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Bloggings of my past homelessness, blogging about nothing or maybe something... Learn about the ways an exhomless guy had to survive, from squatting, panhandling, odd jobs, trading, bartering, etc. Personal stories how a homeless man becamed homed, married with new family (baby and wife).

1.31.2008

BLAH, WHO CARES ANYWAY? 

Nothing really matters in the big picture, we are just star dust, don't stress! Who cares what we did in the past or what consequences may be?

Does anyone care about the homeless these days? I had a aquaintance say the other day that us humans were outdoor nomadic tribes for thousands (possibly millions) of years and being homeless a while just gets us back to our roots. WTF? I just bit my tongue...

I do care but it gives me a headache, I've just tried to do things different and better for myself as I have learned from past experiences. I finally have my own life all on track and even a few bucks in my pocket for entertainment...

BLAH BLAH BLAH, I don't know what else to say, got a migraine again! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrr! Think I have been working to hard on my new website www.fototrix.com because I can hardly move my hands (they hurt bad right now)...

Gotta run, my 3 year old son wants me to put on Curious George movie for him and it's in the DVD player upstairs....

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6.06.2007

New Bible Site I Am Making 

http://www.VirtualHolyBible.com is a new site (virtual/online Holy Bible) that I have been working on since the weekend (brand new site) and I need your help telling me what types of programming to add to make it more useful.

So far you can use the advanced searches, highlight your current reading spots (helps so you do not loose track), sort search results, get random Bible verse and comment on individual verses.

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12.03.2006

Not Homeless Anymore, I AM GREAT! 

Everyone need not worry about me anymore, I am happily married and have a steady income from a bunch of websites I have made over the last few years. My sites do still accept donations as there are still bills to be paid for hosting, domain names, internet lines and other expenses.

Some of the sites that are helping me earn an income are:

http://www.ComedySearchEngine.com (affiliate ads)

http://www.web20searchengine.com (affil)

http://www.CustomSignGenerator.com (free ecards)

http://www.AddictiveTshirts.com (custom tshirts)

http://www.CustomizeMagnets.com

I have even started my own Corporation on www.GigahertzInc.com.

FROM RAGS TO RICHES (not really rich, but being able to afford most bills, a wife, mortgage and a child is rich for me).












THANKS :)

11.21.2005

Generator Blog 

www.CustomSignGenerator.com is a fun page with another 75+ choices of image & sign generators where you can personalize the captions + send ecards. Order a custom sticker, all profits go to bettering our www.SpareSomeChange.com web services ;)

www.BannerGenerator.org let's you make thousands of free banners online VIA web based applications (no software to run, all done through webpage). Please link to this great freeware web site, there is no better banner maker out there!

9.02.2005

Hurricane Katrina Causes Mass Homelessness, Need Homeless Shelters & Food! 

What happened to the previously homeless people of the devestated areas? Sin City alone had 10,000 homeless people even before the storm hit!

Want to make a donation but worried that a charity may not really help? Well here is a good list of the top charities that will help, click HERE!

Tropical storm Katrina (one of the worst natural disasters of US history, also hottest summer in recorded American history) has already caused over $25,000,000,000 (25 billion dollars, this figure could double with insurance claims) in damages, food/water/gas/housing/shelter shortages, looting/crime (price gauging) running rampant (military law to take affect?), it is hurendous!

I have had my life uprooted from accidental fires (once an appartment fire caused me to become homeless without any possesions of my own left), but I could not imagine my entire neighbourhood, city or even state destroyed and devastated.

My heart goes out to people living in Mississippi, New Orleans, southern Alabama, Gulf Coast, etc... I encourage everyone to volunteer (search & rescue workers, fire fighters, debris cleaners/clearing, medical staff, engineers, etc) for or donate to a hurricane relief fund (the damage is tremendous and many homeless or missing) like UNICEF, United Way, American Red Cross (many wounded need blood donations, even volunteer nurses and doctors are needed) or the Salvation Army (find links on http://www.sparesomechange.com for homeless/poverty organizations near disaster areas), (make sure it is reputable organization)!

Some Helpful Links For Katraina Victims:

http://louisiana.sparesomechange.com
http://new.orleans.sparesomechange.com
http://mississippi.sparesomechange.com
http://louisiana.katrina.best-toolbar.com
http://new.orleans.katrina.best-toolbar.com
http://mississippi.katrina.best-toolbar.com

I am glad that the National Guard (martial law has been imposed, military is in control of the government) is finally stepping in (why did it take the government so long to help out, where are the bottled water companies, or any company that makes food, baby formula, bedding, etc?), militia law needed to be in effect days ago since people are shooting and killing each other down in the ravaged areas, it has gone crazy down there with looting and killing! People are resorting to their natural/primitive instincts as they are hungry, thirsty (basics for survival of all life) and desperate to get out of that area, whether they have to murder for a car or kill for gas money...

Looting WalMart for a wide screen TV where there is no electricity is called stealing. Looting a store for water, medical needs (medications previously prescribed or needed in an emergency) and non perishible food (necesities) is called survival of the fitest...

