Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I Love The Interweb
Not sure what this is, but I do know I will never get that minute of my life back.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Vols Coach Divorced
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl's divorce from his wife, Kim, after 25 years of marriage has been finalized.
He filed for divorce in Knox County in September, two days after the couple's 25th anniversary, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized April 1.
Pearl's attorney, Caesar Stair, on Wednesday declined to comment on the details of the divorce or the custody agreement of the couple's two youngest children. They have four children together, including Steven Pearl, a forward on the Vols squad.
Pearl, 47, separated from his 50-year-old wife, Kim, when the coach and the Vols returned from an 11-day trip to Europe that ended Aug. 19. She didn't accompany the team on the trip.
He was named the Southeastern Conference co-coach of the year by The Associated Press after leading Tennessee to a program-best 31 wins, the Vols' first outright regular season SEC title in 41 years and their first No. 1 ranking in history.
25 years seems to be quite a milestone. Makes you wonder why they called it quits. Well, here's a reminder.
It seems old Bruce has two loves in his life: basketball and the ladies (half his age). Folks, hide your daughters, Bruce is single again.
Kentucky Wildcats Get Commitment from 8th Grader
The University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball program just received a commitment from an 8th grader. You did not just misread that. Michael Avery, from California, is a 6′4″ power forward. Reports are that he is a beast and can already play with high school juniors and seniors. I think Kentucky fans have already noticed the changes in recruiting since Tubby Smith left and Billy Gillispie moved in, but this one to me is a little weird. A lot can happen in 5 years to a kid, so I will take this with a grain of salt.
In other news, I hear UK is in the running for one of the Top 5 zygotes in the class of 2021 but there are some concerns because his mother hasn't been taking her pre-natal vitamins.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Chitika Blogpreneur Contest
I received an email today from Chitika.com. If you will notice, I have ads from Chitika on my site at the bottom of the page. If you click those ads, I make money. Since I only have about 3 readers on this blog, I don’t make very much money. Nevertheless, Chitika is sponsoring a Blogpreneur Contest. You can read about the contest here.
In this ad, Chitika explains, “To keep a successful blog today is by no means an easy challenge, and in this contest you will get a chance to share the secrets to your very own success in how you were able to get your blog up and running and what you think entrepreneurs can learn from you.”
Since my blog is fairly new, and as mentioned before, I only have 3 readers, I thought I would go through the process of entering this contest and instead change things up. I will tell how I got my blog up and running like asked and even mention what I think entrepreneurs can learn from me. It is pretty simple. If I have done it on my blog, do the exact opposite. For all of those Seinfeld watchers out there, think of the episode entitled “the Opposite.” In this episode George upon visiting the beach, decides that every decision that he has ever made has been wrong and resolves to do the complete opposite of what he would do normally. He suddenly begins to experience good luck, getting a girlfriend, moving out of his parents' house, and even landing a job with the New York Yankees.
So, take the George Costanza approach to a blog and do "the opposite" of what I have done. I have summarized the key points below. If only I would take some of my own advice.
1) Start your blog 5 years ago. Blogging and getting traffic to those blogs takes time. Also, there are about a billion blogs out on the net to compete with. Even though mine is advertised as being “30% Less Gay Than Other Blogs,” it still takes time to get that message out to the masses.
2) Don’t Suck. I obviously I have done the opposite of this. Who wants to hear about the World’s Biggest Fish Fry in some shit hole town in western Tennessee or which Jimmy Kimmel episode I like. Instead, write about some of the below topics which will surely get you traffic:
a) Paris Hilton
b) Britney Spears
c) Hot Naked Monkey Sex
d) How to Make Money on your Blog
e) How to Get Adopted by Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie
f) Mail Order Russian Brides
g) Free Nascar Stuff
h) Midget Fighting
i) Paula Abdul drunk on American Idol
3) Pick a good domain name. I obviously am lacking here. First, don’t choose a free blogspot domain. Pay to get a good one. Again, Britney & Paris are good choices here. How about Britneydoesitagain.com or freenascarstuff.com. This is pretty self explanatory. Choose wisely.
4) Post often. The hardest part about writing a blog is coming up with ideas. Many successful bloggers will tell you to read other blogs to come up with ideas. I recommend you take this one step further. Steal from other blogs. There, I said it. Copy and Paste. Find something that interests you and is written well. Then copy and paste it over to your blog. I think this is frowned upon within the blogger community, but who cares. What's the worst thing that can happen? Is some Internet tough guy going to leave a dirty comment on your blog?
So that’s it. That is all I have. In my short blog life, I have learned what not to do. Hopefully you can do better.
134th Kentucky Derby
The field for the 134th Kentucky Derby was announced yesterday. Below are the horses that will be competing this Saturday. The horses are listed in no particular order, unless this is the order in which they finish, then I will take full credit for that.
1. Visionaire
2. Big Truck
3. Colonel John
4. Z Fortune
5. Pyro
6. Eight Belles
7. Anak Nakal
8. Court Vision
9. Z Humor
10. Monba
11. Smooth Air
12. Adriano
13. Bob Jack Black
14. Denis of Cork
15. Cowboy Cal
16. Big Brown
17. Tale of Ekati
18. Cool Coal Man
19. Recapturetheglory
20. Gayego
Here are my early picks. I am going with the Trifecta of Colonel John, Big Brown, and Visionaire. Good Luck!
For those who don't know what the derby is all about, this guy does a good job explaining. I found this video at www.kentuckyderby.com, the official website of the Kentucky Derby.
