Injecting some levity… Hope you are all having a good weekend!

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This Prosper lender had found a creative way to liquidate all the loans he’s holding: take out a loan against them.

Purpose of loan:
This loan will be used to pay off my current Prosper Lending Account. I no longer have the time to manage this, and w…

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• Flip for the Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder Okay, I was always hoping to capture some genuine footage of a UFO or a car crash or Bigfoot, but I've settled so far for a restaurant on fire and a guy threatening to jump off a bridge (brandishing a knife, as if he was somehow going to kill himself...

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I happened to be playing with Prosperous Land visitor statistics and I happened to notice that about 10% of my web traffic in March came from San Francisco. What are the odds?

While I’m mentioning the site, I’ll working up the mental fortitude to tink…

• Kontera for a Month Roughly a month ago I started serving Kontera, in-text, ads. Based on a month of use here are my impressions of the platform:...
• 7 Surefire Ways To Increase Your Traffic If you already have a site and you think that you're not getting the traffic that you're supposed to be getting, then its time to reconsider. If you are contending in this very competitive business world, you should always be a step ahead of your competitors. Timing is essential, that’s......

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After extensive investigation, Prosperous Land can now report that Prosper is attempting to manipulate the 2008 election process. Based in liberal San Francisco and quietly supported by Nancy Pelosi herself, Prosper has employees with well known ties t…

• Democrat Feingold Gives Obama a 'D' Sunday Paper - May 3rd, 2009 Senator Russ Feingold (D) WI, head of a subcommittee on the Constitution gave Obama a grade of 'D' in a "rule of law" report card for the manner in which he has dealt with state secrets.  What's interesting here is that we have a......
• Review: To Scotland with Love by Karen Hawkins To Scotland with Love is about 2 to 2.5 Stars. The rating depends on how well you can stomach the side characters. I personally thought they were annoying and too much. As I go into depth here you’ll see what I mean. How Sir Blubbering Ravencroft got the gumption......

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I found this little oops in the Warsaw Business Journal (English translation):

“In Poland, the difference between interest rates for loans and those on bank deposits is so large that [this situation] presents a great opportunity for social lending ser…

• Will StumbleUpon Work for Your Corporate Blog? If you are not familiar with the site called StumbleUpon, it is a service that allows users to discover new sites. With the use of a toolbar (spyware free), users of StumbleUpon can find new sites that are related to their interests, or they can choose a random option. Millions......
• Pertuity Direct in the New Year In my inbox today.... Dear Friends of Pertuity Direct, As we wrap up 2008, we thought it would be a good time to check in with you and share the great progress we have made as a company. If you have been keeping tabs on the space, you know that......

Continue reading → Prosper Big In The UK? Who Knew?

Prosper CEO Chris Larson has been pushing the idea that Prosper combines aspects of George Bailey and Gordon Gekko to do something in the financial marketplace. What insightful quotes might we expect to hear uttered around this Mr. Gordon Bailey?
Look,…

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• Prosper in May Set a New Monthly Loan Origination Volume High Water Mark (sql to produce statistics at the end of post)  In May, Prosper originated more loan volume than in any previous month roughly 9.6M loans the vast majority were credit grades AA-C.  This is great news for Prosper on 2 fronts: total volume and loan quality. Here is the breakdown... May......

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This guy just doesn’t seem to get the hint that Prosper isn’t quite a slap-dash operation (web infrastructure wise). He’s been posting on various rent-a-coder sites, trying to find someone who’ll throw together a clone of the Prosper website. It’s been…

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• Are 2nd time Borrowers a Better Risk? There is speculation that second time borrowers on Prosper represent a better risk.  They have already paid off one loan and hence have shown credit worthiness.  I am not sure I buy this, but I can play along... How many 2nd time loans are there currently?  71. How many are......

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Lawsuits are like nuclear weapons, it’s the option of last resort and pretty much assures either destruction of MASSIVE damage to all sides involved. When lawsuits fly the only winners will be the lawyers. (”Churla”, Slashdot member).

Even though I’ve…

• 20 Ways to Know You Read Too Much Romance Before I begin, thanks Susan for your 5 tells - they're hilarious! Now, when it comes to our favorite literature is it possible to ever read too much of it? What are some of the tells of overindulgence in romance? Let's take a look! You Know You Read Too Much......
• Fuel Conservation - Tips for the Homeowner In the cold months of winter, there are a number of things you can do to conserve fuel and same money. The main way to conserve energy is to prevent heat from leaving the home. The first step is to make sure that the walls, ceilings and floors are insulated......

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What good is having a blog if I can’t use it to remember stuff. I ran across Yoram Bauman about 6 months ago. It popped up again on Get Rich Slowly this week right when I needed a good (though nerdy) laugh. So, go laugh:

I know what you’re thinking….

• Weekly Roundup - New Year's Edition Happy New Year, everyone! I had a great holiday season with my wife and her family, and we certainly enjoyed having some extra time together! This short week went by extremely quickly, and I have a feeling it is going to be very busy at work next week! Here are......
• Weekly Roundup Announcing the Book Winner Hello everyone, I hope you all have some nice plans for Memorial Day weekend. My wife and I are going to a friend's house this weekend for a little BBQ. It will be nice to kick back and enjoy an extra day off. :) Book Giveaway Winner: First, thank you......

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While there continues to be resentment about the shifting and sometimes ambiguous policies regarding personally identifiable information (PII), it’s also become a humor generator for those who enjoy sarcasm and satire. Unfortunately for some, I’m one o…

• "Power Forum Tag Teaming" Part 1 of 3 So what is this concept 'Power Forum Tag Teaming'? First off it does a couple of things for you to increase website traffic: #1 -- it allows you to take advantage of your pre-existing built up credibility in a forum that you've been posting in for a while. This way......
• Generating Traffic And no, not on the roads, thank you. I saw enough of that the other day when I "had" to venture in to the city on business. I'm talking traffic to your websites, blogs, forums, whathaveyou's. What have you tried to drive more traffic to your website (from this point......

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A few days ago, I was talking to my brothers and sisters, when one of them mentioned a trip to Disneyland that my family had taken when I was only a couple years old. They all started cracking up—something very funny had happened. You know that feeling you get when everyone is laughing at an [...]

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• Ask The Expert with Larry Swedroe, December 2007 Issue This is the inaugural issue of the Ask The Expert column by Larry Swedroe. You can see Larry's full biography and important disclaimer below. If you are interested in having your question answered by Larry, please send me an email via the contact page. Now, let's get to the questions......
• December 2007 Site and Net Worth Review (+0.72%) Before I begin, I'd like to say that this is a special edition of the net worth review, because following my review, I will be sharing what my friends are all saying about their net worth or the subject of net worth. Net Worth Review December was another weak month......

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Why do you have to “put your two cents in”.. but it’s only a “penny for your thoughts”? Where’s that extra penny going to?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
What disease did cured ham actually have?
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out [...]

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• Alta Ski Area, Alta, UT Alta Ski Area is located in: Alta, UT Phone: (801) 359-1078 Website: http://www.alta.com/ About the Resort: Alta Ski Area is a very popular Utah ski resort that offers many different activities that the entire family can enjoy. From backcountry packing trips, to helicopter rides and of course, skiing, there is......
• My Prosper Internal Rate of Return Update (End of Jan 07) — 18.14% Clearly I am not an expert, but I like to play one on TV. In my previous post:  My Prosper Internal Rate of Return Update (End of Jan 07) — 1.67% I was tracking my IRR using the Excel Function IRR and making a monthly cash flow simplification to have regular intervals.  This......

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Thinking of re-branding… what do you think?

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