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There’s a new blog in town and it’s going to be hot!
My dear friend, Tammie, is blogging now. Tammie is an excellent writer and an outstanding journalist, just finishing a stint at a local radio station. She’s trying her hand at something a bit new to her but I just know she’s going to shine at this. It all comes down to talent and Tammie has plenty of that!
If you’re interested in a wide variety of topics, from sports and finance to politics and humor, stop on by Tammie’s blog. Even though it’s brand new I get the feeling it’s going to be a lot like a morning radio talk show, but in blog form. Maybe if we’re lucky, there’ll be podcasts in the future!
Just consider this your special invite to get on over to Tammie’s blog to get to know her. You’re going to love this lady!
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I know, I’m a little late on this. It’s a few days past Saturday but it’s not too late to check out the latest SupahStar over at Colleen’s Geeky Speaky Blog.
This week SupahStar is the beautiful Amy. Seriously, “beautiful” is the one word that describes Amy both on the inside and outside. I don’t think I’ve ever known anyone quite like her. She’s so level headed but I think that’s because she’s just a good person. And yet, there’s just enough crazy in her to make me love her even more. 
Whether she’s blogging about her fabulous chocolate lab or trying to help a friend in need, Amy’s blog is always heart-warming and fun. I’ve gotten to know quite a few wonderful women through PayPerPost and Amy is one of the best! Just visit her blog and I’m sure you’ll agree.
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It’s that time of the week again. Colleen, over at GeekySpeaky has chosen this week’s SupahStar. Aren’t you wondering who it is?
This week’s SupahStar is Marcus, North Carolina Sports fan extraordinaire and all around great guy. *Side note: Marcus is single, girls! And he’s one of the “good guys” so get over to his blog and get to know him!
I’ve been waiting patiently for Marcus to receive and test his new camera. I’m dying to know what kind of picture quality it has since I’m always looking for reviews of things my kids are hounding me to buy.
I guess I really trust his judgment. That’s why I’m now actually looking into Windows Vista. I know, I hate Microsoft. Or maybe I love/hate them. Whatever. Marcus just posted screenshots of Vista and now I want it, too.
So now that you know a little about Marcus, get on over to his blog and start reading. He’s a real blogging SupahStar, you know.
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I think one of my neatest online discoveries back in the 90s was eCards or online greeting cards. There were literally hundreds of sites, all with unusual and unique ecards. I sent them to anyone with an email address, for every occasion and sometimes for no occasion.
Most of those sites I used to visit now charge quite a bit to send ecards and most of the sites are anything but unique. I learned this yesterday, on Valentine’s Day. How disappointing.
One site, though, makes sending ecards a pleasure again. Egreetings lets you send unique, free funny eCards to all your friends. And every ecard you send can be personalized with your own message, too.
Egreetings.com also offers a paid service that allows you to choose cards and schedule them for delivery on dates you specify. That really makes keeping in touch so easy. And it’s just $13.99/year for unlimited ecards! You can’t buy 4 nice paper cards and mail them for that!
How unique are the ecards? Well, I’ve never seen a Valentine card with Chins before! Be sure to click on the image because the ecard is animated. You’ll want to see it in full action.
But don’t wait till next Valentine’s Day to send an ecard. Egreetings.com has ecards for every occasion. Whether you’re congratulating someone, just saying hello or wishing a Happy Birthday, you’ll find the perfect ecard at egreetings.com. (Go ahead, click the cleavage, too. It may not be what you expect. 
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I have quite a few online friends of various faiths. Some are Christian like me. One of the problems we Christian parents have is finding a safe place online for our kids. Even with excellent monitoring, MySpace can be a place that we just don’t want our kids to frequent. And YouTube can be even worse.
Xianz.com is a faith based alternative to MySpace. It has recently released a similar alternative to YouTube, Xianz Watch. It’s just launched and already has hundreds of videos. They’re hoping to have thousands by the end of February.
Xianz Watch, the largest online Christian social network, supports over 20 video formats and offers a video messaging system that allows communicating and video sharing.
Whether you’re looking for something more uplifting and better suited to your views or you just want a safe environment for the young people in your life, Xianz.com is there to fill that need. Give it a look.
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My buddy, known around the interweb as JimiMorrison, added me to the Z-list. This may explain the added traffic to my site recently. Added traffic is good. I need more readers.
So now I’m going to add some friends to the list and pass it on. Here’s the explanation, from *Blog Op*:
The premise is simple: Write a post, and copy and paste my list from below into it. Make sure the links are active and correct. If your blog is on that list, remove it because your post isn’t about self-promotion. Don’t worry, because if your name is on mine, it’s on others and will spread. Add your favourite deserving blogs to the top of the list (not compulsory). Publish the post. People will notice the incoming links, and hopefully write their own z-list posts. The result will be that we all get more links pointing to our blogs, and more readers - got to be good!
Key Points
1) Create a new post on your blog.
2) Copy and Paste the entire list of blog links below (easiest way is to right-click>View Page Source>Copy the long list of code that has the links in it)
3) Add any blogs that you want to include near the top of the list. (Optional)
4) Include the blog where you first got the list from, in your post as well as with your adds if they aren’t in the Originals list already. (I’ve seen them excluded from lists and not carried forward, so make sure you include the one that you are going to give credit for putting you on the list.) .
5) Do not include your own blog links on the list in your post.
6) Make sure that all links are copied intact.
7) Publish the Post.
