Kelly Brown

Checking In

Jan 182011

Hi folks! Wow, I have really neglected this blog. My guest poster has posted more than I have in the last few months! At least somebody has been posting. (Thanks Ron!)

I’ve had a lot going on here and I’ve been extremely busy. My husband, Charlie had to have emergency gall bladder surgery on Christmas Day, so he has been out of work for the last month. It has been up to me to keep us afloat until he recovered. Not an easy task, but … we’re still here. He went back to work today. I just hope he was ready. It hasn’t quite been a month since the surgery, but he seems strong enough. I begged him not to overexert himself today, and hopefully he won’t. I’m just a big worry wart.

So, it’s lucky I have the two jobs because without the both of them, I really don’t know what we would have done. Work was very slow with both of them! But somehow, we pulled through this, just like we do everything else. Even though things may seem very bleak to me at times, we always seem to make our way through this world – usually unscathed.

Anyway, now that Charlie has gone back to work, I can hopefully free up some time to get back to writing here at the blog and some other places. I hope so, because I’ve really missed it.

We Got A GREAT Deal From Dish Network!

Entertainment, Movies, Television 2 Responses »

Dec 032010

We just switched to DISH Network satellite TV and wanted to share the same offer with you. These are bonuses only available when you use my V.I.P. number, so keep the number handy. I hope you can use these!

FREE HD Programming for Life
FREE Activations- $99 value (with credit approval)
3 Months FREE HBO and Showtime!!! (with credit card autopay)
$50.00 Bonus credit on your first bill
FREE Home Theater System (with credit approval)
FREE standard professional installation and no equipment to buy
FREE DVR – Digital Video Recorder upgrade (pause live TV, rewind any time record to your system and more)
Over 120 channels including local channels, starting at just $24.99 a month!
Customer’s who sign up with Credit Card Autopay get 5 Free Pay Per View coupons!
Dish Service Plan FREE for 6 months – $36 value

Make sure you call the Dish Activations hotline at 1-888-882-DISH (3474). Andrew took care of everything for me. Ask for Andrew and give them the following number when you get signed up.

V.I.P. number AJR62944

2 MUST SEE Amazingly Hellacious Hail Storms

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Nov 152010

I’ve seen some pretty nasty weather, but personally, I have never in my life seen anything like the following two hail storms. It’s stuff like this that really makes you appreciate Mother Nature, eh? I’m always interested in crazy weather, so if you know of any more of these kinds of videos, please let me know in the comment section!

1. Phoenix, AZ – October 5, 2010

2. Oklahoma City, OK – May 16, 2010

WOW!

Farmville Fail

Current Events, Games, Social Gaming 4 Responses »

Oct 282010

Ok, this is just too much. I have been guilty in the past of letting Facebook games, (including Farmville), overtake the majority of my time, but seriously, what kind of person allows themselves to get so engrossed in a GAME that they kill their baby?? It’s things like this that just frighten me about the future of our society.:

A 22-year-old mother from Jacksonville, Florida, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for shaking her 3-month-old son to death after his crying interrupted her FarmVille game.

The mother, Alexandra V. Tobias, was arrested in January and declared her plea on Wednesday before Circuit Judge Adrian G. Soud, The Florida Times-Union reports.

She told investigators that she shook the baby, smoked a cigarette “to compose herself,” and proceeded to shake him again. The baby may have hit his head during one of the two shakings, she said.

What is wrong with people? This is insane!

When I was playing the social games at Facebook, it took a few months, but I finally realized it was taking up way too much of my time. I would spend countless hours worrying over them, trying to make sure I checked in before my crops withered, or my dishes at Cafe World spoiled. They began to completely consume my life. After a few months of this, I had to block ALL of those types of games and get back to reality.

I guess the majority of people are like me – they don’t let social gaming interfere with their lives! But ever so often, you hear about some craziness like this. I am trying hard to believe that it’s not the games doing this, and that people like this crazy chick who killed her precious little baby already have mental problems to begin with.

What do you think? Are these wretchedly addictive social games making people lose their minds, or are they just insane from the get-go? Leave a comment to voice your opinion.

It has been a while…sorry

Family, Malcolm, Personal Log No Responses »

Oct 282010

Here I am, sitting in my comfy chair, at my desk, with Malcolm asleep in my lap and it’s 5:30am. I have no business being up this late/early, yet here I am. I pulled an all-nighter again, and I’m just not sleepy at the moment. I’m sure it will hit me later and I’ll end up sleeping most of the day away. But I don’t really have anything pressing to do, so that could be a good thing. Malcolm will enjoy someone napping with him, I’m sure, (since he sleeps most of his days away anyway, seeing how he’s a cat, and cats do that. Aahhh…to be a kitty-cat). ~sigh~

I really hate that I’ve been too busy to write here at my blog since I got it up and running again after the awful hack job that was done to it a few months back. But I assure you, I think of posting something every single day…I just never get around to doing it. Man, I just HATE that. Blogging is one of my favorite things in life. Well, all I can say is that I will have to try to do better.

I found a nice minimal WordPress theme for the site, and I’ve been playing around with it for the past few hours. There are many things I like about this theme, so I think I’ll keep it for a while. My Gemini tendencies don’t allow for me to keep things the same for very long, so luckily, this theme is changeable. Hehe!

