They were supposed to leave Friday night, but due to the snow in Chicago, the girls plane was canceled and they were rescheduled on a flight saturday morning. So we loaded up early saturday morning and I dropped them off at the airport. Its hard watching three of the most important people in my life hop on a plane bound for Chicago, even if it is only for a week. Then I hopped in the car and headed up to work (we worked saturday so we could have monday off).
Work was uneventful and I headed out early (most of us did) and tried to take a nap. Between the dogs and the phone calls, it was tough. Had to swing by ricks office to grab the gear for the bowl game tomorrow (I hate doing indoor pyro!) and then it was over to mom and dads for dinner with them and Eric and Tracey. The rest of the evening was uneventful and I fell asleep watching a movie in to the wee hours of the night.
We had agreed at dinner to go to the 10:30am showing of National Treasure: Book of Secrets, which was actually pretty good and then I came home and did a lot of nothing (its rainy and cold and not good for doing anything!). If there was a way to develop a Miracle burn that involved laying on the couch on Sundays, I bet I could come up with it. Here it is, 6:30 on Sunday evening and I’m already contemplating climbing in to bed for the evening… how sad!
Dropping cards for traffic sounds like it is too good to be true doesn’t it? In fact, it is a little too good to be true, there’s more to EntreCard than just dropping yours where ever you feel like. This past week, I’ve taken the opportunity to visit a lot of the sites that Entrecard plays host to (and I’m no where near done yet) and its been amazing at the differences between sites that I’ve seen. I’ve come across some Really bad ones, some that are common wall flowers and others like The Gospel and Cigar Jack that have some cool stuff and good writing to offer that I’ll visit more often.
It astonishes me that the number of websites lacking proper design, writing and taste on entrecard is so high, but then, with the number of blogs that has sprung up lately, should I really be that surprised? It seems that everyone and their sister has a blog dedicated to making money on line that they fill with the “latest and greatest” money making tips that any monkey with a keyboard should be able to figure out. The number of personal diaries online has seemed to skyrocket as well. These two areas can probably be attributed to the rise in the number of paid blogging systems (yes, I do belong to several of them) that have popped up over the past year as well. One of the benefits of Entrecard is enabling more people to learn about your site through various means like advertising on other blogs.
Is it really worth it though when your “card” is going to be displayed at the bottom of a mile long page of mindless blabber about the weather and the fact that the site owner had to write about ladies undies you could at least do it in a better form than “well, a sponsor wants me to write about ladies undies but I’m a man!”. No its not. However, you shouldn’t let the bad sites ruin your chances to increase traffic.
As with any advertising media, there is a right way to choose whats best on Entrecard. You have every right to be picky about which sites you advertise on and which sites advertise on you. For instance, if I ran a blog about dogs, I would most likely not advertise on a blog about cats (or Vietnamese food) and I would not have a cat site advertise on mine. Do not be afraid to reject ads if they do not fit in with your topics. You don’t see want ads for window washers under the used car salesmen section do you?
Secondly, do not, I repeat, DO NOT, advertise on sites where the entrecard box is below the fold (the fold is an old newspaper term referring to the bottom half of the page which is usually not seen when the paper is folded. Here we’re talking about the bottom of a page where someone has to scroll to see it). If its not one of the first thing a person sees once the page is loaded, its a waste. Want proof? Ask around. I’ve found that in advertising on Entrecards, the ad’s I’ve placed that are above the fold perform better than those below the fold. You can drop your cards as much as you want on those sites, but DO NOT advertise on them no matter what kind of traffic they claim to provide.
Don’t be afraid to drop your card and even write recommendations for the site owner through entrecard. I’ve found that by dropping cards on sites I get more visits back in return. It does two things. One it lets people know about your site (and if you do it in your own category, you might gain new links elsewhere) and it encourages them to visit your site and drop cards. Dropping cards on other sites benefits everyone.