Many people think that this looting and stealing is a stereotypical race thing, well let me tell you that where those awful videos come from, the majority (at least 75%) of the people there are African-Americans, so please stop race bashing, if this happened in New York City, you'd probably see more white people panicing and doing stupid things! Let's starve and neglect you of food/shelter/water/relief, plus emerge in neck deep water (ancient chinese water torture) and lets see how civilized you remain...

1.07.2005

Too Many Toolbars Installed, Here's Solution! 

I was so frustrated that I needed over 10 web browser search toolbars to cover the main top 20 major search engines (seems they do not like to link to each other). I was so frustrated in fact that I created my own freaken toolbars, see info below:

http://www.SirSeek.com has created 3 freeware toolbars I wish to share with the world on http://www.SirSeek.com/Toolbar/. The first toolbar has pop-up stopper/blocker and even web surfing evidence removal techniques! The second one has no images or advanced features other than power searching the internet's top 150 search engines (blogs, news, images, videos, mp3s, ftps, chat rooms and more). The third one is a very small (takes up hardly any browser space) and simple pop-up stopper addon. Check them out (visit http://www.13kg.com to see list)! It's free with no spyware (our servers are too bizzy to record your surfing, unlike Yahoo and Google's toolbar)!

You too can make your own toolbars for all your websites! Find links to toolbar freeware HERE. Also, another good source for software usage is at local libraries (never know what goodies are installed, local library here has PhotoShop and full Microsotoft Office for public use). The local university will let me play on their computers if the lab is not busy...

12.09.2004

Sorry No Blogging For So Long! 

I lost my little "black book" of my passwords for online free hosted services during a move (moved in with wife in NY).

All is well, even married with a newborn baby!

I have been very busy making a new search engine (general websites, non specific unlike my www.whak.com www.medchecker.com www.canuckster.com, etc) that will compete with the lasrge search engines like Google, Accoona, Yahoo, MSN, AskJeeves, etc... My project is called SIR SEEK and you can see my working BETA on http://www.SirSeek.com. I do not plan on getting rich like Google, just want a tiny piece of their pie as now having a family, I must try to earn an income to build a successful future for us...


3.17.2004

Panhandling Experiment & Research Idea 

I am thinking of ways to research what type of panhandling (photo of a panhandler) is best, fo example, if you are clean shaven and look clean will you get more money than if you are dirty and wearing ripped up clothes? Can I make as much online (virtual panhandle) as if I was too panhandle on the street? Could you make more panning in a small town or a large city? What type of people mock you the most, business men or others? Do I make more with a cardboard sign that looks like a 3 year old made it or would I make better money with a proper graphical (designed my graphic designer) on nice clean white plastic? Would I make more money hiding my face or looking sad? Would I make more money being calm or would I make more being crazy? Would I make more money pretending to be asleep or looking concious? Would I make more money looking sober or acting drunk with empties around? Would I get more money looking heterosexual or acting gay? Who would get more, me (31 yr old guy) or a 31 year old woman? Would I get more money begging if I was to dress like a woman (obviously I am not, too many masculine features)? WOuld I make more money with a pet or without? Would I make more money sitting in a wheelchair or sitting on the side walk? Would I make better money asking people for change as they pass by, or should I just sit there and be quiet?

I have panhandled many times in the past (when I was homeless) to help give me a good start on my research. I plan to go out on the streets and test my theories and document my findings online in my journals (comments). I am not homeless, but to find out the truths, I would have to pose as a homeless person (much practise in the past) for most of my panhandling experiments.

Should I give the money back that I "fake" panhandle? I need the money, so I will keep it, but tell them it was a fak for a news article on http://www.SpareSomeChange.com

Please post (add comment to this) your research and ideas to help this weird experiment out... If you are a panhandler, you must post something here, no choice!

3.14.2004

First, see this funny Homeless Sadam Flash image I made (opens new window)!

How I Became Homeless The First Time (An Intro To My Early Years)

The first time I became homeless is a rather intresting story...

I was 14 years old and I couldn't stand living with my dad anymore (I even started thinking of ways to kill him at 13 as I was physically abused and mentally tortured constantly from age of 11, bits in between when he would visit me at some realtives I was shipped to that month). It was an abusive situation and since the age of 12 (before tis useful work age, I was shipped back and forth to relatives every 4-8 months from age of 2 to 12) I was made to be a slave helping my dad build houses as we lived them (or 5 people living in a trailer). I was not allowed to visit friends, I was expected to work until 2 am and goto school the next day fully alert (started getting bad grades, then get abused for this). I even had to work part time to pay rent at my biological father's houses that I helped him build. Plus I had to buy my own school clothes and shoes. Even at the age of 13 I was sent out to lie about my age to get into a government farm labour program so I could buy my school clothes that year (after working that job I had to help dad build the house again, I remeber days shoveling dirt in the hot sun and getting nose bleeds when I was like 11 or 12 or back pain from carrying packs of shingles to the roof).

