John Chow is a self-proclaimed dot com mogul. He started his own blog on his namesake domain a little less than a year ago and has grown his blogging revenue streams from $300'ish per month to over $17,000+ per month! Pretty impressive feat...
I first learned of John Chow from the Young Entrepreneur blog in an article that was describing John's issues with Google penalties. Apparently, Mr. Chow violated the terms and conditions of Google's guidelines for the search terms "make money online". John describes his woes with Google in detail in this blog post.
After reading through his site a little more, I came accross a cross-promotion contest he is offering with the Million Dollar Wiki. He's giving away a 24" LCD monitor and a signed copy of the best selling book, The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. The contest is sponsored by The Million Dollar Wiki. You can use coupon code JohnChow to save $10 on a MDK page.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Who drives off without paying for gas?
I did. A complete and total accident. On Monday, we loaded up four dirtbikes, all the gear, Adri and the boys and headed for a full day of riding at Buffalo Range Riding Park in Ottawa. We stopped at the same BP gas station we stop at every time we come to Ottawa. The boys ran in for Subway and Adri helped me combine 93 octane fuel with the 2-stroke premix into my 5-gallon container.
As we finished re-loading the container back into the truck, a couple random guys approached us for directions to the dirtbike track. After a few minutes of small talk about riding experience we agreed to show them how to get to the track by following us. By then, the boys had come back out with their Subway sandwiches and we took off... with the other two guys following.
After a few hours of riding, we were enjoying some much needed rest. As we were hanging out on the trailer we noticed a LaSalle County Sheriff driving around. Pretty weird place for a Sheriff is what we were all thinking.... even weirder that he has now stopped next to my car. He is talking into his radio for a few minutes and finally comes out.
"Are you David Rockey", he says. Completely stunned I manage to mutter, "Ya...yes sir, what seems to be the problem?". The sheriff then asked if I got gas at Conroys Amoco and I say yes... still not knowing what the heck is going on. Then he prompts me, "Son, did you forget to pay for your gas?". "Holy crap!!", I exclaim.
With the distractions of the guy asking for directions and the boys and their sandwiches, I completely forgot to pay for the $11.67 worth of gas that I had pumped. What an idiot! Thankfully, the officer could sense my genuine mistake and allowed me to call the gas station and pay with my visa....and not arrest me or anything.
Phew! That was kinda scary but it worked out OK.
As we finished re-loading the container back into the truck, a couple random guys approached us for directions to the dirtbike track. After a few minutes of small talk about riding experience we agreed to show them how to get to the track by following us. By then, the boys had come back out with their Subway sandwiches and we took off... with the other two guys following.
After a few hours of riding, we were enjoying some much needed rest. As we were hanging out on the trailer we noticed a LaSalle County Sheriff driving around. Pretty weird place for a Sheriff is what we were all thinking.... even weirder that he has now stopped next to my car. He is talking into his radio for a few minutes and finally comes out.
"Are you David Rockey", he says. Completely stunned I manage to mutter, "Ya...yes sir, what seems to be the problem?". The sheriff then asked if I got gas at Conroys Amoco and I say yes... still not knowing what the heck is going on. Then he prompts me, "Son, did you forget to pay for your gas?". "Holy crap!!", I exclaim.
With the distractions of the guy asking for directions and the boys and their sandwiches, I completely forgot to pay for the $11.67 worth of gas that I had pumped. What an idiot! Thankfully, the officer could sense my genuine mistake and allowed me to call the gas station and pay with my visa....and not arrest me or anything.
Phew! That was kinda scary but it worked out OK.
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