I'm probably not the best person to have undertaken a project like this website. When I first started and everything was going smoothly, maybe then I was the guy for the job. But when rough times hit, the stress set in. A lot of people if they got an email saying "Why are my hits going down?" they'd shoot out a quick reply. Me, I'm an introvert and an email like that stresses me out and makes me want to avoid my email! Aggh! And my stress isn't just from this site. And not even all of it is bad stress. For example, my wife and I are trying to buy a house. Now, when we finally do it will be an amazing, awesome thing...but in the mean time, the process is very stressful. I need to get better at handling stress and at handling the problems associated with them as opposed to just trying to avoid them...not just with this website but with stress in general. I apologize to anyone who this has affected and hope you can understand that I am a real person with real flaws!
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What I am better at is cleaning the computer. Yeah, the computer needs cleaned too! Well, if you're not as knowledgable on the topic, consider jv16 PowerTools to be the stain remover of the computer world. It's also the dish detergent. In fact, it's like 20 tools in one, including a Software Uninstaller, Registry Cleaner, File Cleaner, History/MRU Cleaner etc. Sound complicated? Well, it is...I'm not gonna lie...but jv16 PowerTools makes it a lot easier to deal with.
I've decided in light of things going on to remove my donate button. So, this will be the last update for a few donations I've received in the past few days. Stay tuned in a few minutes for a progress update. In the mean time, here they are:
As many of you know, my wife and I have just moved. That's always fun. Gotta find a new grocery store, a new bank, a new post office, a new pizza joint...need I go on? Well, we used Google's local search tool to find a lot of these things in our new area. You type in what you want and your City, State and it brings up some choices and maps them out for you. This is probably the best form of small business advertising, just making sure your name and location is out there for the people who need it the most.
I've come up with a strategy that should increase the Random Blog button hits again. I have no idea if this will get it back to where it used to, but it will certainly get it to more than where it's been. This process is in its preliminary stages, but I'll be sure to keep you posted on the progress!
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It's still a great site, don't get me wrong. An excellent way to use technology to feed your boredom. The problem is they stole my Gmail Address book and spam invited everyone on there to join StumbleUpon. It told me they were going to check for those in my address book and anyone who had an account, they'd add to my friend's list. My Gmail Address book isn't just people I specially added, it's basically everyone I've ever sent or received an email from. So, sorry for the spam if you were effected!
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A friend of mine introduced me to Stumble Upon this week. I had heard of the site before, but never thought to give it a go. It works kinda like the Random Blog button, except it doesn't just cycle through blogs. Well, after a day or so of using it, I've found a bunch of cool sites with it. I'll do a more in depth post about it later, but if you're interested, try it out!
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It is with extreme pleasure that I present today's Bestest Blog Of The Day to Echoes of Grace.This blog is a mixture of everything. As Grace herself says, it's "Life at it's Best and it's Worst. Headaches and Heartaches, Laughter, Fears and Anguish. Life."
It's obvious that Grace has been through some hard times, which is maybe why I was drawn to her blog in the first place. In the posts Wet Fur and Dream Of Peace you can catch a glimpse of some of that. In her post The Fall she very openly discusses going through depression after losing an amazing 130 pounds.
This blog has a lot more to it though. See what she has to say in Five Reasons Why I Blog. It is a testament to loss and moving on, making new friendships and the common bonds that tie bloggers together. She goes with that theme again in Blog Blessings.
All bloggers will get a chuckle out of But Honey I'm Blogging. I bet you can guess what that one's about! In the very next post Dolphin Dancing Grace tells of her exhilaration from being able to swim with wild dolphins. It makes you wish you were with her.
Echoes of Grace is truly a blog written from the heart. Grace puts so much of herself in every post she writes. Please pay her a visit and see for yourself. Tell her Skittles and The Bestest Blog Of All-Time sent you.
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"Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men." --The Talmud
The quote from the Talmud says almost everything you need to know to know about why bazza's blog deserves a Bestest Blog nod. I found the quote on Bazza's site, A Normal Life, which abounds in common wisdom, good humor, and heart.