Lastly, and this is probably the most important, leave a comment on a post or two on the blogs you visit through entrecard. Not only is it free advertising to you, but many blog owners have the scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours mentality. If you comment there, they’ll come and comment on yours. Its an excellent way to gain friends, readers and comments which all helps in the traffic game.
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Christmas (and boxing day for you Brits) has come and gone and little is left to tell that it was ever here at all. Oh, don’t get me wrong, the tree is still up, the decorations haven’t been taken down and there’s still a pile of trash to go out on Monday, but there are no left overs, no unopened presents under the tree and certainly no more Christmas music playing (at least not on my radio). Maybe it was the warm weather this year (we had weather in the 70’s two weeks ago) or the fact that we spent Thanksgiving at Disney and didn’t decorate right away, but this holiday season was more of a burden than a blessing.
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed watching the girls as they played with their shiny new toys (Emma got a battery powered ATV that she loves and Grace hasn’t taken off the Ariel wig since she unwrapped it), and the dinners with family and friends were nice too. It just seemed there was too much work to be done for the holiday and not enough time to do it in. As far as my take for the holiday went, it was pretty good, I got a couple of books (from an author I have not read yet), 2 DVD’s and Banjo lessons. I’ve only been asking for the lessons since I got the banjo two years ago, and finally I might be able to do more with it than a simple forward roll.
Amy made out pretty good too. I decided to forgo the sexy corsets or naughty nighties this year and instead upgraded her iPod from a pink Shuffle to a 30gb Video iPod (Classic they call it these days). She also got a pretty cool alarm clock (though when you can’t sleep at night the fact that it projects the time on the ceiling makes it even worse) and a new Department 56 town piece. We didn’t go too over board for each other this year and in retrospect, we didn’t go that overboard with the girls either.
I was glad when I climbed in to bed on Tuesday night that Christmas was over for another year and now its on to Amy’s Birthday. Maybe we’ll do something lo-key.
Thirteen Facts about NEW YEARS! In no particular order…
The celebration of the new year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4000 years ago. In the years around 2000 BC, the Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon (actually the first visible cresent) after the Vernal Equinox (first day of spring).
During the Middle Ages, the Church remained opposed to celebrating New Years. January 1 has been celebrated as a holiday by Western nations for only about the past 400 years.
The Babylonian new year celebration lasted for eleven days. Each day had its own particular mode of celebration, but it is safe to say that modern New Year’s Eve festivities pale in comparison.
The Romans continued to observe the new year in late March, but their calendar was continually tampered with by various emperors so that the calendar soon became out of synchronization with the sun.
In order to set the calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year. But tampering continued until Julius Caesar, in 46 BC, established what has come to be known as the Julian Calendar. It again established January 1 as the new year. But in order to synchronize the calendar with the sun, Caesar had to let the previous year drag on for 445 days..
The Tournament of Roses Parade dates back to 1886. In that year, members of the Valley Hunt Club decorated their carriages with flowers. It celebrated the ripening of the orange crop in California.
Although the Rose Bowl football game was first played as a part of the Tournament of Roses in 1902, it was replaced by Roman chariot races the following year. In 1916, the football game returned as the sports centerpiece of the festival. (Personally, I’d like to go back to the chariot races!)
Many parts of the U.S. celebrate the new year by consuming black-eyed peas. These legumes are typically accompanied by either hog jowls or ham. Black-eyed peas and other legumes have been considered good luck in many cultures. The hog, and thus its meat, is considered lucky because it symbolizes prosperity. Cabbage is another “good luck” vegetable that is consumed on New Year’s Day by many. Cabbage leaves are also considered a sign of prosperity, being representative of paper currency. In some regions, rice is a lucky food that is eaten on New Year’s Day.
An artificial spider and web are often included in the decorations on Ukrainian Christmas trees. A spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.
The use of an image of a baby with a New Years banner as a symbolic representation of the new year was brought to early America by the Germans. They had used the effigy since the fourteenth century.
