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Aug

22

The Blog Carnival of no Categories

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Proudly presenting my very first Blog Carnival!

Looking at all these carnivals I realized that my very own blog would not be able to fit into the mold.
It just does not fit a category because I rant on so many things. I assume that there are others with
the same predicament, so I sat down and did some “think, think, think…”

What I came up with is a non-category category – a collection of mis-fit blogs.

Will see how this works and so here is the first result.

Mark Graybill presents Java, Javascript, and the Installation Hurdle
posted at An Infinite Number of Cats on Keyboards, saying, “Pros and cons of Java and JavaScript when
you’re trying to get students in a computer class to start using their skills outside of class.”

Kristie presents Bangalore’s Dancing Priests
posted at Norway – An American In Oslo.

Sarah presents Things to do besides EAT when you’re bored
posted at Low Stress Weight Loss.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Dotty Men
posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Tax Debt Help presents Top Bizarre Tax Laws By State
posted at Tax Debt Help.

Becky Patterson presents 50 Coolest Wildlife Videos On YouTube
posted at Become A Photographer,
saying, “To keep your curiosity satiated and your behind out of trouble, we have collected the 50 coolest wildlife videos on YouTube. From birth to death, they show the true circle of life, while getting in some laughs and tears as well.”

Debbie Owen presents 5 New Technologies That Will Be in Commercial Planes Soon
posted at Online Doctorate Degree,
saying, “Taking flight could mean some innovative changes in the near future. From wifi to planes with a smaller carbon footprint, the industry is changing to make flying easier and more manageable for flight crews and passengers.”

Carrie Oakley presents 50 Awesome Blog Posts for the Kindle Addict
posted at Online Colleges,
saying, “The following blog posts cover a wide spectrum of information regarding Amazon’s revolutionary e-reader, with everything from hacks to charitable causes represented. Kindle enthusiasts hoping to get the most out of their beloved devices should certainly read and think about what they have to say.”

Brown Sylvia presents 50 Best Blogs for Beating Food Addiction
posted at MedicalCodingCertification.com.

Diana Dang presents 15 All-Time Best Coming of Age Films
posted at Bachelor’s Degree.

Jay Smith presents 5 Violations You Didn’t Know Existed
posted at Criminal Justice University.

Maureen Denard presents The 50 Best Blogs By and About Grandparenting
posted at MSN Degree,
saying, “Ever wish your grandparents or parents ever wrote a journal of their lives? For more and more families, this is now a reality with the advancement of the internet. Loads of sites offer individuals free blogs to be maintained and updated as the writer wishes. As a result, many grandparents have turned to blogging, as well as reading blogs for people just like them.”

Mike Vogt presents 8 Famous Witches Burned at the Stake
posted at Christian Colleges Online.

Abby Nelson presents 50 Best Blogs for Marriage Advice
posted at Masters In Counseling,
saying, “Keeping your marriage strong and healthy is something that takes time, love, patience, and sometimes hard work. It helps to know where to go for advice when you have a difficult career like being a nurse practitioner, or when you have patients who are going through a rough patch in their marriages.”

Alvaro Fernandez presents Long-term effects of neurofeedback treatment for ADHD | SharpBrains
posted at SharpBrains,
saying, “Dr. David Rabiner discusses a recent study on whether neurofeedback actually has sustained benefits.”

The Budget Socialite presents TBS COMMANDMENT #1: Thou shall seek true love – when shopping!
posted at The Budget Socialite.

Zhu presents The Walls Are Talking
posted at  Correr Es Mi Destino,
saying, “Every time I go to France, I like to take the pulse of the population and to sound out current issues. Graffiti and stickers can be found everywhere, and these little words written or stuck on urban fragments tell a lot about how people feel.”

Larry Dignan presents 30 Best Blogs to Learn More About Acupuncture
posted at MedicalCodingCertification.com.

Bridget Nicholson presents Everything You Need to Know to Become a Barefoot Runner
posted at Massage Therapy Schools.

Susan Kilroy presents 20 Dorm Room Posters to Avoid – Online Colleges and Universities
posted at Online Colleges and Universities Education Database.

Mark Davies presents 30 Strangest Presidential Gifts Ever Exchanged
posted at  Online Masters Degree,
saying, “Here are thirty of the most unusual gifts that a United States president has received while in office, to enrich your knowledge of presidential trivia. We can’t say for sure that they’re the absolute strangest, but they’re certainly not something you could pick up at the local Hallmark store!”

GrrlScientist presents Free Money?
posted at This Scientific Life,
saying, “I just mailed a letter back to the comptroller for Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital [now: New York-Presbyterian Hospital], which promises a refund for one of several duplicate charges that the hospital levied against me for medical bills that were “unpaid.” I know I should be happy about this, but instead, I am very very angry. Why?”

Aparna presents Lemon as a beauty aid
posted at Beauty and Personal Grooming,
saying, “The diminutive lemon is a very versatile beauty-aid and this cheap and golden-coloured fruit has excellent properties for enhancing your looks. Simple lemon-based preparations, you can mix in your own kitchen, will surely bring a dramatic transformation in your beauty regimen.”

Jessica-toes presents Psycho Spud
posted at Time Flies When You’re Made of Sponge,
saying, “The Classic Psycho scene, potato style!”

Alex Carson presents 52 Weight Loss Tips That Celebrities Swear By
posted at Massage Therapy Schools.

Naomi Seldin presents 10 Rock Stars Who Went to an Ivy League School
 posted at Online Colleges and Universities Education Database.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the carnival of no category using our carnival submission form.

Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Aug

10

Stephen Eley Ordered Me to Have Fun

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Escape Pod Science Fiction Podcast… and I did – again!

Let me explain. Stephen Eley is the mastermind behind a podcast called Escape Pod. Weekly he offers science fiction stories as a podcast and I hardly ever miss one of the stories, although I sometimes lag several podcasts behind the current story. The reason being that it’s a podcast, right?

I usually fire up my iTunes once in a while (when I run out of stories on my smart-phone), and download new content onto said smart-phone.

One more element then has to come into play for me to be able to actually listen to the podcast – I have to be in the car going somewhere. Today was such a day, and a good one. Ninety minutes drive back from the mountains, late, the son sleeping in the back so that I could plug in those ear phones and work on my mp3s on my phone.

I got nearly two shows done, Escape Pod 115 -Conversations With and About My Electric Toothbrush all finished and Escape Pod 116 two thirds done.

The story “Conversation With and About My Electric Toothbrush” was really surprising and enjoyable. The title gives away most of what this story is about and I will tell no more about the funny twist because I want you to go check it out yourself.

OK, the epilogue of that  show also announces that bloggers like me can get prizes that Steve gives away to those who blog about Escape Pod, but this is really not the reason for this blog – even though it might have been the straw that broke the camels back.

Looking at the Escape Pod website again also reminds me that I really should donate to the site – it would be only just for all the enjoyment I get out of it, but maybe I can do even better by advertising on his site for one of my commercial sites.

One reason for the generally above quality of the stories presented is that the author is actually paid for his story. Obviously this created a cloud of much better stories than those submitted by authors who just want to be published, not caring if they will be compensated for their effort. I actually submitted a story once and it was fortunately rejected, creating the incentive to work on my writing.