Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Lem and I went shopping today for thank you gifts to send to our favourite factory reps in China.

Our first stop was the Roots Outlet Store in Vancouver. After all, they are well known for their MADE IN CANADA clothing garments. It was a 45 minute drive in to the city just to find out that they are now MADE IN CHINA. How disappointing..... We couldnt believe they have sold out.

Everything is now MADE IN CHINA. Our cars, our shoes, our technology. Even we are powersellers for products MADE IN CHINA. It's just cheap, affordable, and will do the job.

So, do you send MADE IN CHINA gifts to probably the same factory that made them? It just doesnt seem very appropriate.
 
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Monday, August 28, 2006
This morning I was updating The Bikini Body Diet and found out that it is now ranked #66 by the BlogTopSites on Diets!

That is so cool. Okay, go visit. I would like to be on the top 50! What an awesome way to start the day.

Thank you to everyone who are regular visitors to that site and to the Imaginary Diva!
 
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Sunday, August 27, 2006
Bloggers has got so many squatters sitting on pages just waiting for click throughs. No content. Just Google Adsense.

After the first ten, I was about to give up surfing, until I found this:

I had dinner with my twelve year old daughter Thursday evening. She was telling me she was involved in oscilloscope product catalog this weekend and would let me know what time. She always does that; tell me she is doing something, but not give me all the information. Anyway, I tried to make plans for the weekend, but left them all tentative so I could also be involved with oscilloscope product catalog. Finally I Googled oscilloscope product catalog and found that it wasnt until the following week. I seem to get this lack of communication from many of the people I deal with.

You gotta be kidding me. Can you find no other way to promote yourself?

Which brings me to the next question... Do people understand the business of quality leads instead of quantity leads?
 
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Saturday, August 26, 2006
With these pet blogs.

You are surfing. You start readng a post. And then you suddenly realize.

Oh, it's the cat talking. I get it.

It's the cat talking.

It's right in there with those asian food blogs.
 
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So, there is a blog called a million ways to make a million dollars.

There's only 31 contributions so far and that's a long way to go towards a million ideas.

The best one so far has been -

#23 Open a blog, call it 'A million ways to a million dollars', then use the ideas given by the masses.

And if you check #31 about Nigerian scams, that would be me. Posting a tidbit on Lemmy's favourite topic on the net.

That's a sure way to get a million postings on your blog. Why didnt I think of that before.....
 
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Friday, August 25, 2006
Just to keep up.

This morning I opened by Outlook inbox and I have a total of 135 SEO News Bulletin slotted to be read. Since this is an educational process for me, a lot of the words still are foreign to me and it takes me longer to understand how it works than a standard web publisher. Especially if X is not around to direct me.

(Ah, there he is. He just signed in and inquired on MSN to what I need this time....)

Anyway, I got started on one Bulletin, and within minutes got myself signed up with ExactSeek. Almost paid for an SEO membership free-for-3-months-deal. Just didnt know why I need it. At this time. X wasnt around to tell me why I need it. Got myself registered on an SEO-News Forum about Google. Found out that I'm not so lost as some of the other people posting. I did get a chance to post two of the questions that have been at the back of my mind about site publishing. So, I hope some good old soul will take a chance on giving me an answer......
 
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Thursday, August 24, 2006
I dont remember Pluto as being one of the planets back then? But then, I dont really pay attention to these things. Even at school.

I guess it's no longer a planet. Wonder what they classified it as? A big piece of rock floating in space?
 
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Borrowed from http://oapache.blogspot.com/

"Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, and beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a strange ... Show respect to all people and bow to no one ...
 
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After much playing around with the Amazon Omakase ads, I realized last week how they really work.

This really got me excited because if I had to see another Cardio Strip Ad on my sites, I was ready to strip it all off. The ads I mean. Off my sites. Not me, strip. Oh what the hell. It's midnight....

So, I did a little bit of experimenting and I was really disappointed at Amazon in finding out that I was right. I decided to search Amazon for the items that I prefer to showcase on my site. And that's all it took. The ads are still not showing appropriate content ads, but at least, they are showing the ads that I want.
 
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Lem found out this morning that Stargate SG-1 is going to be cancelled. He's been moaning and groaning about it all day. It was the first thing I heard when I opened my eyes this morning.

He's done his ebay stuff. He's gone to work out. But he's still moping around. He's even eating more than usual to compensate for his unhappiness.

I mean, he already told me that he'll be ready for a snack at about midnight. Which is usually my line.....
 
