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Schnellegeister - or “Quick Spirit”

Sometimes called “Snallygaster”. Did a Spirit drive through the wall and run over someone?

As Jimmy and Hillary hurried away from the scene if they had happened to glance back the may have found the answer.

They had never been to the Gurus place and because they where discussing the upcoming seminar, did not know where they where. As they came to the end of the block they saw the street sign Schnellegeister Avenue. “Reminds me of that guy in California a few years back - what was his name?” said Jimmy. “Never mind that, he was a republican”, Hillary said. Lets go down that way, I think I saw someone there for a second.

Three blocks later they saw a couple of guys standing under an awning. Let’s ask them if they can direct us to a phone. As they approached they noticed that there where 4 more people in the back. From where they stood it looked as if they had no faces. “Good evening, we need help” said Jimmy. The two guys in front turned to look at them. One of them had what looked like a long tongue hanging from his mouth; the other looked as if something had pulled his ears around into the front of his face.

Trying not to appear shocked Hillary told them why they needed help and asked if they had a phone that they would let them use.

Long tongue made a kind of burbling noise and looked at Ears. Ears said “there’s a Starbucks around the corner, why don’t you go there?” Jimmy said “thanks for the telling us, we are on our way”.

They started to leave and heard Tongue burble again; turning to see what he wanted they found that the group of 6 had surrounded them. Ears said “let us escort you to the coffee shop, this is a dangerous area for people like you” “Gee thanks, but I think we will be ok” said Jimmy. No you won’t one of the new horrors said. He looked as if he had no eyes. Jimmy said ok, lets get going, we have to be at a seminar at 8.00pm. If we hurry we can phone a taxi and still make it.

We call ourselves The Creepy Copywriters, said tongue, this was the first time they had been able to understand him and they where a little surprised that he could make sounds that had meaning to the human ear.

Off they go. Back at the hole in the wall the police had arrived and picked up the remains of a bottle of scotch. Looks like whoever did this was drinking said officer Biggut. Maybe they dropped some ID; a lot of drunks do that. Take a look over there Jane. Looky here! Some ID! Whose name is on it BG? George? W? The last name is a little blurred, Bushito? we will have to let the experts check it out. I remember a book by Bushito; I think that was the writer’s name.

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Finding the Time to Run

Most people I know of complain they can’t exercise because they simply do not have the time to exercise.

Running is my main form of exercise. So I thought the other day how much time I was spending on running.

Since I run about 10 or 12 miles a week, and it usually takes me a comfortable 45 minutes to run 3 miles, I figure I must be spending four 45 minutes, or 180 minutes - 3 hours a week running. Add to this the occasional 6 milers I try to squeeze in to my running schedule and I’d be up to 4 hours a week.

4 hours a week. That does not sound much, does it?

This is my rule of thumb for runners - you have to run TWICE your RACING DISTANCE in a week.

If for example you are racing 5K or classify yourself as a “5K runner” then I figure you should be running a minimum of 10K in a week, or 6.2 miles.

If you think you are a 10K runner or getting ready for a 10K footrace, then you should be running twice that distance, or about 12 miles a week.

Things get really though for really long distance runners.

Imagine getting ready for a marathon, for example, 26 miles roughly. Then you should be running like 52 miles a week! If you run a mile at 8 minutes on the average, that translates to 416 minutes, or almost 7 hours a week!

If you are running at 10 minutes a mile pace, you would need to run over 8 hours per week. Since you cannot run every single day, this would mean that you have to run over 2 hours on some days. That sounds a little bit too much for my old aching knees.

So if you’re getting ready for a marathon or half-marathon I understand how you might run into a time scarcity problem.

But if you are running a couple of slow miles a week, you shouldn’t have any difficulty squeezing that into your daily schedule comfortably. The fact that your “wear and tear” would be at a minimum means you won’t need a long recuperation period either.

Long distance runners have that problem as well. Not only they need long hours to train but they need equally long ours to recuperate as well and heal those burning muscles and ligaments.

Creating the time for exercise requires CONSCIOUS CHOICES between different alternatives competing for your limited time.

For me, this is how the decision making goes:

Running or washing the car? (Running.)
Running or mowing the lawn? (Running.)
Running or breakfast (if I’m late for work)? (Running.)
Running or shopping? (Running.)
Running or watching the NBA finals? (Well …)
Running or visiting our friends? (Visiting the friends.)
Running or watching a movie? (Depends. 50-50.)

So as long as you can make a little sacrifice from your regular routine and as long as car washing and grass cutting can wait for another few hours, I’m sure you’ll be able to find a few hours a week to maintain your health and enjoy yourself.

Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a Creative Copywriter, Editor, an experienced and award-winning Technical Communicator specializing in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web content, press releases, movie reviews and hi-tech documentation. He has worked as a Technical Writer for Fortune 100 companies for the last 7 years.

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Now is the Best Time

Jimmy and his wife have been invited to an article writing phone in seminar. One of the Gurus’ got their name from an email list and asked if they would like to participate as “experts”.

They both tripped over each other as they rushed to the phone and accepted the invite. Hillary (Jimmy’s wife) wants the publicity for her upcoming senate run. Any advertising is good advertising, her advisers have told her. One good thing about phone in shows is no one can see you. If you look frumpy and burned out, who cares?

Jimmy of course is always ready to get in on any free publicity. There is sure to be at least a couple of chances to mention Dang Purr Gewgaws. That will make him look good back home.

They are on the way to the Guru’s studio in Hillary’s government limo when the driver pulls over and says he is quitting. Why? Asks Jimmy. I am sick of the job and have a better offer from the president of AwlMarket. They will give me a 50% pay raise and 2 hours free shopping at any AwalMarket store per month.

Jimmy say’s are they looking for any more drivers? Hillary grabs him by the _alls and gently squeezes, saying now, now Jimmy! Jimmy quickly say’s “only joking” to the driver. The driver gets out and walks away.

As they try to decide who will try to drive the car they notice a large hole in the fence beside the car. It is as if someone had driven a tank through it. The bricks and concrete are shattered and strewn all around them. “I wonder what did that”, Hillary says. Jimmy says “I think it must have been a tank”.

They decide to get out and take a closer look. As they approach the remains of the fence they see what looks like blood on the sidewalk. Jimmy says “this does not look to good, maybe we should get out of here”. Hillary agrees and they turn to go back to the car.
The car drives away!!!

Oh oh! Looks like someone just stole the car! Not again,have you got your cell? “No I left it in the car”, says Jimmy. “Nice going! It’s a good thing mine is always in my purse” Hillary says. “Where is your purse dear?” Tabranac!, I left it in the car! Now what?

We better start looking for a search engine, and fast!

My games and blog (http://www.freenewarticles.com) are devoted to the next phase in marketing - Role Playing for the New World!
As I explain and show the fun that it can be to play the role of a Banker, a President, or a crazed terrorist with 85 lbs of explosives strapped to your 80 lb frame. Imagine! wandering into the Harry Potter premier! Visions of virgins dancing in yor head!
Maybe you will want to play the part of a mortgage broker? Help people ‘get the home they have always wanted’ during a housing bubble!! Talk about realistic!
There will be Tech bubble guys, gold bugs, free article writers, gurus of all kinds, and many others. All dedicated to helping you spend money you have not earned yet.
Write on target.

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