Alexa is strange

I don't understand Alexa at all. I know it's determined by the traffic that your blog receives. Not everyone uses the extension or the tool bar so I put the widget on my site. The widget counts each unique hit for the day, so my Alexa ranking should go down right? Wrong! I added a widget to my site and my ratings went UP by a million. That doesn't even make sense.

I will never understand how Alexa and PR are figured out. Speaking of which, my pr went up on all of my blogs. My domain is a 2. Both of my blogger blogs are a 3. Hopefully, I can parlay my pr into some moolah.

Win-lose-win-lose

That's what the Yankees seem to be doing. They finally end a 7 game skid yesterday with a win over Boston, then they turn around today and lose again. Let's just hope this isn't the start of another long streak.

Masterseek search engine

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Aaron's blog

Aaron has an awesome blog. He's a graphic artist and student living in the Philippines. Aaron's majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with tracks in CS-multimedia and Information Design. He puts my poor little Economics major to shame. He designed most of the pictures and graphic designs that you see on his site. He also has a link where you can check out his graphic design rates.

His blog has been active since 2004 and he has received recognition for his blog including being a finalist for Philippines best blog of the year. That's a great accomplishment for any blog. Check him out when you get a chance.

School is finally over

The semester is finally over. I didn't think it would ever end. The class I had was one of the hardest classes I have ever had. My final was killer. I only wanted a B in the class. I'll be lucky to get a B-. I don't feel confident that I got a good score on my final.

We had a extra credit project worth 5-20 points. I got 5 points just for attempting the project. They say hind-sight is 20/20, now I wish I had put more effort into the project because I need all of the points that I can get. I'll just have to sit back and wait until next week for my grades to come in. Until then, I'll be on pins and needles.

Joke of the week

Because Cara from Things That Make You Go Huh? said she like the why did the chicken cross the road jokes, I figured I would go with part 2. Hope everyone enjoys them.

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? -- Part Two

George Orwell: Because the government had fooled him into thinking that he was crossing the road of his own free will, when he was really only serving their interests.

Colonel Sanders: I missed one?

Plato: For the greater good.

Aristotle: To actualize its potential.

Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability.

B.F. Skinner: Because the external influences, which had pervaded its sensorium from birth, had caused it to develop in such a fashion that it would tend to cross roads, even while believing these actions to be of its own freewill.

Jean-Paul Sartre: In order to act in good faith and be true to itself, the chicken found it necessary to cross the road.

Albert Einstein: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.

The Sphinx: You tell me.

Buddha: If you ask this question, you deny your own chicken nature.

Emily Dickinson: Because it could not stop for death.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: It didn't cross the road; it transcended it.

Ernest Hemingway: To die. In the rain.

Saddam Hussein: This was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it.

Saddam Hussein #2: It is the Mother of all Chickens.

Joseph Stalin: I don't care. Catch it. I need its eggs to make my omelet.

Dr. Seuss: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes the chicken crossed the road, but why he crossed, I've not been told!

O.J.: It didn't. I was playing golf with it at the time.

Read All About It blog review

I love having a blog roll on the side of my blog. You run across the most interesting blogs that you may not have otherwise found. Today I read Leigh's blog Read All About It. The first thing it noticed was the color. It's a pretty pink template. Actually it's the exact same one I was going to pick, but I decided on the blue background instead. Leigh reviews products as well as websites on her blog. One of the products she reviews is Microdermabrasion by Mary Kay. She also sells Mary Kay so if you're in the market be sure to stop by and check her out.

I didn't even know that Boris Yeltsin had died today until I read it on Leigh's other blog Alabama Voter. I'm always interested in what people have to say about politics. I may not agree with them, but I'm happy to see other people that take the political process seriously. Stop by and check this blog out, it's a very interesting read.

Damn Yankees

They got swept by the Red Sox this weekend. The score was 7-6 today. They gave up 4 back-to-back homeruns. Well, that's not the way to win.

The worse part is that I should have been studying instead of watching this game.

What's that all about?

So my previous post is a disclosure policy. Why is it here? Well, because I'm a paid blogger that's why. When you get paid to blog, you should disclose that fact. I've opted for a site wide disclosure instead of on each paid post. It just makes it easier for me.

