SWB: Alan B. Rowley II - Success Coach - ECoaching - Email Coaching

Sword Point Saturday - Who's at the Helm?

The country is headed for an economic dead end.  Even knowing the teeny bit about national economics that I know, I think I could have done a better job of keeping things going.

What this leads me to believe is that what's happening is not an accident.  There is a reason why we are being steered toward a depression while being told that there's going to be a bit of slow-down in the economy for a few months.

We all know that King George isn't smart enough to tie his own shoes, let alone run a country.  He's obviously part of the whole disaster and probably being paid very well.  How much is a legacy worth?  I don't know if you could pay me enough money to be the worst president ever.

Anyway, this leads to my question for today?

Who's driving this wreck?

5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - When you gotta

What kinds of tricks do you use to get yourself to do things that you don't really want to do but that you know need to be done?

I have two favorites.

1.  Break it down into small tasks if possible.  Just get a little bit done at a time.  It eventually reaches a point where I just go, "Screw it!  Let's finish this."

2.  Delegate.  I find people that enjoy doing the things that I don't and have them do it.

Your turn.

Sword Point Saturday - Totem

  I was only able to get a couple of hours of sleep last night so instead of doing any real thinking, I did a bit of surfing and came across this quiz on totems.

No surprise to people that know me but I think my totem is the Wolf - loyalty, family, intuition, and adaptability.

Tia's, without taking this quiz, is the Bear - industrious, instinctive, guardian of the world, and will power.  She has dreams about bears all the time.

I took this quiz to see what it had to say about me and it said that my totem is the Lion.  I don't know who gets to choose these things and if you took a bunch of these quizzes, you would probably get all kinds of different answers.

Anyway, this particular quiz put me as a Lion.

What was your result from taking the quiz?

Does this totem represent you or is there one that you think fits you better?

5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - The One In/One Rule

Have you heard of using One In and One Out to avoid clutter.  I thinks it's something that's is done a lot with kid's toys.  If you get a new toy, you have to get rid of an old toy.  My wife and I do with it with clothing too.

If you could expand the concept beyond your personal realm, what would you apply the One In/One Out Rule on?

For me it would be laws.  Every time a governing body created a new law, they would have to get rid of an old law.  This would clear up a lot of confusion and contradiction and also maybe giving enforcement agencies a chance of knowing what the laws were. 

We have so many laws on the books now that agencies have to pick and choose which ones they decide to enforce.  This is handy if they decide to target someone because they can look back through a hundred years of laws and find something to charge their victim with.

Where would you apply the rule?

5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - Which Marvel Hero Are You?

I thought this would be interesting and I suppose in a way it will be when I have more time. 

It turns out that my closest match for a Marvel super hero is Iron fist.

I have absolutely no idea who he is.  I might have to research that sometime later to see why that was my match.

Your turn: 5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - Visual Environment

Last week, we talked about sounds that you surround yourself with for different activities.  Today, let's hear about your visual surroundings.

What do you have in the way of sights around you that inspire or help you to achieve your goals?

Oddly enough, I have very little in this category. 

We do have our calendar which shows how many times each of us has worked out.  We have been keeping track since the first week of this month.  The calendar is in the kitchen area where we see it many times a day.

My new weight room is a visual reminder as is my P90X pull up bar that hangs out in the hallway when it's set up.  It's almost always set up.

The way that we have our furniture arranged in the living room is a visual reminder that it's an exercise area. 

I suppose that watching the exercise DVDs would have to count as visual inspiration.

I set my exercise clothes out the night before so that when I wake up, there they are.  Can't miss them.

Okay, so maybe there's more going on here than I had originally thought.

What about you?

5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - Audio Environment

More on your environment.  This time, the sounds or lack of sounds that you surround yourself with.  Sounds, music, words, all have an effect on us in some way.  It might be mood, stress level (up or down), and sounds have been shown to be able to change heart rate.  They are powerful and should not be left to chance, when possible.

Pick 3 different activities and tell me what sounds you purposely have accompany them.  Here's mine:

Karate:  I play what my wife calls "Anger Music".  I have recently stumbled across Pandora Radio where you can put in a song or a group and it will play music like your choice.  You can give a thumbs up or down on the music it pick to refine what the AI picks for you.  Put in No Leaf Clover by Metallica and you get some great music that inspires you to hit people.

