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Contest Factory: Pimp My Cube Contest
A great new contest is now underway. It started on December 5th and will not end until the last day of January 2012 (Jan 31st @ Noon Time). So you still have time to enter, if you think you have a really bad office space at work. No joke! You could actually win a super office space or a whole new cubicle or cubby hole space, if you can convince others of just how bad you have it at work.
This is the Pimp My Cube Contest from the guys at the Contest Factory. To enter this awesome new contest, you must first create a video of your situation at work. Get out the camcorder or a video recorder and show us the lousy conditions you have right now. Be sure to speak loud and as clear and plain as possible, when you walk us through your horrible conditions.
You may talk about the old computer, fax machine, phone system, type writer, or any other tech gadgets you have, which are out-of-date. Would a technology upgrade help you? Maybe you work in a distant corner and have no lights over your desk or cubicle space. If it is too dark, perhaps this Pimp My Cube at Work Contest could help to lighten things up a bit? It will be up to you, to convince others online and the contest judges of your poor working conditions. Perhaps your desk is just a mess and nothing is organized properly. To get things clean, organized, and up-to-date, it will just take 1 video and some help from your friends, family, and co-workers and you could be the grand prize winner!
Once your video is uploaded and you have entered your name into the Pimping Cube Contest, you can do a few things extra, to help your chances in winning this great contest. Get all your friends, family, and those folks you work with everyday, to come online and vote for your video. The video with the most online votes, will have a real good chance at winning this contest. The judges from the Contest Factory will also look at your video and see how well you did, in presenting your case to the online viewers. They want the “worse” office space or cubicle to win. It is up to you, to show just how bad things really are for you at work each day. You can demonstrate this, by showing us visually with your video and talking us through each portion of your presentation. Be sure to do a good job with it, but also have some fun with it. Your sad story needs to be funny to others and I think comedy will help to secure some extra online votes; from the strangers who might see your video on the Internet.
Do you think you understand it now? If not, go back and reread this blog post again. Or just go to the Contest Factory’s Contest Page and read the official rules your self. It will take votes and getting the judges to like it (or feel sorry for you), to capture the grand prize. Also, a nice 2nd place prize will be given randomly to a contest entrant. This will be a $200 gift card for one lucky person, who gets their name chosen randomly from a drawing. This 2nd place drawing will take place after the Pimp My Cube Contest has officially ended. So go grab the recorder and start working on your video entry. Get your friends, neighbors, co-workers, online contacts, and anyone else you know, to help your chances with the online votes. Be creative and most of all, be sure to have a lot of fun with it! Good Luck!!!
You may not know this, but Santa likes to shop online too. He gets tired of walking the long distances at the mall and having to wait in long lines to checkout. If you think you have a hard time finding a parking space, imagine trying to park 8 reindeer and a sleigh. Since the invention of the World Wide Web, now Santa can sit back at the North Pole, while sipping on his hot chocolate, and do all of his shopping online. For him, he doesn’t mind the expensive rates for shipping and handling charges to the North Pole. Lucky for us, it is really cheap to get our packages deliver to us at home. In some cases, there is minimum amounts and specials offers we can get and our shipping charges are 100% FREE!
For those that plan to shop online this year for the holidays. Be sure to compare prices before you actually buy. If you don’t have time or find yourself in a hurry, I can tell you the cheapest two places I have found. Just go to Buy.com or Amazon.com and you will find the lowest prices. I love both of these online retailers and they really do have the lowest prices. I have did lots of price comparisons and tried to look for sites that had a lot of products in stock. No other websites online, can offer you as many products in stock, as these two online retailers can. Amazon and Buy.com are by far, the two largest shopping sites online today. Not only are they super big, but they also price their items at the lowest prices too. Cheap prices is what we all want and whatever it is you’re shopping for this year, you can bet one of these online stores will have it for sale. Have fun shopping and be sure to come back here and share any shopping tips you might have. I am always looking for new ways to save a buck! Happy Holidays everyone and don’t forget the after Christmas sales and After Holiday Specials; once December 25th has passed us by.
College football has wrapped up their regular season games. Some teams who failed to win 6 games this year, will not be playing anymore games this year. It is over for these teams and their fans, players, coaches, and everyone else involved with the team. For the rest of the winning teams out there, they will get to play in a college bowl game. It is the most exciting time of year and we don’t mean the Christmas holidays either.
