Even rich people do stupid things

I happened upon this article today, and since I sometimes throw out bad investment advice, why stop now?

The "20 Worst Venture Capital Investments of All Time" are covered, and there are some catastrophically bad ideas that people smarter than I threw millions of dollars at. I did a quick sampling, and some of these websites don't even exist anymore. Makes me think that Elroy really should start http://www.iamatwitterexpertandiwillhelpyouwithallyourtwitterneeds.com. I'm sure he could get some sucker to fork over $20 million for that...

Money, 'Stache, Hoes

Movember the 22nd

Three weeks without a decent shave have left me on the wrong side of sleazy. And so, befitting of a man that looks as if he belongs at a greyhound track, I offer up the following gambling propositions. Perhaps some of them can be addressed by Zach's locks of the week.

Odds of successfully making a new female acquaintance this month - 10:1

Odds of the moustache adversely affecting my year-end review (scheduled for next Wednesday) - 2:1

Over-under on the number of drinks my grandfather will have at Thanksgiving before feeling free to tell me I look like an asshole - 6

Over-under on the number of times I hear the phrase, "That looks disgusting" between now and the end of the month - 12


All praise be to Gamblore.

-Mike

Turn yourself into an elf for the holidays...

Perhaps you wanted to put your face on an elf and send it to the relatives you won't be seeing over the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays?

Great, I've got just the website for you.

ElfYourself.com

Brought to you by your friends at OfficeMax, you can create "cute" little elves that dance.

You can even add voice (which I didn't do) and send a special message.

Check out the villagers dance: The Villagers as Elves

If you make one, send us yours...we can laugh at you.

(image courtesy of the elfyourself.com site)

Twitter Poster and User Groups...

Just so all of you readers are educated a bit more on Twitter....

Maybe you want to join Twitter, but don't want me to be your only friend?
Go to twitterposter.com and see the most followed people on Twitter. The bigger the picture, the more popular they are. I started following a few of the larger pictures and a majority of them provide value to my Snitter feed. (iJustine, who is incredibly popular, is completely worthless, but that is a post for a different time)

Also, if you want to bring Twitter to your local area, you can start a blog at twitterusergroup.com.
Thanks to their convenient Wordpress templates, you can use a blog to create meet ups and local events for your area.

Mine is at elroy.twitterusergroup.com. I haven't added anything yet and frankly am not sure what I am going to do with it.
But, it is there....

So, hopefully that will help all of you ease your way in Twitter.

Weekly Links

The Yahoo! Pipes del.icio.us links builder that I use doesn't seem to want to work for me. So, instead, I will highlight a few things I found interesting this week.

[Facebook] Your Privacy Is An Illusion: Bank intern busted by Facebook
Why not to use Facebook all the time at work
[HowTo] How to take a shower
An amusing video comparison
[Music] Top seven reasons why Soulja Boy is worse than global warming and twice as annoying
I hate Soulja Boy


Also, I've switched to my own del.icio.us account. I imported all of the previously bookmarked pages from the villagerwithwheel account:
elroy's delicious