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Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Business Ideas - Restaurant name

Business Ideas - Creativity Pool: "I have an idea for a name for those eating establishments, it would be called 'I Don't Care.' This way, when you are with someone and you ask 'where do you want to eat?' and they say ' I Don't Care!' You have an answer.
The menu doesn't matter really, it is just a funny name!
Reward: If someone uses the idea, I would just like to be recognized as the creator of the name. I do not want anything other than recognition, except a free beer or two if you are serving it!"

Business Ideas - Eat my meal

Business Ideas - Creativity Pool: "'Eat my Meal'-Agency

Do you know this embarrassing situation? You are sitting in a restaurant and having a good time, but suddenly you realize that the food on your plate is way too much! Even worse, your meal is so delicious that you wouldn't want to offend the cook by sending half of it back. So what can you do? That's where the 'Eat my Meal'-Agency comes into play. Just pick up the phone and dial their number - shortly after, one of their guys walks into the restaurant, sits down beside you and clears your plate with a smile. In the paid edition of this service, your rescuer might be a handsome looking man or woman with good manners and conversational skills, but I can also think of a free trial version where they send you a bunch of hungry students. :-)
Reward: I want to use this service for free, of course"

Idea - restrooms

Have you ever needed the restroom so badly? You run from store to store and they all tell you that it's out of order? Well I've been thinking that they should open a chain of restrooms similar to McDonalds where you can buy a yearly membership card and have access to hundreds of these rest areas spread out throughout the country. You would have access to showers, toilets, baby changing area, nursing area, vending machines that sell toiletries etc. It's about time something is done to accomodate these conveniences which happen to apply to every human being - what do you think?

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Blind Ambition


Charlie Boswell has always been one of my heroes. He has inspired me and thousands of others to rise above circumstances and live our true passion. Charlie was blinded during World War II while rescuing his friend from a tank that was under fire. He was a great athlete before his accident and in a testimony to his talent and determination he decided to try a brand new sport, a sport he never imagined playing, even with his eyesight . . . golf!

Through determination and a deep love for the game he became the National Blind Golf Champion! He won that honor 13 times. One of his heroes was the great golfer Ben Hogan, so it truly was an honor for Charlie to win the Ben Hogan Award in 1958.

Upon meeting Ben Hogan, Charlie was awestruck and stated that he had one wish and it was to have one round of golf with the great Ben Hogan.

Mr. Hogan agreed that playing a round together would be an honor for him as well, as he had heard about all of Charlie's accomplishments and truly admired his skills.

"Would you like to play for money, Mr. Hogan?" blurted out Charlie.

"I can't play you for money, it wouldn't be fair!" said Mr. Hogan.

"Aw, come on, Mr. Hogan...$1,000 per hole!"

"I can't, what would people think of me, taking advantage of you and your circumstance," replied the sighted golfer.

"Chicken, Mr. Hogan?"

"Okay," blurted a frustrated Hogan, "but I am going to play my best!"

"I wouldn't expect anything else," said the confident Boswell.

"You're on Mr. Boswell, you name the time and the place!"

A very self-assured Boswell responded "10 o'clock . . . tonight!"