Justin Germino Ramblings

One of my wife’s wishes is to own a real Rolex watch someday and it is something I look for quite frequently when I browse the various watches online. Perpetual Diamonds is a company that sells new and pre-owned Rolex watches that are in perfect condition. Each watch is inspected, tested finished or refurbished to be as if it were brand new. All purchases are also 100% insured by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, so anyone who purchased and was dissatisfied would have their money refunded if they were unhappy with the product.

With optional warranties included you can get a certified genuine Rolex watch for literally 50-75% less than if you bought it brand new, such as buying a genuine Rolex for just under $4,000 instead of retailing at almost $11,000 dollars. These are not faux, or imitation Rolexes, but the real and genuine ones.

For my wife, I would buy her the Ladies Rolex Presidential with diamonds at every hour. We have seen this particular watch in some jewelry stores and it can retail for over $25,000 and to find it online for under $12,000 is a good deal.

A special promo is being advertised for New Year Sale for a limited time they are giving $1,000 off any watch purchased from PerpetualDiamonds.com which makes now the right time to buy, imagine the surprise and excitement on your spouse’s face when you present them with a real Rolex for Valentines day. I know it is one of my goals in life to eventually do this very thing someday, because my wife is worth it.

-Justin Germino

I sit here this evening and realize I have no steam left, I am too tired for blogging any further and can’t drop anymore Entrecards or even do any more social linking. I keep putting off updating my blog catalog network and doing Zimbio and my other social sites. I keep regular on Twitter and Entrecard, but haven’t dropped more than 100 EC’s a night the last few nights. Stress building up has re-invoked my stomach pains to start manifesting, wish I could figure out a way to ease the symptoms of agony stabbing in my stomach.

In the meantime tomorrow is a new day and I hope to wake up fully charged and full of energy, and nothing brightens my day like waking up to the love of my life sleeping beside me.

-Justin Germino

Scientifically it has been shown that playing games of certain types can sharpen your wit and intellect and even stave off some of the ailments associated with aging, such as forgefulness, senility and even help against Alzheimer’s.  Numerous studies have shown that people who played Chess, or other mentally sharpening game had lower incidents of such ailments later in life and that continuing to “use your brain” decreases its rate of decay.  Like the old proverb “use it or lose it” the same holds true with any muscle in the body, if your muscles are not used they will eventually atrophy and weaken.  The brain is another muscle in this way, if you don’t challenge it and keep your mental faculties stimulated and sharpened, it will start to deteriorate.

This is where gaming comes in, whether it be online gaming, internet gaming, board games, but make sure you play games that actually require you to calculate and think to solve them.  Simply playing solitaire does not stimulate enough neurons to really charge the brain cells I would imagine.  A game which has you have to think about multiple possible scenario’s, or solve a puzzle can help keep you mentally sharp.  I enjoy many mental games, role playing games which are centered on vast numbers, calculations for attack, damage, hit points, experience, skills, feats and require much involvement and thought I find are good constructive ways to stimulate my brain.  I also play chess, stratego, risk and other games whenever I get a chance.

Writing is found to be another way to stimulate your brain and prevent the same mental decline or at least help slow the rate at which it occurs, creating poetry, literature, reading does this to some effect but not as much as writing as writing you have to imagine and think of the words rather than just see them and repeat them.  Everyone can use mental wit sharpening and there is even cases of games specifically designed for this such as Brain Age for Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii.  Soduku I imagine is another game that helps stimulate as it requires you to figure out patterns and sequences of numbers which range in complexity.

Bottom line is that the brain is another muscle and need not be wasted when you can keep it stimulated so it will stay intact for years to come.

This is just one of my personal insights, and isn’t based solely on medical fact, if you read Science Daily and Medical Journals you will see there are studies that show that games and mental exercises help combat mental degeneration but they are just studies, there is no scientific proof, yet it would make sense when you think about it.

-Justin Germino

I have to say that Clear365.com was one of the more impressive news and entertainment web sites that I have visited recently. The thing that stands out right away is how clean and colorful the interface is. It is simply a visually appealing home page and far from the typical bland news sites.

