tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116947842024-03-13T11:24:09.058-05:00Don't Panicobservances, views, and recommendations on life, the universe, and everything.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-72383631676227633722007-09-27T17:45:00.000-05:002007-09-27T18:05:42.440-05:00Co-operative Bank Credit CardsSponsored:<br />Whether you think you do or not, most everybody needs a <a href="http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&cid=1170748477591&pagename=CB%2FPage%2FtplStandard">credit card</a>. The Co-operative Bank may just be the solution to ALL your credit card needs. They offer a wide range of services / benefits on their card option. <br /><br />For those of you getting out of debt or that currently have an emergency, the Advantage credit card may be for you. It offers 0% on purchases and balance transfers fixed for six months. This offer is great to ensure all your payments are applied directly to your outstanding balance and not messing with a finance charge.<br /><br />If you're the generous type, check out the Affinity cards. This option gives you the ability to make a donation to an organization of your choice when you open the account and whenever you use the card.<br /><br />For you travelers, check out the travel credit card. This option earns you travel rewards for every purchase you make with it.<br /><br />So. . . if you're in the market for a new/additional credit card, be sure to add The Co-operative Bank to your short list of possibilities.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/"><img src="http://tinyurl.com/yslqd8" border="0"></a>Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-52529183991497320192007-09-18T18:44:00.000-05:002007-09-18T18:55:01.732-05:00I'm an idiotThat's right, I'll admit it; I'm an idiot. Today was the perfect motorcycle riding weather, but I left my bike in the garage all day long. A mistake I don't plan to duplicate tomorrow. Which means that it will rain tomorrow, so consider yourselves warned (if you life in central Illinois). I got the new tires on the bike earlier this year and I have hardly gotten a chance to break them in. One round trip to and from work will do that though. That's all for now, talk to ya later.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-25642344826898042222007-09-17T19:22:00.000-05:002007-09-17T19:48:29.098-05:00Red Gac<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CIyuwvXK49A/Ru8dlet25tI/AAAAAAAAABk/kO1UuTeLHIo/s1600-h/gac_fruit.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CIyuwvXK49A/Ru8dlet25tI/AAAAAAAAABk/kO1UuTeLHIo/s320/gac_fruit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111336631826573010" /></a><br />Sponsored:<br />If you read my last post, you know that the status of my skin is a touchy subject for me right now. I'm currently trying to wait out a case of sunburn. That and the fact that my wife is a skin cancer survivor got me interested in learning about this <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yrkx86">R.G. Skin Revitalizer</a>. I'm not saying it will cure or help with either, but its overall nourishment of the skin can help anyone. The R.G. stands for Red Gac. Gac is a tropical fruit found in Vietnam and other regions of Southeast Asia. This isn't your run of the mill fruit either, this one is long believed to hold some health secrets within itself. The gac is rich in beta-carotene, lycopene and other antioxidants, which help promote cellular rejuvenation throughout the body. Which brings me back to my initial interest, skin health. The medicinal values of the gac don't stop with the skin either. Lycopene has been a buzz word lately for those that take a multi-vitamin, especially in the mens formulas because of its benefits on the prostate gland. The gac can produce up to 76 times the lycopene found in a commercial tomato.<br /><br />Back to the product at hand, the R.G. Skin Revitalizer. This product provides daily skin nourishment that just can't be found anywhere. It takes full advantage of the gac and all the benefits that it provides and applies the directly to your skin.<br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/28osam" />Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-45834121432299094372007-09-17T19:14:00.000-05:002007-09-17T19:21:29.835-05:00Wear Sunscreen<blockquote>If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.</blockquote><br /><br />Those lyrics were stuck in my head all day Sunday because I spent all day Saturday outside facing the sun. My nose is now a lovely shade of red that would probably glow (If I needed to fly through a large patch of fog).<br /><br />Trust me on the sunscreen.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-11492134893427794232007-09-16T21:33:00.000-05:002007-09-16T21:45:52.870-05:00Garage AccessoriesSponsored:<br />With summer coming to a close, now is the perfect time make some changes to you garages overall functionality. A quick way to occomplish this is to purchase some <a href="http://www.carguygarage.com">garage accessories</a>. A very popular item to stock you garage with is an extra fridge; I however already have that taken care of thanks to an ex-coworker. What I could use is a few small items such as a wall clock or a comfy stool. What does your garage need?Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-81755332542693259442007-09-11T05:40:00.000-05:002007-09-16T21:28:56.467-05:00A Day to RememberMany people view today, the anniversary of the attacks on US soil, as a day to grieve and pay respects to those that lost their lives on that fateful day. I prefer to look forward to what will be. I bet you took that wrong. . . I'm not currently looking forward to what will be in an optimistic way. I fully expect more attacks against the US and am already dreading how W will respond. I don't want to get all preachy on you here, so I'll let you commemorate this date how ever you feel is best. Lets just all agree that we want every nations soldiers to return home safely as soon as possible.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-31221225325101529852007-08-17T09:07:00.000-05:002007-09-16T21:15:12.216-05:00Happy Birthday to meToday is my birthday. Wow, at 34 years old, I feel old. I get to cook my birthday dinner tonight, but that's ok cuz it is a seafood boil; which means I get to eat a bunch of crab legs, sausage, potatoes, and corn-on-the-cob. Those always turn out to taste super good. Other than that, it will be a day of relaxing and playing xbox. That's all for now, I'll hopefully post again soon.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-67501974532240735062007-08-07T20:18:00.000-05:002007-08-07T21:31:11.903-05:00Halloween the MovieSponsored:<br />What is your favorite scary movie? Mine is Friday the 13th; but not for its horror value, but rather its comedic value. You see, I went to a theater to watch it in college during a free showing on a Friday the 13th. This particular showing had the theater full of 19 - 21 year old women. And they were really freaked out by the movie. You know during the movie something scary is going to happen when you hear the whispering echo "kill kill kill kill jason jason jason jason". Now the fun comes when there is a point that has no scary value at all and you start whispering "kill kill kill kill jason jason jason jason" and the entire row of women sitting in front of you scream, making the entire theater scream. Let me tell you, that was the funniest horror movie I've ever seen. These Friday the 13th movies and the entire Halloween series are of the same cloth.<br /><br />The new Halloween movie is soon to be released and I'm sure it will revive the series. This new <a href="http://www.halloween-themovie.com">Halloween the movie</a> is brought to you by Rob Zombie (from the rock/heavy metal band White Zombie). His musical endeavors have always been innovative and appealing. I'm sure his version of <a href="http://www.halloween-themovie.com">Halloween the movie</a> will have that same edge to them. What this series needs is a fresh mind to give it a fresh feel, while still holding the heart of the old-time horror movie. This is exactly what it looks like Rob Zombie is bringing, based on the trailer.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mz1uCq-97U4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mz1uCq-97U4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> <br /><br />Try to have some fun with this movie. See how many times you can get the entire theater to scream in between the scary parts.<br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/23snqk" /><br /><a href="http://www.halloween-themovie.com"><img src="http://tinyurl.com/yqudlb" border="0"></a>Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-68355300607943080912007-08-07T20:00:00.000-05:002007-08-07T20:17:51.438-05:00Interview processSince when does the interview process for a company include a 30 minute phone conversation and nothing else. I get that that would be then end of the process if you blew the interview and the prospective employer wasn't interested. However, that 30 minute phone conversation was the only step in my last interview process which resulted in a job offer. After reviewing my resume and speaking to me for 30 minutes they are willing to offer me decent money to come work for them. The strangest part of the whole process is that during that phone call, I was asked 1 technical question and I couldn't answer it. :-( That, however, didn't seem to bother them. It makes me wonder what I'd be getting into if I accept the offer. I'll keep you updated on what I decide.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-26785626150078601952007-07-25T22:33:00.000-05:002007-07-25T23:29:40.665-05:00Aches and Pains<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CIyuwvXK49A/RqgeCR9VEkI/AAAAAAAAAA8/4_zwx8gQfXU/s1600-h/FREEZEIT.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CIyuwvXK49A/RqgeCR9VEkI/AAAAAAAAAA8/4_zwx8gQfXU/s320/FREEZEIT.