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Borrowed from Daughter of Gaia

1) When I die, I want to die like my grandfather--who died
peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the
passengers in his car."
--Author Unknown

2) Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension and you
get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle:
"Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children."
--Author Unknown

3) "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so?
There's a support group for that.
It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar."
--Drew Carey

4) "The problem with the designated driver program, it's
not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into
doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night,
drop them off at the wrong house."
--Jeff Foxworthy

5) "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball
and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the
infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base."
--Dave Barry

6) "Relationships are hard. It's like a full time job, and
we should treat it like one. If your boyfriend or girlfriend
wants to leave you, they should give you two weeks' notice.
There should be severance pay, the day before they leave
you, they should have to find you a temp."
--Bob Ettinger

7) "My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took
her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said,
'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'"
--Paula Poundstone

8) "A study in the Washington Post says that women have
better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the
authors of that study: "Duh."
--Conan O'Brien

9) "Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm
halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God....
I could be eating a slow learner."
--Lynda Montgomery

10) "I think that's how Chicago got started. Bunch of
people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime
and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough.
Let's go west.'"
--Richard Jeni

11) "If life were fair, Elvis would be alive and all the
impersonators would be dead."
--Johnny Carson

12) "Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography."
--Paul Rodriguez

13) "My parents didn't want to move to Florida ,
but they turned sixty and that's the law."
--Jerry Seinfeld

14) "Remember in elementary school, you were told that in
case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file line
from smallest to tallest. What is the logic in that?
What, do tall people burn slower?"
--Warren Hutcherson

15) "Bigamy is having one wife/husband too many.
Monogamy is the same."
--Oscar Wilde

16) "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a
member of Congress.. But I repeat myself."
--Mark Twain

17) "Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student.
At least they can find Afghanistan ."
--A. Whitney Brown


18) "You can say any foolish thing to a dog,
and the dog will give you a look that says,
'My God, you're right!
I never would've thought of that!'"
--Dave Barry


19) Do you know why they call it "PMS"?
Because "Mad Cow Disease" was taken.
--Unknown, presumed deceased


20) "Everybody's got to believe in something.
I believe I'll have another beer."
- W. C. Fields
 
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Yesterday Lem and I checked out the annual PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) and we had such a blast. It started with a skytrain and a bus ride. We didnt get lost this time and nobody tried to chat with us. It's very hard to bring in your car because there isnt a whole lot of parking available.

We caught the Super Dogs show (so now I know where those dogs from the hotel were going) and the Sports Hero Parade. Lem won me an orange carebear. I ate garlic fries, mango slurpee, mini doughnuts, rocky road ice cream all in the space of 3 hours. The line ups to the rides were long, so we passed on that.

I feel asleep on the bus on the way home. Had this crazy dream that the bus driver told us we needed to walk home. We went home. Ate some more. Then, ate some more. Did some work. Watched TV. At 1 in the morning ate some more.

I gotta tell you, I am ready to go back to work. Or something.
 
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Monday, August 21, 2006
For ignorant people, and those who hide behind religious beliefs without fully understanding it.
 
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So, I am surfing Blog Advance, and you know how much I love this service. I am looking at the banners. See who's making waves. See which ones just do not work.

My question is, why would you put your goofy picture on your banner?
 
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Google Content Blocker so you may view all the ads in their splendour - http://j-walk.com/other/googlecb/
 
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Sunday, August 20, 2006
The Hilton Hotel lived up to its expectation. We had a king suite with its own separated business center. I was happy as a clam to be indoors on a beautiful day working on the internet.

The times I ventured out for food, the hotel was crawling with all these ice skating competitors. Not sure really which competition was happening but everyone was wearing National Jerseys. We had the US, Canada and Japan staying at the Hilton. They must have very good sponsors to be able to afford that.

There were irate coaches complaining about our Burnaby Taxi system. Which is pretty much non-existent if you were to call during Rush Hour. Hello? Isnt rush hour the same bracket of hours anytime in the world? The coaches were flashing eyes at each other to signify I called this cab - not you. It was very entertaining to say the least.

I have decided that if I have a daughter, she will be taking ice skating lessons. Not for competition. The girls that I bumped to were very classy and had so much poise. And I cant wait to go shopping for those sequine outfits.....
 
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Friday, August 18, 2006
Has posted his first blog message on Blogosphere. Viewership has reached over 200,000 alone.