Bazza is a humanist, and I mean that in the best sense of the word. He's one of the most genteel souls I have met in cyberspace. He has well crafted opinions on a range of topics: history, art, music, architecture, classic cars, and football, to name a few. But it's not his style to shout anyone down. Bazza lifts up the people and places he profiles in his blog and elevates other bloggers up with gracious comments.
I first met bazza when he surprised me by stopping in on my book blog. See, I had designed it as a best-books-for-women site, all pink and dishy-- a place where only men completely secure in their sexuality would fear to tread.
Enter bazza. His comment on my book blog (the first I received, mind you) was: "I enjoyed your review of The Wonder Spot. Makes me want to read it and I'm not a chick. (English, middle-aged Jewish male). I think good writing is good writing and anything well written is worth reading."
Readers of a normal life have come to expect regular features such as lighthearted quizzes, pictorials of English countryside and architecture as he travels about England, and a growing list of his heroes--men and women--such as William Shakespeare (complete with sonnet), Maya Angelou, Andres Segovia, Homer Simpson, and Olympic medalist Michael Johnson. Perhaps my favorite hero post is about Charles Darwin from August 1. Bazza's biographical entry about Darwin is informative but congenial and relaxed. I felt as if I knew Darwin after reading that post.
I have no doubt you'll find something you'll like at Bazza's blog. It's the kind of place you visit and think, "Now there is a beautiful soul. I'd like to read more of his work. I'd like to be his friend." Let him know that Gale and Bestest Blog sent ya!
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This snow kinda blind sided us here in Jersey. A drive that usually takes me about 30 minutes took me 140 minutes today (that's 2 hours and 20 minutes). The very last part of the drive I was doing about a tenth of a mile every minute...that's only 6 miles per hour! Ugh. Glad to be home, stupid snow!
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We're checking out homes in Maryland tomorrow morning--at least that's the plan--although the weather right now isn't too conducive to driving. I'm hoping it'll warm up a little for tomorrow, so we can get a chance to visit all five properties that we are interested in, and hopefully put in an offer very soon.
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The Gabbatha Journey is adding The Bestest Blog of The Day to their list of accomplishments! Josh is the man guiding The Gabbatha Journey and he is doing a fabulous job. Such a great job that I make a trip to visit each and every day!
Josh has a little bit of everything on his blog. I always look forward to his pick for band of the week. There has only been one time that I haven't enjoyed his choice. In fact he has introduced me to some great bands that I hadn't heard before.
If you are looking for some American Idol Predictions you can stop by and weigh in on this list. After Josh gets done with the Bestest Blog of the Day title I think he needs to be put in charge of developing new rules for the contestants on American Idol. He is already off to a good start.
While Josh has a fun blog that provides an enjoyable entertainment feel the thing that stands out the most about The Gabbatha Journey is Josh himself. From the first visit there is no denying what Josh is about as a person. He is a Christian and is very comfortable sharing his faith. In fact Josh offers a fresh perspective on life and his belief in God is real and very alive. I appreciate that and am often inspired by it.
Josh is one busy guy. Between his real job, keeping up with his beautiful little girl and wife, and participating in his church functions he also runs the The VIP Lounge. I am not sure how he keeps up with it all but I'm sure glad he does. I look forward to his posts and visits! So I hope you make sure you take the time to stop by The Gabbatha Journey. While you are there tell Josh that Jessie from Who Are We sent you via The Bestest Blog Of All Time
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I posted quite a few posts below, very informative as to what has been going on lately and everything. Please don't forget to scroll down and read em if you are interested!
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So far my reviews have been all about the ladies. Today I decided to switch things up and review a guy's blog and the first one that came to mind was Trav's Thoughts!
Travis is 42 years old and lives in the Pacific northwest. (Kind of unspecific there, Trav.) He says this about his blog, "So here's the thing. . .I have thoughts and I'm sharing them." And share them he does!