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091352403271553602" /></a><br />OK, here's the situation. My body wanted to go on a weeks vacation and, my hands were sore, they needed some relief; should I wine? Um, well, of course not. Seriously though, I had this pain in my hand that I just couldn't explain. I've narrowed it down to about 4 things though: Old age, arthritis, a change in weather, or too much xbox playing. I took Ibuprofen and acetaminophen, but neither helped with the pain. Then, out of nowhere, I got this letter asking me to try the product "<a href="http://tinyurl.com/yt9nry">Freeze It</a>" and blog about my experience. Included in the envelope were 4 sample packages of the product (pictured here with said hand). The timing on this was too good to be true, so I ripped one open and applied it to my hand immediately. One of these packages goes a long way and is good for many uses. <img src="http://tinyurl.com/ythnh3" />The $9.99 price tag on the retail size could take care of all your aches and pains for years. Did I mention, it got rid of the pain? Yep, good as new. <br /><br />That first application made me think that Freeze IT would be perfect for the person with a sore jaw and a stuffy nose. The sore jaw bit because FREEZE IT provides great pain releif; the stuffy nose because its initial menthol scent could clear the stuffiest of noses. Don't worry, that scent doesn't last long.<br /><br />They've even got a commercial on YouTube, but you can watch it here.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/woAjqsFSekY"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/woAjqsFSekY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object> <br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/2aezth" />Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-18610631050688822902007-07-23T21:48:00.000-05:002007-07-23T21:58:35.361-05:00XBox 360 Fall ReleasesJust a quick note to tell you what xbox 360 games I'm looking forward to and to find out the ones you are. First, my list: I know it's not Fall yet, but out today is Nascar 08. I pre-ordered it a couple weeks ago so I should be receiving it any day now. The next game I'm looking forward to is Orange Box (Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episode 1, Half-Life 2 Episode 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal). This box is scheduled for release on 10/9. I'll own it that day. The next release that I'm looking forward to is Mass Effect, which is slotted for a November release. There are others, but unless they cut the price, I'll only end up with these 3. What games are you looking forward to?Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-86028245002939423232007-06-18T19:03:00.000-05:002007-06-18T19:42:47.647-05:00Burn NoticeSponsored:<br /><br />The <a href="http://tinyurl.com/yoppr4">USA Network's Burn Notice</a> wants to know what you would do if you were stranded in an unknown city with no money and no resources. That's an interesting question and one I'll answer for you here. My first thought is that I would do a lot of begging, but I think I would like to become more entrepreneurial in my efforts to survive. The first thing I have to do is find some skill I could use to get some fast money. I guess blogging would be out as it takes a while to make blog monetization worth while. So, I could start small and walk dogs (if it was a city). Or maybe I could go the hard labor route and find a job in construction. OK, for those of you that know me, stop laughing! I'm not skinny, I'm wirrey. For the life of me, I can't think of what I really would attempt to survive while stranded in an unknown city. I have a feeling I would end up on the streets for at least a couple days, in all the elements suffering. If you want to find out what a CIA operative would do, make sure you tune into Burn Notice on the USA Network.<br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/25uktk" /><br /><a href="http://www.usanetwork.com/series/burnnotice"><img border="0" id=disclosure_bar_"9196" src="http://tinyurl.com/yubu3v" onmouseover="show_disclosure_ad(9196);ad_closed=false;" onmouseout="hide_disclosure_ad();ad_closed=true;" /></a>Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-84552724009783929562007-06-18T18:54:00.000-05:002007-06-18T19:03:29.651-05:00Seinfeld & SupermanI'm sitting here watching a Seinfeld re-run and for some reason I faintly remember reading years ago that every episode references Superman in some way. I really can't find the reference while watching. Do any of you know what the references are? Or do I remember it wrong? I've been looking on his walls, furniture, clothes, and listening to the dialouge, but I just can't find it. I could google it, but I'd rather see if any of you know where the references are. If you know let me know by commenting to this post.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-79189578626547068142007-06-12T21:55:00.000-05:002007-06-12T23:09:42.158-05:00PayPerPost gets Lucky $7 MillionPayPerPost has raised another $7 Million and are celebrating by getting their bloggers to <a href="http://payperpost.com/index.html">advertise on blogs</a>. There are many things that I think they should/could do with the money. Some of them are feasable, some are very far fetched. Here's my list, in no particular order:<br /><br />1. Imagine it, a $1 Million dollar post opportunity. Announce that it will be available sometime between 1am Monday morning and noon Friday afternoon. You'll get a bus load of sleep deprived posties that week.