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Is the nation becoming more divided
Posted by jaybeacham on 24 Mar 2012 | Tagged as: blog
A new national election is upon us and as a friend pointed out today, it seems that its been made into a sporting event.
He said that after I told him of an experience I had in Austria in 1970. While living in Vienna as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, I met many people from the eastern European countries that were at that time behind the Iron Curtain. One man was from Prague, Czechoslovakia (from 1948–1989 this was the name of the country). He had escaped just before the Russians took over. He’d left his wife and son behind, as she insisted on skiing on the Sunday that the tanks rolled in and didn’t think he was right when he left on Saturday for Vienna. He said that the big reason that the country was over run was that the people were more concerned about sports than their freedom.
Are we any different in America today?
Last week was the Caucus Meetings in Utah to select delegates. Even though the turn out was much greater than it ever has been in the past, the ball park next to the school where the three precincts from my small town meet (near 100 voters in each group) was packed with people. Are we more concerned with sport than with our freedom?
My friend bought out a very telling point when he referenced A. Lincoln’s “a house divided” speech.
The election seems to only divide the nation more he said.
What do you think?
Have the elections become glorified sporting events, races, just to get people’s attention?
If you have an opinion, then visit “My Political Voice” section of “My Voice” and put in your opinion.
Writing articles online.
Posted by jaybeacham on 23 Mar 2012 | Tagged as: blog
A marketing expert suggested I write articles and post them on an article directory.
He suggested Ezine Articles.
I went there and signed up for the free account. Wrote the article that was basically the script of one of my tip videos: “Nailing three tab shingles”
Submitted it and waited.
The response came back that I couldn’t have Double spacing and I needed better paragraphs and the spelling was wrong.
I closed the spaces, made the difinite paragraphs, checked the spelling, and resubmitted it.
It came back with the same errors as to why it wouldn’t be accepted.
Why try? I’ve published books, newspaper articles and have been a published poet and they say its wrong no matter what I do.
Then the next expert says that Ezine Articles is the number one directory.
But their Page and Alexia Ratings aren’t the highest. And the average guy is never accepted by them. I won’t waste any more time with them.
You do all of this article writing to get pointing fingers saying “This guy is knowledgeable.” Then your search rankings increase and you become rich as if by magic.
My take on it. This is all nonsense.
What do you think?
Free Content
Posted by jaybeacham on 23 Mar 2012 | Tagged as: blog
The online marketing gurus say I must give and keep giving free content(useful or helpful information) and then maybe folks will see me as an expert and buy from me.
This is lame.
When I walk into a brick and mortar store, I never go to the clerks and ask for free content.
I Do at times ask for directions to the things I’m looking for, if they carry the products I want or not and how much.
The other day I was in a dollar tree store and in the check out line, I brought this up with the clerk and the man in line behind me. He said if it were free that would be great but at a $ per item that’s close to free anyway. The lady clerk said no one ever asked for free content. She asked me if I wanted some mini chocolate bars to which I responded ” NO”. I paid her and walked out of the store with my items.
I bought and she gave me no “free content”.
Why should buying from an online store be any different?
I might check a store or two to find the best price but none of this playing of games to get what I need or want.
When I sell something on Craigslist, KSL Classifieds, Ebay Classifieds, at a yard sale or door to door. I simply list what I have, the price I want and make the sale or not.
I don’t give any “free content” in order to make a sale.
An explanation of a tip video.”Nailing three tab shingles”
Posted by jaybeacham on 19 Mar 2012 | Tagged as: blog
How to properly nail three tab shingles is so simple but most people, even roofers do it wrong. The most important thing to do is to remember that water runs down hill.
What do first? Well get the right shingle and nail size for your job.
Make sure that the nails are long enough but not too long.
The placement of the nails is critical. If done right each shingle will have 4 nails along the glue strip above the spaces between the tabs and near the ends along that glue strip.
(A note of warning, take the cellophane strip off the back of each shingle. Those are there to prevent sticking in the stack. On the roof, you want all the sticking power you can get.)
Make sure that the nails go in straight and flat not at any angle at all.
Placed at an angle is one reason why the shingle can get blown off.
It is also wise not to use staples as they have a very minimal capacity to hold the shingles on.
A nail gun is fine if the nails are put in straight and flat with it.
Do it this way and save yourself lots of money and headache latter on.
Then when a tab blows off and needs to be replaced what do you do?
If you want a new shingle there and not just the tab glued back on, then loosen the tabs above the missing one, lift them up an pry the nails out, take the top of the damaged shingle out from under them.
Then insert just a full tab (top included or a whole single if three tabs are missing), nail it in and re-nail the shingles above and glue the tabs back down with Asphalt roof cement.
This will make for a good repair job and will be easier to repair another time.
I don’t want to see another roof like the one I worked on today that was built wrong and then maintained wrong.
It will make for fewer repairs and less expensive ones too.
Is there a best Social Network?
Posted by jaybeacham on 06 Feb 2012 | Tagged as: blog
Social Networks
Social Networks.
I have been on My Space the longest.