As soon as you hit the site you can clearly see which categories of entertainment you are interested in reading about, listening to or watching. An example of this is if you simply click on Music you are presented with the latest in Digital Music News. You have instant visibility to new releases, top stories, and seeing the single and album top charts. You can search by artists, just browse and listen to variety of music or purchase directly from the site if you want.

For those of you who are addicted to the Latest Celebrity News you can click on Entertainment button and have access to celebrity news, buzz, movie previes, celebrity photos, TV Show lists and watch streaming television episodes.

For those of you looking for pure latest news without any of the frills, Clear365’s Online News Portal brings you all the top headlines, featured stories, global news, business news and science articles.

In addition to all of these, there is a Games section to play all the latest online free games like Bejeweled 2, Risk, Zuma Delux and many more.

One thing even more impressive about the site is if you create an account you can create your own widgets that have a little bit of everything all at your fingertips on your own portal. You can have a few modules of entertainment, a few of music, a few games…etc.

I encourage you to give this site a try you may find it easier to navigate and have more media at your disposal than Google News, CNN or other sites which are very narrow in focus.

-Justin Germino

I was so shocked when I read my email and found out that Wanderer Thoughts my poetry blog won December 2008 Best Blog on BlogNetAwards.  Consequently, I also won 4th place in the comment contest which won me $50 CAD, in addition to the $100 award for best blog of the month.  I am psyched and love BlogNetAwards, this is the 2nd time in 3 months that I had won cash awards from the site and encourage anyone to check it out and register their blog, login and comment often.

So now that I won the monthly award, Wanderer Thoughts is up for vote as Best Blog Of 2008, there is no commenting on this one, you just simply register, login and vote if you think my Poetry blog should win best blog of the year.  Read and compare against other blogs, I could use your vote.

Calling all of my friends and fans to Vote Wanderer Thoughts for Best Blog of 2008.

-Justin Germino

It was a wild few days in Vegas for the new year. The strip had over 100 thousand people on it, literally we were crushed shoulder to shoulder and packed like sardines. You could probably fill a small lake with the amount of booze flowing.

New Years day was spent at the casino, betting on ponies and just hanging with my wife and the two friends we stayed with who were very generous for inviting us. I probably would have had more success with playing on slotsofvegas.com than I had in the casino those nights however and I lost some of my loot at blackjack and a few Lobstermania slots.

I am really optimistic about the new year and am looking forward to it.

-Justin Germino

Tonight I return back to Arizona after spending the last two days in Las Vegas with my wife and some family friends. They hosted us at their place for a New Years celebration and we are very grateful for the good company and fun times. The really nice thing is that we already put away all our Christmas decorations on December 30th before we left, so I don’t have to do decorations this weekend. Tomorrow I am taking my son to see Avatar in 3D IMAX, since we only saw it in 2D theater a few weeks ago.

Then its back to the grind on Monday as we kickoff the first official non-holiday weekday of 2010. I have projects of monumental proportions facing me at work and I am ready to tackle the technical and administrative challenges.

-Justin Germino

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As I am in Las Vegas right now for the first time during New Years, I think back and reflect on all that has happened in 2008.

This has been a rough year for my household and I vow to never stop trying to model myself the following way:

I vow to be a better Father, I can always use more patience and understanding and modeling how I am and act is the best way for my sons to learn from their dad how to be a man.  I also vow to be a better husband, nobody is perfect and mistakes are made around the board.  I have my fair share and anyone who thinks they are perfect is someone who has gotten too complacent and content, never stop working to please your partner and being a better person for them.

Mainly I use 2009 as a turning point to grow and not repeat mistakes made in 2008 and previous years, to try to be a better person, continue to identify my strengths and weaknesses and try to improve on area’s that can be improved.  Most of all I strive for knowledge, understanding and the ability to make sense of it all and use what I learn effectively.

Happy New Year Everyone,

Justin Germino