Aside from sitting on its lazy butt in front of a computer scribbling HTML on napkins with a lipstick, a Melhi does lots of things, some of which it does not necessarily like to do.
A Melhi takes a bath once a month whether it needs one or not.
A Melhi brushes its teeth... the top one almost as often as the bottom one.
A Melhi swings by its tail from the branches of deciduous trees.
A Melhi consumes twice its weight in junk food and thrice its volume in
caffeine.
Seriously, I do/have done/will do lots of things in my lifetime.
- Significantly Profitable Self Employment
- Childhood
- Ages 6 to 11 -- Summers -- Daily lemonade stand, weekly "carnival"
- Ages 11 through 13 -- Sold greeting cards and gifts, door to door
- Ages 11 through 13 -- Designed, made (to order) and sold "pom pon pets"
- Ages 11 through 15 -- Designed, made and sold flat-bottom draw string tote bags
- Ages 13 through 15 -- Antique and collectible salt and pepper shaker dealer
- Ages 14 through 15 -- Sold mouse puppets purchased in bulk from the designer
- Ages 14 through 15 -- Co-owned a flea market and managed a booth at same.
- Various ages -- occasional lawn work and baby sitting.
- Adulthood
- 1986-1990 -- Spec. real estate, construction, remodelling.
- 1992-1998 -- Landlord, CFD seller
- 1998-2005 -- temporarily retired from self-employment (excepting affiliate income)
- 2005-present -- Designer/ecommerce -- Melhi Ink stores (Cafepress, Printfection)
- 2007-present -- Co-founder and Executive USBuyBid Inc.
- Not remotely profitable Self Employment:
- 1990-1991 Owned a 900 line (sports scores, lottery results, horoscopes, etc.)
- Traditional Employment
- Age 15 -- Sold Cable TV subcriptions door to door for Centel Cable Co.
- Age 16 -- Cashier for IGA (grocery store)
- Ages 16 through 17 -- Cashier for Eisner (grocery store)
- (late 80s?) -- Secured foreclosed properties for a property management firm.
- 1994,1995 -- Appeared in a Snapple commercial & made guest appearances for same.
- 1994,1995 -- Enumerator for City Directory Inc.
- 1995 -- Salesperson for Color Tile.
- 2002 -- Local Radio: sales, copy writing, PSA director, on-air, production, programming, etc.
- 2003 - 2006 -- meat department, local grocery store.
- 2004 - 2007 -- concession manager/cook, auto auction.
- First and foremost, I am (and have been for all of my adult life) a full time mom.
- Volunteer and Misc.
- 1995 -- Advertizing/publicity director for a local charity (volunteer)
- 1996 -- Stock model for a very talented photographer
- 1996 - 1999 -- Asst. Sysop for The Monkees Mailing List (volunteer)
- 1999 - Present -- Owner and manager of The Monkees Mailing List
- 1999 - Present -- Owner and webmaster of Monkees 101
- 2000 - Present -- Owner, compiler, researcher, author of The Official Monkees FAQs
- 2005 - 2006 -- Member of DeWitt County Regional Economic Planning and Development Steering Committee
- 2005 - Present -- Owner, Author Melhi Ink Blog
- 2005 - Present -- Democrat Precinct Committeeman
- 2005 - Present -- Webmaster, County Democrat Party website
- 2007 - Present -- Board of Directors, DeWitt County Development Corporation
- Writer -- various genre; expertise in op-ed, juvenile, essay, rhyming poetry and humor
- Occasional water witching -- copper rod method.
- Occasionally, I accept small-scale freelance web work when it is offered and I have time.
- Hobbies, personal efforts, etc.
- Parody lyricist -- one parody published by two online liberal publications, two others reviewed favorably by two celebs and another reviewed favorably by one publication.
- Play guitar, very badly.
- Equally deficient on drums.
- Occasionally, purchase or salvage used furniture to repair, strip, refinish and sell.
- Strong supporter of independent, live radio and the preservation of local radio broadcast services.
- Buy, trade and resell junk/treasure. (OFF-line)
- Etcetera
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