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Can you feel it?? The Hawg has decided to share a little of the love and has named me his NUMBER 2 blog that he truly hearts. How freakishly
weird cool is that?? Anyways, one of the stipulations was that I in turn, spread the love with seven (hmmm… thats the same as the number of sins….) blogs that I heart.
Here’s what they have to do:
Simple right? Well here are my picks (in no particular order, so Gruntled, don’t think you’re the king!)
So that’s my seven. Take a gander. I bet you find some new reads there as well…
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I do all the cooking. I mean, if I’m at home and someone needs popcorn or cereal poured, its all me. Amy tried cooking once and she managed to set an egg on fire boiling it, so I do all the cooking. I’m usually struggling for ways to make dinner for the four of us that would be eaten by all. Its tough with two under five year olds in the house and something that I’m only successful at maybe half the time. Until I discovered E Mealz.
E-MEALZ Easy Meals for Busy and Frugal Families makes things a snap. “But mcangeli, how can that be?” You ask. Easy. E-mealz knows whats coming up for sale at your favorite store (wal-mart, aldi’s, publix, kroger, ralphs and other stores) and creates a dinner menu for 7 days based on the sale items. You not only get good meals, but you *SAVE* money as well. They also have low-fat menus available as well! Can’t beat that with a stick.
The kicker? Its only $15 for three months (use the Coupon word DAVE and save on top of that!). So, here’s the scoop, for $1.25 a week, you get a 7 night meal plan (with a main course and sides) thats built around the sales of the week. The Publix Plan has been a good thing for us as I now have a good list for food shopping and know what we’re having every night! Try it for three months. I bet you’ll eat better and save some money too!
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In case you missed it last night, Obama made his acceptance speech last night and while it reads to be a fairly good speech and the critics have all had nothing but praise, as I read through it, it reeked of the same old Democratic rhetoric that they’ve been spewing for years. Promising change, promising more government interference in your life and promising more wealth redistribution. The funny thing is that he wasn’t too specific in how he’s going to pay for it all.
I won’t go in to the fact that its not the Government’s job to provide for me and my own, nor is it expected. The problem lies in the fact that as a country we’ve strayed from the beliefs that helped form this country more than two centuries ago. The willingness to work hard has been thrown away and its become an “Its my right” country.
It wasn’t unexpected that the GOP was spinning the speech as soon as it started. The Dems will be doing the same thing next week in Minnesota. Its expected. They managed to do a good job poking holes in the promises (its not the government’s job to help automakers, the Japanese and European automakers aren’t having a problem at all) Obama was making. It will be interesting to see (if he makes it to the office) how many of those promises actually materialize. For S&G if you want to see how Obama voted while in the senate (he missed more than 50% of the votes this year) head over to Project Vote Smart.
I did like the fact that McCain congratulated Obama on the historic feat he accomplished (he did manage to become the first black man nominated for the presidency) and the fact that the acceptance speech was on the anniversary of King’s I have a Dream speech.
In other FLIPPING AWESOME news, McCain is set to announce that Sarah Palin is going to be his VP Candidate. She’s a relatively new governor for the State of Alaska and she seems to bring a lot to the table as a candidate. It will be interesting to see exactly how this plays out and while I didn’t watch more than five minutes of the DNCC, I’ll be tuned in to the GOP Convention every night.
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Happy Birthday Unique Blog Designs!! Thats right, the people who have brought redesigns to JohnChow.com, ShoeMoney, entrecard and plenty of others has turned one and enjoyed every minute of it!! So much so, that they’re having one hell of a give away!
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Everyonce in a while an artist or group comes along that offers something different yet the same. Enter Phonograph. Their sound reminds me of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers which isn’t a bad thing at all. Its got some nice rock undertones to it and listening to the Phonographs is an audiophile’s pleasure.
Check out their latest work and JOIN AMIE STREET TODAY and get a $5 credit to your account. With amie St. you can download new music from some of the best artists for pennies!!
Amie Street Music Wednesday is ONE YEAR OLD THIS WEEK!! and for a limited time you can get $5 of free music when you join in the meme fun!
