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I’m always looking at job postings, even when I’m fully employed. It gives me a sense of what’s going on in the market and how things are being billed, what others are paying employees, etc.

However, when I came across this listing yesterday, I couldn’t believe how ridiculous it was. For those who don’t look carefully, it sounds great, but there is no mention of the company, the reply email address is a generic Yahoo account, and they’re asking for a “detailed game plan for directing traffic to the main product site.” Yeah right. You want me to tell you exactly how to do my job. The simple fact that they name how they’re hoping to attract links (create a Hype/Buzz on the Web via Forums, blogs, E-mails, Link/Banner Exchanges, Classified Ads, Shopping Malls, Newsletters, Press Releases, SEO?s etc.) tells you they are just looking for SEO’s to “apply for the job” and in the meantime tell them what they don’t know.

The following is a job posting that was on SLC Craigslist:

TALENTED AND EFFECTIVE WEB PROMOTER TO BRING TRAFFIC! !!NEEDED!!!!!!

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Reply to: graphicwork1@yahoo.com
Date: 2006-08-30, 10:34AM MDT

TALENTED AND EFFECTIVE WEB PROMOTER TO BRING TRAFFIC! !!NEEDED!!!!!!

Thank you for viewing our ad, are you a motivated internet promoter the skills to drive traffic and sales to our website? If so we want you!.
For our medium sized on-line consumer?s electronics shop, You must be creative and able to create a Hype/Buzz on the Web via Forums, blogs, E-mails, Link/Banner Exchanges, Classified Ads, Shopping Malls, Newsletters, Press Releases, SEO?s etc..

Please respond to graphicwork1@yahoo.com with your contact information
as well a detailed game plan for directing traffic to the main product site!

Thank-You!

Job location is salt lake city
Compensation: TO BE DISCUSSED
Telecommuting is ok.
This is a part-time job.
This is a contract job.
yes — OK for recruiters to contact this job poster.
yes — Phone calls about this job are ok.
yes — You may contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.
no — Reposting this message elsewhere is NOT OK.
yes — OK to repost to Job Developers for Persons with Disabilities.

DON’T FALL FOR THIS ONE.

Most ATV trails at Yuba Lake are closed, but someone gave me details of how to find a private property ATV trail. Just go to Yuba Lake (20 miles south of Nephi, UT and pass the North Shore entrance by about 2-3 miles, cross the dam, and hang the first left dirt road. Follow it (staying left) about 1-2 miles and you’ll find a place to unload your 4-wheelers. You can then ride for several miles on very easy roads and see tons of open space overlooking the lake.

It was beautiful but I’m not sure I’ll make a special trip to go again. We happened to be meeting friends for boating. Otherwise we probably would’ve never discovered this ride.

More on Flickr.

Yuba Lake State Park was a complete blast. Several friends went camping Friday night and boating Saturday. We met them Saturday and brought the four-wheelers to ride. The downside was that the state closed all the trails except one. More on that in my next post.

My second time wakeboarding and I’m up.

More photos on Flickr.

The idea here was to take the Cub Scouts up American Fork Canyon for a campfire dinner where the boys could earn a badge for cooking. Mother nature thought sending the thunderstorms right over us about 10 minutes into the cooking was a good idea.

Hopefully we’ll have better luck tomorrow at Yuba Lake.

I love being in Utah again. I really had forgotten all the good times to be had outside in Utah.

Here are some more photos of my recent ATV ride on the mountain above my home.

Thank you to Michael Moncur from Starling Travel for the ATV trails nod.

I hope to bring many more trails to my blog so others can finally have good information on ATV trails in Utah.

I’m preparing to ride at Yuba Lake this weekend with several friends with boats. I’ll be snapping photos on the trails and the lake.

I’ve added a few ATV photos to my Flickr account and I’ll be adding a few more tomorrow. I’m almost done editing my new images from yesterday’s ride up the mountain during the thunderstorms.

The hard part about shooting photos is editing and posting them to my account. I can snap pictures all day long. Sometimes you capture a great shot, and other times an okay shot. But getting them ready to share and actually posting them, tagging them, and writing descriptions takes the most time.

I just had to post something other than politics.

Until tomorrow.

This atv trailhead is not easy to find, but it’s a great starting place to get up to Skyline Drive and Scofield Lake.

Where is it?

This trailhead is located up Spanish Fork Canyon about 20-30 mintues from the mouth of the canyon. It’s called Tucker, Utah, but it doesn’t exist on most maps because it’s a rest area (see pics below). You’ll first pass the HWY 89 turn off to Mt. Pleasant, Fairview, and Manti and then drive about 15 miles to the rest area.

There are 2 trailheads (North and South of the parking lot). We took the North entrance and followed it about 10-12 miles to the top on our atv. You can then continue on Skyline Drive or turn off to Scofield Lake State Park.

Difficulty rating:

This was an extremely easy atv ride and perfect for the kids. I was actually looking for a little challenge (any challenge), but my wife wasn’t interested with the kids. So don’t fear this ride if you’re new to riding atv’s.

At 15 miles past HWY 89 you should see a sign to slow for the turn

Then you’ll see a sign for Rest Area

Then you’ll see the Rest Area on your right (this is Tucker, UT)

As you approach the restrooms you’ll see a tribute to our Armed Forces

This stream is beautiful to watch before and after your atv ride. Just before the North trailhead starts.

The North trailhead from within the Rest Area

Going up the trail is easy. It is made for cars, campers, trucks, atv’s, bikes and any other kind of vehicle.

The atv ride is very rewarding if you like scenery

Beautiful views that never end

ATV’s coming down the mountain

At my six week checkup today, I met with my trainer to get weighed and measured.

Great news: I’ve lost body fat big time — 5% loss in six (6) weeks. My weight went up a couple pounds and I’m up about 12 pounds total this year. But, my clothes still fit fine and my energy level is way up.

I’m feeling so much stronger than before and with my back herniation late last year this is a good thing.

My chiropractor is encouraging and I think I’ll be better in the future than I’ve been in the past. Getting my spine aligned and increasing my exercise level is making for a huge improvement in my overall quality of life.

I still suck down 3-4 colas everyday and I really enjoy my food. But, I’m going to start eating six (6) smaller meals today and see if that helps with my weight.

My goals are simple:

1. get strong and healthy
2. gain endurance in cardio
3. look better

I’m already starting to see the first two (2) goals happen so I’m ready to move into looking better (seeing the results). Losing weight is not my concern because if my clothes fit better and I’m feeling better I could care less how much weight that includes. Besides muscle weighs more than fat so I expected to gain weight.

Today we went to Five Mile Pass (West of Eagle Mountain) to ride with Aimee and Noah.

It was a great place to ride with additional people because you can find a little place to let people share and do loops. There are hills, flats, bumps, jumps, mud holes (if rained recently), and rabbits running all over.

A lot of motorcycles so you have to watch for others, but we didn’t have any trouble today. Apparantly the Sherrif hangs out a lot, but he was just leaving when we arrived and returned as we left. If you’re legal there is nothing to worry about.