-- "5 Tips for Using Colleges and Universities to Help Your Business" --

You, my friend, must get connected with the Inventors Association of St. Louis.
--- You'll pool your god given brainpower and resources with the very best.

-- I was only a kid when I took a St. Louis County Bus and asked for a "transfer" when I got on. -- I rode that bus until I got to my next bus-transfer-stop and waited and got on my next bus. I asked the driver that my 'transfer' be 'stamped' so that I could continue onto my next bus without paying more money. -- When I finally boarded my third bus and the driver saw where I had come from in using that wrinkled 'transfer,' he said, "Did you get your nickel's worth, kid?" For those where the days when you got your money's worth for very little. When ideas were worth a dime a dozen.

-- I guess, it's pay-back time? Aren't you amazed at what you read on the IASL's Website? It didn't cost you even a penny.
-- But please -->

The first spaceman says, "The dominant life forms on the earth planet have developed satellite-based weapons."

The second alien, who looks exactly like the first, asks, "Are they an emerging intelligence?"

The first spaceman says, "I don't think so...They have them aimed at themselves."

-- -- Patent Pending -- "While your patent application is being evaluated you can produce your product, sell it, and label it "Patent Pending." That means you have a patent application in the U.S. Patent Office that hasn't issued yet. -- This should have a seizing effect on competition because any Tuesday your patent may issue, and you can then stop competition from selling your invention, if they are infringing.

-- -- An important variation is the phrase, "Patent Applied For." Should you run into serious problems and your patent is not issued, you have to remove the "Patent Pending" statement; but if you state, "Patent Applied For," you're allowed to keep that designation as long as you applied for a patent sometime in the past. -- It doesn't matter whether the patent application has been granted, expired or abandoned." [www.inventorprise.com]

Two beggars are sitting side by side on a street in Rome. One has a cross in front of him; the other one the Star of David. Many people go by and look at both beggars, But only put money into the hat of the beggar sitting behind the cross. A priest comes by, stops and watches throngs of people giving money to the beggar behind the cross, But none give to the beggar behind the Star of David. Finally, the priest goes over to the beggar behind the Star of David and says, "My poor fellow, don't you understand? This is a Catholic country; this city is the seat of Catholicism. People aren't going to give you money if you sit there with a Star of David in front of you, especially when you're sitting beside a beggar who has a cross. In fact, they would probably give to him just out of spite," The beggar behind the Star of David listened to the priest, turned to the other beggar with the cross and said: "Moishe, look who's trying to teach the Goldstein brothers about marketing.?

-- Halo! - Statue? Telling It Like It Is --
-- Danny Thomas, comedian of years ago, liked to tell this story: "A dear little Italian mama was rewarded by her grown sons who owned a building construction company. They built for her a brand-new home of her own. They followed her every whim. When she insisted that in every room they have a 'hallo statue,' they put in niches in the walls for religious statues. Every room -- living room, dining room, den, bedroom, kitchen, and hallway -- just to make her happy. Even the bathroom!
-- The day came for the whole family to take Mama, her furniture and belongings to her new home. -- They waited for her praise. They waited for those tears of joy. They got, instead, "So..wheridey put-em? -- Ya-know I allawaze needa one? -- When I socialize wida my frenz -- callin-em-up anasayin, "Halo! - statue?"

-- You're Not the Next Caller In-line --

-- "Albert Einstein Action Figure" --

--Great discoveries are made by mistake.
-- [Not really.] - Luck is whenever your experience meets opportunity. --

-- "Device could aid production of electricity NOVEMBER 27, 2001"

-- "Cable TV Without the Cable--or the Satelite" --

-- "The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money." -- unknown

-- "60-Second Guide to Coming-Up with a Powerful Business Idea"