Blogging:  It depends on what I'm writing and what time it is.  Right now, I have it picking songs where it's coming up with the following groups: INXS, Aldo Nova, Joan Jett, Styx, Foreigner, Night Ranger, Asia, and Scandal.  Anyone who was in high school in the early 80s knows exactly what I'm talking about.

Sleeping: I have a little fan on my nightstand.  It creates a very minor breeze but I love the white noise.  I have a very hard time sleeping without it.  When the power goes out, I wake up.  I have to remember to take it with us on trips because trying to sleep in a hotel is just about impossible without it.

Your turn.  5 Sword Points.

Mark is the New Sword Point Winner

Mark, the Beer Dart Champion, is the latest Sword Point Saturday winner and can pick up to $80 of Success Warrior gear (remember, does not include my wife) as the prize.

Mark's score has been reset to zero and the game continues with a change to encourage people who only participate once in a while.  The game will end at 100 points from now on.  The winner will have their score reset to zero.  Everyone else will have their score reduced to a third of their ending score.

This will keep everyone in the game and still reward the people who tried but didn't win. 

I am sorry to disappoint many of you but the real winner is me. 

First, I already have a Success Warrior shirt and mine *does* come with a hot blonde included.

Second, I have probably learned more about money from this blog than each of you.  It's been quite an eye opening experience that started with me focused just on our personal debt and moving out to the larger picture of national economics. 

So, I would like to thank all of you for stopping by and reading this blog and thank everyone that plays the game.  It really keeps me motivated to keep on learning.

Congratulations to Mark and a sincere "thank you" to everyone.

Sword Point Saturday - Environment

A lot of people make goals and then do very little if anything to achieve those goals.  Some people get to a point where they just quit making goals because they never seem to follow through on them.

One of the best things a person can do when they make a new goal is to change their environment in some way that assists them in their goal or at the very least, helps keep them focused on their goal.

To achieve a new goal, you essentially have to become a new person, with a new way of thinking and many times that manifests itself in the physical world.  Sometimes it might be a minor change and some goals require a complete identity overhaul.

5 Sword Points - What is a current goal you have that you are willing to share?  How have you changed your environment to support that goal?  What other change could* you make to your environment to help you achieve your goal?

* "could", not necessarily "will".  You can let your imagination run on this question if you want or you can answer with something you really will do.

One of my top goals for the first half of this year is to get in shape for the cruise we are going on in June.

I have changed my front room so that there is plenty of space to exercise.  It's one big wide open space so I can do P90X.

A change that I could and will make is to find space to set my weight bench back up.  It's going to mean doing some rearranging somewhere but I'm going to need it if I'm going to follow the Turbulence Training program.

What about you?

Sword Point Saturday - Globalism

There are two competing ideologies currently at work when it comes to America's sovereignty.  One group believes that boundaries should be erased between the US and other countries.  The other group believes the boundaries should be made more concrete.  One group believes that a lot of the world's problems would be solved if people were lumped into larger groups.  The other group believes that it will mean the end of the Constitution.

In between the two groups are a couple hundred million people that don't know about the struggle going on.

I've given it quite a bit of thought and I can see where the erasing of borders can seem appealing.  People kill each other because of religion and patriotism so getting rid of religions and countries might be a good thing.  I don't think it would work because people will always find reasons to group themselves together into us versus them.

I can see some practical reasons why it might not work too but I'd like to hear your thoughts.

5 Sword Points - Should we be encouraging globalism or should we strengthen our borders?  Why?

Sword Point Saturday - Rituals

I am asking today's question out of sheer curiosity.

What rituals do you have in your life that you feel make a positive impact?

I'm not talking specifically about religion although I'm not eliminating that either.  I'm talking about rituals as in this definition from dictionary.com:

8. any practice or pattern of behavior regularly performed in a set manner.

I have been thinking about it this morning because I don't have many patterns in my daily life.  I'm unpatterned.  I know that I would be more productive if I would add a little more structure to my life but my mind seems to resist such ideas.

One reason for this, I believe, is my work and sleep schedule.  It changes so much during the week.  I work at 3 different time during the week, going to bed at 3 different times, and waking up at 3 different times.  Most people probably have 5 days in a row that are very similar in pattern and then take 2 days to break free and relax.

