That’s not some stupid come-on. “Learn to Lie” is my new business venture, about which more later, but first I want to review the goings-on on my blog, TheMerrowReport.com, over the past few weeks.  

There was a history lesson about the slaveholder/abolitionist who wrote our National Anthem, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ with its two questions, one of which the verse leaves unanswered.  That’s here.  America is a land of contradictions….

I also tried my hand at satire, taking a whack at CNN and its willingness to agree not to fact-check the recent debate between President Biden and former President Trump.  That’s here.

I also blogged about ‘biking my age’ for the 14th year in a row.  You may remember that I asked readers to contribute $83 (or more) to the Island Housing Trust.  While many of you made tax-deductible gifts, we are still 19 contributors (and more than a few dollars) shy of our goal.   It’s easy to donate to IHTMV.org.  Click here to make your tax-deductible gift.  (Please mention my name or refer to ‘the old guy on the bike’ when you give.)

What’s more, if you donate to IHTMV, you will receive a free lifetime membership to “Learn to Lie,” once I get it up and running.  In addition to the instruction book and video, membership includes bumper stickers:  “I Learned to Lie from John Merrow” and “I Lie with John Merrow. You Can Too!”

But wait–There’s More!! 

Before “Learn to Lie” gets underway, I need to become what my friend Kim Kardashian calls ‘an influencer’ on the web.  To achieve that status, I need at least 10,000 subscribers, known in the field as a ‘GI’ (which some say stands for ‘gullible individual’).

Become a GI by clicking the ‘subscribe’ link at the top of this page, TheMerrowReport.com.  I need 10,000 subscribers to become an ‘influencer,’ which means I’m only 9,299 shy. 

“Learn to Lie” is not what you may have been thinking. It’s actually an exercise program, the key to a long and healthy life. “Learn to Lie” is the reason I’ve been able to bike my age ever since I turned 70. I have come to the conclusion that it’s my moral duty to share with the world what I have learned.  What I can teach you will–I guarantee it–make your life more satisfying because it will make growing old/being old much easier.   Think how proud you will be to announce to the world, “I Learned to Lie fromJohn Merrow.”

Membership in “Learn to Lie” will be expensive, but if you donate to IHT now, you will receive a free lifetime membership in “Learn to Lie.”   

And when enough of you Subscribe to TheMerrowReport.com, I will become ‘an influencer.’  A subscription to my blog is free and certainly worth it.  

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