Well yesterday was a proud day for me. My business, Ace Handyman Services, was voted the best handyman in Santa Barbara!

Thank you to all of you who voted for me!  It is a good feeling knowing people believe in me enough to vote for Ace Handyman Services.

I have been doing the handyman business in Goleta, Summerland, Carpinteria, Montecito and Santa Barbara since October of 1999. So it is really cool to be voted the best in Santa Barbara on my eleventh anniversary of going out on my own.

I especially want to thank my life partner Kurtis in supporting me through this endeavor.

To find out more about Ace Handyman Service, go to www.youracehandyman.com

Again, thank you!

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Do not let that stop you in giving, every little bit counts. I have secretly pushed my goal to $2000.00, With your help I can reach this!

I’m Helping to End Aids

From June 5th to 11th, 2011, I will be participating in AIDS/LifeCycle 10 as a roadie. This will be my 8th year participating in this extremely significant and important event. It’s a 7-day, 545-mile bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to make a world of difference in the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS, by raising much needed funds and awareness.

As a roadie, I do not need to raise any money to participate. Yet I feel it is important to not only deliver myself as a helping hand, but to deliver support from my friends in the form of a dollar here and dollar there.

I ask you to please donate as much as you can afford to support this great cause.

Just click the Donate Now link on this page and help me help them STOP AIDS.

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Help me support the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center by giving what you can. We’ll keep riding until AIDS and HIV are a thing of the past.

Why I do this.

For many years, till I was 33, I struggled with who I was. Yet whenever I drank or used mind altering substances, It became easier to be who I was. A Gay Man.

Society for a long time has frowned on people like me, and therefore hiding who I was seemed necessary. Well let me tell you, when I found a gay Alcoholics Anonymous meeting I knew I had found a home. AA gave me my life back. When I got sober I opened the closet and came out too.

During that meeting, I found a friend there who taught me how to be a Sober Gay Man in today’s world. Not an easy task I might add. This friend, who shall remain anonymous is no longer with us, this horrible disease took him from this earth. But for the rest of my life I will be grateful to this wonderful Human Being
It is for this reason I will continue to fight this horrific epidemic for as long as I am able. So please help me continue this noble cause by donating what you can today. Heck, put a few dollars aside each month to donate. Please click the Donate Now button and help.

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It is that time of year again.  Each year for the past five years I have sent this e-mail out at about the same time every year. You see I am asking for your support in a cause that is very near and dear to me.  The Aids Life Cycle, an event to raise not only money but awareness about AIDs and the HIV virus.  I am very lucky to not have this disease, but I am even more lucky to be healthy enough to help when I can.

So 5 years ago, I decided to become a volunteer on the Aids Life Cycle, where close to 3000 bicyclist and 500 volunteers transport themselves from San Francisco to Los Angeles over a 7 day period.  This will be my 6th year participating, and most definitely not my last since I have promised myself and others that I will help until either there is a cure, or I am unable to.

Let me make this a little more personal, so you can understand why this is so near to my heart.  14 years ago I was a practicing drug addict and alcoholic. On April 16th, 1995 I went to a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous because I had hit my personal bottom and really did not want to go on anymore.  What happened at that meeting was amazing. I learned that there were others out there feeling the same thing I was. You see that meeting was a meeting of gay men who were alcoholics, and I had just found a home. To this day, I still take one day at a time and enjoy life being a sober member of society.

The leader of that meeting welcomed me, and made me feel comfortable. A hard task to do I might add.  His name was Andy. Andy was not only gay, and sober but also HIV positive. He had the courage, energy and love to take me under his care to show me how to be a gay man and be sober at the same time.  He helped me build a foundation of sobriety that keeps me clean and drug free each and every day.

A few years after I moved away from Los Angeles Andy passed away because of this horrible disease.  It was then I knew I had to try and help somehow. The Aids Life Cycle is how I help!

I know times are tough, but these events and people can not be forgotten. Even a dollar helps, but $100 helps even more.

Please help me raise a few dollars to help support those living with and those affected and effected by the HIV virus.  It is very simple, just follow this link to my page on the ALC website. http://www.davidbudlong.com/aidslifecycle . There you will find a large orange rectangular button that says “Donate to support David!” . Click on that button and follow the simple step by step instructions.

If I may suggest you do this now instead of waiting. If you are like me, I always forget to go back and take care of things. I find it easier and simpler to just do it now. Please go to http://www.davidbudlong.com/aidslifecycle now and make a donation now. It is tax deductible and really helps a lot of wonderful people.

Thank You.

David Budlong

P.S.  If you are not comfortable making a donation online, do not let that stop you!  Right now get your checkbook and an envelope.  Write the check payable to ALC (or Aids Life Cycle) and send it to me at:

David Budlong
30 Leslie Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93105-4120

Again, Thank you very much for your help and support.

You will make a difference!

David

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I have been building a new website that is centered around one of my passions.

The one thing every guru talks about, is try to do something with one of your passions.

Well, when you do. It is difficult to stop working on it, and take care of other “to do’s”

Anyway, if you want to see what I am up to, then check out http://www.rallyroutes.com, it is

a website dedicated to one of my passions Road Rallying.  It is coming along nicely and any

constructive criticism is welcome, compliments are cool too.

Now Take Action to Make It a Great Day.

David

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Easy Credit Repair 750 Has Been Redesigned

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being able to pay all of their Credit Card Bills.

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I know this will be beneficial to you and your friends, please feel free to share this wealth of information with everyone you know.

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