I have found that I have one ritual in my life that I created when I was a cop and has continued through today.  I prepare for work in the same way each day.  Most people probably do, I suppose.  It just becomes a pattern in life that can be done without much thought. 

5 Sword Points - What positive rituals do you have in your life?

As always, you can answer in the comments or answer in your own blog and link to it from the comments.

Sword Point Saturday - MSM vs. the Internet

Allow me to start off on a tangent and then bring this post around to what I promised yesterday that it would be about.

I was getting ready for work yesterday and my wife was out in the living room watching the news.  I heard a cop's voice so I wandered out to see what was going on.  The story was about another excessive use of force case between a driver and a cop with a Taser.  These things seem to be getting more common.

The driver, Jared Massey, was stopped for allegedly speeding back in September.  The Utah Highway Patrol officer, Jon Gardner, approached the vehicle and told Massey that he was going a little fast and was asked for his license and registration.

Gardner returned to the vehicle and told Massey that he was being issued a citation.  Massey said he had slowed down before getting to the 40 mph Speed Limit sign.  You see that sign at the beginning of the video and it's apparent that Gardner is making the stop before Massey is in the zone delineated by this sign.  Gardner states that there is another sign further up the road and tells Massey to sign the ticket.  Massey says he's not going to sign the ticket because he doesn't believe there is another sign.  He wants verification of the sign before he signs.

That's not how things work.  Cops don't go around pointing to speed limit signs on every stop.  If there isn't a sign, you take pictures of the area, show them to the prosecutor before the case, and the charges are dropped. 

Anyway, Massey says he won't sign so Gardner tells Massey to get out of the vehicle.  Massey walks back to his patrol car, puts the ticket book on it, and pulls out his Taser.

Sword Point Saturday - Resisting Temptation

The Wendover Effect is not what happened to us as a result of drinking the water that's laced with radiation from the nuclear testing done out here.  That's more of an Erin Brockovich thing.  No, the Wendover Effect is what I call the change in our finances that has occurred because we live in such an isolated place.

I'm going to explain it as well as I can in an upcoming post.  Today I would like to ask a couple of questions for Sword Point Saturday.

What do you find to be the biggest unnecessary waste of your money?

I'm not talking about things imposed on you like taxes but things that you voluntarily spend money on.  I'm also not talking about things that you truly enjoy and find to be a good use of the money even if "unneeded".  Things that you cause you regret or buyer's remorse.

The second part of the question is: are you taking any steps to change that pattern and if so, what are you doing?

5 points for everyone that answers both parts of the question.  As always, you can leave your answer in the comments or write it up in your own blog and leave a link in the comments.

Don't forget to take my presidential poll.

Sword Point Saturday - You Choose

Let's get back to Sword Point Saturday's, shall we?

I had my groove thrown off and sometimes it's hard for me to readjust for some reason.  Add to that natural tendency the fact that I type my posts the day before they are released now and you have a recipe for confusion for my brain. 

I was used to writing Sword Point Saturday posts on, well you know, Saturday.  The last couple of Saturdays, I've gone to type a post and then realized that it would be released on Sunday.  I should have written a note to myself.

I got it right this time and have two questions for all of you.

No points for the first question: Why have all of you allowed me to misspell "seize" for the last couple of weeks?  Come on folks, I can take some constructive criticism.  Don't tell me that I have a spell checker, that's for people that can't spel. 

5 Points for answering the second question:  If I were to actually listen to your requests, what one post would you like me to write next week?  I'm in the mood to write and I might even humor you by writing about what you want.  Leave your request in the comment section (money in my PayPal account will increase the likelihood of your request being honored).

Don't forget to take my presidential poll.

Sword Point Saturday - Technology

I never cease to be amazed by the technology that is coming out.  Things have changes so much in my lifetime that it's impossible to look ahead to what things will be like in another 20 to 30 years.  My cell phone looks like Kirk's communicator and that's old school now where people now have a little earpiece that they find comfortable enough to wear for hours.  Supposedly there will be a hotel in space in about 5 years. 

"How was your honeymoon?"

"Out of this world."

They anticipate that it will cost about $4 million for a 3 night stay and are working on ways for people to get it on without floating away from each other.  It will probably be easier for old rich people to get it up if they don't have to fight gravity.

