Archive for November, 2009

Thanksgiving with Family

This Thanksgiving was a special one. This past August, my father-in-law spent a little over 6 weeks in the hospital after being on life support for double pneumonia. We weren’t sure if the girls (his grandkids) would have the chance to see him again, but he’s around and the in-laws made the trip from Chicago [...]

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Black Friday Deals abound online!

If you’re anything like me, the last thing you want to do is leave your bed on Friday morning. I’m usually stuck in a thanksgiving induced food coma that lasts well in to the Sunday after Thanksgiving and I plan to be that way this year as well. I may have to get up to [...]

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15 Wave Invites to the First 15 People to post thanksgiving stories!

Ok, here’s the deal! I have 15 Wave Invites to give out. I’m going to do this the best way I know how…. Simply share a thanksgiving story in the comments and you get one!! Couldn’t be easier. Tell me about the time your father-in-law drank too much and made out with the turkey, or [...]

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Recording Sound in Audacity on Vista/Windows 7

One of the problems I faced earlier this summer was how do I record a concert that was being broadcast online using my computer with out having to go out to an external recording device or back in to my microphone jack so the sound quality was good. I did some research and found that [...]

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Make your break for the Charts!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Popstation. All opinions are 100% mine. You know you do it. Sing along with your favorite artists while you’re in the car (come on, we know you secretly like Lady Gaga). Hum the tune to the current pop hit while you’re showering. Belt out [...]

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ASMW – Indie ROCKS! A benefit Album for Malaria No More

Now cool is this? 14 artists have come together to release an album with some really good cuts on it (Bonfire Live in NY from Third Eye Blind) on the Indie Rocks! A Benefit Album For Malaria No More. The album itself is $10 and ALL proceedes go to help Malaria No More. So for [...]

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Earn with Sponsored Tweets

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Sponsored Tweets. All opinions are 100% mine. I’ve been doing paid blogging of one sort or another for years now. It was only natural that when a good way to make a little extra from twitter came along that I’d do that as well, [...]

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The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good

Its a sad day today, after a drawn out courtbattle and years of supplying the world with warez, movies and more the Pirate Bay has officially shut off the tracker. Although the site will remain operational for now, millions of BitTorrent users will lose the use of its tracker and will instead have to rely [...]

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LeapFish and Make-a-Wish do just that with Tweet-a-cause

At this time of year, its always nice to hear about companies doing things for the little guy. This year its no different as new to the scene Real Time Search LeapFish has teamed up with Make-a-Wish to send a child and his family to Disney. LeapFish’s tweet-a-cause is generating five cents for every tweet [...]

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13 more facts about Friday the 13th

Last year, I wrote a post about Friday the 13th in which I Gave 13 facts about the 13th. Well, here’s 13 more for you! The British Navy is said to have built a ship named Friday the 13th, or the HMS Friday, which on its maiden voyage left dock on a Friday the 13th, [...]

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Clean Shaven

Usually, I’m sporting a nicely trimmed goatee. The oldest, G has been complaining that the goatee and mustache was “prickly” when I kissed her goodnight, so I decided to do something about it. After I dropped her off at school the other morning, I came home and shaved before I left for work. Needless to [...]

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Win a 2010 Camaro 2SS from Charter!

          Unless you live under a rock (in which case, sorry to bother you Patrick the Starfish) you’ve heard of some of the cool give aways that Charter Communications has been running (they gave away laptops last time) then you’ll be interested in their current offering. They’ve upped the ante with [...]

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Get out of Town! NOW!

One of the things on my list of things to do is travel the world. I’ve done most of the US and the Caribbean, but I want to see Europe. Every once in a while, I’ll check the online deals or I’ll listen to Clark Howard and his weekly price updates on the airlines and [...]

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ASMW – Oh! Death!

This week’s ASMW post is another freebie (notice a trend here?) from Amie Street. This one is by Pearl and the Beard, a pretty cool folk group I discovered just this morning (because I saw the free download link). One of the recs for this song called it sort of “Folk Gothic” and I’d have [...]

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GoogleWave a second Opinion

So back in October I posted about my first impressions with google wave. I mentioned in there I was a little depressed by the number of people I had available to converse with, however, that seems to be changing as now I’m on my second round of invites to hand out. Once the first group [...]

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ASMW – Blairstown by Rober Waddington

Here’s a Freebie from AmieStreet today for your listening pleasure from Bob Waddington. Blairstown is a nice mix of vocals and music that would be a good addition to any collection. So go ahead and download it today for FREE while you can! Brought to you by: #ASMW Uber Tracker  

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Chocolate Gift Baskets

So its that time of year when husbands and boyfriends and would be boyfriends all over the world start fretting about gifts. What should I get her? If you’re unlucky like me, you have Christmas, her birthday and Valentines Day all in a row (the first three months suck as far as that goes). If [...]

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