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.
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Day two of the DNC Convention is under way in Denver (lovely city! Shame about the Liberals though) and I have to wonder (as many outside the liberal mindset do) if the Dems should be feeling any buyer’s remorse yet or if that will set in after the close of the convention on Friday. Thousands of liberals will wake up Friday morning with that cheap wine hangover haze wondering what led them to sleep with the campus fatty.
Part of the problem stems from the fact that they’re pulling behind a virtual unknown in the realm of politics. Another issue may be the fact that his VP candidate has publicly said that Obama is not ready to be President. Then there’s the fact that as far as the two of them (Obama/Biden) go, there is little difference ideologically (they have almost identical views on everything) and there isn’t much for the moderate Democrat to stand behind.
Biden’s track record is proven and he’s fairly well liked inside the beltway. He knows his way around Washington politics and has even made a run a the office himself. He’s fairly well suited for the position. Obama on the other hand, may be little more then fancy rhetoric. Can anyone name *ANYTHING* productive that he has done during his tenure in the senate? ANYONE??
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Having worked for a web hosting company for a while as a Systems Administrator (think fancy tech support) I kind of know my way around web servers. When it came time to find my own servers, I knew what I was looking for. A dedicated server, where I was responsible for everything except hitting the power button. Luckily I found what I was looking for and its been a good move. If I’m ever in a situation where I need the server rebooted, I just submit a ticket and generally its back up with in 15 minutes or so. The average webmaster may not be so lucky and truth be told its often hard to find the best web hosting when everyone and their mother seems to offer hosting.
Luckily, there’s a place you can turn to. I’ve talked briefly about Webhostrating.com before and after a more in depth visit to their site, I feel good recommending them to almost any one looking for information on hosts. Aside from having one of the best rating systems on the web for hosts, they’ve also got a good slew of informative articles for potential webmasters (and mistresses) that will help guide your selection process.
For example, maybe you want to put up a website for your daughter’s world of warcraft Guild (ok, lets be honest here, *YOUR* WoW guild). However, “mean-bitches-who-kill-everyone-and-eat-their-eyeballs.com” is not really a practical url. Why not? Well, I’ll let you figure that one out, but WHR’s article on Tips For Choosing A Domain will help you select one a little better for your guild your daughter’s guild.
It doesn’t stop there! You can create accounts and rate your hosts as well. All in all, Web Hosting Rating is a tool every webmaster should have bookmarked.
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Well, the Olympics are Finally over (don’t get me wrong, its fun watching the world compete for Gold Medals and all, but two and a half weeks??) and that means that the TOTAL medal count is complete. The US came out on top with the highest number of Medals (110) followed closely by China (who spanked the rest of the world with their little gold encrusted necks). The rest of the world was no where close. If you had been paying attention to the blog here at all you would have noticed the opportunity to win 1000 Entrecard Credits by simply guessing the number of medals the US would have with out going over.
Well, we (by we, I mean I) had two total submissions and both were over. Though one was only over by a little margin (15 or so). I decided in the traditional sense of the Olympic Spirit to give 500 to the person who was closest anyways (as I have more credits than I know what to do with at this point).
Riyanne from Blogging from Scratch guessed 125 and has therefore received 500 EC to her account CONGRATULATIONS!!!
But the fun does not stop there!! I’m still having a contest for another 2000 Entrecard Credits!. You still have the chance to win as the contest isn’t over until September 1st!! So make sure you get in on the action!
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Despite his claims earlier in the week that he “isn’t the guy”, it appears that Joe Biden is in fact the guy. Its interesting to note that Obama choose someone who just a year ago said that “Barack Obama is not ready to be president”. What prompted the change? Well, maybe the fact that he’s now Number one to Obama’s Captain Pickard. Maybe the fact that he thinks Obama may not last long in the office and this is his chance to become President. Who knows.
What is apparent is that this move by the Obama Camp provides some much needed Foreign policy experience to a group that was lacking. Its known that Obama does not have the strongest (or any for that matter) FP background, being a 2nd year Senator from Illinois and this adds some much needed depth to his campaign. Is it enough?
