Hi,

Masked man, you're very interesting and I will read every message you post.

You wrote:
> "find
> a passion first, and the rest comes
> naturally - find what you TRULY love to
> do... and you'll be able to make money from
> that vantage point" ...right? I mean -
> isn't that what we've all read here (and
> everywhere else) time and again? And isn't
> it true?

I believe I've fired a few holes in that myth as part of the onslaught of messages I post here. Checking the archives (Dien: you do backup your message archives, I hope) I find this so-called gem:

http://www.sowpub.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl?read=11343

- And -

http://www.sowpub.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl?read=11342

You wrote:
> Like I mentioned at the start, I don't want
> to run a magazine - the marketplace is too
> crowded - I don't want to deal in p*rn
> sites,

That market is also too crowded, plus America is on a trend toward becoming more straitlaced, and as a trader I always follow the overriding trend. (It's interesting that one of the unwritten mottos of Bush's Justice Department seems to be "Less Bush!")

You wrote:
> or deal with Models of any sort
> (those women are the embodiement of evil)

Gawd that is so true! (... shudder ...)

You wrote:
> - I've simply run into a brick wall - and
> have never quite found a way around it.

IMHO it's because the myth about finding your passion and the money will follow sounds good but doesn't work.

You wrote:
> Opinions please (for those of you not too
> embarrassed to comment - hey just do what
> I'm doing and list yourself as
> "anonymous").

I've got tons of opinions. :-) Like the one I used as my 'Subject.' Instead of finding your passion and the money will follow, find a bunch of money and your passion will follow.

Hope this helps in some way,

- Boyd