In this blog you will find examples of some very fine writing skills, fiction and nonfiction. This Manic Monday post about some gunslingers, and this Words On Wednesday post where Travis reminisces about his first date with his wife, are two great examples of his talent.
If you want to learn a little bit about Travis, you can read this meme he got tagged with. He confesses to be a Taylor Hicks fan (Soul Patrol!) and there's a brief description of his battle with Hodgkins disease. You can also read his thoughts about citizens expressing their opinions.
There's a lot of fun in this blog, too. You can't help laughing as you read about the 13 ways he wants to celebrate his 100th post. You can drop by every week for the newest installment of Tuesday Tunes. And, from time to time, you catch some videos like these about funny ferrets.
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I've been asked by a few of last week's winners where the awesome banner that they can display proudly on their sites has gone to. Well, in short, it's on my desktop which has not been connected in about 10 days now. I've been doing everything I can from my wife's laptop...where I can access my email and Blogger files. Once we get settled here I'll be sure to get those banners up and I'll let you know when I do!
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Many of you have been complaining about reduced hits from the Random Blog Button. Let me assure you that the few who have spoken up are not alone. This is affecting everyone!
Without going into too much boring coding detail, the problem arose when Blogger FORCED me to switch to New Blogger. Though everything may appear to be in working order, obviously by the reduced number of hits behind the scenes it isn't working as well.
There is no easy fix here. It's not like I'm being lazy or too busy to get around to type in a few lines of code and VOILA! Granted, I have been EXTREMELY busy, and this may be delaying it somewhat, but it's not easy. Basically, I need to come up with a new coding strategy to get your hits back up to normal. Not impossible, but not easy either.
Like I said in a post below, I have finally finished the move and once I get my desktop set up in here (and allow a day or so for the back to unsore itself), I will be working steadfast on the problem with all the free time I can muster. I know those of you who have seen what I am capable of do not doubt my ability to get things back on track (maybe even better than before) with enough time.
Sorry that I could not respond to any individual emails or comments (and there have been quite a few), but I hope this addresses everything!
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THE MOVE IS FINALLY OVER! All of our stuff is finally in the new townhouse. My back took another beating this weekend (basically moving all 3 days, we have a lot of junk). I did find the time and the internet (which is why you'll notice there hasn't been a post in a few days) to update the premium blog listings...so here we go:
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Today, one of my students asked me if there was such a thing as a super calculator. He said he tried searching for it in Google but couldn't really find anything. Though I'm sure there are probably some really awesome handheld calculators out there that can do incredible stuff, more easily and more popular are some applications you can download onto your computer and use as a calculator. The three most popular that I have experience with are Maple, Mathematica, and MATLAB. They can each do a lot more than the regular old calculators (even the fancy graphing calculators), plus they're really fast too! I wrote a program with Maple that solves Sudoku puzzles in under a second!
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Have you ever been on vacation and gotten tired of hearing your kids ask Are We There Yet? I can promise you won't get tired of visiting Linda's blog of the same name!
One of the first things you'll notice about her blog is the vibrant color scheme. I'm glad she kept it that way after this post where a blog reviewer advised her to tone it down.
Linda is a 911 Dispatcher. You can see the dashboard she works at in this Photo Hunt meme she did. In Stay On Line.. she explains what it's like handling an emergency call from her point of view. She is the mother of two teenage daughters. One of them, Jamie, lives with Linda's ex-husband. You can feel Linda's frustration in dealing with her ex over visitation and such in Here We Go Again. In the recent post What Was That Noise.. she laughs at how sometimes her daughter, Amanda, reminds her of herself at that age.
Are We There Yet? has a steadily growing fan base due to Linda's consistently great posts. I've only touched on a very few here. I'm proud to see her receive today's Bestest Blog Of The Day Award!!!
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A LOT of people have been asking me about the Javascript code to hide all the PPP ads at once. In fact, I've had a reviewer from PPP-itself tell me that they thought it was a good way to keep regular content and ads on my blog without being too obtrusive.
