Nourish your skin

I'm starting to get older. No, I'm not old but older. I'm just starting to take better care of my skin. When I was younger, I didn't use any moisturizer on my face. I was lucky if I used lotion. I am now becoming more aware of fine lines and dryness on my face.

There is a product that I could use. It's the R.G. Skin Revitalizer. It's primary ingredient is Gac. When I first heard of it, I was like what is that. Gac is a red fruit that grows in sub-tropical Asia, especially in Vietnam. The fruit can grow as large as a cantaloupe. It's a source of beta-carotene which helps boost your immune system. There are also carotenoids in the plant, which help protect your skin against excess sunlight. Too much sun can be very damaging to the skin.

Check out the product and decide if it's right for you. But don't wait too late to start taking care of your skin. I've seen some older people whose skin looks horrible. It looks dry, cracked and hard. Like if you touch it, it would crack. That's why I take care of my skin now, I don't want to look like leather-face.

My sports weekend

Wow, the Yankees really scared me today. They were winning 4-1, then gave up 2 runs in the ninth. Then the bottom of the 9th two outs, bases loaded, Big Papi at the plate. Thank goodness he popped it up. Man, I thought I was gonna have a heart attack watching that game.

The Steelers won 26-3 which was cool. The throwback jerseys are loud but the helmets are even worse. Ugh, that's an ugly yellow. We still have to see the throwbacks one more time on November 5th.

And the Phillies won today. They're still behind the Mets by like 5 or 6 games. Their best chance to get in the playoffs is the wild-card. They're 1 game behind the Dodgers.

I should have been doing homework. Oh well, I guess I'll do it tomorrow.

Would you send an anonymous email?

Have you ever wanted to say something but just didn't know how? Or are you scared about emailing someone something that you know will upset them? To combat that you can send an Anonymous Email. What could you possibly want to say anonymously? Well, you can report a crime. Think about it, most people don't report crimes to law enforcement officials because they're afraid of facing repercussions from the criminals. Enter the anonymous email. Nobody will know but you.

There are other great reasons for remaining anonymous like: reporting child abuse, reporting theft at work, or even sending a tip to the media. Sometimes there are things that need to be said and with the anonymous email, you can feel confident in saying them.

Why I haven't gotten off of free blogging sites

I wrote a post about getting your own domain and getting off of free sites. As everyone knows, blogger is a free site so what am I still doing here? Well, my own domains have the exact same name as my blogger blogs. If I get shut down on blogger, no big deal. I'll just move over to my other blogs. And since I back up all of my posts, I can easily transfer them over to the blogs on their own domain.

That also means that I only have to update 2 blogs regularly instead of 4. I actually have 5 blogs, but one is only updated every 2 weeks so I don't even count that one.

Learning to dance

I can't dance at all. I went to a friends wedding a few weeks ago and wouldn't dance because I have no rhythm. I wish I would have found bachata videos before I went. Then I'm sure I would have danced. Especially since bachata is a form of Latin dancing which is sexy.

I've already ordered some videos to start practicing. Hopefully by the time the next occasion calls for it, I'll be ready to dance.

This is a total sports weekend

Yesterday I watched baseball all day. Today I'll be watching football all day long, then tonight I get to see the Yankees again. That will make 3 days in a row for Yankees games. This is one sweet weekend.

I guess I'll be busy on Monday and Tuesday doing the homework that I'm putting off today.

All telemarketers aren't bad

I had barely published my last post, when I got a angry email from one of my friends. She thinks all telemarketers are bad, and they're not. As I explained in my previous post, there are firms who literally just compile databases full of information. They don't call people, it's the other way around. People seek them out trying to buy their products.

Don't paint all telemarketers with the same brush.

How telemarketers can help your business

Telemarketers can actually help your business. When someone makes a purchase from a company, their information goes into that companies database. Those companies then sell the information to Telemarketing Lists Broker who maintain an even larger database of consumer information.

You're probably thinking how does this help me. It helps you because the little guys can buy lists too. It's not just big business that gets in on the act. You can buy a list that's strictly related to your market. It will tell you who actually buys stuff, and what they buy. You can then target your marketing efforts towards those people that you know are actually interested and likely to buy from you. And that leads to more profits in the end.

Writing similar posts on multiple blogs

I can write similar posts and tailor them to my specific blog. For instance, I can talk about vacation on my money blog from a cost perspective and on this blog from a fun perspective. That's one of the reasons that this blog is not a niche blog like my other one. It sometimes gets difficult to find topics to write about on that blog.

Usually when I skip days on this blog, it's because I'm too tired to write anything. Not that I don't have anything to write. I always have something to say.

I might sneak in a weekend getaway

School is so stressful right now. One of the ways I deal with stress is to just go on vacation and leave everything behind. Right now I don't have a lot of vacation time left so I might be taking a few weekend breaks. It's easy to squeeze a bunch of short breaks into my schedule. Especially since I have 2 more 3 day weekends before the year is out.

Now I just have to figure out where to go. I can't go anywhere exotic like Barcelona or Paris. But if I can find some cheap flights, I might go to my favorite place. That's right...Vegas baby! But I don't want to put the cart before the horse and get ahead of myself. I need to check out the travel sites first. I hope everything goes my way. I really need a break.

Joke of the week

A Summer Skirt Situation...

As the bus stopped and it was her turn to get on, a lovely looking woman became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to come up to the height of the first step of the bus.

Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the bus driver, she reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack to raise her leg. She tried to take the step, only to discover that she couldn't.

So, a little more embarrassed, she once again reached behind her to unzip her skirt a little more, and for the second time attempted the step

Once again, much to her chagrin, she could not raise her leg.

With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little more and again was unable to take the step.

About this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus.

She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and yelled, "How dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!"

The Texan smiled and drawled, "Well, ma'am, normally I would agree with you, but after you unzipped my fly three times, I kinda figured we was friends."

It's freezing at work

It's been cold since yesterday morning. I have on a jacket and I'm still cold. The a/c panel says it's 71 degrees but that thing is wrong, wrong, wrong. It's more like 65 degrees. Add to that the fact that I can feel the air blowing, and it feels like the middle of winter!

I need some hot tea or something to warm me up.

Inside the Steelers Huddle

This show is so funny. It's hosted by Tunch Ilkin, Hines Ward and Deshea Townsend. This week they had 3 special guests - Jeff Reed, Greg Warren, and Dan Sepulveda.

They always ask their guest if they like sprinkles or nuts. Poor Dan listened to Tunch and picked nuts. lolol. It's the first time in 6 years anyone ever said nuts. He spent the rest of the show trying to explain his decision.

The also talked about their new dress code for away games. They can't wear jeans. Khakis and button down shirts are fine.

At the end of the show they did karaoke. They sang "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy". That was hilarious.

I love the show. I think I've been listening to it since it's inception. It's on 102.5 WDVE at 7pm on Tuesdays. If you miss the show, you can go to the website and download the podcast. You won't be sorry!

Bloggers on a power trip part 2

I wrote about the girl who shut down Angie's blog because she didn't agree with something Angie said.

Well, the horrible host never answered any questions that fellow bloggers brought up. However her horrible mommy did. She left a post on a message board linking to her personal blog. She then deleted all comments criticizing her and her daughter. How do I know this? I left the first comment which is now not there.

Lesson people: Get your own hosts or use big sites like blogger. But don't let some person on a power trip shut down your blog.

Edit: I removed the links from this post. The offenders should not be rewarded with linkage. The horrible host is www (dot) rainbowofwords (dot) com. The horrible mommy is www (dot) azdana (dot) com

Have you tried Voip?

With more and more people signing up for cable internet and fios packages, the need for traditional telephone packages is going by the wayside. Now you can sign up for Voip.com for $19.95 per month. You can also add a second line to your cell phone. I can think of one of my friends that could definitely use that. She has two cell phones. And I thought I could talk.

Get off of free blogging sites

Here is the post I wrote earlier before all of the hub-bub about the blog that got shut down.

Especially if you're serious about blogging. I'm not just talking about blogger either. There's also vox, livejournal, and a host of others. They can shut your blog down for any reason they choose to.

There is a person who blogs for one of the same companies that I do. She had her blog as a sub domain on someone elses site. The person took exception to something she wrote and shut her down. I feel really bad for her. She lost all of her posts. She may be able to go into Google cache and get them back but maybe not.

If that's not incentive to move to your own domain, I don't know what is.

Protect your computer

Protecting your computer isn't so much about the computer as it is about the content on the computer. Computers are cheap now a days. You can easily get one for less than $500. But you can't always replace the information on the computer especially if you get a virus.

So what can you do? Well you can go to a website where you can download free norton antivirus software for your computer. I don't know what possesses people to create viruses anyway. I think a lot of times it's just for kicks. They seem to enjoy knowing that their virus is out there. I know one thing I don't open email forwards from people I don't know. That's where the majority of those nasty viruses come from anyway.

Symantec is offering these downloads free through a number of sites, but it's for a limited time only. So get your virus protection now.

Bloggers on a power trip

I had written several posts about getting your own domain names and hosting plans but I haven't published them yet. After what happened to a fellow blogger, I felt that I had to speak out.

A blogger (person A) had a blog that was hosted by someone else (Administrator A). Person A posted something that Adminstrator A didn't like, so they suspended her blog for two weeks. Meanwhile, there were no tos violations or anything related to p0rn, gambling, drugs etc. It was just something Admin A didn't like.

The worse part is that person A is losing money. Both Person A and Admin. A are paid bloggers (as I am) and Admin A knows that she is causing Person A grief. She's just a blog administrator on a power trip.

As I said in a public forum and on a related blog: If you agree to host someone elses blog, realize that you are not going to agree with everything they say. Either deal with it or don't host peoples blogs.

I definitely need a tutor

I started school this week. I actually started the community college, which is where my math class is, this week. Pitt started 2 weeks ago. I walked into my math class and felt like the professor was speaking another language. I am definitely looking into Math Tutors. I just don't understand what he's talking about.

The teacher is trying to give us tips to simplify the information, but that just makes me more confused. We've only covered 3 sections out of the chapter so far. But each exam only covers 2 chapters because it's so much information.

I won't be getting my book for the class until Monday, so I'll probably spend Monday night just reading through the chapter. Then Tuesday I'll attempt the homework. I have a feeling this is going to be a long semester.

I hate slow loading blogs

I was visiting a fellow blogger and trying to throw some link-love her way. It took forever for her front page to load. It's like that every time I visit. I don't know whether it's the widgets she has on her site or what but it's bad.

I know if you have some of your blogging tools installed in your header instead of your footer, it causes the whole site to load slow. I wish she would change something because I really love her site and her writing but the loading problem is just too much to deal with.