Today we are celebrating our 9 year wedding anniversary. People flip out when they hear that, because although I am 32 years old, I look like I’m about 22. Nonetheless my life would not be the same, nor would I have achieved the successes I have achieved without her by my side the entire time supporting my decisions.

A lot of guys wonder how you can be with the same girl for years and years and not get sick of her. I thought the same thing too, before I met my future wife. Having a wife who is your best friend and puts up with your crazy personality loves you unconditionally is very unique in this day and age.  The awesome thing is that after nine years and 2 kids, I still love my wife more and more every day.  Likewise I think she is like wine and keeps getting better with age.  (I’d hit it) <—– Had to be said.  Anyhow, I consider myself both blessed and lucky to be with a person as amazing as Karen.

So with all that said I have a very special night in store for her.  And by special I mean a nice dinner followed by watching the cubs playoff game!  J/K……..well, maybe not!

Either way, to any of you guys out there who are single and reading this, trust me, being married is the best thing in the world when you find the right girl.  karen will definetely be getting high marks on her 9 year review this evening, followed by a nice raise!

I suppose it’s not really that big of a deal as it didn’t affect my income, but I was pretty pissed and didn’t even want to come to the site anymore.  Nonetheless, life goes on and I’m sure as soon as all these shitty subdomains clear up in “G”, I’ll be back.

Here is what happened.  One afternoon I started getting hundreds of spam emails bouncing back from my own domain.  Immediately I thought this was pretty strange but I was hoping it was just someone using my domain in the sender field.  Not much you can do about this.

Well then I checked out my traffic on the sites hosted on this server, and they were all way down.  I already knew I was fuct somehow.  So upon further investigation I realized that someone had broken into the server and edited the DNS zone of every site to include the following wildcard:

From there they were able to set up hundreds of subdomains on this I.P. that all host malware.  You can see many of them here.

Google Results Page 2 For Jeremy Enke

Of course these fucking idiots at Hostgator take no responsibility whatsoever.  Maybe it is my fault, maybe not, but the DNS Zone was edited from the root account.  The good news is that none of the sites on this shared server are any of my money makers anyways, but it still just pisses me off.  I know the obvious question from the peanut gallery is “why the hell am I still with hostgator”.  A: I just host these smaller sites there and in all honesty I think it’s cause I’m too lazy to move them all.  I will probably re-think it now though.

Anyhow, there’s the explanation on why I have been slacking.  If anyone has any advice on how to get “un-fucked” from Google, feel free to share.  Or even feel free to share your opinion on how much of a dumb ass I am.

To make up for slacking, I will be posting over 30 posts in the next 30 days here.  Some will be business, some will be funny, and some might just be bizarre.  In the meantime, all I can offer however is sexy futbol fans.  enjoy.

My pick for V.P. will more than likely be one of the playmates from the girls next door however. Likewise once elected I will do the following 5 Things:

1. Abolish Income Taxes For Those Who Make Over $100K Per Year.

2. Legalize Online Gambling.

3. Eliminate The Use of “Pasties” At Every Strip Club In the Country.

4. End The War In Iraq And Have The Same 160,000 Troops Surround The U.S. Borders.

5. Enforce A Strict 4 Day, 32 Hour Work Week For The Entire Country.

It’s time for a change!

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I have a little downtime this afternoon though and I figured I’d write about my thoughts on the U.S airlines and how completely fuct they are, more specifically United Airlines though. We arrived at Philadelphia airport yesterday and we were pleasantly surprised to find out that although we arrived on time, our luggage never made it on the plane. To make a long story short, I ended up getting all of our luggage here at the beach house around 1:00 A.M. In reality, if this was the worst thing that happens on our vacation, then Hakuna Matata.

But here is the takeaway I got from the whole thing. U.S. air carriers are completely fuct, and will never climb out of debt. United Airlines is so sophisticated now that right next to the baggage carousels they now have automated machines (with people lined up) to make claims for their lost baggage. Then if you try to ask a United employee about your luggage, they just direct you to the machine and act as if losing your luggage is a normal part of travel.

The lady actually told me in a very friendly tone, “Don’t worry we’ll deliver it right to you within 24 hours.” I wanted to respond with “Thanks bitch, I was hoping my family could be stuck in this clothing for the next 24 hours and not have any toiletries, toothbrushes, or swimsuits. ” The fact that lost luggage has become the norm for U.S. carriers is ridiculous.

Luckily in my situation, the luggage was delivered about 12 hours after we got to our destination in the middle of the night. Being from the Midwest though, we actually all enjoyed going to sleep in our underwear and not being able to brush our teeth for over 24 hours….j/k. Nonetheless United did hire a courier to drive 2 ½ hours each way in the middle of the night to deliver my 2 bags. Figure in the courier cost, wages, and gas just to deliver two bags in the middle of the night, and I imagine this cost more than my shitty coach ticket for the flight.