This blog will not become spammy or look like a splog. I do like the idea of making money from blogging, but I don't plan on selling my soul at the same time. I'm trying to keep the ratio of regular posts to paid posts at 3 to 1. That's a bare minimum number. It may be a higher ratio. You might see 5 posts before 1 paid post. Since I'll only take things that interest me, I don't expect to find many paying opportunities.

I still plan on writing a ton of sports posts. Even though this is still not a sports blog.

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Father time is going to the NBA

I don't care what anybody says, I think Greg Oden is about 31. lol. I just made that age up, but he seriously looks older than he is. I can't blame him for leaving school early. This young man (tic) is very talented. A shot at an NBA career comes once in a lifetime. If he stays in school, 1 injury could ruin his potential career.

Most people think kids should stay in school. No way I say. School is not going anywhere, he can always go back and finish his degree if that's what he chooses to do.

The draft should be very interesting.

Extra cash is always good

I'm always looking for ways to make extra money. Since I'm in school and work full-time, I need something that will fit into my hectic schedule. Enter Bloggerwave. This is a new company that pays you to blog about companies and products that may be of interest to you or your readers.

I think Bloggerwave will allow me to earn that much needed cash. I don't think it will compromise the integrity of my blog. I can pick and choose which companies to blog about, so I won't take anything that I feel will not fit or make my blog look bad. I look forward to working with this company.

A-Rod is on fiya!

My neighbor is from New Jersey but he hates the Yankees. I need to give him the link to this blog. lol.

The Yankees are playing the Red Sox. Top of the 5th, A-Rod hit his second homerun of the game. Score is NYY 5 BOS 2.

Update: Ughhhh, Mo blew the save. Yanks lose 7-6. A-Rod is still on fiya!

Joke of the week

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road? -- Part One

Pat Buchanan: To steal a job from a decent, hard-working American.

Machiavelli: The point is that the chicken crossed the road. Who cares why? The ends of crossing the road justify whatever motive there was.

Thomas de Torquemada: Give me ten minutes with the chicken and I'll find out.

Timothy Leary: Because that's the only kind of trip the Establishment would let it take.

The Bible: And God came down from the heavens, and He said unto the chicken, "Thou shalt cross the road." And the Chicken crossed the road, and there was much rejoicing.

Fox Mulder: It was a government conspiracy.

Freud: The fact that you thought that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

Darwin: Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically predisposed to cross roads.

Richard M. Nixon: The chicken did not cross the road. I repeat, the chicken did not cross the road.

Oliver Stone: The question is not, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" but rather, "Who was crossing the road at the same time whom we overlooked in our haste to observe the chicken crossing?"

Jerry Seinfeld: Why does anyone cross a road? I mean, why doesn't anyone ever think to ask, "What the heck was this chicken doing walking around all over the place anyway?"

Martin Luther King, Jr.: I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

Dirk Gently (Holistic Detective): I'm not exactly sure why, but right now I've got a horse in my bathroom.

Bill Gates: I have just released the new Chicken 2000, which will both cross roads AND balance your checkbook, though when it divides 3 by 2 it gets 1.4999999999.

M.C.Escher: That depends on which plane of reality the chicken was on at the time.

I want a ham sammich

I don't know why I always say ham sammich to mean I'm hungry, but I am starving right now. It's just after midnight so it's way too late to eat. I'm already a fat little piggy girl trying to lose weight.

I usually eat a big lunch at work so I don't eat when I get home. If I do get hungry, I'll have something small. I try to limit my food so that I don't eat anything heavy after 8pm. Today instead of my usual big Wednesday salad, I had a hotdog and fries.

I'm going to bed pretty soon so I'll just try to ignore it. Now if only my stomach would stop growling.

I've finished my extra credit project

I finished the extra credit project that is due today. I actually finished it on Saturday. It took me close to two hours to finish it. I had a few thoughts, so I tried a couple of different things. I did notice that I had over-lapping concepts. I did my best to keep it fairly simple. I wanted to make the concept clear so that anybody reading my paper would understand it.

I still need to print it out. I can't forget that. It's due at the start of class today. If I forget to print it, the professor won't accept it. I'll print it out right before I go to bed and stick it in my book bag.

