You may have heard all about the importance of researching and mastering tips of business negotiating… and believe you me (does that make any sense?)… we have tried them all. From the famous Pete Eich ‘Awkward Alpha Male’ trick (where your seat is always three inches taller than all the other seats in the room) to dubious aroma therapy and high pitch resonation tricks, we have been scheming intimidation ploys since I got scammed on my first car purchase by a shifty eyed car salesman in the early 80′s… But after all this time, we have found the ultimate (actually second ultimate: number 1 is a commissioned self portrait of oneself in full armor and Spanish gala attire, duh…) tip for negotiating, involves the strategic placement of a 5×5 foot Preying African Bengal Tiger commissioned by the great Sean Woolsey right behind your office chair.. Believe me, it not only has a subtle element of danger and violence, but also the right amount of suave flair… look out next car salesman, when i get myself the portable version.

Negotiating Tips is a post from: Olin A. Patterson

The Ever Supreme and Illustrious News Agency over at the TimCully.com garage have released vital information about Baltic the Sea Dog. Watch the video, subscribe to TimCullydotCom Youtube Channel, and stay current with vital news of today’s society… keep killing it Tim Cully!

Breaking News at TimCully.com! is a post from: Olin A. Patterson

Nicaraguan Sea Lama Spotting!!! …On a Volcano!!! …In Central America.. Luckily everyone was left unscathed on this day. We are heading back in five weeks… who is in?!

The earth never tires,
The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude and
incomprehensible at first,
Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well envelop’d,
I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell. -ww

Sea Lama Spotting! Rare Nicaraguan Wildlife… is a post from: Olin A. Patterson

Seldom I force myself to remember that 40% of the world lives off less than a dollar a day… and when I do, I realize I have nothing to bitch about. This short clip was taken from my camera (worth a years salary there) as we were travelling north of Denpesar in impoverished parts of Indonesia. How did we get so fortunate to have our waste be carried off by a trash man once a week? or our roads be paved? Or to invent past times known as ‘travel’ and ‘vacation’? Or to have our number one killer in America be from over eating (heart disease)…? I don’t have answers to why our world and it’s resources are so wildly displaced… I just feel we have a huge obligation to do something with our ridiculous and superfluous amounts of wealth… please, any ideas?

A Dollar a Day. is a post from: Olin A. Patterson

Episode 1 (the Inaugural Episode) of ‘Slightly Delayed’ was aired this morning on TimCully.com! The dynamic series highlights “Chip Redwood” as he covers the recent Tropical Storm & the Temporary Tattoo Pandemic at the Local Elementary School. Check it out!

Tropical Storm and Tattoo Pandemic! is a post from: Olin A. Patterson

So I am being a total sucker for Corporate America right now, but I had to share this. Ive had this poem written on the wall in my bedroom for years… Levi comes along and pays for a million dollar ad campaign with Walt Whitman involved and I immediately become a sucker… I don’t care, I love it. Watch it and then buy the book: Leaves of Grass.

“We debouch upon a newer mightier world, varied world,
Ample, fresh and strong the world we seize,
Pioneers! O Pioneers!” -ww

Pioneers! O Pioneers! is a post from: Olin A. Patterson

It’s amazing all the stuff you find on the internet that you had know idea was out there. I have talked much about mirrors, and I think this oddly falls in the same category: The internet is becoming a reflection of the world in quantified bytes of information… Have you been on Google Earth lately? It’s just a year or two a way from actually being a 100% replica of our planet in terabyte form. 100 years ago technology mirrored us in the form of photographs, now it mirrors us with random youtube videos, cell phone trackers, and social networking updates… I am sure in just a couple years, our entire lives will be documented completely by the mirroring internet. What a mysterious existence… anyway, not to get too out there, I just wanted to share some videos of what a typical summer day consists of…

Random Findings in the Abyss of Interweb. is a post from: Olin A. Patterson

Director Julia Pott, My First Crush (2008). I love this one, I had to pass it along. Check out her website for more info: JuliaPott.com

My First Crush is a post from: Olin A. Patterson

showing my lack of fear is an incentive for gang initiation

the highly controversial attacking “V” formation

Any successful gang leader will tell you that the longevity and continuation of any gang must be supplemented by a constant stream of new recruits. Even dangerous scooter gangs have to be on the look out for fresh new faces to pass along the flame of dangerous scootering. We felt the best way to find new members would be to go after the ‘easy to influence’ youths. Now, I am not quite sure how we got away with performing our radical stunts, out-of-control wheelies, and high kicks to Kenny Loggins singing ‘Highway to the Dangerous Zone’ (it must just be the soundtrack of our lives) …But I do know we left that day with the sworn loyalty of over 1200 nine year-olds… Yeah, we don’t mess around.

Oh yes, and a very special thanks to Melissa Murphy for making this one happen.

Gang Initiation Starts with the Youth is a post from: Olin A. Patterson

We took a fifty year-old rickety sailplane with no motor in the air to play astronaut… the actual game of playing ‘astronaut’ only lasted three seconds but it is the greatest game one could ever play. Get in a motor-less old air contraption and be ready for either the wings to rip off or for the best three seconds of your life!

2 Seconds of Playing Astronaut is a post from: Olin A. Patterson