I visited the site http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/ and it's not in English. So disappointed. Babel is not translating it properly. If anyone can understand it, maybe you might want to share the translation on my blog.

Oh, and I also want to know:

1) Has Bush sent him a comment
2) Who's funding their nuclear program...
3) Or is he just blogging about what he had for dinner?
 
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I had given up on the book blog as I mentioned in my previous post. But last night, I had a strange dream, an epiphany.

There I was walking down the raceway, and I see X and he was saying something to me. I couldnt hear him, but I could read his lips. READ MY NASCAR HARLEQUIN POST. Really, X, I am not kidding.

So, I revived my book blog. The new birth name is HarlequinReviewed.blogspot.com. I'll be reviewing Harlequin Romance Novels. I can not wait to get started!
 
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My sister's house was flooded over last weekend and she has the restoration guys tearing apart her carpets and cutting holes to vent her condo out.

Wouldnt you know it? All of the hotels in Burnaby have been booked since last week up until next week for one reason or another. She's been waiting for last minute cancellations daily so she and my mom will have a place to hang their shoes at night.

A friend of hers just passed away and she flew to Edmonton last night, so I camped out with my mom. They have a room at the Best Western on Kingsway. It's definitely going on my never-to-come-back-and-stay-with-ever-again.

And what is with all these dogs?

I didnt even know hotels allow dogs?

This morning the first on my agenda is not to stay here tonight, so I called 10 hotels. No go. Apparently the National Dog Convention and a Province Wide Ice Skating Competition is in town. Finally found a room at the Hilton. The last one. A King Suite. With Internet Wireless in the room *doing the cabbage patch * Very nice......
 
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Thursday, August 17, 2006
I've always been wondering why my Omakase ads are not reading my content properly. Recently I have been monitoring what is left of my Amazon Omakase links, and I just realized that the ads are reading what I have recently searched for on Amazon.

So, for example, I have started a new blog on books.

(Yeah, okay, so I gave that up. Not much of a book person. It's bad enough that I cant even sometimes take the time to read the TOS terms onlne.)

But, I've been researching books on Amazon. Just to give me ideas. And presto, all of my Omakase ads all across the board (all my sites) are now displaying books. Written by the same authors that I was looking at.

It cant be......
 
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
So, I am doing a research on on-line EFT Payments for a new project. It seems that Paypal has the monopoly for all auction and business websites, and is a personal preference for the consumer buyer.

Moneybookers - too slow for upload of funds but works wonders once you have money in it and is accepted worldwide. Fees are very good.

BidPay - only takes payments for authorized auction sites. So, if your store is not on Ebay, Yahoo, Overstock you cant receive payments. Very easy transaction process though.

Hyperwallet - Does not take credit card processing so you will have to rely on the upload of your funds through your bank. And guess what? My bank is not even listed. So, I'm not sure what the next step is. I really like the Beam Money service. Sounds very trekky to me.

Epay.bv - Serious potential on this one. Only if their site is navigatable. I got lost somewhere between Cash In and Cash Out and E-Gold accounts. The fees are manageable but not competitive. But it gives you a lot of options to upload and withdraw.

What would life be without Paypal? Google Checkout better expand their wings soon. I think everyone is now ready for another trusted alternative.
 
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Ideally, I would like to find two blogs that I can give 500 banner imprints each.

I would prefer that commercial bordering blogs instead if personal blogs because it is through Traffic Soldiers.

And I will not give it to anyone carrying Google Adsense on their pages. Traffic Soldiers could be bordering TOS restrictions and I do not want to be responsible if you violate it.

You also must have a 468x60 banner of your site ready to go.

Okay folks, I paid for these impressions and I no longer require them, that's why I am giving them up for free. You will not have access to my Traffic Soldiers account, but you have my word that they'll be assigned to you.

So, here's the deal. Drop me your website and I'll come and visit. In the next few days, I will award the two 500 banner impressions. Even if you have a personal blog, drop me the site anyhow. And if you are a spammer, now is a good time to drop that note because I am feeling generous.....
 
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You just have reached good viewership on your blog. That's why we are spamming you.....

IDIOTS. DO NOT COME BACK.
 
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I was in the shower, and the curtains parted. Lem's peeking in wearing his stupid mask. And he had this chuckle-that-goes-with-the-stupid-mask.

Karma really has a way of biting you in the ass for your past sins.
 
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I've been surfing for the last ten minutes, and there is just no end to this Israel - Lebanon Blogging. I've heard every side of the story. From in the Box. To out of the box. To crying for the moon. Everyone's got an opinion.