It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year’s Day would bring either good luck or bad luck the rest of the year. It was particularly lucky if that visitor happened to be a tall dark-haired man.
Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes “coming full circle,” completing a year’s cycle. For that reason, the Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Year’s Day will bring good fortune.
Other traditions of the season include the making of New Year’s resolutions. That tradition also dates back to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the promise to lose weight or quit smoking. The early Babylonian’s most popular resolution was to return borrowed farm equipment.
Have you made any New Years Resolutions you plan on not keeping??
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Apparently, people like Mike because he looks like your average medical supplies salesman from the midwest (I don’t know if there are a lot of Med Supplies salesmen there, it just seems like something they’d have in the midwest, doesn’t it?). He took the opportunity over the holiday weekend to go pheasant hunting. Apparently the group he was with bagged three birds and he even snagged one of the little buggers himself quipping:
“Don’t get in my way,” he said while pointing to the three dead birds.
“This is what happens…You vote for me, you live. You don’t…there you go.”
Got to love a guy with a sense of humor (of course, the shotgun he’s holding helps a little too). The media sees his rise in the polls as an effect of his likability. He’s the favorite uncle everyone has when they’re growing up, as opposed to the really old one who continually tells you how it was when he was younger.
Today’s ASMW comes to us from a pretty hip chick who’s performed in coffee houses and bars for most of her career (think of Phobee from Friends, but with amazing talent and a pretty good voice too!). Christina Abbott hails from NY and has been a singer/song writer for most of her life. The route she has taken has helped develop a pretty cool sound as she plays and sings about the things that she likes.
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Posted by mcangeli on December 24th, 2007 | Comments Off | Aside
Some of you might have noticed (if you visit the blog regularly anyways) the new duds. I’ve been working on this design for about a week with a designer and I had some free time today so I decided to go ahead and begin getting it all setup correctly. The main features of the blog are working (some even better than before) and others are not quite there yet.
Please bear with me, as its going to be a learning experience with 2.3 (the last time i worked heavily on a theme was in the 1.5 days!). If you notice something that needs improvement let me know.
Saturday night was our annual Christmas Dinner party where we have some friends over, drink a lot and eat a lot. Everyone started arriving around 6:30pm and by the time we sat down to dinner at 7:30, the group had gone through two and a half bottles of wine I had received from the wine clubs. We had two bottles open a red and a white and people loved both of them. It was an easy way o find some good tasting wine that everyone could enjoy. It also helped that the wine was accompanied by a new letter with suggestions and other tips and information about the wines themselves.
We cracked open a third bottle as dinner began and sat down to an excellent feast of pot roast, green beans, rice, gravy, squash and a veggie lasagna (gruntled is a veggie…) and proceeded to feast on roast beast until it was all gone. Its amazing how quickly a FIVE POUND RUMP ROAST can disappear. I cooked it following my father-in-law’s recipe. Friday night, I stuffed the roast with cloves of garlic and rubbed it down with Tony’s seasoning and then covered it in olive oil. Stuck that sucker in the fridge to marinate over night. Saturday afternoon, I put it in a large pot in the oven @ 400 for an hour, then knocked it down to 350 for the remaining time. The thing fell a part on your plate it was that good.
Next time I’m going to have to get a larger cut of meat so I have leftovers. We had fruit, brownies and pumpkin cheese cake (thanks rach!) for desert and kept drinking and eating until about 1:30am and despite the rain, several of us ventured out in to the cold to enjoy a soak in the hot tub. Its amazing how long you can go when there aren’t any kids around to chase after. Once I get some of the photos uploaded, I’ll at least show how good the table looked before we sat down to destroy it. Hope you all have a merry christmas!
There’s something about being two that turns the vision of santa from fairytale to nightmare as quickly turning on a light switch. We took the girls to see santa last Tuesday night at the mall and the whole time we were in line waiting (an hour and a half) Emma was her usual self. Happy, angry, munchin down on the cookies and crackers. The time went fairly quickly (I took the girls to play in the mall while amy stood in line…) and before you know it it was our turn.