Anyway, where was I?

Technology.

I'm pretty much out of the loop on technology.  I know the iPhone was released but from the little bits that I've seen, I don't understand the hype.  I just don't keep up with it all.  I won't say that I'm a technophobe but sometimes it seems that we create things that are more like toys than tools but pretend like their vital tools.

So, catch me up.

5 Sword Points for telling me about your favorite new technology or what you think is the coolest.

5 Sword Points for telling me about what you consider to be the most useless new technology.

Sword Point Saturday - Time Management

How fitting today's Sword Point discussion is as I get this out with only a few hours left on Saturday.  It could have easily have become Sword Point early Sunday Morning.

5 Sword Points for letting everyone know what your favorite time management tip or tool is.

5 Sword Points for explaining why you like it so well or what it is about that tip or tool that works so well for you.

Sword Point Saturday - Inspiration & Motivation

My wife and I have got quite a lot going on right now.  We both work a lot.  I'm doing the P90X and Wealth Without a Job reviews.  College has started back up for her.  We are trying to give Trey attention so he isn't lost in all of the busyness.  Sometimes it really feels like a lot.

We have talked about backing off a bit but we are so close to being debt free except for the house that we just can't slow down at this point.  Plus a lot of the work that we are doing is being done to create a life after we move.  We don't want to slow down on that either. 

I don't want to sound like a doomsayer because I have high hopes in the human race to adapt but it does seem like there could be some rough times ahead.  I want to be in the best possible position possible if events occur that radically change life.

Two things concern me for the short term:

1.  Perhaps the most bearish fund manager is Ken Murray of Blue Planet. His funds have been some of the best performers over the past years, but now he says we are facing "the worst banking crisis in decades" and that the stock market will fall by another 20%. "The credit cycle has turned, bad debts are soaring, banks will go bust and stock markets will fall much further. People need to be told the truth as opposed to being spoon-fed palliative words," he warns.  Full Article

2.  "If concerns about the U.S. housing markets turn out to be short-lived, then the dips in crude oil futures markets could represent buying opportunities. But it's too early to see how serious the credit squeeze problems really are."  Full Article

I'm not going to go into what I think about the second quote.  You should already know.  I just want to talk about the two quotes together.  Oil (and subsequently gas) prices are down because the United States is headed for a recession.  If a recession does hit, it's going to make the whole credit crunch that much worse.  If all the manipulation works and the country (and the rest of the world) is kept out of recession, gas prices are going to soar.  The second article points out that for people who own oil stock, this is going to be great.  Obviously for people that buy gas, this will be bad.

From these two articles, it looks like our choice in the near future is recession or high gas prices.  I don't own stock in oil so neither of these things looks good to me.

My question then is, beside the sheer "have to" factor of what's looming ahead, what do you do to keep yourself motivated when it seems that you are working most of your waking hours?

5 Sword Points to everyone that tells me their tips and tricks for Inspiration and Motivation.

Bonus: 5 Sword Points to everyone that adds further analysis (whether you agree or disagree) to the situation the US now finds itself in.

Sword Point Saturday - Advertising and a New 90 Day Challenge

This week, I received an advertising offer for this blog and I'm going to let you vote on whether or not I should accept the offer (without mentioning the company specifically because that would be free advertising).

This company would either like to do a guest post or rent some space in the sidebar for a text ad or have me write a review of their company.  I haven't given them an answer yet because I thought this was a great topic for Sword Point Saturday.

The company does payday loans on the internet.  I'm not going to give any more details than that for now.

As far as doing a review, their marketing person said that I could even do a negative post as long as I wasn't villifying the business.

We haven't discussed price yet because I haven't decided whether or not to go ahead with this.

What do you think? 

Should I agree to advertise for them? 

If yes, in which manner should I do it?  How much should I charge?

5 Sword Points will be awarded to anyone that leaves some feedback in the comments section.

I'm 27 days into my P90X challenge and have decided to take on another 90 day transformation challenge.

Sword Point Saturday - How Many Friends Do You Have?

I slept in a bit today (is it really sleeping in when you wake up at 9am if you didn't go to bed until 3am?) and my karate students will be here soon so I'm going to have to punch this out quick (I'm almost sorry about that play on words but not really).