<br /><br />2. I guess the developers could use a bonus to make up for all the overtime they have obviously been doing. Throw them a little bone and expect them to code non-stop for the next 2 months.<br /><br />3. Give it all to the President/CEO of PayPerPost. Everyone knows they do all the work anyway. ;-)<br /><br />4. Use it to buy-out a competitor to achieve more advertisers. (ReviewMe or blogsvertise or loudlaunch), a subsidiary of PayPerPost, has a nice ring to it.<br /><br />5. Just start depositing the money in random postie paypal accounts until it's all gone.<br /><br />That's just a couple of the ideas off the top of my head. I'm sure they have an idea what they are going to do with it already, so my brainstorming session is probably all for naught. Here is their published Press Release:<br /><br />The PayPerPost Revolution Accelerates, Sponsored<br />Blogging Marketplace Secures $7 Million Series B<br /><br />Draper Fisher Jurvetson leads round and joins Board of Directors<br /><br />ORLANDO, FL – (June 12, 2007) – PayPerPost, the leading marketplace for advertisers to reach bloggers and other consumer content creators, today announced it has completed a $7 million second round investment led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, an investor in the company's Series A and one of the world’s leading high-technology venture capital firms. The financing brings the total amount of capital raised by PayPerPost to over $10 million, giving the company considerable resources for further development as the industry’s leading Consumer Generated Advertising marketplace. Additional participants in the round include existing investors Inflexion Partners and Village Ventures as well as new investor DFJ Gotham. With this investment, DFJ Managing Director Josh Stein also joins PayPerPost’s Board of Directors.<br /><br />“PayPerPost created this exciting new advertising space and has established itself as the industry leader,” said Ted Murphy, chief executive officer of PayPerPost. “Although we’ve only used a portion of our first round capital, this added support from investors unlocks significant growth potential. Our content creator and advertiser ROI metrics clearly demonstrate the upside for PayPerPost’s model. We intend to use this capital to build the infrastructure, visibility and professional expertise necessary to reach and retain a greater network of advertisers and content creators than ever before.”<br /><br />Since its founding in June of 2006, PayPerPost has signed more than 6,500 advertisers to its groundbreaking service, which has enabled Consumer Content Creators to be compensated for their efforts discussing specific companies, products or services via blogs, videos or other media. The content creators are required to disclose relationships with advertisers on their blog, providing transparency for the end reader. Over 125,000 Internet postings, most in the form of blogs, have already earned money for their creators through PayPerPost’s innovative marketplace. PayPerPost recently released PayPerPost Direct, a disruptive new service that allows advertisers to contract and negotiate directly with individual bloggers they identify through a safe, managed system.<br /><br />“PayPerPost has laid a strong foundation for the future,” noted Tim Draper, founder and managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. “It continues to attract a critical mass of participants from both the advertising and blogging communities. Analogous to Overture’s sponsored search model, we believe PayPerPost’s business model holds disruptive potential and will enable the company to thrive in the evolving paid-content arena.”<br /><br />To mark the $7 million dollar funding, PayPerPost has launched a new website detailing the company’s service offering at http://www.payperpost.com. Bloggers and advertisers can easily sign up at the site and begin leveraging the self service marketplace.<br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/282deb" /><br /><a href="http://www.payperpost.com/?utm_source=opportunity&utm_medium=disclosure%2Bbadge"><img src="http://tinyurl.com/2depdf" border="0"></a>Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-16913901160508376642007-06-11T14:58:00.000-05:002007-06-12T21:54:30.578-05:00Busy weekend summaryWell, we got everything done as planned this weekend with the exception of camping in the backyard with the boys. Maybe we will be able to give it a go next weekend. In addition to the things listed, I was able to mow the lawn, and patch up a whole in the wall. I've had a 1 inch whole in an outside wall for a while now where the tv used to be. That was where the coax and network cable came in. Since I moved the tv to another wall, that whole has just been letting bugs, hot/cold air into the house. I finally got around to squirting some insulation in there along with applying a blank face plate on the inside to cover it up. Gotta save on energy bills this summer as much as I can.