the richest man in atherstone

After three months of disappearing off the face of the Internet, I'm back. Thanks to all those who asked how I was - I've replied individually to you all.

I guess an explanation is in order:

Since my last post, I've had one of those periods of time where it just seems it's one thing after another. To cut a long story short, firstly my wife got ill, then I got seriously ill, then our baby broke his leg, then I was made redundant.

I've decided to start my own business as has been my dream for a while now, so the redundancy may be a blessing

With regards the IceSave thing, the wonderful government got me all my money back, for which I am most grateful.

Well, I'm very busy at the moment but just thought I'd check in and let you know I'll be posting again soon.

Wow! It's been nearly a month since my last post - I think that's the longest I've ever left my journal unattended.

The reason for the gap is that I've had one or two minor personal issues that I had to spend a bit of time sorting out and then I decided I'd take a short hiatus from my financial interests as there wasn't anything urgent I needed to be doing.

So, I've spent the last month or spending time with my family, doing a bit of DIY and playing on my new laptop. I've had a great time but now I find myself missing the buzz of my extra-curricular activities and so I've returned refreshed and with renewed vigour.

Just in time for my end of year review...

I've been doing a little marketing for my journal over the last few days and one of the things I did was create a Squidoo Lens about 'The Richest Man in Atherstone'.

Squidoo gives individuals the opportunity to create their own webpage about a particular topic of interest. It also gives them a chance to earn money for themselves or for charity from the pages they create.

I've recently discovered that a presence on Squidoo can aid search engine rankings and, of course, it's another 'doorway' for people to discover my website so I'm looking forward to seeing how big an effect creating my Squidoo Lens will have.

My friend and fellow Doubler, Xinfinitum (DTAMP) has come up with a fantastic and unique idea for a new website. It is called My One Million Friends.

Xinfinitum's aim is to make one million friends and he plans to put each and every one of them on his website. You can see me on there, currently occupying the number 2 position.

If you're interested in becoming a friend of X (like I have), pop along to his website.

You can find full details on his FAQ page and be sure to read the highly amusing disclaimer