Today's game is going to be easy for me because I don't have to do anything or explain any background.  I like that but I'll try not to let it become a habit.

Anyway, here it is.  5 Sword Points will be awarded to you for every person that leaves a comment on this post with your name it.  It can be as simple as, "Rhiia sent me," or if they would like to leave a longer post such as, "Hey SW, I read back through some of your posts and like what you have to say about money but I'm wondering why you haven't banned PTE Rick's IP yet."  That would still earn Rick 5 Sword Points.  Positive or negative, if they mention your name in a comment on this post, you get 5 Sword Points.

Remember the first player (or players because I'll add up points for a week) to get to 200 Sword Points get their share of $80 of Success Warrior Gear.

Sword Point Saturday - Peak Oil

The availability and price of oil affects everything in our lives.  Transportation being the most obvious but it also includes plastics and everything that is stored in plastic or moved from one place to another.  How about pesticides that are kept in plastic barrels and transported 1,000 miles.  There's a triple whammy.

As the price of oil (and therefore gas) goes up, life is going to have to change for everyone.

I've already told you what I feel about the following two questions in past posts.  Now it's your turn.

For 5 Sword Points, do you think that Peak Oil is a reality or do you think it's being exaggerated?

For 5 more Sword Points, assuming that a decline in oil is inevitable at some point (even if it's not happening right now), what changes will be brought about by rising oil prices?

As is the usual, you can post your answers in the comments section for this post or you can do a post on your blog and link to this post.

Sword Point Saturday - Odd Money

I will be working on the index page this week.  There is a lot to put on that page as I go through all the old posts.  If there is anything in particular that you think should be there, let me know.  Any posts about money that you think people should be able to go back and find quickly will be listed there.

First order of business is another twist to the prizes.  Cherise made a bet with PTE Rick that his old age (I can say that now that he's a year older than me for the next 4 months and on vacation so he might not even see this post) and his bad knees would more than compensate for his training and experience in basketball in a game against his son, Large.  Cherise put $20 down on the game thinking that youth and energy and health would win the day.  Cherise was wrong.

Instead of collecting on the bet, Rick told Cherise to sponsor a prize for the Sword Point Contest and she has agreed to do so.

We have a few people that might cross the 200 point mark in the same week so what I'm going to do is divide $80 worth of Success Warrior Gear for everyone that crosses 200 points that week. 

For those of you that are starting late, it is still possible to get into the game.  You can go back through the Sword Point Saturday posts and put the appropriate comment to that post.  I receive notification of the posts and will add points to your score.  You can make up nearly all the points that the others have if you want.  Getting these posts listed on the Index Page will be one of my primary goals this week to make it easier for people to catch up.

Yesterday, I told you that I was going to become a babysitter.  Something that I would never have thought would occur.

One of the things I discuss in my book is making a little extra money to help yourself get out of debt quicker.  I don't know if people understand how much of a difference a little bit of money can make when you are paying interest.  On something like a 30 year mortgage, the difference is huuuuuuge.  Even on a credit card, it can be easy to see the impact.  If interest is eating half your payment, making an extra payment substantially reduces the principle (which reduces the interest next month - sweet!).

Today is your turn. 

For 10 Sword Points, tell me about the oddest or most out-of-character way that you have made money. 

As is the usual, you can leave your answer in the comments section here or if this sparks a memory of a cool story, you can post it on your blog and link it to this post.

The First Officical Sword Point Winner Is CV Rick

Out of spite though, he has elected not to take the shirt from this woman's back (and front) and is going to leave it for the next person.  He said to add it as a second prize for the next person that wins.

Instead of giving two shirts though, I will give the next winner their choice of a second prize from the Success Warrior Gear page.  The winner will get the baseball shirt and any prize from the Gear page that's less than $20.00.

"But wait!  There's more!"

PTE Rick said that he would throw in $20 for a prize for the second place winner of the next level.  How cool is that?

Since we are starting the next level, let me add a new stipulation to claiming your prize.  When you get your prize, you need to submit a picture of the prize.  It can be a picture of you with the prize or wearing the prize.  If you are camera shy, you can talk your spouse into wearing it for a picture.

"This won't be going on the internet, will it?"

"No honey, of course not."

You'll be lying but that's a personal decision for you.

