Cheddarblog

The Swiss_Mouse winds up September disappointed.
His efforts to make true cheddar were completely unsuccessful.  Worse yet, he gained weight!
Add to that the downturn in the stock market is destroying is portfolio and September 2008 is a horrible month.
But the Swiss_Mouse has sat down and worked out his goals for October.  He has refocused his ideas, […]

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The Swiss_Mouse posted this over on QuittingtheDayJob.com and rather than waste this tasty morsel, he presents it here as well…
Wake me up when September ends…
Seriously! What a month! Financial ruin and economic despair! Partisan politics and election turmoil! If only the Swiss_Mouse could see Russia from his house instead of that stupid […]

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Spotted an article in the local newspaper about a website that was allowing nerds with too much time on their hands to build internet radio stations. Live365.com is the site and the kicker was, it actually shares some of the revenue from ads.
Well the problem really is the fact that it costs about $15 a […]

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The Swiss_Mouse is a reader.  He like books, magazines, cheese wrappers….
In the September 2008 issue of Money Magazine he found an interesting article entitled “Millionaires in the Making”.
It was a profile of two young DINKs, both 27 who wanted to retire by age 40.  The magazine profiled them and said they “just might make it”.  […]

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The Swiss_Mouse’s hood was hit pretty heavy over the weekend by hurricane winds left over from Hurricane Ike.
Thus the Swiss_Mouse’s “bust your butt in September plan” got knocked off-line for a few days.
Luckily this was just a hiccup.  Some close by areas won’t have power for another 2 weeks.  No electricity, no cable,  no internet.  […]

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Amazing!
Just a short time after the Swiss_Mouse discussed Sarah Palin T-Shirts and how you needed to find a niche or trend to exploit…ahem…to cultivate, he heard about the Sarah Palin Action Figure.
What a great idea!  Not as great as the Sigmund Freud Action Figure(AK-47 optional), but still a great idea.
A lesson in how to Seize […]

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The Swiss_Mouse is driving to work the other day and while listening to the commentator talk about the recent Republican Convention, one of them is talking about Sarah Palin and what a huge hit she was at the convention.  Then he said: “… and they even have ‘I am Sarah Palin T-Shirts already over at […]

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