Obviously I was thankful to get my luggage, however in a world where quality assurance is a fundamental part of business, you just have to ask “WTF is wrong with these companies?” I mean they can’t give you a bag of peanuts anymore, or even a snack on domestic flights, but they have no problem expecting a certain % of lost or misplaced luggage every day.

Any other Fortune 500 company would look at how to fix the problem and NOT at how to expensively manage it. This is one of the biggest problems with U.S. carriers. They manage through their problems and don’t attempt to fix them.

Anyways, that’s the end of the rant. So far the trip has been awesome regardless of some minor luggage issues. More to come to later.

I will try to keep the blog updated this week, however I think most of my posts will be more personal and journaling the vacation than anything else. It’s crazy, I get to travel all the time to some of the greatest locations in the world, but I am never as excited as I am to go on family vacations.

I am actually writing this from coach seat 17D in a Boeing 757 Seat 17D, en-route to Philadelphia where we will be picking up the Bentley GT for the exciting 3 hour drive to the coast. <—–Griswold all the way. Although I have to tell you, if this asshole sitting next to me could give me any additional elbow room, or even turn his head and stop breathing on me, I’d feel like I was flying first class all the way.

Anyhow, I am really looking forward to this much needed vacation. We are meeting up with Karen’s sister and her family who live on the East Coast. My father in-law who is actually a pilot himself is also flying his Grumman Tiger plane out here as well with Karen’s mom. So I imagine we should be able to take some fun flights up and down the coast.

We all went in together and rented a 7500 sq. foot house directly on the beach for week. I have to tell you, this is the way to roll. It by far beats staying in hotels when you have kids. Taking trips like this with my wife and kids is what I live for, and why I work so hard! Personally I think everyone should take some sort of family vacation or getaway every year.

It’s great going into a vacation and knowing how many amazing memories will be made over the next seven days. For all the travel I do and the time I spend away from my family throughout the year, this week I intend to dedicate almost every waking hour to them. Although like any internet marketer or affiliate, I’m sure I will have this laptop open after the wife and kids are sound asleep.

Anyhow, here are a few things on my agenda for the next 7 days, and not necessarily in this order:

1. Spend as much time as possible with Sydney and Marissa.

2. Not get seriously injured or lose any limbs body surfing or attempting to surf.

3. Not get sunburned like I have so many times on the beach.

4. Take the controls up and down the East Coast at 1500 ft. in the Grumman.

5. Drop a shit load of cash on my family and kids at the beach, and on the boardwalk.

6. Eat as much REAL east coast seafood as possible.

7. Run on the beach with my wife.

8. Sneak away with the wife at least once 5 times for some Jeremy/Karen time.

9. Recharge my mental and physical batteries while not thinking about business or work.

10. Enjoy every minute, hour, and day of my vacation!

See you on the flipside bitches! Don’t bother me by email, phone, or in the forums unless it’s important or it involves you wiring or sending me money.

For those of you not familiar with this final lecture, it was given by Randy Pausch. Randy was diagnosed in September 2006 with pancreatic cancer and given 3-6 months to live. He survived until this past Friday July 25th.

Over the last year of Randy’s life he was able to use his final time to create a legacy that will be carried on for years to come. I can personally say that listening to several of his speakings over the past year or so has been a tremendous inspiration to me. As this post says, the world truly lost a great human being this week. Although Randy passed away, he has left millions of people with inspiration and wisdom about what truly matters in life. Below are two videos that you should make time to watch. RIP Randy.

Randy Pausch’s Famous Final Lecture (Achieving Your Childhood Dreams)

Randy’s Pausch’s May 2008 keynote at Carnegie Mellon

Follow this link here to watch this keynote. (won’t embed) Trust me, it is worth investing 6 minutes of your time to watch.

“It’s not the things you do in life that you regret on your deathbed, it’s the things you do not do”

Randy Pausch

Come on, you know me, of course I needed to flash the new American Express Black Card at least once in a gentleman’s club.

Anyhow, since getting this mysterious titanium black amex card, it got me thinking about “the big picture”. I could literally go on life tilt and buy just about anything I wanted courtesy of the fine people from the American Express Centurion Division. Of course I would have to face the consequences, but I suppose I really could do it.

It’s fun having one, but in the overall game of life it really doesn’t define even 1% of who you are. There are hundreds of important things you cannot buy with any amount of cash or credit. Here’s 10 of them. Yes even the Centurion concierge’s cannot get you these:

10 Things You Cannot Buy With An American Express Black Card

1. Love – Nothing can replace loving or being loved by your spouse and children.

2. Happiness – Money can buy happiness, but if money is the only thing that makes you happy, you need to re-evaluate what your priorities in life are.