I'm glad to have the chance to turn in extra credit. I can get anywhere from 5 to 20 points for this project. Hey, I'll be happy with any points. I expect the final to be extremely difficult and I'm hanging on to my B- by my fingernails.

My thoughts on Jackie Robinson Day

I think it's a good idea. No, scratch that, I think it's a great idea but it's being overdone. It's ridiculous. Six teams had their entire roster wearing number 42. The Dodgers I understand because that's who he played with. The other 5 teams? In my opinion that's overkill. Each team had players, coaches and even some managers wearing 42. I thought that was a good idea, it wasn't the entire team, just a few people.

There are several players who wear 42. Mariano Rivera of the Yankees being one of them. That's their number, it was assigned before MLB decided to retire the number. Those few players get to wear the number until they retire after which time the number will be forever retired.

But today is being totally overdone. In between every inning of the game we have to listen to people drone on. It's bad enough that you have the announcers constantly blathering, now we have to listen to more people blathering about. I think MLB should have had the ceremony before the game (which they did and was very well done). Then done a ESPN hour-long special (or however long they wanted it to be).

I don't think I've ever been so ready for a game to be over. Next we'll have to listen to Sports Center and Baseball Tonight blather for another 2 hours. Believe me, I know how great Jackie Robinson was and what his accomplishments meant not only for MLB in general but minorities and African-Americans specifically. But I still feel these ceremonies are overdone with too many people trying to get face time.

I've heard that MLB is thinking of making every April 15th Jackie Robinson Day. I just hope in the future it's more about Jackie and less about everybody else.

Yes, it's raining!

I'm probably the only person glad to see it raining. The game the Pirate's game was postponed. There's a double header tomorrow now. Whew, nice save for me.

Rain already!

I was supposed to go to a baseball game today. I was going with my next door neighbor. When I saw him on Thursday, he told me he hadn't had time to pick up the tickets but would get them on Friday. We started talking and I mentioned that the weather was supposed to be bad today. He said that he had heard that and was wondering if I still wanted to go.

We decided that we would wait until the next Pirate's home stand to go to a game. Right now it's 41 outside but no wind or rain. I swear if it doesn't start raining by 7pm I'm really gonna feel bad. He really wants to see Barry Bonds. He didn't get off work until late yesterday. I don't think he went to that game because he would have gotten there late. Of course Bonds' homered twice.

I don't think I've ever wished for rain and/or snow as hard as I'm wishing right now.

Why must people act up at funerals?

My uncle died last week. He passed away on Good Friday. No one in my family knew until Sunday. That's just a whole 'nother ball of wax. Anyway, my family is feuding to say the least.

They get to the funeral and had barely viewed the body before the first argument broke out. Them fools created a ruckus at a funeral home. I'm sorry that I didn't make it home for the funeral, but I'm glad I didn't go and see the drama.

Joke of the week

I figured this joke was apropos considering the tax filing deadline is fast approaching!


I.R.S Tips and Tricks...

1. Post Office just recalled their newest stamps:
They had pictures of IRS agents on them, and people couldn't figure out which side to spit on.

2. How are an apple and a I.R.S. agent alike?
They both look good hanging from a tree.

3. If a lawyer and an IRS agent were both drowning, and you could only
save one of them, would you go to lunch or read the newspaper?

4. What did the terrorist that hijacked a jumbo-jet full of I.R.S. agents do?
He threatened to release one every hour if his demands weren't met.

5. What do you call 25 I.R.S. agents buried up to their chins in cement?
Not enough cement.

6. What do you call 25 skydiving I.R.S. agents?
Skeet.

7. What do you throw to a drowning I.R.S. agent?
His co-workers.

8. What's brown and looks really good on an I.R.S. agent?
A Doberman.

9. What's the difference between an I.R.S. agent and a mosquito?
One is a bloodsucking parasite, the other is an insect.

I still haven't filed my taxes

My taxes aren't even done. I have all of the paperwork in a pile just waiting to be looked at. But since I know that I will owe money, I can't get myself motivated to fill the papers out. I always owe money to the state. That's a given every year, just because of interest and dividends. I'm not really concerned with what I owe the state, it should be pretty low.

