Memorial Day 2006 Vegas Trip
Published on 3 Aug 2006 at 1:02 pm.
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Vegas[n]: Abbreviation for Las Vegas. A city in southern Nevada well known for casinos, hotels, and a growing entertainment presence.
VEGAS![v]: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas… unless you’re on CubanJon.com
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After a pleasant afternoon visiting with Mom, Dad, and many of the siblings (the wording is correct, but that’s a different story) Cuban Jon gets a text message from Kangmage, a college friend and current buddy. I had just missed his birthday and he mentioned the idea of going to Vegas… It didn’t take long for me to be convinced. You see, Cuban Jon has been working a little more than usual and has dropped off the radar. I needed to get out of town, and this was the most irresponsible, exciting, spur of the moment, and yet quite reasonable option available. Let’s forget that we didn’t have a room, much cash, or a clue about what was about to happen. (more…)
PrivatePhone.com & PhoneSpell.org Fun
Published on 20 Jul 2006 at 2:12 pm.
2 Words of Wisdom
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As many of you already know, and I’m sure our new visitors are desperate to find out, Cuban Jon spends about 3 hours a day on the freeway going between home and Hollywood (not West Hollywood… Thank God!) and I get to listen to LOTS of radio along the way.
Lately the most memorable company advertised is PrivatePhone.com, a division of NetZero (the ISP.) Seeing as I haven’t purchased or burned a new CD for the car in over 2 years, I’ve been forced to listen to the radio to numb the painful feeling of sitting on the freeway in stop-and-go traffic. I’d been hearing about this PrivatePhone.com thing over and over and over for a couple weeks and finally gave in to the strong arm of radio advertising and looked it up today online.
Now it seems to me that you get a phone number (in any area code and local exchange of your choice) that leads callers to a voicemail box that you can check from your phone or from the web. At no charge!! Interesting… Not that useful for Cuban Jon, unless there’s a way to entertain myself with it. So I chatted up Snaggle, a friend from LA who once showed me a website where you can see what your phone number spells. PhoneSpell.org
The hunt was on for the perfect phone number!!!
Found it!!! 562-472-2575 <– You’ll have to look it up on PhoneSpell.org yourself!!
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Motivation Is Your Friend
Published on 5 Jun 2006 at 4:12 pm.
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There are many things that motivate Cuban Jon, but perhaps the most important is to simply be recognized for my work. I don’t mean that people should go out of their way to do anything extraordinary, or even that anyone should have to do anything at all most of the time. I think it goes for everyone that a small amount of recognition tends to go a long way… Definitely much farther than none at all.
I take much pride in the fact that so many people rely on me and most need to know that this particular rant doesn’t apply to them. It doesn’t matter if it’s family, friends, work, volunteering… When you rely on someone to the point they feel like a necessary part of your life. Just help ‘em remember that they’re important.
Sooo much has been going on… Christmas to the Present - Part 1
Published on 29 Dec 2005 at 5:14 pm.
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Well… It’s obvious that Cuban Jon’s been missing in action for some time. Here’s a brief overview of what’s been happening…
Christmas was (and usually is) one of the most stressful and exhausting times for yours truly. This year I thought I’d do something extra special and hand-make little artsy-crafty reindeer out of yarn, plastic and googlie eyes. I remember a tree ornament from my grandmother’s tree just like it. It has a little saying on the back, “Squeeze my cheeks and I’ll give you a kiss!”
I thought it was the cutest thing ever and that all my little sibling and cousins would get a kick out of that… Now keep in mind that Cuban Jon is the oldest of 9 kids AND that his cousins number in the mid-20s. In short (which I am, but not very good at keeping a story) this was going to be a MAJOR undertaking. After working all day, I would stay up all night making little toy reindeer until I passed out from exhaustion (or inebriation from the cocktail I was drinking at the time.) I determined that each reindeer took me about 30 minutes and I had to make about 35 in total. Thankfully Ivanhoe (Sammy’s hot ass hubbie, see him here) was willing to sit down for a little bit and play reindeer assembly line with me…
In retrospect, I would have been better off buying everyone iTunes downloads or McDonalds Gift Certificates. UGH… Maybe next year.
