Shaine Mata Blog

I enjoy Boost Mobile's humor in their ads. They aren't stuffy in their approach to selling mobile service, which is a great bargain. I've been a subscriber to Boost for some time, already enjoying my first $5 off per month with their shrinkage offer. Every 6 on-time payments knocks $5 off your monthly rate, to a minimum of $35/month, or as in the case of the advertised special offer, $30/month. If you go with a Blackberry or Android handset, add $5 to your rate plan; but, it's generally the same offer. A couple of Authorized Boost Mobile dealers are my clients, so I asked. There are three handsets that qualify for the offer. They are the old CDMA phones, which offer unlimited Internet, but at 2G speed. The other handsets, mostly Android and Blackberry, get 3G speeds; but, they do not fall under the offer. In fact, Android and Blackberry handsets add $5 to your monthly rate, the complete opposite. My criticism of Boost Mobile is that they dance around the main va...

My son wanted to go play tennis again, today. I agreed; but, before going, we went to buy a third tennis racket, a small one for the four-year-old. As a father, I know how important it is to make kids exercise so that they'll tire out and sleep without a fuss. Well, I completely failed as a coach to get her to play tennis. She hit a few balls; but, after many, many tries. She still felt frustrated about it. I told her she would get better as she gets older. On the other hand, as a parent, I did pretty good. This is one of those things she'll remember and beg to go do again. She's very proud of her tennis racket. She was very grateful for her "gift". My son was a good sport in allowing me to play with her some during little breaks in our play. He even took the photos.