The List
My adds:
My Thoughts, Ideas and Ramblings
Ang.’s Chicken Coop
Domestic Geek
Quiet Whisperings
Skeet’s Stuff
The Originals:
Internet. Serious Business
Tricia’s Musings
Guitar Licks
Candid Quips
Pencil Thin
Toil
That Boy Ain’t Right
Simplify Every Obstacle
Make$ Money$
Organic Income
Owen of Ugh
Jules is Utterly Geek
The Sabahan
Critical Thoughts
Blog-Op
Carols Vault
Blog About Your Blog
Monetize Your Blog
Cosmin PTR
Make Money On The Net
Successful Online Money Making
Turn One Pound Into One Million$
Work at Home Blog
Blogging For Beginners
How to earn money online?
Dosh Dosh
Money Money Money
Money Making Quest
Connected Internet
Mike’s Money Making Mission
Time to Budget
Can I Make Big Money Online
Blogtrepreneur
Flee the Cube
Blogging Secret
Blogging to Fame
Million Dollar Experiment heads Down Under
Quest to make money on the internet
Kumiko’s Cash Quest
Calico Monkey
Internet Bazaar
Shotgun Marketing Blog
BrandSizzle
bizsolutionsplus
Customers Rock!
Being Peter Kim
Pow! Right Between The Eyes!
Billions With Zero Knowledge
Working at Home on the Internet
MapleLeaf 2.0
Two Hat Marketing
darrenbarefoot.com
The Emerging Brand
The Branding Blog
CrapHammer
Drew’s Marketing Minute
Golden Practices
Viaspire
Tell Ten Friends
Flooring the Consumer
Kinetic Ideas
Unconventional Thinking
Buzzoodle
NewsPaperGrl
The Copywriting Maven
Hee-Haw Marketing
Scott Burkett’s Pothole on the Infobahn
Multi-Cult Classics
Logic + Emotion
Branding & Marketing
Popcorn n Roses
On Influence & Automation
Bullshitobserver
Servant of Chaos
converstations
eSoup
Presentation Zen
Dmitry Linkov
aialone
John Wagner
Nick Rice
CKs Blog
Design Sojourn
Frozen Puck
The Sartorialist
Small Surfaces
Africa Unchained
Perspective
gDiapers
Marketing Nirvana
Bob Sutton
¡Hola! Oi! Hi!
Shut Up and Drink the Kool-Aid!
Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together
Community Guy
Social Media on the fly
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The always creative Colleen over at GeekySpeaky has come up with a great new meme that will help introduce all of us to some really terrific bloggers, and generate traffic to all who participate, too. She’s calling it SupahStar Saturday and today is the first installment.
Our very first Supah Star is the amazing Loretta. She’s amazing because she’s still coherent while raising FOUR sons! Since I have 5 sons, I can relate all too well. It’s a major accomplishment to remain sane in a sea of testosterone. And Loretta is not only sane and coherent, she’s quite entertaining.
I love Loretta for appreciating Ozzy and his genius wife Sharon. I’m also thrilled that in her quest to get fit, she’s considering low-carb, my passion. But mostly, I love her wit. I love her attitude. I love her views on the word housewife.
Ah, yes. Go read about Loretta. She’s perfect for brightening your Saturday.
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The way it is: my husband does not like when the kids have friends stay overnight here. I guess it all goes back to the way he was raised and the way I was raised. We had friends stay overnight a lot. We stayed over at friends’ homes. My husband didn’t do that. No sleepovers.
So since he’s in Hawaii, the kids have their friends here. Josh and Cody are here with Boomer and Levi and Amanda is here with Maggie. And I love it. It would be this way every day if that were possible.
The girls and Levi are awake, the other boys are still asleep. Before long, they’ll all be awake, eating cereal and getting ready for the Super Bowl. I’ll have to get Amanda and Josh home during half time, though, since there’s school tomorrow.
Which brings me to my final thought. Shouldn’t the day after the Super Bowl be considered a national holiday? I’d be willing to give up President’s Day or something for it. Shall we start a petition?
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Language is interesting. It binds people, or divides them. Language is powerful; those able to express themselves well will make their point more effectively. Language is the catalyst for understanding.
My friend, Osman, loves language. He is studying at the Department of English Language Teaching in Turkey. He speaks fluent turkish, is quite good with English, and is learning German and Spanish. He says he understand Kurdish but doesn’t speak it well.
Osman’s newest blog, Linguistics and Languages, is a celebration of language. Whether he’s showing his sense of humor for Wordless Wednesday, wishing his niece a Happy Birthday in various languages or featuring a guest writer, Osman gives new life to language and linguistics and makes the subject interesting and fun.
Check him out!
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I love a guy with attitude. And a sense of humor is icing on the cake. That’s why I love reading “Jimi Morrison’s” Internet. Serious Business blog.
Okay, so Jimi Morrison isn’t his real name. Doesn’t matter. He’s been participating in online communities via forums for quite a while and his observations are right on point. His instruction on how to have a debate regarding the existance of God is the best I’ve ever seen.
Even when he’s discussing something like the terribly overused LMAO, ROFL et el, he slips in an aside that makes me smile: “I find it hard to believe that anyone actually rolls around on the floor and laughs their ass off. I know I never have and I’ve smoked weed.” And that attitude and humor is all over Jimi’s blog.
So read Internet. Serious Business, bookmark iit, add the feed to your reader. And enjoy.
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