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-84256729251684961162007-06-09T09:19:00.000-05:002007-06-09T09:56:46.211-05:00Spy SweeperSponsored:<br /><br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/2mefzr" />Has your pc ever just started acting "funny"? Not haha funny, but rather frustrating funny? My worst case prompted my pc to open random applications whenever I right clicked, had continuous pop-ups, and was as slow as a 10 year-old pc. Talk about frustrating. I tried all those free spyware applications to try to clean it, but it was never quite right after that. I manually scanned all installed applications looking for the culprit, navigated every folder on the system looking for anything out of the norm, and browsed the registry for anything suspicious. Of course, I couldn't find anything with these manual attempts. I needed a real spyware cleaner like <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;108215735;17425138;c">Spy Sweeper</a>. This application has won many awards. I probably could have added a couple years of usefulness if I had used this product. Unlike the free options, Spy Sweeper blocks the spyware <span style="font-weight: bold;">before</span> it gets installed on your pc. Spyware doesn't stand still and you detector shouldn't either. Spy Sweeper provides you with free defense updates so it can evolve along with the spyware and block all new varients. Just imagine how much time I would have saved if I had used this application before becoming infected. I literally had spent hours trying to save that old box, when I should have been online looking for a tool to do it for me.<br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/2bqmxl" /><br /><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;108215735;17425138;c"><img id="disclosure_bar_8642" src="http://tinyurl.com/28xvl4" onmouseover="show_disclosure_ad(8642);ad_closed=false;" onmouseout="hide_disclosure_ad();ad_closed=true;" border="0" /></a>Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-77146180978318157742007-06-09T09:09:00.000-05:002007-06-09T09:18:42.914-05:00Busy WeekendThis is going to be an action packed weekend. Last night, we got a sitter for the kids and Brandy and I went to the Bodeans concert. If you ever get the opportunity, I highly recommend seeing them live, as it was a very good show. I was worried that they weren't going to play my favorite 2 songs of theirs, but they managed to hit both of them during their encore. Today, I get to replace all the outlets and light switches in the bedroom that Brandy and I are moving to, while she paints the closet doors and floor. (Hopefully she paints the floor AFTER I'm done with the outlets.) The kids have been asking to go camping lately so I will be putting up our tent in the backyard so we can all sleep out there tonight. That should be fun. We are also all going to a wedding reception this afternoon. As for tomorrow, I'm sure I'll come up with some yard work to do. Like I said, lots going on this weekend. I hope I find more time for blogging as well.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-19926564190602169732007-06-09T08:29:00.000-05:002007-06-09T08:53:37.635-05:00Poker ForumAbout 2 years ago, I started watching Texas Hold'em on TV. I'm almost embarrassed to say that I was watching celebrity poker. Watching this didn't give me any strategy insights, but it did show me the basics of how to play. I then moved on to watching professional poker on tv, which showed me some strategy that I could use in my play. An even better way to learn is to read what thousands of players are saying in a forum setting. That is why I decided to accept this sponsored review for Cards Chat.<br /><br />They are a <a href="http://www.cardschat.com/">Poker Forum</a> with over 20,000 members. You can visit the site and read many of the discussions with your guest account, or you can sign up for free to participate in those discussions. If you're interested playing online, then you will find the <a href="http://www.cardschat.com/poker-site-reviews.php">reviews section</a> very helpful. This is my favorite section. They list all the major online poker sites and give very informative reviews of them. This can help you decide which site to make your primary online poker site. Since you are reading this blog, you might also find their <a href="http://www.cardschat.com/blog/">blog</a> useful. It makes it easy to view all blog posts related to <a href="http://www.cardschat.com/blog/04/30/best-poker-strategy-blog-posts/">poker strategy</a>. Don't go to Vegas without first forming a poker strategy and don't form that strategy without research on Cards Chat.<br /><br /><br /><strong style="background: rgb(255, 255, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"></strong>Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-72607890044350068932007-06-07T23:15:00.000-05:002007-06-07T23:51:33.449-05:00BarterBeeYou know that I've been on the lookout for any new sites or services that I think we could all use. Well, I just came across a campaign in ReviewMe for BarterBee.com, which offers you a free way to get movies, music, and games. They are sponsoring many reviews of their site, and this is one of them.