My thoughts on World War Z by Max Brooks

I am recently finished the audio book version of World War Z by Max Brooks. I have to say, I was rather impressed. The audio book, and the actual book itself, are a fictional conglomeration of interviews. The interviews take place several years after a zombie threat almost destroyed the world. It is meant to be somewhat of a parody of the WWII books of a similar nature that have been published. I have to say, this format was very interesting to read (I've read about a quarter of the book so far) but it was even better to listen to. What made it so interesting is that each interview is read by a different person, so it sounds like actual interviews. There are a couple of famous voices on there, which was really cool. It was only distracting maybe once or twice, and only right when they came on because you were a little shocked or excited to hear them. For instance, I read that Henry Rollins read a part, so when he first came on, I was excited to hear him. I've seen Henry Rollins perform both musically and in spoken word. He's a very entertaining person in either format. I actually restarted his part a few minutes into it so I could re-listen and just pay attention to the story he was telling instead of just listening to Henry Rollins speak. The same thing happened when Alan Alda spoke as well. I was expecting that to happen with Mark Hamill's part, but I ended up not fulling recognizing his voice until about half way through his first part. By then, I was already into the story so there was no distraction. Rob Reiner reads a part too, but I didn't know it was him until afterwards when they mentioned it in the credits. Rob Reiner's cool and all, but he doesn't have a real distinctive voice, so he was a little harder to pick out. Definitely not like Henry Rollins or Alan Alda, or even Mark Hamill. Although, Mark Hamill has made quite the name for himself in the voice acting circuit, so I'm sure he can disguise his voice or accent pretty well by now. His character in the audio book had a little bit of an accent and it definitely had a roughneck attitude, as his character was a soldier in the war. He probably had the largest part in the book, he had several stories, two of which were basically back to back. His first part is where the book really starts getting interesting and he wraps everything up at the end of the book too, which a part or three in the middle as well. Like I said, he is a very prominent character.
Anyway, I wanted to recommend the audio version of the book to anyone interested in this sort of thing. It's told in a very real, very gritty way. At some point in listening, you almost feel like this zombie uprising actually happened. Everyone does a great job, but there are a couple of times where a thick accent was a little hard to understand. Of course, that makes it more authentic sounding though. There were several little nuances that made it good too. They would mention things and use expressions, but don't explain them to you beforehand. For instance, the soldier just starts calling the zombies Zack, similar to how the Viet Cong were called Charlie. They never give you a briefing and tell you this, they just make the references. Don't get me wrong, they do explain some stuff, but they don't spell everything out for you. That makes it feel a little more authentic because this book is supposed to be a real account of a war that really happened to us. In the world that this book is fictionally released in, you would know some of these terms so they wouldn't have to explain it to you first. It would be like me giving an interview and making a reference to a Harley. The interviewer wouldn't stop the interview or interject that a Harley is a reference to a Harley Davidson brand of motorcycle. It would be assumed that you know what a Harley is because it is now a common term.
I'll end the review by just plain old recommending you go out and pick it up.

A great place for insurance quotes

There is a great website to get insurance quotes called Insurance PortalOnline. You can get a quote on any of the three major insurance coverages, which are Life, Auto, and Homeowners. Are there any other kinds of insurance? I mean, I know there are specialized insurance coverages, but don't they all fit into at least one of those categories?
As for the site itself, it's very easy to use. Everything is laid out in a natural way that makes it a cinch to get the quote you're looking for. On the homepage you've got your three categories right there with large buttons to click in order to start the process. Each step asks you questions and moves you on to the next step. It couldn't be simpler.
I don't want to ramble on about them, but I just thought I'd share. Check it out and see if you can get a better deal on your insurance.

