What’s up everyone?  My name is Willie Volckhausen, and I’m here to tell you all that Chris Tatsuno taught me today some very interesting things about the internet, blogging, Facebook and a heap of other philosophical agendas of the ski bum.

We had a long talk in the van about what it is going to take to sustain the ski bum.  This seems like a simple enough task but to our suprise we discovered that we are not as easily pacified as we once thought.  We need to survive in a world of millionaire real estate agents and second-home owner, vacation types.  But we do it form the backs of our vans or the employee housing on the ourskirts of town.

One of the questions raised from was what do we really want and what do we really need.  I was quick to reply that I want homes in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and the Ande’s mountains, a sail boat as well as a few bungalows in the Tropics to rest between all the good skiing in the mountains.  Then Chris asked me what it would take to achieve such a goal.  A trust fund or hot lotto ticket came to mind but I wanted to be more creative than that.  I realized I would need to either earn more or cost less.  I could give up some luxury and live in a van like Chris, or I could achieve financial security through the magic of networking.  I don’t really need the money to buy my fantasy, I just need to meet the people who have experience in the matter.

Through networking we can learn how best to do something.  We can band together and learn from each others’ mistakes, thereby reducing much of the trial and error process.  If we can just think of who to ask, or search out the real experts, then we educate and empowered ourselves to take those next steps toward our goals.  This is the real power of Facebook, blogging and the internet in general.  If we could just communicate on such levels more than we look at porn and send jokes, then we could all be much more productive, motivated, and educated in the area’s of our lives that we feel are important.

Thank you Chris Tatsuno for educating me today and I will see you all on Facebook as soon as get a computer.  It’s a small investment, I think; a stepping stone to achieving the dream.