Everyone I know has been going to McDonald’s for weeks trying to collect the Monopoly game pieces that come on Big Macs, large fries and large drinks. We all have a game board tacked on the wall at our workstations or at home in our kitchens. Today when I order my large fries, the box had no game piece on it - so it looks like the game is over. I don’t know a single person who won anything at all in this Monopoly game. Do you know of anyone?

I was reading some interesting news on the internet today.  I am old enough to know that these get rich quick schemes are just that schemes, but for some reason I always love to hear about somebody trying something out and making a whole lot of money from it.  The story I’m talking about was a young boy about 14 years old who ended up making $60,000 on ebay in one year.

He gave his sister $100. for a bunch on DVD’s she had and turned around and made a profit of $400. from selling them on ebay.  Next he started buying things from Walmart at discounted prices and selling all sorts of things on ebay.  Before he knew it he was making money part-time and going to highschool part-time as well.  He didn’t have to get a part-time job at McDonalds like most of us had to do in highschool.  It is going to be interesting to see what becomes of this young man as he gets older. 

Apple has done it again. They are releasing a new phone called the iPhone 3G. If you can remember back to last year around this time Apple released the first iPhone. People were waiting in line for hours to purchase this phone. The stores were running out of them faster than they could replace them. I can remember vividly how everybody was talking about the greatest thing out there called the iPhone.

Twelve months later a newer and better model has arrived. Not only does this phone offer everything that the original iPhone offered but more. The iPhone 3G gives much faster access to data over cell phone networks. We can give thanks to the upgraded technology called 3G for that. Not only is the new model faster, but it offers new features as well, including an address book and calendar. Basically you are getting an amazing phone with amazing features as well. I now know what my next purchase will be.