of performing acrobatics during freefall, followed by deployment of a parachute.
Paragliding
Paragliding is a recreational and competitive flying sport. A paraglider is a free-flying, foot-launched aircraft. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing, whose shape is formed by its suspension lines and the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing.
Parkour
Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) or l’art du déplacement [1] (English: the art of moving) is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment.[2] It is a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible.. Skills such as jumping and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves are employed. The object of parkour is to get from one place to another using only the human body and the objects in the environment. The obstacles can be anything in one’s environment, but parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of the many suitable public structures available such as buildings and rails.
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Rafting
Rafting or white water rafting is a challenging recreational activity using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on white water or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid-1970s.
Rappelling
Abseiling (German: abseilen, “to rope down”), rappelling in American English, is the controlled descent down a rope; climbers use this technique when a cliff or slope is too steep and/or dangerous to descend without protection. Abseiling is used chiefly in British English, as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
River surfing
River surfing is the sport of surfing either standing waves or tidal bores in rivers. Claims for its origins include a 1955 ride of 1.5 miles along the tidal bore of the River Severn.
Riverboarding
Riverboarding is the North American name for a boardsport in which the participant is prone on the board with fins on his/her feet for propulsion and steering. This sport is also known as hydrospeed in Europe and white-water sledging in New Zealand. [1] Riverboarding includes recreational and the swiftwater rescue practice of using a high-flotation riverboard, designed for buoyancy in highly aerated water.
Rock Climbing
Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up or across natural rock formations or man-made rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route. Rock climbing is similar to scrambling (another activity involving the scaling of hills and similar formations), but climbing is generally differentiated because of the use of hands to support the climber’s weight as well as to provide balance.
Roller Blading
Roller skating is the traveling on smooth terrain with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation. Skates generally come in two basic varieties: quad roller skates and inline skates or blades, though some have experimented with a single-wheeled “quintessence skate” or other variations on the basic skate design.
Roller Hockey
Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term “Roller Hockey” is often used interchangeably to refer to three variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional “Roller Hockey,” played with quad roller skates, “Skater hockey,” played originally with quad and later with inline skates and “Inline Hockey,” played with inline skates and Puck. Combined, roller hockey is played in nearly 60 countries worldwide.
Sandboarding
Sandboarding is a recreational activity similar to snowboarding that takes place on sand dunes rather than snow-covered mountains. It was developed in the Brazilian city of Florianópolis. For some, it involves riding across or down a dune while standing with both feet strapped to a board, while others use a board with no bindings. The latter method is considered much more dangerous than the former.
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Scuba diving
Scuba diving (“scuba” originally being an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus, although now widely considered a word in its own right)[1] is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater for recreation, commercial or industrial reasons.[2]
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. A person who skateboards is most often referred to as a skateboarder, or just skater.
Skiing
Skiing is a group of sports using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding.
Skysurfing
Sky surfing is a type of skydiving in which the skydiver wears a board attached to his or her feet and performs surfing-style aerobatics during freefall. The boards used are generally smaller than actual surfboards, and look more like snowboards or large skateboards. The attachment to the feet is normally made removable, so that if the skydiver loses control or has difficulty opening their parachute, the board can be jettisoned.
Snocross
Snocross (also snowcross) is a racing sport involving racing specialized high performance snowmobiles on an artificially-made tracks consisting of tight turns, banked corners, steep jumps and obstacles. Riders race at speed of up to 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour).[1] Jumps are up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall, so riders travel up to 130 feet (40 meters) before they touch the ground.[1] According to the World Snowmobile Association which governs snocross, watercross, and hillcross racing, snocross is the most popular form of snowmobile racing.[2]
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider’s feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A. in the 1960s and the 1970s and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998.
Snowskate
A snowskate is a small, bindingless snowboard, or a skateboard deck with skis, depending on the brand or style of snowskate. Singles provide a more street style, where as 4×4 kits provide a more skateboard style. Bi-decks provide the largest range, from smaller more skateboard like snowskates, to large wakeskate or surfboard like snowskates. The last, and most extreme snowskate would be the Powderskate.