Grace had no problem. She loved it. She likes the idea of being able to tell this guy what she wants for Christmas and poof. Magically on Christmas morning she wakes up and she has the stuff (if only it were truly that easy). Of course, she’s had her turn being afraid of him before, but now she likes him and ANY time we go somewhere where Santa is, she has to go up and see him. I don’t know why, she just likes the guy and trusts him. I guess thats the way it should be with Santa. She told the Big Guy what she wanted for Christmas (no its not weight benches or anything like that, she wants makeup, a stuffed seal from macy’s and an ariel wig), so we’ll see what she gets.
Mose on the other hand, FREAKED out when I carried her up to Mr. C. and sat her on his lap next to Grace. I don’t know what it is, but something about being two just causes children to dislike Santa. Grace was the same way and so were countless other little children at the mall that night. Santa really must have the patient of a saint in order to sit in his big comfy chair and take photo after photo with screaming little kids. I don’t think I could do it. We got a photo of the two of them though, and like it or not, Emms is screaming her head off.
Posted by mcangeli on December 21st, 2007 | Comments Off | Aside
Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you I’m always looking for ways to make my life easier. I have MobileAdmin on my Blackberry so I can access the server at work no matter where I am (as long as I have a data connection). I can access my webservers via ssh from the same phone and even post from the phone if I need to. I’m continually looking for ways to enable a life of leisure on a beach somewhere while my servers whirrrr away in their oblivious state.
While stumbling around the net today I came across a pretty cool system from uplogix for managing servers. Their unique device will monitor any device in your NOC, datacenter or server room. Its not the cheapest device out there, but it does go a long way towards making things easier.
Posted by mcangeli on December 21st, 2007 | Comments Off | Aside
So I’ve been a little busy today. In addition to it being the company Christmas Luncheon here at work (YAY! Turkey!) I’ve been working with a designer on a new theme for the site. He’s been working on the design for a week or so now (and he’s probably sick and tired of me bugging the hell out of him about it) and its loaded on a test site and I’m working on making things work the way they currently do.
Please stop in, let me know what you think of the new design (here, as the comments on the new design are not currently working) and please note, that it is currently a work in progress (I plan on officially moving to the new theme on January 1, 2008) and may at times not work correctly (if at all) or display right.
Posted by mcangeli on December 20th, 2007 | Comments Off | Aside
I mentioned in a post earlier in the week how Bill Clinton said that his wife, if elected president would send him and Former President Bush out to the world to “smooth things over”. It appears, that may in fact, not be the case as the Current President Bush (are you almost confused yet?) had this to say in a press conference earlier today:
Well 41 didn’t think it’s necessary, it sounds like it’s going to be a one-man trip
The first thing I want to know is when did it become cool to refer to presidents by their number only, and even though I haven’t been elected president yet, can I go by a number as well? (42 came to mind, but that one was taken so I think I’ll go with the number 125366100). Its nice to see that Georgie Boy feels that his proud papa will stand by his son’s side and not make it look like we spent the past four years in a “haha jokes on you” kind of state.
Also in other news, we’ve lost a GOP contender (albiet, not an important one…) in the race for president. Rep. Tom Tancredoannounced his run was over and then he fully endorsed Romney saying “All this time i thought people were calling him a moron!” (that last bits a joke… der)
One of the toughest decisions we have to make when we travel is where we’re going to spend the night once we get the where we’re going. Luckily when we go to New Orleans or Chicago, we can generally find room with family. However, for trips else where we like to hit up HotelReservations.com for, well, Hotel Reservations. From the moment you pull their site up, to the minute you select your destination and reserve the night (or nights), Hotelreservations.com is a snap to use.