What college football teams or bowl games do you look forward to watching the most? For me, I really can’t wait to see Michigan State and Georgia play. The Bulldogs have a super talented team of freshmen and they are a fun team to watch. In fact, the Georgia Bulldogs was number 1 in the country, when it came to the top recruits that committed to them last January. They have already had some big names around Georgia and the Country to commit to them this year. There are a lot more big names out there, that are expected to sign with the Georgia Bulldogs in late January or sometime in the new 2012 year. Michigan State was disappointed they did not get higher up in the final standings. I think the Georgia Bulldog fans feel the same way. Here is my prediction for the Georgia Bulldogs and Michigan State Spartans Bowl Game this year:
Michigan State Spartans – 9
Georgia Bulldogs – 44
Another game or actually team I want to see play is the Stanford Cardinal college football team. I think Andrew Luck is over rated and will never be a good NFL quarterback. I really feel sorry for any NFL Team that jumps up in the draft and takes this guy in the 1st round. I don’t think no team should take him in the first round of the NFL draft this year. The 2012 NFL draft and the 2013 NFL draft will be loaded with good quarterbacks. I hope the pro teams see this and pass on Mr. Luck from Stanford. He has faced no competition this year and the few times he did face a winning team, he showed no signs of being able to lead his team to victory. He didn’t win the Heisman Trophy and he won’t win any NFL games in his rookie year! Should be interesting to see what the excuses are this year, when he struggles in his college bowl game.
What bowl games do you want to watch this year? Is there a team or a certain bowl game you put above all the rest? I think the BCS Championship Game is fine. They did get the two best teams this year. Really they should pick 2 SEC Teams every year for this game. Since the SEC is clearly the best conference in football. Only the ACC is close to the SEC Teams and everyone else is way behind the curve.
Congratulations to the LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide for their championship game appearance. And congrats to both of these teams, for showing the Country, that the best college football is played in the South. It should be a fun bowl year this year and I look forward to the B.C.S. Title Game; when the S.E.C. College Teams can all celebrate and show the whole nation where the best college football is played!
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How often do we see a nice, stylish pen with all the great modern looks, but the darn thing won’t even write? Or at least write as well as the cheap pens you normally buy. Here is a great looking pen, which will write as smooth and clear as any ink pen you have ever used. Does that sound like a pen for you? I know I have to write with pens a lot. I also have to change around a lot, since most of my pens wear out or just can’t keep up for very long.
The Parker Ingenuity collection of ink pens is what I want Santa to bring me this year. Pens that work and can keep up with my fast hand-writing skills. These classy pens even come with their own technology, if you can believe that. It’s true! They like to refer to this new tech as 5th Technology. Consumers will get Fifth Technology refills and all the benefits; which come from a magical pen like these in the P.I. Collection.
Short Pen Video (please watch)
These beautiful pens with all the great technology have to be the best pens on the planet. Pens that look this great and combine all the best features of the other ink pens out there. You will get the smooth writing results, like you do from the roller ball pens; which I do like very much. Parker also provides beauty of a fountain pen, while making sure it is as easy-to-use, as a standard ball point pen is to use. I want one of these pens, how about you? What if you had the chance to win a modern and classy-looking pen like this? Would you take the time to try and win it? If so, which part of the pen excites you the most? Is it the great looks or the fact it will write with the greatest of ease and keep the ink lines smooth, without any gaps in your letters or numbers.
Parker Ingenuity Pen with a Stylish Pen Case
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Please don’t forget the holidays! If you have a business-minded man or woman living at your house or perhaps this describes a co-worker of yours; then a Parker Ink Pen would make a great Christmas gift. If I get this as a Christmas gift,, I would be using it. Some folks may want to just keep it on their desk, for the fashionable side of these wonderful looking pens. Happy and safe holidays to all and be sure to have a great New Year as well!
Is it really true? The United States of America is preparing for a real life zombie attack? They believe it so much, that the CDC in Atlanta is preparing our defense plan? While it sounds like something from a top zombie horror movie or a fictional science fiction story, there is some truth to it.
