Maybe it’s the state of the economy, maybe it’s the tumultuous political goings on, or maybe I’m just getting older, but I’m having a hard time maintaining my sense of enthusiasm and patriotism this Independence day. But regardless of my personal misgivings, our community is preparing to go ahead with area celebrations. There are all the usual fourth, of July celebrations this year, Lindsey Field, Father Heart Ministries between Lindale and Van, the list is a long and familiar one. I’m not going to spend this article writing about all of them again this year. Instead I thought I’d play the publicist and help put the word out about an area musician I know, who’s performing in Edom over the fourth.
For those like me, who find themselves a bit disillusioned this year, an evening listening to local artist Paul Ruark may be just the encouragement needed to remind us of the reason we celebrate our national birthday. The show will be held just outside the dance hall in Edom, just past The Shed Café. (If my readers are unfamiliar with The Shed I invite them to read the proceeding article at http://www.tylertxdirectory.com/9529/the-shed-cafe-in-edom/ ). Paul’s set starts about six p.m. and goes until around ten. For those who have other plans for the fourth, but would like to attend a show, he’ll be playing at the Purple Pig, where he is a regular, on Friday night, starting and ending around the same times. For more info, search for “Rusty” Paul Ruark on Facebook, and hit “Like.”
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Letter to Potential Investors
May 17th, 2012Who said silly can’t be used in business writing?
On the evening of the Facebook IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors:
Dear Potential Investor:
For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook. Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too.
Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you are thinking. How will Facebook be any different from the dot-com bubble of the early 2000’s?
For one thing, those bad dot-com stocks were all speculation and hype, and weren’t based on real businesses. Facebook, on the other hand, is based on a solid foundation of angry birds and imaginary sheep.
Second, Facebook is the most successful social network in the world, enabling millions to share information of no interest with people they barely know.
Third, every time someone clicks on a Facebook ad, Facebook makes money. And while no one has ever done this on purpose, millions have done it by mistake while drunk. We totally stole this idea from iTunes.
Finally, if you invest in Facebook, you’ll be far from alone. As a result of using Facebook for the past few years, over 900 million people in the world have suffered mild to moderate brain damage, impairing their ability to make reasoned judgments. These will be your fellow Facebook investors.
With your help, if all goes as planned tomorrow, Facebook’s IPO will net $100 billion. To put that number in context, it would take JP Morgan four or five trades to lose that much money.
One last thing: what will, I, Mark Zuckerberg, do with the $18 billion I’m expected to earn from Facebook’s IPO? Well, I’m considering buying Greece, but that would still leave me with $18 billion. LOL.
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Mark
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