Efficiency through procrastination

Let me set up the story, I had to bring home work this weekend. I work for a law firm and I have a large production of documents due on Monday. If you've been following along, I recently started a new job. My new job is a version or so behind what I'm used to in the software used for database management. Well, a lot of things are automated in those newer versions. Since we don't have those newer versions, things must be done by hand and a lot slower. So, when a production is due, several days notice is given and we work on it for those several days in order to get it ready, as apposed to my old job where only several hours notice (if you were lucky) were given. Well, I had a lot of documents to save images of with the necessary redactions to them. My boss had streamlined the process so it was possible to get about 300 images done per hour. Well, I had about 1700 to do this weekend. Yeah...I got started at about 8 pm on Sunday. Not a good idea. This would be one of those time that demonstrate the very definition of procrastination. Well, after tonight, I have a new theory. I think that procrastination is one of the key catalysts for new and innovative ideas. After I started working, I realized how bad an idea it was to wait this long to get started. I HAD to find some way of speeding this up or I was going to be up all night. So, I brainstormed an idea and did some quick Google searches. I found some key pieces of software that happen to be freeware and installed them. With the two little gems I found, I was able to take the time for processing the images from 300 an hour to all 1700 in under an hour. Oh yeah, I was able to mostly automate the entire process using nothing but free tools available online. If I hadn't of procrastinated, I might have just done my job the normal way and it probably would have taken me hours upon hours. I didn't though, I waited until the last minute (figuratively speaking) and it forced me to find a faster alternative solution. Due to my procrastination, I was able to streamline a process that took hours to do and now all of our future productions will run much, much quicker. I just wanted to say that every once in a while, something good happens because of a bad habit. Not always, not even occasionally, but every great once in a while it does.

The truth is revealed!

You know, I hate it when companies do this. PayPerPost has made an announcement that they are going to make an announcement in a few weeks. What is the point of that!?! All it does is make people speculate as to what the announcement will be. Usually it’s really easy to guess or it’s downright impossible. Very rarely does it ever fall in between. I guess the point is to generate buzz, which it does with all of the speculation going on. Well, just to generate some rumors, I’m going to make my guess as to what the announcement will be. Here is my guess. Ted, the company CEO, will (finally) announce that HE is the true father to Anna Nicole Smith’s baby. FINALLY, the truth comes out! Don’t blame Ted though; he was really drunk at the time, so drunk in fact, that in this drunken stupor, he thought that she was Scarlett Johansson. Now, who could blame him for that. On a completely side tracked, but related note, Scarlett Johansson, who has had a secret crush on Ted for months after first seeing him on Rockstartup.com, is now repulsed by Ted because she stated that she could never follow Anna Nicole Smith. I have this all on a very good source, who heard it from a friend, who found out from another secret source, so you KNOW it has to be true. I guess we’ll just have to wait a few weeks for the announcement to find out. Get ready Howard K. Stern, it’s time to give up the money…I mean, baby.

Spontaneous Re-Frigeration

I'm a little perplexed with my refrigerator. So, last week it just up and died on us. Our food started melting in the freezer and our fridge started warming up. Also, there was this odd clicking noise. Since it wasn't doing anything but blowing warm air, I just turned it off. Well, today my wife decided to clean out the fridge and actually clean the shelves since they were bare. So, she pulls them out and starts washing them. She is putting them back in wet and asks me to turn it on in hopes that it will help dry the shelves. Also, she jokes, maybe it'll just start working again. So, I turn it on and felt the air. The damn thing was working again! I couldn't believe it, there was cold air blowing. The freezer had even colder air blowing. A little while later, I checked one of the little ice bags we had in the freezer and sure enough, that sucker was frozen. I don't knwo what's going on with that thing. I'm still going to have the repair guy look at it. The last thing I need is to have it go out again and ruin a whole bunch of my food again.

Rockin' the Leica binoculars!

So, I’ve talked about Eagle Optics before and I know I’ve mentioned their great low prices, outstanding customer service, excellent selection, and their free financing on orders over $200. I’ve also talked about some various brands that they have for sale on their site. Well, I want to talk about one more now. I found a pair of leica binoculars on there that ROCK! Those suckers are rock solid and work outstanding. I am planning on picking up a pair to use at my new job. I know what you’re thinking, did you get a job bird watching? No, I got a job in an office that overlooks Busch Stadium in Saint Louis. It has such a perfect view, that I’ll never have to buy tickets again. My office overlooks the entire field from behind home plate and with the dip in the wall, it’s as though they moved stuff out of the way just for me. I’m going to pick up a pair of these binoculars and a small radio. Once baseball season starts, I’m going to listen to the day games on the radio and just turn around with the binoculars whenever something happens. Through binoculars from my office, the field looks the same as if you had no binoculars but had nosebleed seats. Not too shabby, eh? Check out the binoculars, they’re good stuff.