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.barterbee.com/?k=RM">BarterBee.com - The Free Way to Get Movies, Music, and Games</a> <br /><br />They seem to bee exactly that, a cool new way to get movies, music and games. I am most interested in getting some games to play on my Xbox 360. If you sign up now, you can get 5 free points. Not sure what that means? Well, it looks like you can get a game disk for as little as 2 points. You can acquire points by listing your items on the site for a point value. These points that you acquire by distributing your items can be used to get new items of your choice. One thing that concerns me is the quality of the disks that are being passed around from person to person. They currently don't have too many XBox 360 games, but I'm sure that will change after all these reviews are done and they become more popular. They do have 1 360 game that I haven't played yet, <a href="http://www.barterbee.com/xgames0000/?aid=753525&_ty=exch">Phantasy Star Universe</a>. The next time you complain that you don't have any games to play, you can head over to BarterBee and they will get you one in the mail for hours of game play.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-41054249669029961132007-06-07T23:07:00.000-05:002007-06-07T23:14:32.302-05:00Sarah SilvermanWhere did Sarah Silverman come from? I know I've heard the name before but I have no idea where. This week I've seen her hosting the MTV movie awards and now I'm sitting here watching Comedy Central and she has her own show. Both of these programs are suppose to highlight how funny she is, but I haven't seen or heard her do anything funny as of yet. She's now singing a song about how she tried to fart, but pooped instead. This is like torture! Maker her go away. . . Oh, wait, I have a remote that will do that for me. Bye Bye SarahBliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-4996233452333335712007-06-06T12:08:00.000-05:002007-06-06T12:27:56.209-05:00The NewsRoomIf you follow this blog at all, you know that I am always on the lookout for new and interesting ways to make money from it. Well, on that note, I just came across a service that pays you to put up news stories on your site. Just posting the video on your site won't get you money, but if you advertise your site well, you can get paid when your readers view that posted video. CPM (cost per thousand impressions) starts at $1, which seems to be standard for any type of CPM advertisement stream.<br /><br />Registration for <a href="http://www.thenewsroom.com/landing/intro-getpaid01/?c_id=mb-ppp">The News Room</a> service is fast and free. Seriously, I timed it. It took me less than 5 minutes to create an account, enter my payment information, and find a news story. They even provided all the needed code to be placed on this page. Let's see how easy that part is. With summer around the corner, I think a video about beach safety is in order. I found the video on their site, clicked the "Mash" button and clicked the copy code button. Lets paste that here:<br /><br /><div id="cubeDiv" style="position:relative;"><span style="position:relative; z-index:2;"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" id="swfclipv374704" width="200" height="200"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.thenewsroom.com/mash/swf/cube.swf?a=v374704&m=18366&v=1" /><param name="base" value="."/><embed src="http://www.thenewsroom.com/mash/swf/cube.swf?a=v374704&m=18366&v=1"base="." width="200" height="200" name="swfclipv374704" allowScriptAccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object></span><span id="voxAdv374704" style="position:absolute;z-index:2;"></span></div> <br /><br />Wow, that was easy. Pretty good video quality too.<br /><br />If you are looking to monetize your blog, consider using The News Room to do so easily, while still providing some useful information to your readers.<br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/26nn5n" /><br /><a href="http://www.thenewsroom.com"><img src="http://tinyurl.com/ysyoue" border="0"></a>Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-58026389199875775122007-06-02T22:52:00.000-05:002007-06-02T23:14:00.706-05:00Blog topicMuch of my blogging time lately have been spent on BlissLogs, which has the topic of blogging about blogging. This blog really has no primary topic. I'm thinking about making posts about the various tv shows I watch. Well, that and all the PayPerPost opportunities that I take. The benefit of blogging about any tv show I watch is that I always have a topic to blog about. You see, I watch entirely too much tv. Just ask my wife. Well, she'll probably say I watch too much tv and spend too much time blogging. So what do I do? I decide to merge the two together. Let's see how that goes.Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-12988149640067756922007-05-26T23:25:00.000-05:002007-05-27T00:10:22.050-05:00The PoliceSponsored:<br />My wife and I are both fans of The Police. We were born in the early 70's which basically requires us to be fans. Funny, how there are some bands from the 80's that have the type of popularity that almost require you to be a fan if you were of music listening age at the time. The Police is definitely one such band. I, like many other fans around the world, am looking forward to June 5th when I can buy the new <a href="http://www.thepolice.com">police cd</a>.