Prices on the site are comparable with other travel sites and their site is easy to use and navigate and they even have options to add to your stay. Next time you need to find an Inn for your trip, try making Hotel Reservations through HotelReservations.com.
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Posted by mcangeli on December 20th, 2007 | Comments Off | Aside
Thirteen Facts about christmas! In no particular order…
Gospel writers Mark, Luke, and John don’t even mention the Three Wise Men. The one who does mention them, Matthew, does not specify how many wise men there were. We came up with the number three. In fact, historical accounts reveal the Wise Men and the shepherds visited the Christ child at separate times. There were no warm, sentimental manger scenes as depicted in today’s art.
Jesus was probably not born in December, but we do not know for sure. We know for sure more about the time of year when he died than when he was born. December 25 was a man-made date.
“Wassail” comes from the Old Norse “ves heill”–to be of good health. This evolved into the tradition of visiting neighbors on Christmas Eve and drinking to their health.
A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard. (YUCK!! We’re going to be having London Broil for dinner and Gruntled will probably have tofu!)
According to the National Christmas Tree Association, Americans buy 37.1 million real Christmas trees each year; 25 percent of them are from the nation’s 5,000 choose-and-cut farms.
Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday. This tradition began in 1836.
Although many believe the Friday after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year, it is not. It is the fifth to tenth busiest day. The Friday and Saturday before Christmas are the two busiest shopping days of the year.
America’s official national Christmas tree is located in King’s Canyon National Park in California. The tree, a giant sequoia called the “General Grant Tree,” is over 300 feet (90 meters) high. It was made the official Christmas tree in 1925.
An artificial spider and web are often included in the decorations on Ukrainian Christmas trees. A spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck.
An average household in America will mail out 28 Christmas cards each year and see 28 eight cards return in their place. (we mailed out around 36 cards)
As early as 1822, the postmaster in Washington, D.C. was worried by the amount of extra mail at Christmas time. His preferred solution to the problem was to limit by law the number of cards a person could send. Even though commercial cards were not available at that time, people were already sending so many home-made cards that sixteen extra postmen had to be hired in the city.
California, Oregon, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are the top Christmas tree producing states. Oregon is the leading producer of Christmas trees - 8.6 million in 1998.
Candy canes began as straight white sticks of sugar candy used to decorated the Christmas trees. A choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral decided have the ends bent to depict a shepherd’s crook and he would pass them out to the children to keep them quiet during the services. It wasn’t until about the 20th century that candy canes acquired their red stripes.
And here’s a bonus one!
The “Twelve Days of Christmas” was originally written to help Catholic children, in England, remember different articles of faith during the persecution by Protestant Monarchs. The “true love” represented God, and the gifts all different ideas:
The “Partridge in a pear tree” was Christ.
Turtle Doves = The Old and New Testaments
French Hens = Faith, Hope and Charity– the Theological Virtues
Calling Birds = the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists
Golden Rings = The first Five Books of the Old Testament, the “Pentateuch”, which relays the history of man’s fall from grace.
Geese A-laying = the six days of Creation
Swans A-swimming = the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments
Maids A-milking = the eight beatitudes
Ladies Dancing = the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit
Lords A-leaping = the ten commandments
Pipers Piping = the eleven faithful apostles
Drummers Drumming = the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle’s Creed
what are you hoping to get for Christmas? As long as I don’t get any fitness equipment I think I’ll be ok this year…
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Posted by mcangeli on December 19th, 2007 | Comments Off | Aside
I’m not convinced that Lumiere is not an idiot. The trainer we’ve been working with at Man’s Best Friend in Woodstock told us early on that his stubbornness was a sign of a smart dog. I just don’t know. I’ve shared videos before of Lumi running in circles in the backyard and barking at nothing (which he still does occasionally). Lately though, he’s been barking at Christmas decorations that are higher than him. Snow flakes, a kissing ball, even the Angel on top of the Christmas tree, nothing seems to be safe. I swear, if the dog had a medical id bracelet it would only say IDIOT on it.