The C.D.C. or Centers for Disease Control is making an emergency plan for zombies. Even giving us tips, on how to make or pack up our own personal zombie kits at home. I wrote a more detail account of this fascinating zombie story on my Connect Six Blog online. It looks like the CDC in Georgia, is trying to make more of a point, than the fact they actually believe in zombies. It appears if we make emergency kits our self or buy emergency kits online, we could prepare our self for any emergency. The zombie is a good example of a “worse case scenario”, so if a person plans well enough to fend off flesh-eating zombies, then they could handle anything.
What is a zombie? Basically the TV and Hollywood has taught us about zombies. While zombie movies date way back to the 30′s and 40′s; most give credit to a more modern zombie movie, as the one that really woke us all up.
The Night of the Living Dead from George Romero is what most of us consider the first zombie movie. This movie today, does have a large cult following. It was released back in 1968; which was a few years before my birthday, so don’t blame me for the zombie hype. Zombie movies were around before I was. If you look around online, you can watch for free, the 1932 movie White Zombie. While this classic movie may be given credit for the first zombie movie and the 1968 classic feature is considered the best zombie movie of all time, there are some with more recent dates attach to them. In fact. we have seen the zombie movies explode in the last decade. More zombie flicks have been made in the last 10 years; than all the zombie movies ever made!
So what is your thoughts about the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia preparing us for zombie attacks? A zombie is someone who dies, but then awakens, and their only goal is to eat you. They have a craving for human flesh (that is living), so if you are alive, they will sniff you out. To get rid of them, be sure to aim for the head. No silver bullets needed. Just a good slug to the brain or chop their head off and this will stop your zombie attacker. Please let me know, if you would like any more tips on zombie attacks. I’m sure with the help of Blogger Chris and the Centers for Disease Control in Georgia, everyone can rest easier at night!
What is your favorite TV program right now? It wouldn’t happen to be The Walking Dead would it? The Walking Dead is a very popular show on AMC. If you have not seen it yet, then try to set the DVR to record The Walking Dead on AMC. It is a good television show to watch. It doesn’t matter if you like zombies or not. Zombie fans will love this show and everyone else will love it too! Check it out and let me know what ya think. Thanks!
Was there ever any doubts? Well maybe. Since Stanford and the weak Pac 12 started with their big hype and big money sponsors and boosters, they were trying to give Andrew Luck the Heisman Trophy in the summer of 2011. Luck is not going to be a super star NFL quarterback. Once a coach has to come out and defend his player and tell the country he is really a good football player, you know there is some problems there. Andrew Luck may go number 1, but he will never be anything on Sundays. My guess is, we are looking at the next Matt Leinert. Your coach won’t have to defend you, if you go out and play like a superstar every game or at least every other game. Mr. Luck from the land of the Cardinal in California, has manage to choke against average competition, from the 1 or 2 teams he saw this year in the NCAA Men’s Football League. He gets one more shot to prove his self in the 2011 Orange Bowl. He will have to face a tough ACC Men’s team and not a boy’s team from the Pac 12. Kirk Herbstreet and Lee Corso feel like the ACC is a weak NCAA football division. Just wait fellers. I can already see it. Luck not impressive against the Virginia Tech Hokies, but head coach still convinced he is the best player and quarterback in college football.
I took a non-bias vote in the Heisman Trophy Award for 2011. The best football player I saw playing on Saturdays, was the QB from Baylor. Robert Griffin III is the type of player, a coach or an NFL GM will want to build their team around. We seen guys like Randall Cunningham, Vince Young, and Michael Vick do their thing on Sundays in the NFL. I think Griffin is more willing to be a true quarterback and will have similar success as these guys. Also, Cam Newton from Auburn is a one man show in Carolina. What NFL franchise would pass on Cam Newton now? Robert Griffin from Baylor is not as big or physical as Cam Newton is, but can make up for that, with his 4.3 speed on the field. He can run just fast enough, to be a everyday QB in the National Football League.
The second best player in the country is a close one. I still like Trent Richardson from Alabama in the number 2 hole, with the LSU Tigers secondary player going 3rd on the list. All 3 guys, Tyrann Mathieu, Trent Richardson, and the 2011 Heisman Trophy Winner, will be solid players for their NFL Teams in the coming years. And without a doubt, all 3 are better than Andrew Luck. Just think of “Leniert” each time you hear the name “Andrew Luck” and you will avoid this Pac 12 QB like the plague. Just watch the Hokies (college football team) take down and knock around this “NFL QB“.
