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Taking a Day or Four

I received my “The Andromeda Strain” package a few days ago. Besides having to fight with the postage tape I was happy to get it. I didn’t get the same package as my contest winners, but I did get a t-shirt and the DVD of the miniseries. It was a very nice package. I especially [...]

About Comments

Sometimes in the Online World you have to almost wear a suit of armor. I think that it’s important to not so much have a “thicker skin” as to accept that sometimes people just won’t always agree with you. And some of those people aren’t going to be so nice about it.
There’s a discussion in [...]

And the Winners are…

I used Random.org to pick the winners of “The Andromeda Strain Contest“, which ended last night. 4 bloggers entered. Below is the screen shot of the entries. Click on it to make it larger and notice the time in the bottom right corner.

Here is the image of the list generated. Again click to make larger.

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The Andromeda Strain Contest

CONTEST IS CLOSED
Enter to win a prize pack from The Andromeda Strain on A&E!
I’m excited to announce my very first contest here at Simply Stating. In an effort to help promote the premier of The Andromeda Strain on A&E I will be offering two prize packages to two lucky entrants.

Some Background:
A&E ORIGINAL TWO-NIGHT TELEVISION [...]

A Little Good News

I have some really good news to share. I did a little in a post yesterday, but I want to go a little more into it. The thing is, it’s something that I would normally write on my other blog- the place I write about my soon-to-be-born grandson and such things as term life insurance. [...]

Thinking Hard

Recently I attended a presentation for a class at my university. It was a required (by our professor) presentation by an invited speaker. I didn’t mind attending- especially since I got to be all by myself for a few minutes, but honestly, our school needs the help of some audio visual consultants. The sound and [...]

Living in the Shadows

I was doing some blog hopping today. I have never realized how many blogs there are that tell people how to blog. It’s amazing, really. I’ve seen the usual blogs that give advice (I prefer Problogger, Copyblogger, and Blogger Unleashed), they give you the lists and how to increase productivity and traffic. But there are [...]