Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Self Esteem Games

To quote from the site:


"Imagine you could play a computer game for five minutes each morning that would help you feel more secure and confident in yourself. Our research shows that people may be able to change the negative thought patterns that sometimes produce insecurity. We are now examining whether over time, with practice, people can develop positive, beneficial habits of thought to help them become more secure and self-confident on a long term basis -- whether in the context of their working life, their personal relationships, or their overall sense of well being."

SELF ESTEEM GAMES!

I am a Lesbian

Here is a site where you can learn how to say "I am a Lesbian" in many languages! The fun never stops!

I AM A LESBIAN

Friday, June 11, 2004

playing to win

Aquarius

Daily extended
You should be in marketing or a cultural critic, if you aren't either one already. You know how to state the obvious while making it sound deep and eloquent. You have the gift of putting a compelling spin on information that usually puts most people to sleep. Maybe you should be a coach or counselor because of the way you make everyone feel included. Of course, you're not doing this for your health. You're playing to win, and everything that's happened so far is your strategy taking its course. You're always welcome back when you make yourself so indispensable.

Thursday, May 27, 2004

Bus Stop Whores

Moonlighting Cops Star in Porn Movie?

Thu May 27, 7:56 AM ET Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two San Francisco police officers have come under investigation after their departments discovered they had starred in a pornographic movie entitled "Bus Stop Whores" that is circulating on the Internet.

The officers, Kelly Francisco of the San Francisco Sheriff's Department and Darryl Watts of the city's police department, play a prostitute and a john in the film, whose teaser is, "These girls won't ride a bus today!" according to local news reports.

The two are being investigated for any violations of criminal law or administrative rules, but have not faced disciplinary action, department representatives said on Wednesday.

Watts has been taken off patrol duty and reassigned to an administrative position pending the outcome of the investigation, said Maria Oropeza, an SFPD spokeswoman. Francisco continues to work as an institutional officer at San Francisco General Hospital, said Sheriff's Department chief of staff Eileen Hirst.

Attempts to reach the two officers for comment were unsuccessful.




Friday, May 21, 2004

The Frug - Rilo Kiley

The Frug

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf
And I can hate your girl
I can tell ya that she's real pretty
I can take my clothes off
I cannot fall in love

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf
She cannot do the Smurf

And I can watch TV
I can shuffle off to Buffalo
I can do a back bend
I will not call you back
And I can start a book
I can make some Mac 'n Cheese
I can sleep twelve hours
You'll never see my eyes

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf
She cannot do the Smurf

And I can hate your girl
I can tell ya that she's real pretty
I can take my clothes off
I cannot fall in love
You'll never see my eyes
I will not call you back
I cannot do the Smurf
I cannot fall in love
I'll never fall in love
I cannot fall in love
I cannot fall in love
I cannot fall in love
I cannot fall in love

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf
She cannot do the Smurf

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A Better Son/Daughter

Sometimes in the morning I am petrified and can't move
awake but cannot open my eyes
and the weight is crushing down on my lungs I know I can't breath
and hope someone will help me this time
your mother's still calling you insane and high
swearing it's different this time
and you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her
and that godnever blessed her insides
then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things
and crawl back into bed to dream of a time
when your heart was open wide and you loved things just because
like the sick and the dying

and sometimes when you're on you're really fucking on
and your friends they sing along and they love you
but the lows are so extreme that the good seems fucking cheap
and it teases you for weeks in its absense
but you'll fight and you'll make it through
you'll fake it if you have to
and you'll show up for work with a smile
and you'll be be better you'll be smarter
more grown up and a better daughter
or son and a real good friend
and you'll be awake and you'll be alert
you'll be positive though it hurts
and you'll laugh and embrace all your friends
and you'll be a real good listener
you'll be honest you'll be brave
you'll be handsome you'll be beautiful
you'll be happy

your ship may be coming in
you're weak but not giving in
to the cries and the wails of the valley below
your ship may be coming in
you're weak but not giving in
and you'll fight it you'll go out fighting all of them...

Thursday, May 20, 2004

Talking Toilet

Talking Toilet Orders Men to Sit Down

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German inventor who developed a gadget that berates men if they try to use the toilet standing up has sold more than 1.6 million devices, his business manager said on Tuesday.

