Cash Crate

Hey there friends. On my quest to make a few extra bucks online, I stumbled upon Cashcrate.com . So far so good. You fill out a simple surveys or you sign up to receive free samples of stuffs and you get paid for it. Sounds good to me. I've only been a member for about a week so, I suggest you check it out for yourself. It's free to join and if you're not happy with it, delete your account. I think this one of the few sites that will allow you to delete your account if you're not happy with their services. I think that speaks volumes. Use this link Cashcrate.com and check it out, friends. You got nothing to lose and much to gain. Later.

Fried Guitar Hero, Please

Hey there. This morning, my boy made me and my wife laugh our asses off. Since we're coming in to work later than usual, we are dropping off the kids at school this week. Well, this morning, as I pulled in front of the school, I got out to walk them across the street. As I was telling them to have a good day and be productive and what not, my boy turns and says to me, "I always mess up on the beginning of Raining Blood." I kinda gave him a brief look of disbelief and then started laughing. I got in the car and told my wife and we both started laughing. She says that the boy has Guitar Hero fried in his brain. lol Especially, if I'm over here telling him to have a good day, and out comes a comment about Guitar Hero. Man, that was classic. Ranks right up there with my daughter saying that when people turn 100, they turn into pets. Hahahahahaha Man, children say the darnest things. lol

Speaking of Guitar Hero, here's my update in my quest to become a Guitar Hero master. lol I'm going through Expert Mode and struggled heavily on the Slipknot song and Knight of Cydonia song... Took about a week for me to luck through them. I finally got through last night but now I can only get through about 75% of Cult of Personality... That damn solo kicks my ass. Gonna more than likely have to practice that sucker...

If I succeed, I'll let you know. Until then, later.

Blogs of the Month

Hey there friends. As I was browsing some of the blogs in the Entrecard community, I noticed that some held contests and what not to entice people to comment thier sites or join their communities. I decided that I'll follow suit and reward some of my fellow Entrecard members by providing them with a free link for a full month. I will now have a section titled, "Blogs of the Month" where I will place a link and image to those friends that dropped the most cards on my site for the previous month. Any tie breakers will be decided by comments left on any of my posts. I will send a message to the top 5 so that they can provide a link to their site and image. You won't see any during the month of May since I joined Entrecard in the last week of April, so the first set of winners will be displayed on Jun 1st. Best of luck friend. Later!

Restful Nights

Hey there. This weekend, we slept well. Pretty damn well. Our little one (turning 3 July 4th) has been sleeping in our bed since forever and she moves, kicks, and turns all night long, leaving us restless and tired as hell in the morning. My wife receives these Emails from Baby Center. She signed up for the newsletter a few years back when we were pregnant. She used to send those Emails to me on a weekly basis, to read up on tips and what not to help care with the baby. Well, she sent one a few weeks back and said, it's been awhile since I sent this to you. After we looked it over, there was a tip on how to get your little one to sleep in their own bed. Our eyes lit up. lol We went ahead and decided to go for it. BC (Baby Center) said that you should move in her bed to your room and let her sleep in the room until she gets used to the idea of sleeping in her bed. I moved her in right away. lol I carried her bed, all toys and dolls incuded, and plopped it right beside our bed. She had very few hisitations and was proud that she was being a "big girl". This weekend, I moved her bed back to her room and, Lo and Behold!!!! She sleeps in her bed! Leaving us feeling pretty damn good about ourselves, not to mention well rested. lol

For you parents out there that can't get your little one to sleep in their own bed, give this a shot. You have nothing to lose. lol

Keep on sleeping and keep on dreaming. Later!

Dimebag Darrell

Hey there friends. As we were riding home, we were listening to the radio, as does the majority of America. After a song or two, I turned it off. Was pretty upset with the quality of new music that's out there. I just don't think it's good. Even a great bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers (I chose them as an example cause I swear, they are on the radio 24/7) sound so commercial now. Their new sounds is nothing like their old stuff and their old stuff was good. Anyways, I pulled out my phone, put on the tunes I have there and let it play on random.

I was singing along, enjoying myself, to Metallica, Slayer, and Pantera. Ahh... Pantera. I started thinking of Dime. One the worlds best guitar players, taken from us a few years back. As we were cruising on the freeway, I started thinking what were some of his best riffs and solos. Immediately, the classics came to mind. Cowboys from Hell, Cemetery Gates, Hollow, to name a few... But I was listening to "10's", one of my absolute favorite Pantera songs.



In my opinion, the solo for 10's has got to be Dime's best solo ever. Hold the hate mail, please. lol I know the man had chops. No one can take away from this man's shredding ability, he was definitely one of the best and I enjoy those riffs as well, but the solo on 10's just emanates Dime. Ask yourself, who was Dime? He was a laid back, crown royal drinking, funny ass, every man's man that will kick your ass if you cross him kinda guy. That is exactly what that solo is. Starts off laid back, it flows beautifully with the song, and through it all, he shreds through the scales going back and forth showing that he can not only be chill, but be killer too. You can always tell the good guitar players from the great ones because the greats will always amaze you, even when you least expect it and this solo just blows me away.

When you get a chance, listen to it friends. It's exactly what Dime will always be... just simply bad ass. Rest in peace friend. Later

Entrecard

Hey there friends. So I joined a new community not too long ago where you create your own business card and "drop" it off on other blogs that are also members. As you can see on the top right of my page, I have a "blog of the day" with a "drop" sign underneath it. So far, I think it's a great tool to not only check out other blogs but also to expose your blog to others as well. There's also a business sense to it, since this is your business card. Once you join you have the option to promote other blogs on your site and you can promote yours on others. You gain credits by dropping your card and by promoting other blogs. You can then use those credits to buy a spot on another blog to advertise yours.

So far, it's been working great for me. I drop off on sites I think are cool and I'll promote those I think are worthwhile. I've read some negativity regarding this, though. From what I've read, there are people out there that drop away until you've reached your daily limit. I don't think that necessarily bad but if you're just dropping cards for the hell of it, then it's kinda defeating the whole purpose, you know.

I just left a post on their forum for some feedback. Hopefully, I'll get a good grasp on how this works and how I can optimize it's potential. Later!