I’m off to NYC next week but a little Italian charm sounds better than NYC charm. A stay on Elba Island is just about as charming as you can get. Elba is very close to Tuscanny. Beaches, scuba diving, biking, Italian food and a garland of virgins. Here’s the Elba Hotel & travel information, which hotel are you booking?
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I know, I usually write about silly stuff or link to weird and unusual and interesting stuff. Today, it’s time for a detour to the tough stuff. Drug rehab and just to make things interesting, cord blood too. Dealing with a family member who may need to be in drug rehab is tough, thank goodness the internet has advanced to the point where information and support are readily available.
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Are you in need of insurance? The ASDA site has both Home Insurance and Car Insurance. The site is nicely designed and easy to use. There is information regarding savings accounts, loans and credit cards as well. A one stop shopping type of website is my favorite kind. Check out the FAQ section, that’s the kind of detail I like to see in this type of website. The more questions you can answer via FAQ, the happier I am.
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I haven’t blogged about music in awhile, possibly because I haven’t had time to look for new music. Well today that’s all changed. I love independent music so Unsigned is the perfect site for me to wander around and discover new musicians. Looking for Hip Hop Artists? How about Folk or Alternative? You name the gender, Unsigned has it. Ever heard of Carol Plunk? I hadn’t, til now. Good stuff!
I can’t wait til their music player launches. I’m also guessing that the cd creator tool is something Michelle and her friends will be interested in. You can make a compilation cd and SELL IT. Now that’s interesting, don’t you think? Both the artist and the producer (that would be YOU) can make money from the compilation. I really love this idea.
Now I’m off to surf for 10 or 12 more artists I might feature in a compilation cd. I want to be ready when the tool launches!
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I’m heading to NYC in the early part of April for work. Then, a few weeks later we’re going to Charlotte to help my mom babysit Heir to the Throne. All in all, I’d rather be booking a Bangkok Flight! I could use a vacation.
You folks in the UK ought to check out Dial a Flight. HEATHROW to BANGKOK is from £250 (+ £139 tax). Curse the weak dollar! Enjoy your international travel while the British pound is strong! You’ll regret it if you don’t.
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Well it’s in the air down here in Florida. In fact it has been in the air for a good long while and we really need to get into the garden and whip it into shape - before it is too late. The bamboo has taken over, the square foot gardens are growing wild and the fruit trees need some serious attention. Let’s not even think about the patio that has somehow acquired an unusual array of oddities that people have put out there for “temporary storage”.
The job and thinking about the job is overwhelming. I’ve found wandering around gardening websites for inspiration helps. Remember that gnome site I talked about last year? Well the folks over there have added a bunch of new items to their stock. Maybe I will treat our garden to some Stepping Stones once I’ve got it all neat and tidy. Only problem with that is trying to decide which one(s) to choose. I’ve never seen so many different stepping stones. (Please don’t suggest the frogs or the gator - other than that, help me choose 3 or 4, please!)
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Have you heard any good PPP rumors lately? I bet you have since PPP has been teasing us about a big announcement - coming soon! Will it increase site traffic? Of course it will, that’s the name of the game for posties and advertisers alike, isn’t it? Without site traffic, we’d all be stuck with dumb text ads and ridiculous banners cluttering up our sidebars!
The question is, WHAT will the announcement be? Honestly, I have no idea!
Have Scoble and Calcanis both decided to embrace the Postie Way and become posties themselves? Just having Scoble agree to be the keynote speaker at Postie Con helps reduce the negative stigma around “pay per post”. Nah, Scoble is too busy being Scoble (and getting ready to be a dad again) and Calcanis is too busy being, well you know… So that can’t be it.
So what besides Scoble and Calcanis bring in traffic? Blogging about sex always brings in traffic! Maybe PPP is going to start a spin-off porn site? Nah.
The PPP offices are in Orlando, home of Mickey Mouse himself, so maybe they are hooking up with Lord Disney to take over the blogosphere? Possible, very possible.
Digg, if you get a post on digg then you definitely increase traffic. Is PPP buying DIGG? hahaha, that would be amusing, wouldn’t it?
Cute baby animal photos included with every PPP blog entry? That would bring in traffic. Or what if every Postie was required to share a secret, (a la Post Secret), that would totally rake in the viewers (I better start a list of secrets I can spill so I’m ready!)
Politics can bring page views if you get someone like Coulter spouting off. Or maybe PPP is teaming up with the ladies on The View? Or Oprah! Yeaaaaa it’s Oprah! Oprah is going to become a Postie! That’s what the big announcement is going to be.
Oprah is going to be a Postie! Spread the word!
Earlier in the week, I made a joke on another blog about being pregnant. I’ve had some queasy stomach issues and then out of the blue, some weird cravings. But no, I’m not pregnant, though it would be AWESOME to be pregnant again - just one more time.
I loved being pregnant. I loved everything about it. OK not everything. Not the morning sickness (which I had 24 hours a day with the first child and 6 hours a day with the second). Also, not the maternity clothes.
Luckily, advances have been made in the clothing front. Maternity clothes are a lot nice, a lot better quality (without having to spend the child’s college fund) and even better, you don’t have to actually BUY maternity pants! b-buckles has this interesting hip & cool b-buckles. I’m not really sure whether they are “hip” or not, but I do know they are very cool and very interesting.
You choose the b-buckles size based on your pre-pregnancy pants size. $22 and you can keep wearing your favorite, perfect pair of jeans, all through your pregnancy. No more maternity jeans! Yea! I want to be pregnant!
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Until my father discovered a serious mold problem in his recently purchased home, I really had no idea that mold was such a big problem. It took him 2 years, a ton of money, and 2 lawsuits with the seller to get the issue resolved. And in the meantime, the young grandchildren were not allowed to go in various rooms of the house. You can find some really solid information about mold and mold testing at the NJ Mold Remediation website. Mold is bad, bad news.
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That’s one of the great things about living in Florida, it’s sandal weather almost all year. If you are in the market for sandals, check out rainbow sandals. They have pages and pages of sandals! You folks who aren’t lucky enough to live in Florida should definitely check them out. If you’re knee deep in snow, just thinking about sandals and sandal weather should cheer you up, right?
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