I really would just like to pass by a blog that just talks about flowers. Or the weekend. Or the nosy people in the neighborhood. Or something.
 
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Monday, August 14, 2006


Super on the Inside By Kathy Merlock Jackson for the Portfolio Weekly.

What’s the big deal with superheroes? Every summer, as predictable as lightning bugs and fireworks, the likes of Spiderman, Superman, Batman, or the Hulk dominate American movie screens, attracting filmgoers into the theaters and breaking box-office records. This summer, true to their seasonal appeal, they’re even on television.

On a reality show, no less.

Developed and hosted by legendary comics creator Stan Lee, Who Wants to Be a Superhero? joined the Sci Fi Thursday night line-up this summer, and it’s proved to be one of the most quirky and interesting reality shows since Mad Mad House chronicled the shenanigans of a vampire, witch, and voodoo priestess.
"This is my mission," announced Stan Lee on the show’s premiere. "I set out to find the next great superhero."

Apparently, there were a lot of applicants. Who wouldn’t want to be a superhero?

After passing over several superhero aspirants, such as the beautiful Ice Bitch, whose catch phrase was "Freeze!" Lee settled on 12. His "elite group of superheroes" included Major Victory, Cell Phone Girl, Fat Momma, Creature, Monkey Woman, Nitro G, Feedback, Levity, Lemuria, Rotiart, and Iron Enforcer. Only one would win the ultimate prize: to be featured in a Stan Lee comic book.
But getting there would not be easy. The six-week series features Lee barking challenges to his costumed contestants, who must prove themselves worthy. After each test, Lee selects three for possible elimination, points out their errors, and then chooses the one to go, saying, "Turn in your costume."
No one wants that kind of rejection, especially someone who has waited all of his life for a chance to be a superhero.

"I grew up as an outcast," explains Levity, who now works as a toymaker and wants to make replicas of himself.

Superheroes became important to Feedback, a software engineer, after his father died. Now he wants nothing less than to be one himself.
The superhero applicants learn early on that Lee is watching and scrutinizing everything that they say and do. After their raucous party, Lee observes, "I’ve spent my life creating superheroes, and they don’t act like that."

Later, he reveals that one of the contestants, Rotiart ("Traitor" spelled backwards) is really a spy, who gets Levity kicked off by revealing that he wants to benefit financially as a toy designer from his superhero status.
Superheroes just don’t do that. In another test, Lee challenges his competitors to change into their costumes in a public place without being seen and to be the first to get back to the center of town. But along their path he plants a crying little girl who has lost her mother.
To those who don’t stop to help, Lee chastises, "That crying child was the most important part of this test." He adds, "I was appalled at those of you who did not stop to help that little girl."

Out goes Nitro G, who not only changed into his superhero costume in plain view, but sped past the distraught child.
How, one might ask, does Who Wants to Be a Superhero? qualify as a reality show? Two reasons come to mind.
First, ostensibly about "reality," reality television is often more about fantasy, as people’s hopes and dreams, such as marrying a millionaire, dancing with the stars, or becoming as an American idol, are played out on the screen. Reality shows are about people wanting to be famous or do things that they know they can’t. Short of being bitten by a radioactive spider or being propelled to earth from the Planet Krypton, being a superhero is something we know is impossible — except in the context of Stan Lee’s TV show. Then it becomes real.
Second, Lee’s interaction with his contenders gives real insight into the comic superhero genre, what works and what doesn’t.

When Lee says, "Superheroes are born, not made," we believe him. And when he stresses, "Every good superhero has what’s important on the inside," we know it’s true.
In assessing the Iron Enforcer’s costume, Lee remarks that the big gun doesn’t seem right because "superheroes don’t kill people; they help people." The Iron Enforcer, eliminated in the second episode, thus assumes his rightly place: as a villain.
To be a superhero, Lee tells us, one must have heart, which is much more important than superhuman strength or the ability to fly. It’s a theme repeated throughout the series.

And if that’s not enough, you can catch the same message in movie theaters this summer with Superman Returns and My Ex-Girlfriend is a Superhero. We might not all get to wear capes and tights and monkey costumes and actually be superheroes, but at least we can learn from them. •
 
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Sunday, August 13, 2006
Lem is trying to convince me to watch this movie with him tonight. He's just doing that to annoy me. He knows how much I have a phobia with snakes.

When I was little, I fell asleep on a field, and woke up with this snake crossing my chest. So, that was enough for me not to ever get near any of those damn things.