Federal? Holy moly I know I'll owe quite a bit. Anything more than $100 is quite a bit. Since it's probably more than $500 that's a lot. I'll probably sit down and do them on Sunday. I'm going out on Saturday, so that's out of the equation.

I need to get my free airline ticket

I have a free ticket that I haven't turned in yet. I don't want to use it to go home for Mother's Day because I can get that ticket for $80 including taxes. I plan on using the ticket for a trip to Vegas.

I don't have the days that I want to go picked out yet. I think I want to go Sunday and Monday and come home on Tuesday morning. That way I get over the time zone difference and go to work on Wednesday.

I know I'm staying on the Strip. I probably won't get out of the casino much because I'll be gambling like a fool. So I want to stay at a hotel mid-strip so I can hop between a couple of different casinos. I need to start planning, I've been itching to go for a couple of months now.

Extra credit project

I haven't even started my extra credit project. It's due in two weeks. This week is my last week to have a quiz, so I'll concentrate on that. Next week is a review week so I'll work on the project then.

It sounds a lot easier than it really is. The project is to use a game to explain one of the concepts that we learned this semester. Sounds easy enough right? During one class, we played such a game. We had 2 pages of detailed instructions. That's what I would need to get the maximum (20) points. You get 5 points just for attempting the project. I'm sure if you turn in a garbage assignment, you won't get anything.

Have I mentioned what class this is? It's micro economic theory. Theory classes are generally more difficult, but add the economics aspect to it and you can just guess how hard the class is.

When the class started, I said I wanted a "B" in the class. Right now, I'm hanging on to a "B-" with my fingernails. That means the last quiz, final and extra credit are all crucial. I have to do well on each individual item. Next week I will finish the extra credit, then I'll be studying for the final like a fool.

Joke of the week

"I Pity the Prosecutor!"

An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, "Ah, you're an engineer — you're in the wrong place." So the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in.

Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After a while, they've got air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is becoming a pretty popular guy. One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and asks with a sneer, "So, how's it going down there in hell?"

Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next."

God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake — he should never have gotten down there; send him up here."

Satan says, "No way! I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."

God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue."

Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"

This is not a sports blog

This blog is outta control with sports posts. I love sports but I didn't expect to make so many posts about it. I was just getting ready to make another one and realized that the last 4 posts were all sports related.

Oh what the heck, I'll write it anyway. I love watching players who are playing for the love of the game. The Mets are crushing the Cards, and Julio Franco just hit a sac-fly scoring 2 players. Then Reyes doubled scoring Franco.

Now Julio's age is debatable. Some say 48, some say 49. He is the oldest player in baseball. They just ran a stat that when he made his major league debut in 1982, 6 of his team mates weren't even born yet, and Michael Jordan was just a freshman at UNC.

Play on, playa!

Florida repeats as National Champs

Gah! I was rooting for Ohio State. It didn't look good at halftime. I kept hoping they would come back. Sigh.

On a better note, the Pirates and the Yankees won. I don't know which victory I'm happier about. I'm just mad that I won't be able to go to any away games this year. I was really looking forward to visiting another ballpark and taking in a game.

Random thoughts on opening day 2007

I'm ecstatic that the "boys of summer" are back. As much as I love football, I'm happy to see the start of the baseball season.

So Taguchi is having a horrible game. He's 0-3 in the bottom of the 7th. He also has the distinction of having the first error of the season.

Frank Robinson has the most opening day home runs in the majors with 8. That's a factoid to file away for some trivia game later on.

Of course the Yankees play tomorrow at 1pm est. I'll be at work so I'll miss the game.

The over/under for the Pirates this season is 72. I'm taking the over. I'll tentatively say they'll win 74 games. I really hope I'm wrong and they do a lot better. They really need to have a good season.

I'm glad that I work with a lot of sports fans this year. People from work usually get together and go to a game as a group. That should be fun. I hope I make it to at least 2 games this year. I would love to go on a road trip this year, but I won't push my luck.

Final Four

The games were good on Saturday. I'm glad I watched them. I was rooting for the two teams that won. Now who to root for in the championship game?

I'm rooting for Ohio State. I know Florida is the defending champions, but I still like the Buckeyes. It should be a good game. The only bad thing for me is I usually study on Monday night for school on Tuesday. I guess I'll have to get it in earlier.