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In Affiliates, Blogging, Career, Family, Financial Freedom Updates, Humor, Income, Investing, Military, Miscellaneous Thoughts, Passive Income, Psychology, Research, War, Well-Being on September 22, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Running and maintaining this site is not free. If you’ve found something of value here, please consider donating a small amount. I am also planning on catching up with my family and friends when I get home from Iraq and will need a boatload of Guinness for the occasion.
I would also like it if you donated because you found something useful here.
If you donate, please leave a comment below what you found on my site that prompted you to donate. You don’t have to mention how much you’re donating if you don’t want to but feel free if you’d like. If you donate at least $25 and let us know how you’ve used something in this site, feel free to leave contact information in your comment for all to see.
However, if you’d like to donate more, I’ll make sure to mention how more grateful I am to you on my site 
[Please click here to help buy some Guinness for me and the lads]
I want to thank Steve Pavlina for giving me the idea for this page.
expenses, Freedom, Income, money, passive, time
In Financial Freedom Updates on September 20, 2008 at 8:36 am
This will be my first of many updates the current status of my search for financial freedom, which is one of the goals I have to allow me to do the things I want to do in life. These updates will probably change over time but they’ll be useful for me to keep on track and track my progress. Let’s begin…
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In War on September 18, 2008 at 5:53 am
The Chinook was a part of an aerial convoy flying to a military base at Balad
updated 11:26 p.m. ET Sept. 17, 2008
BAGHDAD – An American Chinook helicopter crashed early Thursday as it was landing in southern Iraq, killing seven U.S. soldiers, the military said.
The CH-47 Chinook was landing after midnight about 60 miles west of Basra at the time of the crash, the U.S. statement said.
A spokesman for the Multi-National Force-Iraq confirmed that the helicopter had crashed. He said five had died, and the bodies of two soldiers who had originally been missing were found.
The spokesman said hostile fire was not suspected.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to provide details.
The chopper was a part of an aerial convoy flying from Kuwait to the U.S. military base at Balad just north of Baghdad. The Chinook, the Army’s workhorse, is designed to transport troops and supplies to combat and other regions.
The statement said the incident was under investigation.
Separately, a U.S. soldier died of noncombat-related causes on Wednesday, and an investigation into the cause of death was under way, the military said.
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In Miscellaneous Thoughts on September 17, 2008 at 8:32 pm
So what is this blog all about?
I spent a great deal of time trying to find a purpose for my site. I knew I had an urge to write something but had no idea what I wanted to write about. I spent many hours looking through naming conventions, SEO hints, lists of the most popular blog names etc.
Those of you who know me know that I’ve had a lot of time on my hands for a while now (I’m in Iraq right now working for the US Government and I’m also a US Army Reservist). I’ve had a great deal of time to start thinking about my life and where I want to take it. I’ve started writing a lot; articles, short stories, blog posts and even the start of a couple of novels. I read over and over that you need to write a blog about something that interests you or that you know about. Then it hit me: The only thing I really know is me and what I want in life – and that changes with every day…
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