Damn the refrigerator!!!

So, apparently my power went out today, as evident by the flashing clocks, and I'm assuming that this power outage somehow jacked up my fridge somehow. Well, it's not ALL broken, only the freezer isn't working. I opened the freezer and some of the food was a little wet, as though the freezer door had been left open and some frost had melted. I accused my wife of leaving the door open and she reminded me about the power outage. Then we both sort of cocked our heads and realized that the power had been on at least since we had gotten home, so the freezer would have been working for at least two hours. There shouldn't be melted anything in there. I picked up a Jello Pudding Pop, which are delicious by the way, and it was just pudding in a little plastic bag. There was no pop to the pudding. Somewhere Bill Cosby shed a tiny little tear.
So, I call Sears to have it fixed, since that's where i bought it. I was informed that my warrenty was over, but I could buy an extended warrenty for $219 right now. She also informed me that the standard price for repair on a fridge is between $160 to $300. She made a couple of guesses as to what could be causing the problem and her little price sheet was not kind to me in those guesses. So...I bought a warrenty. It was a no brainer really. The tech costs a minimum of $59 to come out and look at it. The warrenty is returnable within 60 days and if you have service done before returning it, they deduct the regular price of the service from the refund. So, since I bought the warrenty, if the repair is over $219, then I don't have to pay anything more and I got the repair cheaper. If the repair is significantly less, then I can return the warrenty and essentially just pay for the repair. No brainer. Now, if I could only get them to schedule my repair at a time that would be convenient to ME...

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More about Anna....

Ok, seriously. I've had ENOUGH of Anna Nicole Smith. I know, respect for the dead and all that, but enough is enough. Everywhere I turn I read about her and every channel I flip to, she's on there. Or at least her mother is, or Howard K. Stern, or her baby, or someone claiming to be her baby's daddy. Isn't there a war going on? Didn't Bush just send more troops to the middle east? Isn't there that whole cancer thing still going on? Why can't we focus our energy on something more productive? I'm considering blocking myself into a cave until this whole thing blows over.

Finally, a focused dating service that makes sense.

I posted about another dating service a little while ago that, to me, didn’t make a whole lot of sense. Well, I found another focused dating service, but this one makes sense. It’s a Jewish Dating Service. Now, I’m not Jewish myself, but I have several friends who are and I have an aunt who is. Well, she’s not really my aunt in the strictest sense of the term, she’s an old family friend from before I was born and I’ve always called her an aunt. For all intensive purposes, she’s my aunt and she’s Jewish. While, I’m all for free love and dating whomever you choose regardless of religion or race, I completely understand why a service like this is available. If I were Jewish and wanting to date someone who is also Jewish, it might be difficult to find someone without any kind of focus. You can’t really tell someone’s religion just by looking at them in most cases. You would have to ask them. That’s a pretty odd subject to just walk up and ask some attractive stranger about. On the other hand, if you think they might be Jewish and you approach and talk to them, you get to know them enough that you feel comfortable asking, and then they say no, well now you’re in an odd predicament because now you don’t want to date them but you’ve already made the investment of time and effort to talk to them and get to know them. How do back out? How do you proceed but let them know that you aren’t interested in dating anymore. Avoid it all, go to a focused dating site and eliminate the problem altogether. With that out of the way, you can find all sorts of faults in your dates without having to worry about what religion they are. Who knows, perhaps you’ll find someone with fewer faults than all the others and you just might actually find happiness. You never can tell.

Kick off your boots, lean back, and buy some shirts.

Hey all, I found this great little t-shirt shop called Country Carolina. It's a themed shop with a southern style. While they do have stuff for guys, they mostly cater to the ladies. Most of their stuff has a slight edge to it, think southern belle with an attitude. The shirt I have posted to the left is a great example of that attitude. The shirt gives an attitude that only an actual Southern Hottie could pull off. Check them out if you get the time, it's a very well put together little t-shirt shop.

Make your purchases MINTY fresh!