<br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/2awsfb" /><br /><br />I've already dug out all my old Police CD's and filled my CD changer with them. They make really good driving music too. They make we want to drive faster than the local police would like, but hey I'll risk it. Unfortunately, I still have room in my CD changer for more CDs. That is why I have no choice but to get this new CD. Speaking of the new <a href="http://www.thepolice.com">police cd</a>, oh, did I mention it is a 2 disk set, here is the tack list in its entirety:<br /><br />The Police<br /><br />Track Listings<br />Disc: 1<br />1. Fallout<br />2. Can't Stand Losing You<br />3. Next to You<br />4. Roxanne<br />5. Truth Hits Everybody<br />6. Hole in My Life<br />7. So Lonely<br />8. Message in a Bottle<br />9. Reggatta de Blanc<br />10. Bring on the Night<br />11. Walking on the Moon<br />12. Don't Stand So Close to Me<br />13. Driven to Tears<br />14. Canary in a Coalmine<br /><br />Disc: 2<br />1. Do Do Do de da da Da<br />2. Voices Inside My Head<br />3. Invisible Sun<br />4. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic<br />5. Spirits in the Material World<br />6. Demolition Man<br />7. Every Breath You Take<br />8. Synchronicity I<br />9. Wrapped Around Your Finger<br />10. Walking in Your Footsteps<br />11. Synchronicity II<br />12. King of Pain<br />13. Murder by Numbers<br />14. Tea in the Sahara <br /><br />I'm sure you recognize a bunch of your favorites on these 2 CDs, as I sure do. I can't wait to hear what they've done to them to make them new again.<br /><br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/33nhlv" />Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-41321712603228844742007-05-26T21:22:00.000-05:002007-05-26T21:54:30.915-05:00Slowing down the contentWhen I started participating in PayPerPost, I set the goal of making $100 per month. Well, I have been falling a little behind on that goal. Not for a lack of opportunities from PPP, but rather a lack of dedication to this blog. A majority of my blogging time has been spent on BlissLogs. With the onset of the new PPP Direct program, I am in hopes that I will receive some additional review requests. I guess I will have to put up the PPP Direct banner if I want to generate some interest in this blog. I think I'll put that up tonight before bed. I just have to pick a color and location on the blog. Here's to making more money from your blogs. . .Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11694784.post-27745624783845379252007-05-24T23:03:00.000-05:002007-05-24T23:43:01.334-05:00PPP DirectSponsored:<br />PayPerPost is at it again. They have been busy lately implementing their new PPP direct program. I'm going to let you know what PPP Direct is, what I like about it, what I think could be improved, and how advertisers benefit from it. In a nutshell, this new service is a form of <a href="http://www.payperpost.com">word of mouth marketing</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What is it?</span><br /><br />PPP Direct is a new program from PayPerPost that allows the publishers to market their content directly to the advertisers. Advertisers, reading your blog, can request a review/post specifically from you rather than joining the PPP network and creating an opportunity for any random blogger to take.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What do I like about it?</span><br /><br />I like that I can negotiate a price with the advertisers and that negotiations can start at my pre-determined low price. This negotiation feature sets this new offering apart from ReviewMe. I like that PayPerPost is continuing to offer new services to both the bloggers/publishers and the advertisers. These new programs tell me that PayPerPost is listening to its members and making their service better as a result.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">What do I think could be improved?</span><br /><br />The main thing that I think could be improved with this new service is to have PPP step in and use their network to advertise their experienced bloggers. What are the odds that an advertiser will stumble upon your blog? Not very good. A better solution would be for the advertiser to go to a marketplace similar to what ReviewMe offers to find the blogs that meet their category requirements. From there they could contact the blogger to begin negotiating terms of the post.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How does this benefit the advertisers?</span><br /><br />This part is simple, and the same benefits of ReviewMe. The advertisers now have the opportunity to find a blogger that fits their style. With the number of bloggers out there, these advertisers should be able to find a blogger for them.<br /><img src="http://tinyurl.com/39kfd6" /><br /><a href="http://www.payperpost.com/?utm_source=opportunity&utm_medium=disclosure%2Bbadge"><img src="http://tinyurl.com/36ovs6" border="0"></a>Bliss99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09940934903830337847noreply@blogger.com0