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Gene

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Sharing Myself With You
Welcome! I hope you enjoy your visit here. One of my pleasures is to meet and get to know new friends. Since I spend so much time in front of a computer, I might as well use it to expand my world.
I'm the father of five sons, a grandfather, and great-grandfather. I worked in the computer information field, the corporate world in a cubicle, for over twenty-five years. That career ended almost ten years ago, and I've been pretty much self employed since then.
I've always loved to travel. Within the US I've spent a little time in Boston, DC, San Francisco, Orlando, Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Seattle, Phoenix, and Honolulu. I've briefly visited London and Geneva (both very interesting cities). I've spent a little more time in Nigeria with dearest friends. I would like to see India, Egypt, Southeast Asia, Israel, Japan, and more of Africa.
My home is Denver, Colorado; not the suburbs, not anything that looks like the suburbs, but within easy walking distance of Downtown Denver. In years gone by I used to walk or catch the Light Rail downtown to work. My neighborhood could best be described as mixed ethnicity, working class. I've lived here nearly 25 years and seen many changes.
It's not uncommon for friends to call me GENE GENE THE DANCING MACHINE. If you grew up in the '70s (like I did) then you probably know the origin of Gene Gene The Dancing Machine. If that's before your time and you haven't seen the reruns, let me introduce you to the ORIGINAL GENE GENE THE DANCING MACHINE, from The Gong Show . . .
Sharing Interests With You
These interests will be featured regularly in my BLOG. If you ever want to isolate Blogs specific to one of these topics, search for the CAPITALIZED WORD between the [square braces].
    Personal Financial Wellness [FINANCE] Business and Entrepreneurship [BIZ] Health and Welness [HEALTH] MySpace and the Internet [GEEK] Inspirational, motivational stories [INSPIRE]


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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Baby Boomers - Retirement's a comin'!
Gen-X - You're our future, make it great.
Gen-Y, Gen-Z ... - Forget the labels, you've got something to contribute.
Stay At Home Moms (and Dads) - I work from home too.
Entrepreneurs - You help keep our economy going.
Disabled Veterans - Your sacrifice deserves honor and support.
And YOU - I want to meet you too, the list above is specifically for the search engines.

My Blog

"In Debt We Trust" documentary movie __ [FINANCE]

Wow, just found a new video service, and one of my favorite documentaries. (Looks like there's a MySpace glitch here, If you see "COPY LINK" select it then go to a new browser page or tab and paste th...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:12:00 GMT

Who Are The American Millionaires?

Where do self-made American Millionaire come from?  Are you one of them?  Did you go to high school with one of them?  Were they born here, or did them come from elsewhere? Check out th...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:08:00 GMT

Where Do You Want To Be 5 Years From Now __ [FINANCE]

If asked to recount "the good old days" my mind would most likely wander back to my days as a young man.  Americans enjoyed the highest standard of living of any nation; there was a decade or so ...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:19:00 GMT

Fannie/Freddie - How Dirty Are Politicians Hands __ [FINANCE]

Why are we NOT hearing cries for Congress to investigate malfeasance and/or corruption in the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?  I'm not the first to ask this question, and I'm certainly not...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:56:00 GMT

Mortgage Rates That Only Go Down __ [FINANCE]

On a recent coaching call Jordan Goodman was singing the praises of the ARCLOAN (I can see why).  Sounds like it may be a little more difficult to qualify for than for some other mortgages, but w...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:34:00 GMT

My Identity Swiped __ [FINANCE]

A few weeks ago I swiped my trusty debit card, the regular one with sufficient money for the transaction at hand, and it was declined.  Over and over it was declined.  I had to resort to a b...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:21:00 GMT

Of Diabetic Mice and Stem Cells __ [HEALTH]

This is a good follow-up article to previous blog posts.  It's not a big deal for an interested lay person like me to be surprised, but when a researcher in the field is "stunned", that's a real ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:01:00 GMT

Who or What is O.R.A.C.? __ [HEALTH]

I'm looking to have a little fun with this one.  You can easily find the real meaning of the abbreviation O.R.A.C., and it's good to understand what it means, but I want to leave that for la...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:29:00 GMT

They Say Success Leaves Clues __ [FINANCE]

I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better. (Mae West) Learn how the Wealthy get that way . . .   (Select blue button with same name)    
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:05:00 GMT

Hats off to the graduates __ [INSPIRE]

Had it not been for my "job" I wouldn't have had this experience.  I'm the audio engineer at my church, so I was called to operate the system for a graduation ceremony held Saturday evening. ...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:08:00 GMT