Softball
Softball is a team sport commonly played in the United States and other countries. It is a direct descendant of baseball although some key differences are that softballs are larger than baseballs and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand. Softball is played on a smaller diamond than in baseball; a softball field’s average distances from home plate to the center, left and right field fences are 220, 200 and 200 feet respectively (the corresponding baseball field average distances are 410, 325 and 325 feet.). Despite the game’s name, the standard softball is not particularly soft except in comparison to a standard hardball.
Speed Skiing
Speed skiing is the sport of skiing downhill in a straight line as quickly as possible. It is one of the fastest non-motorized sports on land (the fastest non-motorized sport without land contact is speed skydiving, in which divers can reach speeds of over 500 km/h [1]). The current world record is 251.4 km/h (156 mph), held by Simone Origone. Speed skiers regularly exceed 200 km/h (125 mph), which is even faster than the terminal velocity of a free-falling skydiver; about 190 km/h (120 mph) in the belly-to-earth position. Speed skiers wear dense foam fairings on their lower legs and aerodynamic helmets to increase streamlining. Their ski suits are made from air-tight latex or have a polyurethane coating to reduce wind resistance, with only a mandatory back protector to give some protection in the case of a crash.
Spelunking / caving
Caving—also known as spelunking in the United States and occasionally potholing in the United Kingdom—is the recreational sport of exploring wild (generally non-commercial) cave systems. In contrast, speleology is the scientific study of caves and the cave environment.
Surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which a person (the surfer) moves along the face of a breaking ocean wave (the surf). Surfing also takes place on rivers, riding a standing wave
Wake boarding
Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. The rider is usually towed behind a motorboat; typically at speeds of 18–24 miles per hour depending on the water conditions, board size, rider’s weight, and rider’s comfort speed. But wakeboarding can also be performed with a variety of media including closed-course cables, winches, PWCs, and ATVs.
Water sports
If it involves water, just do it!
Whitewater canoeing
Whitewater canoeing is the sport of paddling a canoe on a moving body of water, typically a whitewater river. Whitewater canoeing can range from simple, carefree gently moving water, to demanding, dangerous whitewater. River rapids are graded like ski runs according to the difficulty, danger or severity of the rapid. Whitewater grades (or classes) range from I or 1 (the easiest) to VI or 6 (the most difficult/dangerous). Grade/Class I can be described as slightly moving water with ripples. Grade/Class VI can be described as severe or almost unrunnable whitewater, such as Niagara Falls.
A whitewater canoer during Eurocup Playboating (Canoe-Freestyle), on the Eiskanal in Augsburg, Germany
Whitewater kayaking
Whitewater kayaking is the sport of paddling a kayak on a moving body of water, typically a whitewater river. Whitewater kayaking can range from simple, carefree gently moving water, to demanding, dangerous whitewater. River rapids are graded like ski runs according to the difficulty, danger or severity of the rapid. Whitewater grades (or classes) range from I or 1 (the easiest) to VI or 6 (the most difficult/dangerous). Grade/Class I can be described as slightly moving water with ripples but for that reason is not considered ‘Whitewater.’ Grade/Class II/2 can be described as moving water providing some small degree of challenge. Grade/Class VI can be described as extremely severe or almost unrunnable whitewater, considered almost certain death, such as Niagara Falls.
Windsurf
Windsurfing is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a windsurf board usually two to four meters long, powered by the effect of the wind on a sail. The rig is connected to the board by a free-rotating universal joint and comprises a mast, wishbone boom and sail. The sail area ranges from less than 3.0m2 to more than 12m2 depending on the conditions, the skill of the sailor and the type of windsurfing being undertaken.
Wingsuit flying
Wingsuit flying is the sport of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, that shapes the human body into an airfoil which can create lift. The wingsuit creates the airfoil with fabric between the legs and under the arms. A wingsuit may be referred to as a birdman suit or squirrel suit.