Then Facebook, Stumbleupon, Twitter, Linkedin, etc.
When I didn’t record more on My Space K-solo Karaoke site, a fellow singer invited me to SingSnap.
I’ve been on Karaoke Play, Karaoke for Cash, Karaoke Channel. K-solo, and Sing Snap.
I like Twitter and my connections with people on a number of other sites.
And for the time my daughter has lived in the South Pacific, I’ve found Facebook invaluable in keeping in touch with her. She messaged me from Figi today. Weather is sunny and no rain so the plane may leave as scheduled.
I’ve run into many problems at some of these sites.
but the most frustrating ones seem to be at Facebook.
Let me explain some of those with my post, the responses and my take on things as follows:
http://www.myspace.com/177349516 go to this link and subscribe.
Things I’ve been thinking about.
Posted by jaybeacham on 11 Jan 2012 | Tagged as: blog
I’ve been trying to learn the French language. What a strange language. The words and what they stand for are so strange, unlike any other language I’ve ever looked at. What’s a foreigner to do?
English makes sense but with our modern way of saying things, a non-English speaker would be lost for sure. What I mean is with all the contractions and abbreviations, what’s a foreigner to do?
Examples: “asap” for “as soon as possible”, TV for television, frig for refrigerator, etc.
But these are easy, we use letters for States(ex. CA, NY, Al, KS, HI, etc.), towns (LA for Los Angeles, NY for New York, PG for Pleasant Grove, CG for Cottage Grove, Vegas for Las Vegas, etc.) But we use them for things too. SGPD or St. George Police Department, etc.
One thing I want to bring up is a building material. OSB. What in the world is that?
One day I was working for someone and needed another piece of sheeting material for the roof repairs I was doing. The man I was working for wanted me to just go to the Home Depot store just down the street instead of driving across town to Lowe’s so his charge account could be used.
He wanted me to call and get a price first. He might just send the money with me. So I called the store and asked for the building supplies and asked the clerk if he had a certain size of wafer board(made out of chips or wood wafers and glued into sheets), or pressed board(saw dust glued and pressed into boards).
“No, we don’t carry anything like that”. he told me.
“Give me the manager.” I got the same answer.
Finally they connected me with man in his 60s. “Sure we have that but these kids just know it as OSB. Even the managers because they 28 years old or younger.”
This upset me but I went and bought the board there in spite of it. “What’s wrong with people don’t they know what something is?”
So what is OSB? possibly a brand name but I’m sure it must stand for “Out Side Board.” Has to be something dumb like that. Yes “Oriented strand board”. Knew it had to be something like that.
Why do we do this?
“Skill saw” for circular saw? “Crescent wrench” for “open end adjustable wrench”?
It makes it shorter and easier to say but for someone from another language, it can be very confusing. And it can be for the locals too.
The release of 2011 show 1st wk Jan. 2012
Posted by jaybeacham on 20 Dec 2011 | Tagged as: blog
The release of 2011 show 1st wk Jan. 2012.
The film editor tells me that the release date will be the first part of January 2012.
You know that is just over two weeks from now.
Get your order in now.
New Facebook Fan Page
Posted by jaybeacham on 02 Dec 2011 | Tagged as: blog
New Facebook Fan Page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jay-beachamcom/111851175582206 About Abraham Lincoln’s Ghost that I portray and other info about the 16th President of the United States of America. It has my video links and links to blogs and other information about Honest Abe. Even links back to here and the product pages. Hope you can go to the fan page and Like It. Thanks. Jay
Lincoln’s Ghost show 2009 links free
Posted by jaybeacham on 17 Nov 2011 | Tagged as: blog
On Saturday 15th, I started to share the links to the promo video and the 5 part series that has been available on You Tube for 2 years. I’m hoping for more views and to generate interest in the 2010 which is out on dvd and the 2011 show soon to be out on dvd.
Those dvds sell for $20.00 plus shipping.
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Sandy Davison wrote on 11/16/11:
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Your videos, the series on The Ghost of Lincoln, are wonderful. I enjoyed each and wish I would get the opportunity to see it in person. Do you plan on doing such an arrangement of the Character again? I just wanted to let you know how much it was enjoyed. I live in the Salt Lake area and would attend a presentation if you come this way.
Can’t wait to see what you think of this.
New Product page-I Love To Sing
Posted by jaybeacham on 10 Nov 2011 | Tagged as: blog
New Product page-I Love To Sing Karaoke recordings in volume 1 on cd.
These songs were recorded on Karaoke sites online, starting in 2008 and up to the present. Some of these sites don’t exist anymore. I put some songs on my Jay’s Discount store to let people hear and many went there just to hear the singing. Now you don’t need to turn a computer on to hear some of my singing.
I started singing as a child and people have asked me to sing on many occasions, in groups, choirs, plays etc. either in the chorus or as a soloist. I’ve sung Barbershop to Opera. while selling Lincoln’s Ghost dvds, many have asked me if there was singing on it. “No. Lincoln didn’t sing,” I’d reply. So here is the singing. I’ve published cassette tapes in the past but now everyone wants things on cd. Well here is the singing on cd.