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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[How to get rid of your bad luck]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/27/how-to-get-rid-of-your-bad-luck/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/27/how-to-get-rid-of-your-bad-luck/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/27/how-to-get-rid-of-your-bad-luck/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/good-news/" rel="tag">Good news</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/02/horseshoe_horse_farm_247934_l.jpg"  alt="" />Have you ever asked yourself? "is there a spirit of poverty? If you go to Japan the answer is: "yes." <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51P1XW20090226">If you drive to the Bimbo Gami shrine</a> in the mountains about a four hour drive from Tokyo, you will come face to face with the "god of poverty." The god of poverty is a wooden statue believed to be that of a a thin, filthy man who represents the "state of poverty."</p>
<p>So, you are here along with about 500 other people and you want to chase poverty out of your life. You walk up to the statue and beat it several times with a bat, then you kick it as hard as you can and throw beans at it to drive away negative spirits and bad luck.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/27/how-to-get-rid-of-your-bad-luck/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>How to get rid of your bad luck</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/27/how-to-get-rid-of-your-bad-luck/">How to get rid of your bad luck</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:50:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51P1XW20090226>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/27/how-to-get-rid-of-your-bad-luck/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1472482/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/02/27/how-to-get-rid-of-your-bad-luck/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>bad business</category><category>bad luck</category><category>BadBusiness</category><category>BadLuck</category><category>failed business</category><category>FailedBusiness</category><category>poverty</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Madon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:50:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
