Thanks to Stacy Squirrel, I have a new poll on my blog. Please feel free to agree/disagree/freak out accordingly. Oh and check out her post labeled "Marked" Jan 30th for the inspiration for the poll.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Poll Results ... To Pants or not To Pants...
Polls are closed and the votes are in ...
Those smarmy little boys in Junior high that pull down each other's shorts during gym class...
are "pantsing" each other, according to poll results (9 votes, 50%).
"De pantsing" got 6 votes or 33%.
And 3 of you couldn't believe that one person would do that to another person, either that or you had no idea what I was talking about.
I do believe this is the most votes I've had on a poll thus far. If you have any ideas for polls you'd like me to post, please leave a comment and I'll try to accomodate you.
P-PP is the route for me...care to join?...
Today I'm starting with something a little different. A few times a month, I'm going to be posting (along with all the other good stuff I already post) a pay per post 'post' - if that makes any sense...
How did I hear about this? My blogging friend Kerith also does PPP and she explained how easy to was to do. She's right, this, right here, is my first assignment! So far, I love it! I stole a quick look, and the opportunities available are varied and just about everyone can find something they like to blog about. You have the opportunity to tell a little bit about your blog to the sponsors and they gear some of the opportunities towards your natural interests or blog topics.
Right now, my goal is to make enough money each month to pay for my Internet connection. Since I don't have another job right now, it's the perfect opportunity for me! Getting paid to do something I love and learning in the process? It's genius. It will also give me the opportunity to practice my blogging skills, branch out a little bit, and meet some new people. I think it will serve me well in the future, and would be a good opportunity for a SAHM or SAHD to network and make their blog time worthwhile to the family's bills.
Now don't worry, this is not going to become an all-money blog or get too messy with links along the side. I hate that as much as you do. So what do you say? Care to join me? Feel free to leave a comment if you're interested and I'll help you out.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
It's all about the blog...
MeMe, about the blog.. I was tagged by Ami Mental, we grew up in similar circumstances. She blogs about some interesting things and writes from the heart.
How long have you been blogging? Since March 2006. I told my hubby when I started that no one would give a damn what I said, I was wrong...
What inspired you to start your blog, and who are your mentors? Kt was my inspiration to start blogging. My mentors are everyone on my blogroll. I take inspiration, ideas, and topics from them and weave them into what I read, watch, experience in real life. What comes out is poetry. Maybe not in the hearts and flowers way, but to me it's poetry of the soul.
Are you trying to make money online, or are you doing it just for fun? I've tried to sign up for pay per post after the first of the year. I'd like to be able to pay for my internet by blogging on a topic of interest once or twice a week.
What 3 things do you love about being online? Finding new people that I can find things in common with; getting my thoughts out on 'paper' instead of rambling around inside my head; hearing back from others and knowing that 'someone gives a damn about what I say'....
Since I've handed out several memes this week, how about if you want to play, you can play, just copy the questions and link back to me!
Shaq Attack'ed'?...Extravagance to the max...
Here's the link to the state of Shaq's finances. His wife is filing for divorce. Me thinks he is going to have to trim a little bit off of his cable bill in order to be able to afford it.
The man makes 1.8 million a month and spends around half of it $875,015 A MONTH in bills, presumably the remaining (works on calculator frantically) $924,985 goes in the bank, to gifts, children's toys, and the other 'little' things in life.
The totals include: $156,116 mortgages (3) plus $31,299 in homeowners insurance; $3,345 phone; $1,610 lawn/pool maintenance; $12,775 groceries; $10,065 electricity, $1,495 cable TV; $5,000 for 3 cars (owns at least 6); $24,300 gas; $6,730 dry cleaning; $17,220 clothing; $2,305 pets and $110,505 vacations. Child care $26,500 for 6 kids 4 theirs, 1 each his and hers. Add to this now he pays $10,000 a month in child support and another 10 for alimony. Property taxes cost him $903,132 presumably a year or $75,261 per month.
Okay, I get that you might want more than one house, but even if you're living in a mansion, you still have 2 homes that shouldnt be drawing anything electric, cable, or otherwise than enough to keep the major appliances plugged in year round, until you arrive there. Presumably these other 2 houses are vacation homes, but at the very least? almost $1500 a month for cable? Good lord. We pay $90 for basic cable AND internet. Even adding sports packages into that, why pay for that much cable in three houses you barely use? Same thing in gasoline? jeez! If you drive to the airport to go to games and back, if your spouse goes about her daily life, how could you spend more than $1000 in gasoline a month, even if you put gas in 6 cars, you can't run 6 cars out of gas that much if you're on the road working all the time. The big thing though, Umm.. really, you are paying almost $30,000 a MONTH for child care? You have a spouse who DOESNT have to work, you could get a live in nanny to help with your kids, and there's no way you'd reach that much. Presumably most of them are in school all day, even if you need after school care if your spouse DOES choose to work (more power to her), how could you NEED that much child care? Besides that, almost $2 grand a month on pets? 3 grand in phone bills? who are they calling the pope? and the grocery bill, what are you feeding those kids? $10,000 would take care of most kids for a VERY long time. So they're getting fed and taken care of presumably in one of the three houses, plus another $20K for child support and alimony.. I am not seeing the downside for the wife and kids here. Except the obvious broken home part. Even then, if daddy is gone for most of the time anyway, how is it going to be much different?
And she wants MORE money? Give me a break. Granted, they both seem to be spendy spendy, wasteful even, that much money going down the drain. Sure, making the economy flow around them, but jeez, I'd love to know some of the other stars' extravagances. Anyone have any ideas about that? Who else spends that much on groceries, or electricity, cable, or phone?
Any of you? Any of you want to line up to be the next Mrs. Shaq, sell a couple of those houses, drop those bills down to nothing for a bit and then file for divorce yourself? You'd be a millionaire!
Bloggers A-Z
Rule #1: Copy all the links below and replace the link that starts with the same letter as your blog. If your domain name, or title of your blog, starts with an “A,” you’d replace the link under that letter and put the replaced link at the bottom. Link to the person that tagged you so they get more hits as well!
A. acowboyswife.com
B. bloggingcents.com
C. caffeine-overload.com
D. DadThing.com
E. Everydayrandomness.net
F. forumfinder.net
G. gothic-peach.net
H. happykeg.com
I. ipentimento.com
J. justsimplyholly.com
K. kabalyero.com
L. lil-mousehouse.blogspot.com
M. michaelpark.net
N. notjustmama.net
O. originalmx5.net
P. peapodsquadstuff.com
Q. qweddings.com
R. rowdigrl.com
S. shirleysdelight.com
T. thesocalledme.net
U. utada-online.net
V. valmg.com
W. wildrose.rpgraphics.net
X. xaviermedia.com
Y. yimto.com
Z. zbudapest.com
Replaced link: http://ladylike4.com
Tagged by: http://gothic-peach.net
Rule #2: “tag” 5 people.
Barnmouse
Crazy Hectic Life
Momisodes
Rites of Passage
Spirited Strider
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