What’ll freshen your breath and spend like cash? It’s the MINT Credit Card of course! No, I’m just kidding…about the breath part. Well, unless you use the credit card to buy some breath mints, that is. Seriously though, I want to talk to you about credit cards for a sec. Did you know that the MC2 MINT credit card, which came in out 2003 was the first card to alter the shape of the credit card in 37 years over in the UK? Pretty cool little bit of useless knowledge, eh? Oh, the change was that the lower right hand of the corner was removed. The card is still very popular and with some deals going on with 0% interest until December, people are still signing up left and right for it. They’ve also got a MINT Gift Card, which is basically a pre-paid credit card that you give to someone as a gift. It’s kind of like buying a gift card to someone’s favorite store…only they can use anywhere they want instead of the one place that you happened to think they would want to spend money in. It’s a better deal all around. Anyway, I just thought I’d share.

Do you hear that? That's the sound of inevitability.

I'm taking bets on exactly when Britney Spears will have her nervous breakdown. It's not a matter of "ifs" it's a matter of when. It will happen, oh yes. Someone besides the tabloids has to profit from this, so it might as well be me. So, go ahead...place your bets here! Oh, and don't worry about me Mr. Gaming Commission man, I'm in the bathtub while I'm writing this, so I count as a floating casino. I am in Missouri, it's legal if it's floating, remember?

Someone reviews your blog and you get paid for it!

So, you want to earn money through blogging, but you don’t want to have to write ads for PayPerPost.com, eh? No problem. You can use the Review My Post program and build blog traffic while earning some extra cash. The program is open to all bloggers and it’s quite simple. You basically don’t have to do much more than you do now. What you do is you post a little badge at the bottom of your blog entry and that little badge asks your reader to review your blog entry. For them, it’s not much different than leaving a comment. Easy, right? Well, for every review someone leaves you, you get cash. It’s so easy, it’s ridiculous not to do it.
What you need to do is to click the link in this entry and sign up. Once you’ve signed up, you click the “Affiliate Tools” in your blogger interface. You then select Review My Post for details on it all. It’s simple. They have the coding you need there and you just copy and paste it right in. If you can edit your posting template, you can add it there and then you’d never even have to think about it.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to earn some extra money with their blog, but doesn’t want to “pollute” their blog with ads. Well, this lets you earn money from your blog by having people review the blog entries that you already write. Seriously, what are you waiting for?

Updated reviews from my new PC

So, if you've been following along, I earned money from this blog and bought myself a new PC. I bought all of the parts and built it myself. As you probably know, if you build your own PC you get to customize it and put in all the good stuff that you want, but you also have to act as your own tech support when things don't go right. Well, things started off not going right for me. The first thing was a sucky blue screen of death. That turned out to be the hard drive. I replaced that and no more blue screen. Then, I was getting hiccups and freezes when typing. That turned out to be a bad or incompatible keyboard, so I replaced it. No more problems there. Now, I'm happy to say that my PC is problem free. It's running smooth and fast. I really like Windows Vista. It's also smooth and fast. Almost everything works with Vista, and what doesn't, will soon. I have a couple of applications that don't work, but both websites of the software product say that they will have updates to fix it very soon. You can't expect everyone to be ready right out of the gate with a brand new operating system. Anyway, the PC is working great. I'll write more on it later, if anything pops into mind.

You can make money blogging, like me.

I’ve talked about them before, but for those of you just joining us, Occasionally I write ads for PayPerPost.com. I make money blogging and it’s fantastic. It’s paid for a new computer, the very computer I’m typing this exact blog entry on. It will more than likely pay for next Christmas for my family and possibly allow me to take my wife on a little vacation. I’m very happy with PayPerPost.com and it’s been very good to me. Recently, they changed things and shook things up a bit. They’ve added a segmentation system to the mix. Previously, if an advertiser only wanted a certain kind of blog writing for them, or if they wanted certain rankings for it, they had to mention it in the posting request. Well, now they can pick what criteria they want and the new system doesn’t allow anyone not qualified to take the opportunities when they come up. This new system results in advertisers getting better quality blog posts on the kinds of blogs they want posting, while it also allows us bloggers to take opportunities that better fit our blog. There has also been a little side effect going on, and that’s more money. Due to the restraints placed on the blog posts, they are offering more money for them. That’s right, even more money than previously offered. Now, they offered some good money before, so this is really great news. If you’ve looked at many of the sites offering to pay for blog posts, they either don’t offer enough posts to make it worth your time, or they just don’t pay what PayPerPost.com pays. They also aren’t asking you to trick anyone either. They require full disclosure on your blog, either in each individual post or in a site wide disclosure policy (like the one I have). They really know what they’re doing. So, if you’re a blogger and you’ve considered blogging for money, then click the link at the beginning of this post or check out the button to the right. Blog on!