Even it's just a movie.

Why can't he spend his money on things that I like?
 
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Overnight my Google eCPM is now running at 110% more than the last few weeks.

It's great. And I wouldnt have been able to do without you John.

You are the best.

And I learned to build a better site.

Cool.
 
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X was grilling me today about my Google Ad revenue, and I learned quite a bit more about strategic Google Ad placements.

It turns out that my eCPM was quite low, and my ads needed to get some tweaking done if I was to make my million bucks of this venture. Ahem * I want to be as rich as X * (Hey, that sounds catchy. X, I hope you buy that domain soon before someone beats you to it.) To say the least, gone are the days of the 2 cents revenue, however, I still need to maximize my Google Ad revenue.

So, in the last 6 hours, I have ben tweaking two of my sites. Keeping in mind his recommendation and that additional information he sent me. I blissfully ignored Lemmy all that time. And his constant interruption of YOU NEED A LOGO.

And I'm so glad I took the time to revamp my site. Go look!!!!!

The Discount Diva Guide
The Bikini Body Diet

Oh yeah, *doing the cabbage patch baby *
 
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Friday, August 11, 2006



Borrowed this off esoterically.net/weblog/

Now, let's get on to the topic of Paypal Donations to Make My First Million Dollars off Blogging. Please Donate. Google is not going to make me Rich.
 
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I was surfing through Blog Explosion and I came across a site called Coroner Stories.

It's a blog where people ask for advice on what to do regarding strange deaths in the family, accidental deaths.... A real honest to goodness coroner gives them the facts and backgrounds on their existing cases - open or closed. I'm sure that Douglas edits out all the ramblings from the questions to take the gore out, but you can for sure read between the lines.

It's an awesome site and perfect for a geek like me.
 
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I received a message this morning from TrafficZap Exchange and I dont qualify for their service because of the adult content on my site.

Adult content? Ah, you mean, the whips, the chains, and the paddles I talk about on this site.

Well, while I'm at this adult content talk. Part of the shipment that UPS delivered from China includes these sexy nurses outfits. Lem was trying to convince me to try them on.

Maybe post some naked pictures on my site.

Or maybe post Lem wearing his crazy mask.

Dunno.

I can't just be a halfway adult content talk.

My Amazon Ad, I know, is going to pick this up, and pay me back with a year of Stripper ads......

I guess, I need to go back to general public admission talk if I need any of these sites to be approved.
 
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I'm trying out a new traffic exchange called TrafficZap. I finally had the chance to comb through my TO READ file on Outlook on SEO News and SitePro recently had a feature article on them.

Of course, I am testing it out on my personal blog to see how it works. I have copied the code and it's supposed to generate a pop-under. What is a pop-under anyway? Is that the opposite of a pop-up window?

Well, I dont see any difference after I pasted the code. Maybe by tomorrow I might get all these garrish comments saying to turn off my pop-under. Whatever that is.
 
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Your Personality Is Artisan (SP)


You are both grounded and flexible. You adapt well to new situations.
You are playful and free spirited - but you are also dependable and never flaky.

You don't do well in conservative, stuffy situations.
It's probably very hard for you to keep a normal job or stay in school.

You are always up for fun and adventure. Most people are too boring for you.
You take risks and bend the rules. And if things don't work out, you chock it up to life experience.

In love, you tend to take things quickly - but you have a huge problem with commitment.

At work, you need to make your own rules. You're best suited to be an entrepreneur.

With others, you are animated and physical. You prefer doing something with friends to just hanging out.

As far as your looks go, you tend to be buff and in good shape. Your spend more time on your body than your clothes.

On weekends, you need to keep active. From cooking up a storm to running a 5K, you wear yourself out.
 
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Lemmy's favourite time of the month, is when the doorbell rings. UPS is here to deliver his new products *ahem toys* from China. 2 Boxes full of Pink Whips, Pink Masks and Pink Heart Paddles.

No, you didnt here me wrong..... His dad asked what he does with these things.

So, excited we were playing with the masks. Took pictures. Played with the Paddles. *Ahem*

I mean, you have to go for a test drive with your new products. Of course. So you can guarantee client satisfaction......
 
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Why is it when you go to a crowded food court in the middle of lunch hour that all these single eaters are sitting in tables meant for four people? Yesterday was a real pain trying to round up a table for three.

You look around, and there are so many tables for two. Why arent they sitting there?
 