You can put the shirt on your dog if you want.  The choice of picture is up to you as long as it doesn't violate any laws and isn't pornographic.  This is a PG rated blog, after all.

The first person to accumulate 200 Sword Points gets two prizes.  The second person to get 200 Sword Points get one prize.  Everyone that gets out of debt wins.  =)

Game on!

Sword Point Saturday - Super Powers

In keeping with this week's funniest post, we're going to leave reality behind for today's Sword Points.  We are going to do it on a positive note though because that's more our style.

5 Sword Points will be awarded to everyone that posts which super power they would like to have.  5 more Sword Points will be awarded if you explain why that super power would be cool to you.

As always, you can leave your answers in the comments section of this post or you can write up your answer in your own blog and link it to this post.

I'll start.

I have to say that this is a tough question for me.  Every power would have some benefit.  When I was a kid, I always dreamed of flying.  I had those dreams even up to a couple of years ago.  I would just soar around like a bird.  It was exhilirating.  I would fly high, swoop down, and zoom about.

As a teenager, my favorite super hero was Daredevil.  He still is and I wish I would have never seen the movie to ruin the image that I held in my head.  I can't even pinpoint what it was that I liked about him.  His powers were cool.  Every sense heightened at the cost of being blind but it wasn't that.  Maybe it's a simple as the fact that his nickname was, "The man without fear."

I think that if I had to choose today (and I do if I want my points), I'd pick the ability of super-speed like the Flash.  Imagine what you could get done if you could move faster.  I'm sure that dealing with mere mortals would seem like everything was moving in slow motion and I would quickly grow too impatient to be around them most of the time.  You could commute quickly and do it without buying gas.  You'd probably go through a lot of shoes though.  There are trade-offs in everything.  Life is a double-edged sword.  Today though, that would be my choice.

Your turn.

Sword Point Saturday -Whatcha Gonna Do About It?

Last week, we talked about obstacles to success or financial success.  Awareness is one of the keys to success.  For those people trying to get out of debt, just knowing the obstacles (both personal and outside forces) can be enough to them started in the right direction.

For this post, 10 Sword Points will be awarded for everyone that explains what they are going to do about their obstacle.  As usual, you can leave your answer in the comments section or post it on your own blog and link it to this post.

For those of you who didn't answer the obstacle question, feel free to answer here about what you are going to do about it.  You can also go back to last Saturday's post and write down your obstacle to get those points.

My obstacle was that I'm working on too many different projects at once.  All my efforts end up being diluted.  Working my day job, taking care of Trey, updating my blogs, coaching, working on the rewrites of my book, exercise, karate, sleep, and all the little things that get done but don't seem to make a list.

What am I going to do about?

Sword Point Saturday - Obstacles

We've talked about Success a great deal and I suppose we should give obstacles a passing mention.  I believe in positive thinking and focusing on the end result but that certainly doesn't mean that I would advocate burying your head in the sand.  Obstacles exist.  They are there to teach us something and to help us grow or to slow us up so that all the other pieces can be brought into alignment. 

That doesn't mean they are always fun or that I look forward to them.  Seeing obstacles in this light just makes me approach them differently.  I take a more tactical approach, a problem to be solved, not something to be dealt with in anger (I try anyway).

Do you currently have one big obstacle?

10 Sword Points will be awarded to everyone that tells us all about what that obstacle is at the moment.  As is the norm, you can leave a comment to this post or create a post of your own and link to this post.  What is holding you back from Success?

I'll start (even though I don't get points which is too bad because I would probably have quite a few by now).

My biggest obstacle right now is in trying to do too many things at the same time.  I am working on a dozen different things and so none of them get my full attention for very long.  If I were to focus on just one for a while, I'm sure that I could knock them out one right after another.  All my efforts seem diluted.

I know what I need to do about it but that's for next week.

Your turn.

Sword Point Saturday - Customer Service and a Winner

Part 4 of the car story will be tomorrow.  I lost track of the days and didn't realize Sword Point Saturday was already upon us.

V has earned 25 Sword Points for getting the most votes in the first Success Warrior slogan contest.  There will be another slogan contest in the future so be watching.  Congratulations to V!

Today everyone can earn 10 Sword Points.

Just like Your Definition of Success, you can leave short answers in the comments section or you can post a longer answer on your own blog and link it to this post.

What I would like to hear t