I turned fifteen, I could hardly wait to turn 16 and my freedom. After a good beating (I had a few drinks at a friends place) on my 15th birthday, I decided I could not wait any longer! I had run away many times in the past, but was sent back home, I never told the truth(s) to get my dad in trouble as I was told I would be killed if I ever told anyone.

About a month later, I moved out. Found a local manager of a Becker's (Port Perry, Ontario, Canada) who gave me a job (I lied and said I was 19) and gave a room to rent. This was going okay until one night Richard (forget the last name, lived with his mom, he was about 45 in late 80s) invited me to check out his groovy bedroom. I went in, he turned on a VCR (we never had one of these, I was impressed)and laid on his big bed. He focused my attention to the starting credits on the big TV and started talking about soemthing to do with his favorite actors on it, after about 1-2 minutes of these muscular guys smiling and these weird names (like Long John), these guys started getting naked and touching each other! I kinda got awkward and decided I would try to talk to him instead of watching this strange behavious on TV. When I looked at him, he was naked and masterbating right beside me! I freaked out and hit him several times when he tried touching me, I didn't mean to react that way, but I felt like I had to protect myself!

This pedophile (Richard, manager of Beckers in late 80s, Port Perry, Ontario, downtown beside ReMax (I know Guy the owner of remax from working at Beckers) evicted me the next day and told all my family and friends I was fired for having a party in the convience store after hours that cost him thousands of dollars in damages and theft. This was so untrue, yet no one told me what happened, they all just told me to go away. So I did, I went to my birth town Owen SOund because everyone was telling me to get out of town and I ahd no clue why. I just felt so unwanted that I ran!

I wound up in Owen Sound, still 15 (15.5 now I guess), I found a decent room for rent (real nice, land lady was 38 years old and native indian and very pretty). Not long before I spent all my money and couldn't pay rent, she made a deal with me, sex for rent and help her babysit. This wasn't a bad deal for me as sex was still a curiosity and I figured she was experineced as she was 23 years older than me and had kids. her boyfriend wound up threatening my life and this was the first time I was homeless as this guy through all my stuff out on the street when I was gone (people on the street took all my stuff, i had nothing). I had no where to go!

There, the story of my first time being homeless, soon I will tell you about my first homeless experience, but that's another blog! I'm making these blogs to someday write a book, this will be the layout in basic point form absically!

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ANOTHER BLOG:

A few EXAMPLES OF THE HORRORS i HAD TO SUFFER as a kid with my biological father:

My step brother was 3, my step sister was 8, I was 12 and my step borhter had "shit his pants" during the night (while sleeping), I remeber being woken up by dad yelling and ranting and scaring the "fuck" outta me as I assumed I was about to get another beating. Anyway, I soon found out it was my brother getting the attention so I was relieved! My step sister and I were made to sit and laugh @ my brother while my dad force fed my step brother the feces from his underwear.

My real mother and uncle tell me stories of dad putting me in garbage cans as a baby because I whined too much, he would shake me and slap me before I was even a eyar old.

I remeber being beaten for my dad losing a girlfriend when I was 8 years old, thankfully my grandmother took me away for awile. Dad was mad as he lied to his girlfriend about having a kid while I was shipped off to another families, but I had to be shipped back. I ruined dad's life and he reminded me often or just slapped me around, or told me to get out of his site. I actually like being told to get out of his site as even a youngster I was terrofied and ahted him.

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ANOTHER WEBBLOG:

Mommy? Where Are You? Why Did You Leave Me?

My mother left my dad when I was 2 years old. Apparently (from her story) she couldn't stand the abuse she recieved and she could hardly stand watching me getting abused as an infant.

One long weekend dad had to work a job away from home and was gone for days. Mom took advanatage of this and packed her stuff and left on a Friday.

I sat in urine and feces soaked diapers and hungry for Friday, Saturday, Sunday and part of Monday until dad came home...

Thank god I don't remeber this SHIT!

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ANOTHER BLOGGING:

Stupid Homeless Crap, I Don't Need The Worry!

Homeless first time at age of 15. Again at 17, again at 18, again at 20, a couple weeks at age 22, again at 23 and a bit at age of 24. I am 31 now, not homeless, but don't have a place of my own either, staying with my girlfriend. Many other times I was not quite homeless (couch surfing at friends, staying at hostels).

I have been so affected by homelessness half my life (not just me, friends of mine have gone through it too). I never stayed homeless longer than 9 months at one time. Reasons for my hoemlessness were poverty, disabled and unable to maintain a job for long amounts of time (too many ehart problems, get fired for being lazy and making excuses). I did what i could to resolve my homelessness, even if I had to panhandle rent money (takes a long time making 20-30 dollars a day).

What helped me not be homeless? Well, I got help from a local organization to get on disability. Now I get about $800/month (Canadian). 400-500 goes to rent, 200 to food and the rest all goes to my HOMELESS SEARCH ENGINE!

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