What Kindle should be doing...

As an author, I recently uploaded a bunch of my books to KINDLE, and told people they were available.

A bunch of people bought them, but many told me they didn't have a kindle, so they couldn't get them.
So, the first thing Amazon should be doing is telling people that they do not need a kindle to read the books more effectively than they are.

In fact, I am a "kindle Author", and I don't have a kindle either why would I when I can get the kindle apps on my PC and my smartphone?

But here's what Amazon should be doing with Kindle books-

LET PEOPLE SELL THEIRS.

That's right- let people sell them to other people for 1/2 of what they paid for them. All of a sudden, there is a market for USED Kindle books, and people can pass them around, still generating money for them, and yet paying less than just getting them from Amazon. After a few passes, the book could expire.

Let's say I buy "Captain Kirk's Guide To Women" for $11, someone else can buy it for $5.50, the next for $2.75, the next for $1.35, etc. The same people still get paid again- the Author, Amazon, the Publisher, etc, but the previous purchaser gets a piece too.

This is a good idea.

And I believe it will save the book world.

If you like this idea, share this post and get it to someone at Amazon please.

Osama's Dead- LET'S PARTY!?!?!?!

So last night, the big news came out that Osama Bin Laden was killed by special forces. Strange news, as it's been 10 years. There were people celebrating as if something great happened, and I have a mix of emotions about it. Of course I'm glad he's gone, but I just feel weird celebrating someone being killed. Facebook was where I went immediately, and made a ton of jokes along with a lot of other people.
Out in front of the white house, and here at Ground Zero, people were congregating, chanting "USA! USA!", and I even saw a beach ball or two. That's what inspired this:

I just had to!

Gold went up $10 TODAY... TODAY!!!

No seriously you guys. I'm a big Robert Kiyosaki fan and if you have't read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by him, go get it now.Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

 He's been telling everyone that the US dollar is headed for serious collapse (along with everyone else), and he's been advising buying Gold and Silver as a hedge to protect against the devaluation.

So, I went and bought some silver last year, and a little more two weeks ago.

Last year, around April, I bought some silver at $20 (spot price was $17).
Two weeks ago, I bought some more at $40 (Spot price was $38).

That is to say that silver has more than DOUBLED in the past year, and I am of course mad at myself for not buying a lot more last year.

However, here's the thing- TODAY, silver is at 43. So that means the silver I bought TWO WEEKS AGO is  now worth about $5 more today (43-38). So, without doing ANYTHING, I have made more than $5 per piece. Are you listening to that?

And then GOLD went up today $10- so you would have made $10 per piece just today!

However, with gold at $1489, the percentage is only .72, whereas today's move on silver was 2%.

You get that? So, you are better off having silver in your earrings than money in the bank right now!!!!

I had to tell someone.

I get ego-maniacal...

So, I found a site called animoto.com where you can create videos from clips... here's one of me:


Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Neat, right?

Tubin' at the pool....

Tubin' at the pool...., originally uploaded by bonesrodriguez.

I just thought I'd let you know that we're on vacation in St. Kitts. We are here because The Marriage Ref awarded us this trip, and we're finally here! I am sunburned already!

I'm in "Threase"... also known as "Grease 3"

Ok, so some friends of mine Shayna Ferm and Katherine Bryant decided to write an hilarious play and titled it Grease 3- or "Threase". It is a parody of "What If.." they made a Grease 3. Although none of us are playing John Travolta or Olivia-Newton John's characters, there are some... similarities.
The show is super hysterical, totally inappropriate, an super-fun at only 45 minutes. I play a dancer from a rival high school whose sexuality is.. well... revved up. It will be the first time I've been on stage with Alex Goldberg since way back when we were in Kundalini Komedy together, and I can't wait!
Every friday this February at the NEW People's Improv Theatre: GET MORE INFO HERE

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I shoot a commercial for... AARP!?!?!

I went to an audition for AARP, and my agent giggled. Then I went to the call back, and I posted that on facebook, and my friends had a ball making "You're getting old" jokes.

But then I actually Booked the commercial!!! Thankfully, I am not yet the subject of an AARP commercial, but I was proud to be a part of it, and we had fun shooting it. The woman who is the subject took a zillion takes of the same thing over and over, and she kept the same level of heart-tugging the whole day. I was an upper-middle income shopper in the same store. Fun day, and MANY, MANY jokes on facebook!