Lenovo IdeaPad Z585 Laptop Giveaway

Hey there.  Who wants a new laptop?!  I have partnered with my good friend, Justin, over at Dragonblogger.com, to bring you this great Lenovo IdeaPad Z585 laptop giveaway.  It's a great budget gaming laptop.  Of course, you don't have to use it for gaming. The added firepower that this laptop has would make it a great laptop to have period!  This bad boy easily retails over $700 and you can score a free one right here!  Check out the specs!

• Lenovo IdeaPad Z585
• AMD A8-4500M 1.9GHz
•  6GB Memory
• 750GB HDD AMD
• Radeon HD 7640G DVD±R/RW

Additional Features

Stylish design in premium brushed gray metal
Integrated AMD Radeon HD graphics
OneKey® Theatre, with touch-sensitive hotkeys, for one-touch audiovisual optimization
Dolby® Home Theater v4, with specialized stereo speakers for crisp, clear surround sound
Intelligent TouchPad, supporting multiple-finger gestures
Integrated 720p HD webcam, HDMI
Two USB 3.0 ports, 5-in-1 card reader
AccuType keyboard
15.6” HD LED backlit display
DVD Drive
OneKey® Rescue for system backup and restoration
Lenovo Energy Management

So how do you enter?  This giveaway and all future giveaways here on Metallman's Reverie will now be powered by PunchTab.  Rafflecopter was great but it was too high maintenance.  Too many bogus entries and I spent a lot of time removing bad entries.  The great thing about using PunchTab?   Aside from them verifying entries for me, if you share the contest, the more entries YOU earn.  That's right!  Sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else will benefit you and earn you extra entries each time someone clicks on your unique url code!  How awesome is that!!!  So share away, friends.  The more entries you score, the more chances that the giveaway gods will pick you!  Good luck!
The Lenovo Laptop Giveaway Contest is being held by Dragon Blogger Technology in coordination with the following sponsors:
Metallman's Reverie
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The Day I Became a Flute Player

Hey there.  This weekend, while I was relaxing at home, I decided to play some music.  Not on the iPod or radio, but play a musical instrument.  Most of you already know that I play guitar.  I have both an acoustic guitar and an electric guitar.  Both are pretty special to me.  The acoustic was given to me by wife (girlfriend at the time she gave it to me) and my electric is a Kirk Hammet "Skully" (KH-602) guitar.  But I'm not here to talk about guitar, I'm here to talk about my flute playing.  That's right, I play flute.  From time to time, I managed to eek out some time to play.  Last weekend was one of those times.  I grabbed the book that I would practice out of in JR. high and high school and test out my skills.  No doubt that they've diminshed some, but after 18 years of first picking up the instrument, they have yet to completely erode.

God of War Saga Winner

Hey there. Time to announce a winner of the God of War Saga giveaway!  This was one of the more popular giveaways that I've had and it just comes to show that Kratos is one popular character.  I asked what God of War games you guys have not played and it's pretty clear that most of you have played them all.  If anything, the PSP titles were the ones that didn't get as much play time.  Anyways, time to announce the winner!  And the winner is...

Kingston Tech Hyper X 64GB USB 3.0 Flashdrive Giveaway at Dragonblogger

Hey there.  My good friend, Justin, over at Dragonblogger.com is giving away one awesomely fast and powerful Kingston Hyper X 64 Gig 3.0 Flashdrive!  Just how awesome are they?  Well...  a standard flash drive can transfer data at max speeds at around 1-3 MBs a second.  During a test run, this bad boy had a max transfer speed of 139 MBs a second.  That's incredible.  Transfer videos from your laptop or computer to a flash drive in mere seconds!  How can you NOT want one!  I want one!  lol  So make sure you check out his official test run and post here and don't foget to enter the giveaway using the form below!

So let's hear it, friends.  Pictures?  Projects?  Videos?  Movies?  I know I have plenty of videos that I transfer from laptop to laptop so this would be perfect for the movie affictionado such as myself!  Why do you need a lightning fast flash drive?  Later!
Need an extra flash drive?  The Kingston Hyper X 64 GB Flashdrive retails close to $200 but is currently on sale at Amazon for the below price!

Thoughts On... the Dallas Cowboys Defeating the New York Giants 24 - 17

Dallas Cowboys 24 - New York Giants 17

Hey there.  Are you ready for some football?!?!  I sure am!  I hate the few months leading up to football season because the only sport that is on TV is baseball.  Even though I played in a softball team for 2 seasons, I just can't watch the sport on TV.  It's just not my cup of tea.  So now that football is back, sports have been reinserted into my life!  I love football and couldn't be more excited that the first game of the season finally kicked off!  So here are my thoughts on the opening game of the 2012- 2013 NFL season between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants.

Buffalo Wild Wings is the Place to go for NFL Football

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Buffalo Wild Wings for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Hey there.  The NFL season is finally here!  Your favorite team (mine is the Raiders, by the way) is ready to take the field and tackle the 2012-2013 season.  So are you going to hang out at home and catch the first game of the season on the couch???  No way!  You should head on over to the NFL capital of the world, Buffalo Wild Wings!  Where else you would you be able to enjoy awesome wings and catch the game in a family friendly environment?  Don't drop the ball and miss out on a great environment with friends and family!  Protect the football. Get to B-Dubs and enjoy the big game in style!