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Image is everything

The Golden Globe Awards took place last night, and I watched none of it. That makes 45  years in a row that I did not watch them and I am going for 30 years in a row for The Academy Awards! Who cares, really? The one good thing from what I hear last night was that Ricky Gervais from the British and original version of The Office hosted the event and took a swipe at everything Hollywood…classic. What we did learn from the enlightened  “beautiful people” is that James Cameron, director of such blockbusters as Titanic, and Avatar, believes in echoterrorism; OK James the next attack will occur on your $20mil mansion, you know, just to set a good example.

Actor Danny Glover believes  that the Haiti earthquake disaster is a result of the environmental summit in Copenhagen going bad last month. I think Glover should be asked to clarify if this was an act of Zeus, Apollo, Hermes, or one of the many gods that control the earth.

It is not so much that image is everything, but reality and perception count. Yes I work in an industry where the image is tattered, but for 15 years Perl Mortgage has been going strong providing quality loans for people who deserve them…reality. No hype, just results.

New Year’s Resolution

Now that the new year is here it is time to set goals on moving forward. I have put a lot of thought into this and have come up with the following:

  • Fix the world wide global economic crisis
  • Lose 15 lbs.
  • Try and dunk a basketball( I have not been able to do this for seven years.)
  • Leave  the mortgage  business and hope that my internet movies get discovered and I become famous

I know, I know, a lot of you must be saying that Dean, you are setting your sights too high, you can never achieve all this. However, I always believe that will power and determination can over came anything and losing those 15lbs will eventually come to me this year.

Oh, the other stuff? No problem:

  • Cut taxes so we can keep all of our money
  • I didn’t specify what type of basketball and rim. I can use my son’s Michael and Kosta’s  nerf basketball set for that
  • Look for the next few installments of the Danderson/Vlamis videos coming soon! Hollywood…I’m on my way!

PERL Podcast (The Weather Report)

PODCAST_icon_squareJim Miller, head of The Miller Group at Jameson Real Estate recently joined me to discuss the current real estate weather report — and how supply, inventory, and the national mortgage market affects Chicago.