As usual with us, we set up our train under the Christmas tree (whats Christmas with out a train under the tree?) and the girls like it. We’ve all taken turns playing conductor and at first, Lumiere seemed to like it. After a little closer inspection though, the dog seems to be threatened by the train. Take a look.
Maybe I need a new pair of HDMI cables on my setup so I can see it better, but I don’t see the connection or the subliminal message here. Its a simple holiday ad wishing voters a Merry Christmas. From where I sit, this freakin country has gotten to PC for its own good.
Posted by mcangeli on December 19th, 2007 | Comments Off | Politics
Time magazine has named their person of the year for 2007 and this one comes as a bit of a surprise to me. Vladimir Putin (the former Russian President who managed to get his buddy elected as President and have himself installed as Prime Minister) is the lucky receipient this year and after reading the time article its easy to see why he was picked over people like Al Gore, JK Rowling and General Petraeus.
Putin started as a KGB agent and in 2000 became Russia’s President. According to time Magazine:
he has performed an extraordinary feat of leadership in imposing stability on a nation that has rarely known it and brought Russia back to the table of world power. For that reason, Vladimir Putin is TIME’s 2007 Person of the Year.
Time states very plainly that the honor of Person of the Year is not an endorsement, or a popularity contest, but more a view of who has had the greatest impact on the world in the past year (looking at some of the past receipients, Bush, Gingrich, YOU, Hitler) its easy to see how they can make that claim. Its always interesting to see who they pick and why they chose them. This might be one issue, I go and pick up.
Any way, here’s to you Putin, here’s your unflattering photo and your shiny gold cufflinks. You Da Man!
Who thought the railroad wouldn’t last? I can honestly say it wasn’t these two. Jim Lauderdale and Ralph Stanley have teamed up on “I feel like singing today” and released an amazing bluegrass collection that any BG fan would love. Listen to the sound on “Who Thought the Railroad Wouldn’t Last” and tell me you don’t like it I dare you.
Why Amie St. Wednesday? Music is in everyones lives. It surrounds us even when we don.t it. This is a way to discover new artist, and share the artist that you enjoy listening to on AmieStreet.com. If you enjoy the music please support the artist. Amie St. Music Wednesday has no affiliation with AmieStreet.com and the opinion about the music and/or artist is the that of the postie.
Posted by mcangeli on December 18th, 2007 | Comments Off | Aside
These days it seems that traffic boosting schemes are around every corner when it comes to finding ways to improve traffic to your blog. Blogrush, BloggingZoom, Sphinn, Entrecard, thoof, Digg and so many others that if I typed them all out I’d be here for hours. It boggles the mind that yet another one could come along, but guess what campers, it has! rssHugger (from the folks that brought WordHugger to the masses) is a multistop rss feed aggregator (at least thats what it appears to be).
From their site:
rssHugger is a new website developed to help bloggers promote their blogs, and to help visitors discover new blogs that write about subjects that the readers are interested in. Through the power of the internet and viral marketing, rssHugger looks to bring blog writers and blog readers closer together.
They’re offering free 10 year accounts for a review of their service (you get the account after you do the review….. kind of backwards) or you can pony up 20 clams and get the same thing. I don’t actually know how the service works for Delusions of Grandeur, as I have to write the review of the service before I can use the service (are you confused yet?). I’m going to try it out for a bit and let you know how well it works, but if it works as well as their about page claims it will, then it should be good for something. At the very least, it gets my rss feed out to more people and thats always a good thing.
We had fruit, brownies and pumpkin cheese cake (thanks rach!) for desert and kept drinking and eating until about 1:30am and despite the rain, several of us ventured out in to the cold to enjoy a soak in the hot tub. Its amazing how long you can go when there aren’t any kids around to chase after. Once I get some of the photos uploaded, I’ll at least show how good the table looked before we sat down to destroy it. Hope you all have a merry christmas!
