I have been down for the last handful of months. I have had an idea for several years about how to push search engine technology to it's max. I placed an classified ad on Ebay about four months ago, giving my pitch without giving up any of the secrets I have for the project. I received a few phone calls from middle-eastern people of coarse, was about to give up hope of finding a real investor, when I received a phone call from a man, who was part of a group of Real Estate investors from Chicago. They were very interested in hearing more about the project and agreed to sign confidentiality agreements and to fly me out from Oregon to Chicago and to put me up in a hotel, while I made the presentation to them. I was really excited, thinking this was my shot...after all the project had a price tag on it of $500,000 (not really enough, now that I am looking back) should have been $1,000,000 to be realistic. Anyways these guys were looking for something to invest in besides Real Estate. I told my family the good news, they were all excited. I told some friends. I spent time preparing the presentation, got copies made, ect. I had a business plan written out, with the different phases of development. The whole thing still right in front of me as I am writing this thread. The changed their mind and never heard my presentation, never flew me out, never got to hear my ideas. What I have in mind...will be done, if not me, it will be done by somebody and when it is done it will make for a very good competition with google, as it will push search engine technology to the brink... to where it can never be improved upon. It pushes it to the very limit making all search results 100% relevant. Of coarse, I am not going to tell you how...don't ask, unless you have a million to invest, lol. Right now I do not feel like Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone...I feel like the other guy who was one hour late to the patent office with the same idea, because I know somebody else will figure this out, eventually and that person will become a billionaire. I almost died about the same time they let me down. I found out I have Anemia and out of a possible 300 my Iron level was at 7. I had maybe a month and I would have been a goner. I am still recovering. This is the first time I have come forward like this...but I have been depressed ever since. I knew this was my chance, and when it did not happen, it took something from me. I know I can keep trying, and I am sure I will. I am just feeling like I know somebody else is going to beat me to the punch , no matter how hard I try. Money is the only issue...the only thing holding me back from making history. I am not looking for sympothy. I just thought I would share this with whomever, because it as really been bringing me down.