First paycheck!

I received my first paycheck today. Woo hoo! You know what's funny is that this isn't a full paycheck. My new job pays on the same days as my previous job. They pay semi-monthly, so they pay on the 15th and the last day of the month. Well, I didn't start until the 5th of the month, so there are 4 days left off of the paycheck, but this paycheck is STILL bigger than my previous full paychecks. Woo hoo!

Click away...and send some ecards to someone special.

There are some free funny eCards out on Egreetings.com. They've got some cute cards that you might want to send to a very special lady, on a very special day...like Valentine's day...which is today, so you'd better get a move on it. Or, they have some risque and off-color cards that you'd best be sending to your best bud. Who am I to judge though, you could send the risque ecards to your lady. I wouldn't want to assume anyone's humor level. Anyway, you can sign up for a subscription for $13.99 and send unlimited ecards to whomever you'd like. If you're not sure about it, you can get a 30 day free trial and send as many ecards out as you can click. So, click away...click away.

For kids who do stuff with their Daddy...or Mommy...or Grandparents

There is a great website called The Flight-Brothers T-shirt Shop and they have some of the cutest shirts for kids. For example, they have this whole series of shirts dedicated to watching **something** with mommy or Daddy. I've got the example of watching Football with Daddy here, but they've got a ton of others that are equally as cute. They've got just about every sport you can imagine, and he's constantly adding more. They've got Football, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer, and a ton more. You really should check them out.

Flights to everywhere!

A great travel site called DialAFlight has Flights to Johannesburg, Flights to Australia, Flights to Japan, Flights to everywhere. They have great rates and their website is super easy to use. They even have very specialized trips to various places to see very specific things. For example, you can fly to South Africa to see the England vs. South Africa rugby game, if that's what you like. They seem to have it all. Check it out.

A surprise best seller

I don't know what it is, but I've been selling a TON of these "I was worth the wait" infant shirts and creepers. When I first created this design, I thought it was cute, but I honestly didn't know if it was going to sell. Little did I know that it would be my biggest seller. If you've got a newly delivered bundle of joy, or if you know someone who does, consider this shirt for that little munchkin. Can all the people who've already ordered this shirt be wrong?

A new baby in the world

A very close friend of mine had a baby yesterday. His little boy was brought into this world a little after noon. I went by the hospital today to see him, and boy is he cute. Looking at him brought back a wave of feelings. At first, I remembered how little and adorable my kids were when they were born. I remembered the joy I felt in the delivery room when I saw them for the first time. I remember them grasping my little finger in their fists. The little sucking motion they make with their mouths while they sleep is pretty darn cute too. Then I started remembering poop. Lots and lots of poop. Also, the waking up in the middle of the night, several times. I remember the crying that was difficult if not impossible to soothe. I remember having to be so careful and gentle with them. All of a sudden, while I still miss those other things, and I wouldn't trade the experiences I had for anything, I was still glad to give him back. I was glad that it was him going through that first couple of hellacious months where the baby doesn't do much other than eat, sleep, and poop. I'm glad my kids are older and slightly more self sufficient. I'm glad that I'm at where I'm at with my little family. You know what...I've got it pretty good.

Looking for love...with lots of money?

So, I found this site for Millionaire Dating. Oh no, you read that right. Apparently people with a million dollars or more are having problems finding dates and they need a special website for it. I suppose that an ordinary dating website would cause too many problems when they finally meet someone and they find out that they only like them for their money. Well, at this site, that’s all out in the open, so there’s no false pretenses and you’re not wondering if they’re with you because of the money or not. They went to a millionaire dating site to find you, so of course they are with you because of the money. Of course, you (the millionaire) were looking for someone like that because you wouldn’t have posted on a millionaire dating site if you hadn’t. As for the site itself, it’s pretty much what you’d expect from a dating site. They’ve got everything right as far as how easy the site is to use and how to search for potential dates. So, if you’re a single millionaire and not finding the kind of guy/girl you’re looking for at the local polo club, then check out the site.

More on my new keyboard

So, I checked out the display model on my keyboard and it has the same annoying clack on the space bar. I also checked out several other keyboards and they all clack. The only one that didn't clack was a $99 keyboard/mouse combo. I don't need a new mouse, I have a mouse and I like it. Also, I don't want to spend a hundred bucks on a new keyboard when the only thing wrong with the one I have is that it clacks a bit. So, I decided to just live with the clacking.

Get some flowers on the cheap

If you have ever, or will ever buy anything online, you need to visit Coupon Chief first. With Valentine’s Day coming up, you might want to check the 1-800-Flowers coupons they’ve got there. I’m always amazed at the great deals that Coupon Chief always has. I don’t see how you can buy anything online with checking with them first. It just doesn’t make sense…well, unless you just plain like spending more money than you have to.

One week down...

So, I have officially finished my first week at the new job. I have to tell you, I think I made the right choice. It was a little bit sketchy at first, but now that I'm a week in, I think it was the right move. I am getting an office sometime in the next week or two, and while my boss knows where it is, she isn't telling me. She did say that I will be happy with it though. So, if she thinks I'll be happy with it, then I'm sure I will be. I've never actually had an office before, so I'm actually really happy that I'm getting one at all. I mean, I've had a temporary office that I've worked in for a bit because something I was doing required it, but I've never had an office for no other reason than I deserved one or that one came with the job. I'm thrilled!

Get flowers delivered to her and be her hero.

Everyone wants to give flowers to their girlfriends, wives, mothers, loved ones…but who wants to actually go to a florist and pick out flowers? Nobody, that’s who. So, you opt for online flower delivery. I mean, why wouldn’t you? You can pick your flowers online through a certified FTD online florist and they deliver nationwide. There’s no reason for you to ever step into an actual brick and mortar florist shop again. Oh, here’s a little hint too. Have the flowers delivered to her work. Girls like flowers, sure, but what they like more is the attention of getting them. They don’t get nearly any attention, if any at all, if you deliver them to her house. Deliver them to her work and you’ll be her hero.

A new keyboard!

So, I was having problems typing on my new computer. It was sort of semi-freezing up every once in a while. I thought it was everything, but it turns out it was just while typing. It would hold on a key or the space every once in a while, which resulted in repeated letters or spaces. So, before I tore apart my computer thinking it was bad memory or something else causing the virtual hiccup, I decided to test the keyboard first. So I bought a new keyboard and it seems to be working fine. I bought the Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000. You know what, I really like it, but I have two problems with it as well. The first being that it has no palm rest, so it's not very comfortable to type on straight out of the box. This can be easily fixed by purchasing a palm rest, which I'll do tomorrow. The second thing, and I don't know if this can be fixed or not. I may swing by Office Depot and try their display model to see if it does this too. The space bar clicks pretty loud. It's loud enough that it's very distracting to me. I'm going batty listening to it right now. None of the other keys click like this. The other keys make that keyboard key pressed sound, but the space bar sounds like two pieces of plastic clicking together. I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to sound like this. If I test the display model and it doesn't do it, then I'll bring this one back and exchange it. I have to bring back my chair anyway. Oh, I almost forgot to mention the chair. I bought an office chair for my tiny little home office. The thing broke on me. So, I took it back and got a new one. This one is broken too! The other one broke because it wasn't meant to leaned back in the way I was leaning and the back snapped. So, really it was my fault. This chair is broken right out of the box. NOT MY FAULT. I can't lower or raise the chair because the little lever is broken. So, I'm taking it back again tomorrow and I think I'm going to upgrade to a different chair.

Does this mean we'll see more or less of her?

Anna Nicole Smith is dead. My wife likes watching Entertainment Tonight and she's a regular story on there. She's constantly being talked about on that show. With her death, I can't help but to wonder if we're going to see more of her or less of her. We'll probably hear a lot more about her, then it will just end. The only thing I'm curious about is that new baby of hers. I wonder if that guy looking to prove that it's his will get his paternity test now. I wonder if he even still wants it, considering that if he is named the father that he would be on Dad duty full time. Oh well, I guess we'll find out, won't we.

Don't waste money an a card, send an eCard instead!