A poll earlier this week had McCain up by 5 points, however at this point in the race it could go either way and I’m not too thrilled about either main party candidate (did you know that Bob Barr is running?) and I’m getting tired of picking the lesser of two evils. Obama’s Social Welfare programs do not bode well for the country (bordering on bringing mass socialism to the States) and I’m not too keen on another 4 years of the same old GOP drivel.
Maybe if a democrat is elected President, the rest of the country will wake up and realize the mistake they made by giving control of the House to the Dems. Things seemed to work remarkably well when Clinton was in the White House and the GOP held the House. Unfortunately, I think that this political season will have too big an effect on the future of America.
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Amy’s parents moved to Chicago. Well, the moved to Virginia, then Maryland and now Chicago. Its a good reason to travel, but its not a good thing when the little one’s want to talk to grammy sue and taco breezy. We’d been doing it on the phone, but that only goes for so long. This past Christmas, we decided to invest in a QuickCam for both families and we set up some Skype
accounts so that we could talk to each other via the phone for free!
Skype has been around for a while and is definately the leader in VoIP services for computer to computer and their free Skype to Skype chat is really good. In fact, its so good that when the girls are on the line with their grandparents, Cookie (grammy’s dog) starts running around looking for G & E. I’ve been pretty impressed with the ease of use of skype too. We installed the web cam, and were up and running with the software in no time.
Its been a nice thing as whenever the girls want to see their grandparents we just call them up on the phone (to make sure they’re available) and then log in to Skype. The girls love it and so do the grandparents. If you travel a lot and need a way to keep in touch with your family, or you need a good way to see loved ones separated by distance (or hell, even local) this is definitely the easiest solution (and its cheaper than a plane ticket!).
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I can’t wait to tell you about The AdSpace Contest I found!
The idea is simple and easy: Get as many entries as you can (very easy to do) over the next 30 days. The more entries you get, the better chance you have of winning! At the end of the 30 days, they announce the winner.
The prize?
A 125×125 pixel ad spot (above the fold) on at least TEN DIFFERENT BLOGS that will run for one month. That’s at least a $100 value!
Who is co-hosting?
How do you enter to win?
1 Entry - Subscribe to any one of the blogs above via email.
10 Entries - Write a post about the contest (must include links to all 10 hosts OR use the suggested text)
25 Entries - Offer up an ad spot on your own blog for one month as part of the prize package
Simply put, you could subscribe to all 10 blogs, write a post and offer up your own ad spot for a grand total of 45 entries!
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I’ve had a song for Grace ever since Ben Fold’s wrote Gracie for his little girl. Whats been my struggle is coming up with a song for Emma. I’ve tried using Little Miss Magic by Jimmy Buffett, which is a good song, but I was out flipping though the pages of Amie Street and I came across a guy by the name of Jonathan Edwards.
Its hard to describe his genre, other than folksie, but it has a nice feel to it and its a fun listen to. I picked My Little Girl because it accurately describes how a father feels about his daughters. Anyways, check out Jonathan for more folksie feel good songs!
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.
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I’m generally always looking for a way to help keep the lights on here at Delusions and at Linuxtracker.org as well. Whether its doing paid posts/reviews, selling ads or my plasma, whatever it takes to pay the bills is usually what I do. I came across a better way to sell ad spots on my sites. I found a way to Make Money With PerformancingAds.
I’m not alone in this moving to PA to sell spots, a ton of other main stream blogs are using PA to sell the space on their sites. I had been trying to do it myself, however, this seems to work better. Fifty cents for the week is a good deal! Setup was easy too. There’s either a nifty Java script you can put on your page where you want it or a super cool plugin for wordpress, drupal and other platforms. So far it seems to be a good thing, we’ll see how it pans out.
I do want to let you know about a special that I think is outstanding!! You can get Great Tasting Jelly Beans at 25% off!! Of course this deal is only good for the next 25 hours (so until noon tomorrow 8/20) if you use the word CELEBRATE for the coupon code when you check out!! HOW FREAKING AWESOME IS THAT??
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