3. Respect - People that respect you because of the credit card in your wallet are probably respecting you for the wrong reasons.

4. Appreciation - People appreciate the kind of person you are and the value you bring to the world. If people appreciate you for your money, you’re being used.

5. Sharing - There is no greater satisfaction in life than the look on someones face who is less fortunate when you share your wealth with them.

6. Honesty - Honesty is the foundation of any successful business or personal relationship. Call your Centurion Concierge and ask if you can buy your way out of problems created by being dishonest.

7. Forgiveness - Similar to honesty, no black card or amount of money in the world can buy you forgiveness when you are dishonest. Always tell the truth and keep a clear conscience.

8. Integrity - Regardless of what is in your wallet, being a person of integrity is defined by what you do when nobody is watching.

9. Compassion - You cannot buy compassion, either you have it or you don’t.

10. Balance In Life - You can have all the money in the world, a huge house, fancy cars, and of course a black amex card with no limit. But remember, when our time is done in this world and it’s time to check out; you will reflect upon the 10 things listed here and not a silly credit card.

Well maybe I wasn’t ballin, but I was making my own money. Anyhow my oldest daughter who is 5 years old is starting to learn the value of money herself. We started giving her an allowance so that we could simply get her to clean up around the house. Now she is hooked on finding different ways to make money since she realizes all the neat stuff she can buy with her allowance. If only we could all be happy on a $5 a week budget!

Anyhow like the post says, Being an Entrepreneur is just in the Enke blood. I came out of my office to see this in the driveway today. I have to say it was a proud moment and put a smile on my face. Next thing you know she is going to be asking for her own amex black card.

Winning the bronze medal is typically nothing to be ashamed of. Unfortunately, when there are only 3 participants, it’s nothing to write home about.

The events I am strong in such as Croquet, Poker, and Shuffleboard, I somehow had the wheels fall off and couldn’t capture any gold. And ironically a few events where I was a big underdog such as pool I was able to capture silver. Nonetheless, all I can do is learn from the amazing experience and get back to the training center.

The Vanista Ct. Olympic Committee is actually planning a 2008 Fall Olympics with all new events. Some of the preliminary events are to include Monopoly, Darts, Badminton, and possibly go-cart racing.

My neighbors and I are just that crazy that we also had a fun closing ceremony event with music, beverages, and awards. John Bauer (representing Germany) also known now as “Mista Vanista” was able to lock in the championship belt (better than a gold medal) on the final day of competition with a record fishing session where he only landed 1 small mouth bass.

Jay Sandine (representing USA) saw all his hopes and dreams shatter when he could have tied up the events by catching one simple fish. He had a monster on the line and got it within 6 inches of the shore, and then the unthinkable happened………..the fish got away, and Jay’s Olympic dreams were shattered.

As for myself, I represented India and again had a disappointing showing this year. I am extremely excited about the forthcoming fall Olympics however. In a phone interview with ESPN after the closing ceremonies, I was quoted as saying:

“You know what, I played these guys before the Olympics, These neighbors are who I thought they were, THEY ARE WHO I THOUGHT THEY WERE! Now look, if you want to crown their asses, then crown em! I let em off the hook!”

Jeremy Enke – June 30th 2008

When this transpires later next week, my buddy Jay Sandine will be taking me to Hooters for all the wings and beer I can consume in one sitting. You can’t honestly think that I wouldn’t have some sort of wager riding on this series could you?

Keep in mind, Jay is the same die hard moron WhiteSox fan who made a prop bet with me earlier in the year on the Cubs vs. Sox overall record. After this series I am confident reality will set in and he will realize that a cold two nights sleeping in my backyard awaits him. So with that said, Go Cubs Go.

In other exciting news:

Let the picture below remind all you kids why driving is a privilege and not a right! At approximately 11:10 A.M. on Thursday morning I was involved in a motor vehicle accident. After a comprehensive investigation by Rockford’s fine police department, at 11:42 I was formally charged with “Improper Lane Usage”.

When I got home I looked at my wife in all seriousness and said, “Honey I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is I was able to stop by Home Depot and get that light switch you wanted me to pick up after I got done golfing………..The bad news is I got a ticket……..after I got in a wreck and fuct up the Lexus.

Needless to say she didn’t think it was as funny as I did. I am a little disappointed I didn’t total the car though as I would have really liked an excuse to go buy a new. So Scott, who is my Dekalb IL Auto Insurance guy, if you’re reading this, hook me up man.

Anyhow, that is all. Have a great weekend. And please for the love of God, look at this picture below and tell me which fan you are!