Current Events at MerchantOfNewYorkCity.com: My Life, Your Money, Things Of Interest

Things are picking up around here, I have to say. It's just about time for spring break, I think we're about a few days into it. Some people are partying hard. Unfortunately, this guy is hardly partying. Not the place I wanna be but whatcha gonna do, you know what I mean?

Let's take a look at current events:

My Life

Well we got out first commenter on the homeless children piece I did the other day. Her name is Veronica and she is a blogger in training at Blog Success, the wildly successful blog training center. Veronica we wish you well and hope you visit again. I'll respond to comments this week.

Speaking of blogging, yours truly may soon be featured on Jack Humphrey's Friday Traffic Report, your guide to all things traffic. I was recently given the green light to begin my magic. If all goes well this would be the second featured post on the popular blog. Wish me luck.

Construction on Merchantofnewyorkcity.com is almost complete. Soon to be featured on the blog are social media buttons to find me elsewhere on the blogosphere, an email form to keep up with the kid here, and solid gateways to proven methods of taking control of the money you earn. Be on the lookout.

Your Money

Still sucks. We are still in a recession. People are still messing with our money left and right. This week the news wires are jam packed with all the lies, deceit and money issues we can handle and then some.

There's a lot to talk, folks, and you can bet I'll be highlighting a lot of these stories in the coming weeks. If there was ever a time you wondered if I had the right idea about the world we live in, this week would be your proof in the pudding.

Here are just some of the things that went on this past week;

• Here's another headache from CNN on why you can't get a mortgage - If I was a home appraiser, I'd be soo mad at all this hooplah. For aspiring homeowners ... isn't this just ridiculous?
  
• Find out how victims of the greatest money scam ever are fighting back to get their money back - Bernie may have made off like a bandit, but the fight doesn't end there. For many retiree's, the battle for their lives has just begun
  
• In this story, some evidence of our government and our representatives just as confused about money as we are. - I don't think it'll take too long to figure out that people are being all too clear about money and government policy with this article.

Things of Interest:

You might not have noticed yet, but I'm a social media student. I pay attention to how things are changing in the blogosphere and in our culture. Lately the trend towards Facebook and Twitter have found opportunity seekers and stalkers adding thousands of people as friends. The idea is to solicit as much information, attention, and money as possible. Clearly this is NOT the way to go.

Social Networking and Publicity Expert Nancy Marmolejo is holding a webinar to try and correct some of the wild rumors and shed light on how to go about using popular social media platforms. I'm going to listen in on it. If you'd like to join in you can register here