Take A Deep Breath
A friend of my mother-in-law owned a few beach vacation rentals on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. This friend was, at the time, pretty wealthy (obviously) and generous toward her friends and their children. A few years ago she allowed my in-laws, Grump, me and the kids to stay in one of her rentals for a week free of charge. It was a full house with 6 bedrooms, a pool, and quite literally across the street from the beach. I loved it. I’d never stayed in such a luxurious house in my life. Whenever I get very stressed I meditate (which is good for the soul, I think) and remember my time in that house and on that vacation. I think everyone should have the opportunity to have at least one week of their lives filled with peace and tranquility so they can look on it when things get out of hand.
I wasn’t very happy with how Entrecard dealt with their new paid-ad scheme. I didn’t like the underhanded way they served up those ads (and still do, though they deny it). So, I pulled their widget and went about my life. I kept a bit of an eye on the situation until they closed their forums because it was an interesting kind of soap opera-type drama (and I love those soaps!). I lost interest though as other things came about in my life and only so often wonder what’s going on over there—which mainly happens when I get an email stating that someone is trying to advertise on my non-existent widget. This only makes me laugh because it’s obvious these would-be advertisers haven’t bothered to visit this site and are just hoping to get a really cheap slot.
By the way, if I don’t manually approve or reject them within a certain amount of days then their ads get “displayed” anyway. I haven’t logged in to the account for a while so imagine there are a few advertisers that are wasting their credits on my site. That’s not the point though.
A few people have been banned from Entrecard for whatever reason (usually pissing off Graham or his footman, Andy) and have had their say about the unfairness of it. They rant, vent and then go about their lives. But I’ve seen one person go to the extreme. She’s on Twitter a lot decrying Entrecard and hoping to get them to go down in flames. She was treated horribly in their forums—where the mods are the height of unprofessional and should be embarrassing to Graham—and I’m sure her feelings were really hurt. But isn’t it time to move on? To Twitter about it every single day and engage the “mods” and other people affiliated with EC is just a huge waste of time. They have zero respect for her and laugh at her publicly, but even today she is calling for people to report Entrecard to the Better Business Bureau and Spam Cops and, at one point, even called on her followers to engage in a class action lawsuit.
This is an example of someone who really could use a peaceful and tranquil vacation somewhere. Entrecard is not a sustainable company and, with the staff in shambles and acting in such a disdainable manner, it will eventually fizzle and die. Unless Graham wakes up and realizes that enticing spammers to spam the network just won’t work in the long run (though I do suspect that he is hoping to get their money and eventually move on to something else as his heart is evidently not in the EC project anymore). This particular crusader against all things EC really needs to move on. She wasn’t the only one who fell victim to outlandish and irresponsible EC mods, but she is the only one who’s making it a personal vendetta. Quite frankly, I’m embarrassed for her. I hope she gets this out of her system eventually and finds something more appealing on which to focus her attention.
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Today is Mother’s Day and it’s time to lavish mom with awesome gifts such as fake house plants, long lines for dinner out and maybe some Ferrari parts (of course, those kinds of gifts are given in the hopes that they will be regifted back. How funny are some of the gifts that mothers get on this special day? My own husband seems to forget that the gifts given today are supposed to be something that I want and not something he wants to get some use out of.
For a couple of years now I’ve gotten lawn care equipment and a couple of pans (not sets, mind you). Which were all nice and dandy except he does the lawn care and I have a full set of pots and pans. He stops by the hardware store and finds what he thinks will get him some points. Ah, the joy. This year, though, he got me a gift card to a major department store. Which is something I can really appreciate this time. Though I’d prefer he take his time and find me something that I really like (he should know by now) I will certainly take the gift card over the hubcaps or roto-tiller. Almost 7 years of marriage and he still can’t figure out what gift makes me get excited. Of course, Father’s Day is something completely different for him. He gives me a long list of things to get for him—usually complementing the something he bought for me on Mother’s Day. I think I’ll get myself a new pair of shoes with the gift card and maybe buy him a new purse on Father’s Day. How funny would that switcheroo be?
My kids don’t think much about the day, of course. They’re too young and aren’t interested in making me feel special. They figure they did that when they were born. 
No one is planning on taking me out to dinner, which is good because who really wants to stand in line for 3 hours waiting for a table in a restaurant where the staff is just worn out? I’d like for my oldest daughter to maybe cook up something so I don’t have to worry about that, but I’m pretty sure she’d burn it and then what’s the point? Nope. I think the best gift either girl could possibly give me is their time today. Just spend some time and save the money and effort. Honestly, I don’t need burnt pork chops anyway.
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