German women fed up with a man with a poor aim can turn to the ghost-shaped gadget, which lurks under the toilet rim and, if the seat is lifted, declares in a stern female tone:

"Hello, what are you up to then? Put the seat back down right away, you are definitely not to pee standing up ... you will make a right mess..."

Alex Benkhardt, 46, invented the "WC Ghost" and its creators are in negotiations to market it in Britain, Canada and Italy.




Tuesday, May 18, 2004

If It sounds to good to be true.......

A Dutch man has pleaded guilty to swindling wealthy New Yorkers by promising them an inside shot at getting shares in the Internet search engine Google and to spending $350,000 of their money in a three-month spree of opulent hotels, restaurants and gambling.
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The defendant, Shamoon Rafiq, could be sentenced to more than five years in prison for wire fraud under the plea agreement reached with prosecutors on Monday.
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Rafiq, who was in New York working as a business development manager for BT Group, the British telecommunications company, claimed in meetings with investors that he was able to obtain Google "preferred stock" - available to founders' friends and families at $12 a share ahead of the company's planned initial public offering.
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At least five investors, including a lawyer for a European telecommunications company, an investment banker, a senior brokerage executive and the chairman of a global telecommunications firm, wired $500,000 to Rafiq, who claimed to be a venture capitalist and a friend of Google's founders from their university days.
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The scheme unraveled when the investment banker grew suspicious and demanded his money back. The FBI arrested Rafiq in March in New York.
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The law-enforcement authorities said Rafiq had spent much of the money on a lavish lifestyle, including New York nightclubs, strippers, $100 tips for restaurant and hotel employees and expensive watches for friends.
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Prosecutors are opposing Rafiq's request to serve his sentence in the Netherlands under terms of a treaty governing Dutch citizens convicted in the United States.
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Google, based in Mountain View, California, announced plans for its initial public offering last month, aiming to raise $2.7 billion with an offering expected to give it a market value of at least $20 billion.

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Dealing With Search Engine Stress

(from SearchEngineJournal.com)

As a member of several search engine optimization forums, and I have recently noticed (especially since Yahoo recently decided to try their hand at competing with Google) that the stress level of many webmasters has gone way up. This applies not only to webmasters involved in Internet-based home businesses, but to webmasters in general.

Additionally, it seems that many people that are in the business of search engine optimization (SEO) are, with good reason, going completely bonkers. As Google came on the scene in 1998 and quickly dominated the search business, website optimization became largely a game of shooting at a single target, namely, pleasing Google…for all intents and purposes, Google became the “800 pound gorilla” of the search engine business.

Since the advent of search engines (particularly Google) spawned the whole SEO business, I guess its only fair that the search engine industry can once again turn the SEO business on its ear, and it seems now to be sort of a cat and mouse (not desktop) relationship that can get really interesting as we move forward.

Not only are there now several viable players (most notably Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask Jeeves) in the search engine business, but they are all adopting different and frequently changing algorithms for determining the ranking positions for websites. The current game is that webmasters are trying to figure out how the various search engines perform the rankings and, on the flip side, the search engines are striving to be unpredictable to those webmasters and SEO firms.

For those people using websites to promote home-based businesses, it can be stressful constantly trying to determine “what the search engines want” and agonizing over every downward fluctuation in rankings that their website may experience.

Looking forward in time, I think we can expect that rankings will fluctuate frequently and will not be at all consistent from one search engine to another. It will be quite common that for a particular search term a website might suffer a drop in position ranking for search engine “A” and an increase position ranking for search engine “B” at essentially the same point in time.

Rather than stressing out over every position ranking “wiggle", a better approach might be to just focus on “what do visitors to my site want?”. The search engines are striving to give their users a quality (relevant) search experience and if you are focused in giving visitors to your website what they are looking for, these paths will meet somewhere down the road.

You can save yourself alot of consternation by focusing upon the needs of the website visitors you are seeking to attract, rather than chasing the frequently changing ranking algorithms of several search engines. Focus on a single target instead of chasing several miving targets at the same time.

This article pertains to natural searches only, as paid search engine advertising is a completely different situation. Full Article

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Guest Columnist Kirk Bannerman operates a successful home based business and resides in California. For more details, visit his Website