I have sent V.1 of my blog to a few friends asking them what they think. The response has been "What is your blog about"? To put some clarity on that issue----the blog is just about what I have been doing. It is not about my business, social, hobby or family life. It is simply about my daily/weekly activities. This is meant to be a quick update for anyone I have not touched in the last few weeks. Think of this as a quick "update" phone call. Although, I do think that it will be business centric as this progresses. If any readers would like to hear more about any one topic than another just drop me an email or post a comment and I will elaborate.

Back to the blog:
This weekend Hudson wanted to go fishing so I took him to Lake Murray. Lake Murray is a medium sized lake its about 10 minutes away from me and has about 85 acres of surface water. Brandy got him a "Rocket Rod"--I am sure you have seen it on TV and he wanted to try it. You load it and it shoots your bait about 25 feet or so. We fished on the dock for anything that would bite and he got some bluegill. After going to the dock Sat and Sunday (he loved it) I realized why people buy boats. The dock was full of people that you would not want to mow your lawn. Think of the local county fair at 11pm. The worst of the bunch were dirty Hmongs fishing for catfish. I dont know why but, Hmongs just seem to be a crude people---talking loud, smoking and picking their nose any chance they get. I might rent a boat next time.

Sydney wanted to go and I took both of them on a half day fishing boat on Monday. It was a pretty good time------they both caught at least 5 fish each with Hudson taking the prize with a 5lb Barracuda.

I have been in the mountains for a week working on the cabin It is coming along nicely and will begin stucco next week. Hopefully it is all down hill from here.

When I got back I checked on the deals I have been doing. I am working on a 10MM bridge loan with friend of mine (Tim Eppler). We loaned Nehemiah Corp. 10MM for a 4 month term. I only raised 1.75MM, Tim raised approx. 6MM and we got another 2MM from a canadian private equity firm. We are getting our interest paid monthly and in June I netted 78K with another 17.5K bump for participating. I am looking forward to July's payment.

Dr. Horsepower ended up giving me 20K shares for my private placement memorandum. 20K for a few days brain work is not bad; hopefully they can make something of the company. They came to me today and wanted me to buy either a race car or a Navigator for promotion purchases. They will make the payments and I get half the cars value in shares.

Airi.ob is still languishing. For those of you--who do not know--that is a private placement I did a few years ago. They were successful in going public on the Bulletin Boards and have grown from 36MM in revenue to a run rate of 80MM annual revenue. We are still looking for them to close an acquisition called Blair HSM. That should significantly boost the PPS but, it has been very slow in coming along. Once Blair closes the company should reverse split the stock and get a listing on the Nasdaq or Amex. Hopefully the CEO can get this done quickly.

Aperto private placement has been very quiet but, apparently are considering some offers at this point. I will keep you updated.

On the race car front----nothing new except that I am taking my Porsche in to get painted today. I am thinking of doing it in either a WRX Blue or a Davey Green. I am supposed to drive Laguna Seca in August but, my brother in law is getting married that same weekend. I am not sure which event I will miss.

My new son Blake is 2 months old and is a champ. Sydney and Hudson are getting more interesting everyday.

For starters:

I took on a consulting gig with a private firm called Dr. Horsepower. They are a new energy drink company that wants to be a branding platform. The firm was started by some old muscle car racers and heavily rely on their logo and slogan ("your prescription for winning") as the foundation for building the brand.

They are looking to raise 1MM dollars and have retained me to write the PPM (Private Placement Memorandum). I almost have it complete and in the middle of document creation---the company cut a deal and may not need the money.

I am asking for 20K shares for my work----hopefully they pay for my work whether they need the money or not.

Overview

Just started this blog. I am not sure whether it will be activity focused or daily goings- on.

Topics to include:
Racing my Porsche
Business life: Erosion Control Company, private equity investments, bridge loans (that make me scads of money), or new ideas.
Personal: Including my 3 kids and the cabin in Big Bear I am currently building.

There is a lot of stuff going on and trying to figure out a direction. I am sure that once I get going it will all start to take shape.

Hopefully this will be fun!