Harry Reid: American Taxation is a Voluntary System

Just in case you were still on the fence about liberal democrats and their thinking, this may change your mind. Remember: “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is. If the–if he–if ‘is’ means is and never has been, that is not–that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement…” Classic, that’s a master speaking.

Here’s another esteemed colleague of the house of Democrats:

Effective Marketing Method: Grossness

Although gross, this is still Safe for Work viewing. This is Australia’s new advertising campaign to promote the flu shot since we are fast approaching their autumn flu season.

Peyton Manning As a Mentor – or Not

I saw this for the first time Sunday and was pretty sure my knee was red from slapping it. I know my face was red from laughing. Enjoy!

Life As a Freelancer and Consultant – The Good and Bad

There are far more perks to being a small business owner than downsides, in my opinion. I can take a day and sluff off if I don’t feel well or need to run errands. Doctor’s appointments were always making me have to make up my hours when I was an employee, but forget that life now.

For me, the two worst parts (and really the only bad parts about my line of work) of a job are:

1. Getting to the estimate part of the deal and waiting for either a) death by shock, b) complete rejection and instant counter-offer (sheeah, that works), or c) an elated new client
2. Finishing the work and shooting out the invoice with a nice “thank you” in the “notes” field and see what comes of it

Thus far my experience has been overwhelmingly positive with only one non-payer who will get their site unlocked once they pay, one who seems to continually misunderstand the scope of the project and wants $3000 worth of work for $800, and one who offered me baby clothes as an exchange for my skills. I’m still in the early stages of figuring out my billing and deposit system, since I don’t think many of my clients quite feel comfortable with a full-prepay for jobs under $3000 yet, but I do insist on my first hour of consulting and site work for new clients ahead of time and have great results with that by billing exact time after that first hour.

Here is a video that will really make you empathize with freelancers everywhere: