NaBloPoMo, 43 posts in 30 days!

Good job to those NaBloPoMo participants that managed to complete their 30 days, you should be a proud blogger! Well thats it, today is that last day of NaBloPoMo. I ran across this blog jog a mere few days before Nov. 1st (the start date) and I am really glad to have participated in the […]

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Mints just make it worse!

Have you ever noticed that virtually ALL flavored gums and mints seem to make your breath worse in the long run. Long run meaning 15 minutes after the breath freshening goodness wears off. I used to chew A LOT of gum and I am pretty sure that the “A LOT” part had more to do […]

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Widgetizing Ye Olde Sidebar!

I have been putting this off for a long time. The theme I currently use is capable of using sidebar widgets, but I have not been able to use them because my entire side bar was raw code. All of the extras that I added have been code instead of widgets. I always felt held […]

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My Own Post Graphics

Not that I am much of an artist, but I have recently been creating my own post headings. Until now I have been firing up Google Image Search and hunting down the “just right” image that matches my post. I have had very good luck finding images that do the job, but occasionally I have […]

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On Teaming Up for Good and for Bad

The notion of “teaming up” has come to mind a few times recently and I have some thoughts to share about teams, what they represent, and when they are not such a good thing. I love the idea of working as a team to accomplish goals. Whether at work, home, with friends, or in an […]

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I Think I Would yell “Don’t Tase Me Bro” Too!

    Some of you may have seen the YouTube video and if you saw the “remix”, you might have laughed, but it seems like we may have a problem on our hands. Some years ago tasers hit the market as the newest, non-lethal, weapon that would help police evade dangerous situations without killing the […]

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Woot Contest: Bagpipe Hero for the PS2!

via My favorite “Deal of the Day” site Woot.com:  Last Friday, we asked you to Create a “leaked” Black Friday ad or sign that goes to extremes to get people shopping. Volunteer judges Josephus and shan24 looked through all your junk mail, newspapers and annoying pop-up ads, and will be shopping at the following locations […]

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Remote Update

In the effort to complete my NaBloPoMo challenge, I needed to post something today. I had a great Thanksgiving day and am very glad that we made the trip down here to Boone, NC to spend it with our NC family. The image above relates, in a way, to the late Thanksgiving day excitement that we experienced. […]

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What’s after NaBloPoMo? I suggest BloPo365, a posting marathon!

I think NaBloPoMo was a fantastic idea and I have fully embraced the challenge and have been posting like a mad man this month. But now that the challenge is almost over, what’s next? I could slow it down and wait for next years NaBloPoMo… Or I could think of a new way to blog […]

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Need to block porn? ScrubIT…

For some, the internet is a wondrous place filled with an enormous stockpile of the best adult entertainment available. To others, easy access to that stockpile is a disaster waiting to happen. via ScrubIT.com ScrubIT is a FREE recursive DNS server that regulates what comes into your home or business. ScrubIT “scrubs” the internet so […]

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