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I’ve always been a radio buff. Since I was in my teens I preferred AM talk radio over FM music channels.

I mostly grew up listening to conservative talk radio because that’s what dominated the AM dial. In the late evenings, I’d listen and fall asleep to Coast To Coast AM hosted by Art Bell. His format was bizarre chat ranging from UFO’s to Remote Viewing to Chupacabra’s and more. If it was wacky, it was on Art Bell’s show.

I think I listened to that show for about 6 years. Then one day I saw a picture of Art Bell and I no longer was interested in listening to the show. I know, weird. I wish I never saw his photo. I did the same thing once I saw Tom Leykis. I was over it.

Anyhow, the other day I was chilling in my RV and longed for the AM dial. Art Bell is no longer on the air, but George Noory took over as the resident kook at Coast to Coast AM. So I decided to search for an app on my iPhone that would let me find the channel.

Within minutes of searching I stumbled upon TuneIn Radio Pro.

TuneIn Radio Pro

TuneIn Radio Pro is pretty slick. It only cost .99 cents and with a couple taps of the finger I was listening to Coast To Coast AM. And what a delight because the guest that evening was Jack Canfield, the creator of the Chicken Soup For The Soul Series.

Jack was plugging his new book The Golden Motorcycle Gang, A Story Of Transformation.

The book sounded rad, and it was groovy to hear Jack’s voice upon first using TuneIn Radio Pro.

TuneIn Radio Pro

Right now as I’m typing this I’m listening to some tech show all about the iPhone. It’s actually pretty boring and this kid is just whining. I’d rather listen to some Chaka Khan or something besides this nerd.

And that’s what is cool about TuneIn Radio Pro. The claim is there is 50,000 or more options of what you can listen to. I’m not sure if that number is true, but there’s a hell of a lot of options.

Anyhow, if you’re into various types of radio, I’d definitely add this to your mobile device. They have talk radio, current events, sports, music, politics, spiritual, trucker radio and so much more.

Click Here To Download TuneIn Radio Pro.

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So I’ve been playing a lot of Scrabble on my iPhone lately. I started by playing on the medium or normal level but quickly got bored of that. I crush the computer every time on that setting. It’s not much fun without a real challenge.

So I bumped it up to the hard level to try and get a more competitive game. I got a bit more than what I asked for. I think I lost about 45 games in a row before actually winning a game.

I remember one day I was so close to winning my first game and then the computer told me that “zen” wasn’t a word. Are you kidding me? Zen isn’t a word? Apparently it’s Japanese and doesn’t count in the game of Scrabble. Of course the computer can play words that sound like utter gibberish all day, but zen is a no go.

I’ve actually been blown away at some of the words the computer uses. Every game I play, I expand my vocabulary.

Here’s a screen shot of the last game I just played a few minutes ago. I beat the computer on this round and I came across 6 words that I’ve never heard before. They are…

scrabble

oxo
yom
dacha
inia
flaxy
jee

If I had to muster a guess of what the definitions are I’m not sure I’d be very accurate. Let’s take a stab. Here’s my guesses…

oxo = A cleaning agent or abrassive type cleaner
yom = soup (Oh duh, I know this. Didn’t think about it being combined with Yom Kippur.)
dacha = a plant
inia = a disease
flaxy = something to do with flax
jee = happy or gleeful

Ok, I’d assume I’m wrong on at least 5. Flaxy is pretty obvious. So, what I’m going to do so I can really learn and anchor these words is I’m going to write a paragraph and correctly use each word in that paragraph so the words will have context and more meaning to me. This way I’ll hopefully be able to remember the words more easily.

Here’s that paragraph….

I had to jee the horse as we departed the Russian dacha to head into town for some oxo before Yom Kippur had begun. While traveling along the river I was lucky enough to spot two inia’s playfully jumping out of the water. It was such a special site I decided to take a break and enjoy some of the flaxy leftovers in my satchel.

Of course I just made up that silly story to help my visualize the new words I just learned. I’m not going to tell you what they are, you can look them up for yourself if you are curious.

I will tell you that my spell check flagged oxo, inia and flaxy. However, I did find them in some dictionary online.

Anyhow, I’m sort of addicted to playing this Scrabble on my iPhone. It’s a good way to get your brain thinking and a phenomenal way to expand the vocab. Hey, vocab is a word.

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So I was on a really good streak blogging for almost 60 days in a row. Then I let a week slip by.

Truth is, I’ve been busy. Busy prioritizing the things that really need to get done in my life and business. Many of you know that I’m a scatterbrain on multiple levels. I have way too many projects going on at once, I don’t put the highest priority on work related issues and my choices on daily activities often waste a bunch of time and money.

However, I’m working on it. In fact, I just got done reading Dan Kennedy’s “No BS Time Management For Entrepreneurs on my iPad.

If you have a iPad make sure you download the Amazon Kindle app. It’s amazing. And for some reason it enables me to read really fast. I read the entire No BS Time Management For Entrepreneurs book in 3 sittings. I’ve found that I can read super fast and retain information very early in the morning. So when I wake up, I spend about 30 minutes perusing through the iPad and reading information that will motivate me for the day ahead.

Anyhow, Dan’s book was a great read and has been getting me inspired to be more productive with my days. The first thing I need to do after finishing the book is to eliminate projects that are boggling me down. I have a hard time saying no to people at times and I easily get caught up in helping too many people. This token of generosity on my part rips my own business to shreds at times. I put off tasks that need to be done in my own business by paying attention to others way to often.

I enjoy helping others, but I truly need to focus on getting my own stuff done first. So I’m canceling a bunch of products that are essentially dead weight to me. I’m also forced to put off some things that are very exciting to me. However, when weighed against the things I really need to get done, they too are holding me back from the life I truly desire.

If you are business minded or have a entrepreneur type mindset then I can’t recommend Dan Kennedy’s materials enough. His wisdom is beyond insightful, his experience more vast than 5 of the modern day marketing gurus combined and his hard back books are ridiculously cheap on Amazon. You can pick up the hard copy, or get one for your Kindle, iPhone or iPad by clicking the image below.

Cheers,

Jason

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I’m kind of a word nerd. Usually in the morning I like to do the crossword puzzle to get the brain moving. I don’t always demonstrate my literary knowledge in my blog posts or writings, but I do try to study and learn a bit more each day.

Now that learning is getting so much cooler. With the new Scrabble application on the iPhone I’m in Hog-Heaven for some verbal Jujitsu.

Scrabble Game Against Gio via Facebook

If you have a iPhone, go to the “App Store” and search for Scrabble. I think it’s $4.99. Well worth it too.

If you don’t have a iPhone you can download the Scrabble app via Facebook as well.

So, if you are get the Scrabble app, make sure we are Facebook Friends. You can friend me up on Facebook at the link below.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=634453082

When we become friends and we both have the Scrabble App, we can battle back and forth.

Let’s get it on.

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