The Gastrocast

I am uber flattered that The Gastrocast was a featured clip in a tech program covering the Million Podcast Pixel site. You can view the clip here.  If you have a podcast you want to promote, or want to check out cool podcasts, bop on over to the site and have  a view.

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I’m sat here, forms and syllibus in hand trying to decide if a professional conference is really worth $660 for 4 days, not including accomodations.
On the one hand it is an International Conference, and it is happening in my own back yard. I have the chance to stay with friends or up the freeway in some cheap dive. It is also a great chance to rub elbows with those in the food industry who know WAY more than I do, and could actually teach me something through the seminars and sessions. I would also, of course, podcast from the event, and hopefully–to what end I don’t know–tout my cookbook and business.
On the other hand, I don’t have the cash and there are no jobs on the books any time soon. I’d be gambling on getting something back from my taxes before I know, and quite honestly I can think of a ton of things I’d rather do with the cash in a business way. I mean the cash is about the same as 30 new laying hens and 30 meat chickens, twice (which I’d get anyway) and a years worth of feed and supplies, or three piglets, fencing and feed, or two months insurance, or food and equipment for at least 10 Gastrocasts. The Animals return the investment in spades even though they’re a bit of a gamble. Podcasting will be done anyway. Sooner or later I will leave this economically baren place, sell my home and move somewhere I can drive to and from without an overnight stay and begin to take more and more jobs.
Perhaps something will come to me to help me decide before I have to post the form. I have to have it in by Friday to save $65 dollars. I can’t believe it is the end of January and I have nothing lined up for the summer–no weddings, no BBQ and the phone hasn’t rung once about springtime work. Perhaps, in this slow, dead-of-winter time, a Conference is just the thing to perk up my attitude and come up with a new business plan. The old one is certainly in tatters.

On a brighter note–stay tuned for this week’s show. February looks to be busy and exciting Gastrocast wise!

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