I normally don’t send those eCard things, but there was a really funny Cupid pickup lines eCard and I couldn’t resist. They’ve got some really funny eCards on Egreetings.com. In this age of electronic mail, it only makes sense that someone would send or receive eCards instead of, or in addition to an old fashioned paper card. The site has a special going for their eCards in that you can send unlimited eCards for a yearly subscription for only $13.99. That’s not bad when you consider how much you’d pay for those paper cards for every holiday and birthday you would be normally buying cards for. Check it out.

Swimsuits!!!

Ok, you feel a little neglected from my week long abandonment of you. I am truly sorry. To make it up to you, I’m going to give you a little gift. A scantily clad gift, that is. On February 14th, the new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue comes out. As well as the magazine, there are exclusive cell phone wallpapers of the SI swimsuit models available. I’m talking over 50 supermodels are featured on the site and the likeness of Carolyn Murphy and many, many others can be staring back at you in all their glory every time you answer your cell phone. These images come directly from the photo shoots featured in the magazine. The wallpapers are only $1.99 each, which for the sexy photos you get for that price, it’s a good deal. If you want to go old school, they have classic cover girls as well, like Elle Macpherson and Kathy Ireland.
Oh, I should also probably mention that you can also download video clips from the photo shoots there too; these make excellent video ringers, if you are so inclined.
So, take my special gift to you, the gift of sexy ladies in your favorite swimwear, and enjoy.

Your abandonment...

I am so sorry for your apparently abandonment. I started a new job, as you may have been following along with on the blog, and it's been crazy hectic in the transition. The new job is pretty good though. It's very different from my previous job in some respects, and in others it is very much the same. It's funny how those things work out.

Encylocentral...Lots of stuff there

Encyclocentral.com has a bunch of cool articles, you should check it out. They’ve got an article on what a Merchant Account is and why you would need one. My wife usually buys books from Scholastic, but on the site she can get books from The Scholastic Store Online. Very cool. You should check it out.

Technically jobless

So, my last day at my current job...er...previous job was today. I am currently jobless, although I start my new job on Monday. That's right. I'm a bum for exactly two days. Which reminds me...can you spare some change?

Some dark humor to get you through the day

Here’s a great site for free cartoons, and who doesn’t like cartoons? Especially when you’re at work and things are a little bit slow. A funny cartoon with some dark humor can make even the longest day at work go just a little bit better and faster. These cartoons are not some fly by night kid who decided to post his little drawings; these cartoons have appeared in many magazines including the National Enquirer, Sun, Saturday Evening Post, and Funny Times. Check it out.

I liked that show...when it was called Angel

So, apparently CBS has a new show coming out called Twilight about a vampire. The official description is:

...a drama about a vampire/private eye who's dealing with the fallout from
being immortal, his foes in the vamipre world and a budding love for a
mortal.

Yeah, I liked that show when it was called Angel. I mean seriously...I'm sure it'll be a bit different, but that description could be a left over description of Angel that they dug up somewhere.

Wirefly's top 10 phones. Is yours on the list?

The online wireless leader released it’s annual top 10 lists of phones. You can read the article yourself at this link to Wirefly's top 10 cell phones. To recap, the lists is:
Cingular Wireless RAZR
T-Mobile RAZR
Verizon Wireless RAZR
Cingular Sony Ericsson z520a/z525a video phones
T-Mobile Motorola v360
Verizon Wireless Motorola v276
Sprint Nextel Motorola i850
Sprint Nextel Motorola i710
Cingular Motorola v220
T-Mobile Samsung T309

Unfortunately, my phone is not on the list. I like my phone, but of course, I wonder if I shouldn’t have gone with one of these if they were so popular. I really like the newer RAZR phones too. Considering the top three selling phones are all RAZR phones, just through different providers, really tells you something.

The article even lists their previous year’s predictions, along with a link to the original posting, and it’s amazing how accurate they were. They predicted Music and mobile TV phones would be big, cell phones for children, and expanded GPS service to name a few.

It’s all very interesting. You should check it out.

Not happy

I'm not sure what the deal is, but I got a blue screen of death TWICE on my new PC. It could be an issue with applications or drivers on the new Vista OS, or it could be a hardware problem. Normally, a blue screen leans toward the hardware problem arena. I ran a checkdisk before leaving home today. Hopefully that will shed some light on it. Perhaps the hard drive is bad and needs replacing. It's possible. Hopefully it's something that easy to fix.