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3 comments from: Blogger negrito, Anonymous Anonymous, Blogger The Imaginary Diva,
I recently decided to try my luck with The Imaginary Diva Store on Ebay. I know it should really be too soon to quit but the market for my products just isnt there.

Branding the Ebay Store is going to be a tough road. The Ebay store has no feedback rating and start up bidding prices are high. And there is a posting fee associated regardless if the product sells or not.

So, I guess I'll just leave it to Lem and Vancouver Wholesale / Urban Fantasy to be the Ebay Powerseller in our family.
 
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Looks like the sun is never going to come out until June of next year. And the rain is back. The sky is dark and dreary. You know, the type that just makes you want to sleep the day away.

I made my weekly mecca to Downtown Vancouver just to get out of the house. Working for yourself is very boring and I'm seriously missing the interaction of seeing other people.

Carrie was supposed to meet up with Mark and I for lunch. Maybe we got our days mixed up. Mark and I found each other at the busy food court. We gabbed about work (his work), crazy people, and keeping in touch. He is such a sweet man. And maybe I'll venture out for a movie with the old gang.

Had coffee with Montana. Talked more about work (his work), the crazies and everything else Mark did not talk about. So, that was fun and entertaining. But it was so cool to see him again. And I found this new coffee house at the corner from their office that has free internet. I'll be back to bring the laptop and maybe have a view of the ocean to motivate me to work on the computer. Too bad, this weather is not in the mood of cooperating.
 
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Sunday, August 06, 2006
A couple of months ago I bought an MP3 player at Walmart on sale. And I cant believe it didnt take that long for it to die. What a crappy product.

Lem bought the Mp3 so of course, the receipt is long, long gone.

We still went to the nearby Walmart store and customer service didnt even blink an eye that we didnt have a receipt. The clerk just let me exchange it with something comparable.

Ooops dont let her know that I took a much more expensive product home.
 
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Thursday, August 03, 2006
Lemmy has this strange fascination with Meegos. Just like how we use those smiley faces to depict on the mood of each post, well, he makes a new Meego for each single post on his blog.

I dont really surf his blog regularly because he always talks about things that do not interest me. But from time to time, I drop by to see what his mind is up to lately. What a strange cookie. Guess which Meego I found this time.

 
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I'm sure you are starting to see it on this blog -

The Stripper's Guide to Looking Great Naked from my Amazon ad.

No kidding.

I'd like to look great naked with or without company.

Doesnt have Amazon have anything else to advertise?
 
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
I decided to take out most of my new Amazon Omakase Links from my sites. It was a great idea though. It's supposed to read your content just like Google Adsense and reflect it on the ads.

Their program is still beta and there are no real size flexibilities. Some of their ads do not have pictures to go with them. And unless you are taking a 160x600 size banner, the ads looked too cluttered and the writing not too readable.

I posted an ad for a jewelry company on two of my sites advertising 50% off on Playboy jewelry products. And guess what these ads have been reading for 3 days straight. You got it. From Pole Dancing to Playboy DVDs to you know it. On the same page as my Disney ad. You gotta love technology.
 
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I am just having one of those days that I cant seem to get my mind wrapped around the simple daily things that I do. And this has to happen on a day that I need to just get things done.

I cant find my workout clothes. My MP3 player is not working. My computer keeps on crashing. There's just too much brown on my Imaginary Diva Store. Pink perhaps? Why does this have to be so difficult!!!!! I've resisted the urge to crawl into bed and hide.

Well, at least www.imaginarydiva.com is working. It's not broken, so there's no need to fix at this time even though it needs a lot of work. I processed a couple of orders at my Ioffer store. And I found the best graphic artist out of 65 submissions at GetACoder.com.

Maybe I need to go for a walk. Get Bubble Tea. Clear my mind. And maybe. Just maybe, those creative juices will start flowing.
 
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
I have been expanding my Imaginary Diva stores to include postings on Craigslist for my beautiful bags. And wouldnt you know it, I got one of those "I'll send you a check deal" from Amsterdam.

Being a seller on the internet for about three years, you would think that you have seen all there is to see on the variatios of these fishing emails. Well, they just got a whole world smarter. It was not until after the third email back and forth did I realize that this sale was a no go.

So I reported her to Craigslist. They'll probably close down her account. And she'll probably open up another one under another identity.

I really would like to know the probabily figures of this scam working. They must make more money than those panhandlers on the street per hour. There must be some suckers out there that still buy this crap.
 
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