I often get questions about the Lincoln in the header of this website. That car, isn’t actually mine. I told my designer I had an old convertible Continental so he just looked one up on the net. Being that he lives in the Philippines, it wasn’t exactly easy for him to come over and take a gander at the real thing.

What I own is a 1965 Lincoln Continental convertible. It is a frame off restoration done by Mobsteel Customs out of Detroit.

I bought the car off of Albert Haynesworth. He’s the Tennessee Titan football player that stepped on that guy’s face a couple of years ago. If you pay attention to such things… It was a big deal at the time for Sportscenter fans.

These pictures you are looking at were taken from Mobsteel’s website. The car for the most part still looks the same but the roof isn’t working and one of the door handles fell off. Thus, it is at a specialists shop at the moment.

Some of you might recognize this car. It’s the same make, model and year as the ride from the opening sequence of HBO’s hit T.V. series Entourage. The big difference is that their ‘65 Lincoln had the original wheels, hub caps, etc.

Which do you think is better? Now that I have it at that shop, I’m trying to decide if I want to replace the Mobsteel logos with Continental logos and put the original wheels back on the car.

What would you do?

I’m a bad golfer. Ok, I’m a terrible golfer. What sucks is that I have tried so hard. I take the lessons, I get out and play, but I still suck.

So what’s a guy to do? Well, I suppose I’m the kind of guy that takes things to the extreme.

This past weekend I went looking for a golf cottage. My goal was nothing less than a house with a driving range in the backyard. Well, I found one. It’s a modest home with four master bedrooms, a game room, a movie theater, etc. Yes, I’m being sarcastic.

Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t committed to this house. The cost is enough to make a grown man cry. Damn, I sure want it though.

Did I mention it comes with memberships to 6 courses, a marina on a large lake, the clubhouse and it is only 90 minutes from my home in Buckhead?

Maybe if I do buy it my daughters will grow up to be billionaire lady golfers. That could justify the price!

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A lot of people are emailing me about Sedo’s auction of Dollars.com that is going on right now. They ask because they know that I sold the name for 650,000 dollars just this past July.

Right now the auction is at 750,000 Euros with four days left in the auction.

I want it to sell for millions. I have no regrets as I did well when I sold it. Stephane and the folks at Virtual Network SA are also good people and they deserve to profit on the deal.

More importantly, Sedo’s auction of Pizza.com and this auction of Dollars.com are proof that the domain market can survive and thrive during a recession.

I still have tens of thousands of domains left. I’ll make far more money by the market continuing to rise than I ever could have made had I held on to Dollars.com for a bit longer.

Anyone who has tried to post something on this site or fill out one of my contact forms has either received an error or been told that everything was fine, only for nothing to happen.

We’ve recently upgraded to the newest version of Word Press so that might be the problem. Either way, I’ll post as soon as the problems have been resolved.

In the meantime, you can email directly at rick AT ricklatona.com if you need anything.

Also, the newsletter subscription is still working, if you haven’t signed up yet I suggest you do!

The Dell salesman had to tell me that I could hook up four monitors if I wanted to. He just HAD to tell me that. Actually, I can push a button on my universal remote to push whatever is on my fourth moniter to the LCD TV at the other end of the office so I guess technically, it would be five monitors.

Don’t get me wrong, though. It’s great. I’m not having any problems finding things to cover up the pixels with. Email on one, an inventory spreadsheet on another (minimized for the purpose of this post), browers on the third and IM messages on the fourth. No problem. I do feel more productive.

What do you guys think of my brand spanking new 50 year old 1958 Corvette hard and soft top convertible? Click the links below to see the pictures.

Side view of the vette

Front View

Rear View

 Quote from Wikipedia “The 1958 Corvette saw another body freshening and more options available. This year had the most exterior chrome and was the heaviest of the C-1s. From it’s quad headlights and hood louvers to it’s twin trunk spars and bumper exiting exhaust, it was the flashiest Corvette ever built.”

So it’s been what? 4 days since I launched this blog? Now I’m going to Africa to attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro so it’ll be a solid two weeks until I update again.

Those that know me well know that I’m not exactly a pillar of health. Hell, one of the reasons  I signed up for this experiment was that I thought it would motivate me to get in shape. While I’ve certainly been to the gym more than normal I’m hardly a poster child for Mountain Climber’s magazine.

Now to add insult to my inevitable injuries Domain Capital has announced that they will donate 30,000 hard earned American dollars to a children’s cancer fund if I summit. Some of my other compadres have anteed up as well and there is now over 45,000 dollars on the line for dying kids if I manage to reach the top. Like I need that pressure.

On the business front I’ll also be missing the closing of Sedo’s GEO domain auction, the TRAFFIC auction in Vegas amoung many other deals I have working. I’ll have a satellite phone with and will be somewhat in touch but definately not much.

My team will keep buying and when I return there will be a huge pile of domains to unload cheap. So sign up for the newsletter if you haven’t already to get the scoop and please, wish me luck.

I’m not sure how well they have promoted their new auction but there are some real gems on this list. Check it out at http://sedo.com/search/searchresult.php4?auctionevent=globalauction&language=us&partnerid=37836 

 Here are some of my names that I have listed:

Iran.com
Rhodes.com
Versailles.com
ChristChurch.com
Zoetermeer.com

True to form, they were all priced to sell.

After years of saying I’d get to it, I officially am launching a new blog. Welcome to RickLatona.com!

I’ve avoided having a blog because I didn’t know what the general subject matter would be. Those that know me know that I’m in many different businesses. I also travel a lot and have strong opinions on many different subjects.

Therefore, I’ve decided to write whatever the hell I want to write. It’s my blog after all.