The process is kind of detailed and involves manipulating code in several different areas of your blog. I'll try to get a general sequence of steps down for you guys soon, but I'm not sure how well it will work in some of the new blogger templates...I don't understand the dynamics behind some of those quite as well yet.
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At my school there is an entire department devoted to business. Today I had the opportunity to substitute one of these classes (yes, we do in house substitutions). For as much as we all hear about business throughout our daily lives, and on the TV, it was really interesting and informative to see it in a classroom, textbook setting. I actually learned a few new terms and ideas concerning profits, and expenditure, and supply and demand.
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Well, my back was a bit worse than I let on in my previous post. After about 10 minutes sitting in this chair, I had to go lay back down on the couch. You'll notice that it kept me out of school today. I perhaps could blame the fact that the chair I have at the computer is about as uncomfortable as it gets, but I don't think that should matter.
Thanks to everyone who has stuck with me through these hard times (if there's anyone left!). Things haven't been easy with my personal life, and things haven't been pretty with the website either. Brighter skies on the horizon?...I'm an optimist, so YES!
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Well, I'm home from school today because I hurt my back pretty bad with the first part of our move. When they say you should lift with your legs, they mean it. It's like the last thing I need right now...oh well. The good news for you is that I was able to make it into my computer chair and thus here come some site updates.
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The Running Man is my newest inspirational blog and just has to be the Bestest Blog of the Day! Every time I'm feeling a little unmotivated I head over and visit Jason's blog and it perks me up. Nothing like seeing how far someone else is running to motivate you to get up and move!
The Running Man is a blog that highlights Jason's road to the Richmond Marathon and beyond. In May of 2004 Jason weighed 300 pounds. Since then Jason has lost 100 pounds and started running and competing in races. Jason is now training for a marathon! Can you believe that!!!
Jason recently competed in an 8k race which I think is just amazing. He really enjoyed himself and even ran with another blogger! What a small world.
Jason has set amazing goals for himself. He not only sets them this is a guy that really races to accomplish them! On Monday he met one of his personal goals of running 10 miles. In the month of February alone he has ran 63.9 miles and biked another 57.4 miles! And after he does all that he still has the energy to blog. What an inspiration.
So if you need someone to help you get off your butt and get moving Jason The Running Man may be the guy to get you going. Run by there and say hey to him! Just make sure that you tell him Jessie from Who Are We sent you via The Bestest Blog of All Time.
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Today one of my students introduced me to a cool website called Imeem. It's kinda like having an MP3 player without downloading all the MP3's. You just type in whatever song you want to listen to and they play it. She says that she's yet to find a song she wanted to hear that the website didn't have. I'll have to check into it further, but it seems pretty awesome!
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Congratulations go out to Peggy, as she is for winning "Bestest Blog of the Month." The auction ended at about half of last month's total, but given the current climate here at Bestest Blog, that seems about right. Hey, if I could get things back on track real soon here, Peggy could have herself quite the bargain!
The following is a PayPerPost advertisement...scroll down for more posts... This website is awesome. I am seriously considering buying some business card magnets from them. Would anyone buy a "Bestest Blog" business card magnet from me? Hehehe. I bet them sell them in bulk, but I really just want one to hang on my own fridge. Unless I eventually decide to up and go to a blogging convention (which isn't out of the question), I think they would be pretty superfluous for me at this point. But that doesn't change the fact that they are totally awesome!
I was searching through the blogs I had to choose from and hitting one after another, next one, next one, and then it happened. I hit one that I read all the way through. Every word she wrote. How many times does this happen? She is the wife of an inmate. She is the mother of five. She holds down a job and has made a home for her family. She loves her husband very much and is waiting for him to return. She is educating us to what it is like to be in this situation from her first hand experience. I think she should write a book. Sometimes things are not as they seem. And sometimes good people do a bad thing. It should not mean their life is over. It should mean they can earn a new beginning. That is what this family is doing. And I think doing it very well.
With that, I give you Memoirs of an Inmate's Wife. Please go leave her a comment of encouragement. She could use some kind words y'all... Thanks, bee