I did manage to accomplish one a very important task this week, and it only took me a YEAR to get around to it. I got my sister’s store website built. Well, she helped, so I can’t take ALL the credit. We worked on it together, (something I dearly love to do, because it allows us some quality time together). I’m very proud of her. She has done so well for herself, and has finally got her own business. I love how she has the items in her store arranged. Have a look at her gallery and you’ll see what I mean. Rusty Nail Trading Post is the furthest thing in the world from a “junk store.” If you are within driving distance of Ethridge, Tennessee, you really should stop by and visit that place. It’s incredible!

Ok, so now it’s getting close to 6am and I have to wake up Charlie so he can get ready for work. At least I’ll be able to have coffee with him today. After that, I have to head to the bank when it opens and then I’m coming home, finding something on Netflix (for background noise), and crashing out on the couch for several hours.

My Site Was Hacked!

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Oct 012010

Yep, recently, this site was hacked, and it has been down for 2 whole weeks. I finally got it up and running again this evening. Fortunately, I was able to salvage most of the posts that were here. You can now find them at the new Web Discoveries site.

This site will be reserved as my personal website. If you would like to keep subscribing to Web Discoveries, please click here and that should get you set up. If you would like to keep up with what’s going on with me personally, feel free to subcribe now (if you’re not already)!

Hookie

Misc 1 Response »

Sep 202010

Authored by Alvaro Jordan

My roommate seems to get sick a lot when the weather is nice. By getting sick I mean that we call in sick to work and instead plan a day of nothing but fishing. It’s incredibly relaxing and we don’t have to go too far. About thirty minutes away is one of the biggest lakes in the state. If we wake up for our nine to five jobs at seven and it’s absolutely beautiful out we both work up the courage to call our bosses. I’m not quite sure if they have caught on to the fact that we use up almost all our sick days in the summer when it is sunny out. It’s a good thing we don’t work together or they would have figured it out a long time ago.

When the sun is shining and there’s just a light breeze we set the alarm that we got from one of the Adt dealers around san antonio and spend the day on the lake. We don’t have a boat but we set up our lawn chairs at a good spot in the shade but still warm enough for shorts. It doesn’t get warm in Michigan very often so youve really got to make the hot days count. There is a prize for catching the most fish and the biggest catch of the day. Each prize is twenty dollars. Usually each of us gets one so its a draw but on occasion one of us owes the other $40. Probably not a good idea to bet money since we called in to work that day.

My small income from the internet

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Aug 232010

Content by Kyle Lowe

Since I started working online a few months ago, my internet connection and how reliable my laptop is have become extremely important things to me. I have so many little jobs that I do online like filling out surveys, applying to participate in focus groups, and most recently writing articles for various websites. So my connection must be perfect and my clearwireless internet helps me feels confident that I’m connected and able to complete my work.

The surveys are sometimes really boring but often kind of fun and the money or points that I earn are a definite bonus. It’s nice to know there are a few sites that I have accounts on where I will eventually be able to withdraw some cash from and that I did not have to do much to be paid the money. Also, there are focus groups which are usually fairly enjoyable and pay a higher amount of money. I can sometimes make triple per hour than I did working in an office a few years ago.

My current concentration is on writing articles. I’ve always loved writing short stories and poetry and now having found the websites that pay for writing content, I am enjoying it even more. The internet has been so helpful in adding to my income and giving me things I like to do.

Late for Lost

Entertainment, Television 3 Responses »

May 242010

Josh Holloway

Ok, so I waited until the very last minute to start watching Lost, but I’m slow that way sometimes. Besides, I like it better when I don’t have to wait a week to see what happens next. And with this show, I’d lose my ever-lovin’ MIND if I had to wait that long!

To be honest, I don’t watch much prime time television. The last television show I got interested in was House. And it just drove me crazy having to wait a week, or possibly a month or more between episodes, so I stopped watching it, (though I do sometimes catch-up on it whenever Bravo has one of its House marathons). Yes, I know. Patience is a virtue…yadda, yadda, yadda. I’d just rather wait until there are at least two or three seasons of a show, so I can watch episodes at Hulu at my own leisure. That way, if I want to stay up till 5am watching Lost episodes, (which I did last night), then I can. Remember the “good ole days” when we were forced to wait? Wasn’t that fun? Thank the gods for the interwebs, (and websites like Hulu).

If you’re like me and never watched Lost, you should go to Hulu and give it a go. It is one of those shows where you really get to know the characters. You get glimpses into each one’s past, and then watch how they evolve and adapt to life on the island. Some of them change drastically over time. It’s fascinating.

As you probably guessed, my favorite character is that of Sawyer, (played by Josh Holloway, pictured above). Yeah, he’s a bad boy, but what can I say? Maybe it’s because he’s Southern, like me, and I can relate to that aspect of him. I dunno. There’s just something about him I like. Remember, though, at present, I am only a couple of episodes into season 2, so my feelings could change later on. We’ll just have to wait and see. Who is your favorite Lost character and why?

If you like action and suspense, Lost is definitely the show for you. It seems something terrible happens to one of the characters in each episode. It never, ever gets boring. In fact, you will probably need to make sure you’ve taken your blood pressure meds before watching. I am always “pumped” from start to finish. So…um…be careful if you have issues there. Ha! No, I’m just kidding (maybe). I’ve never heard of anyone having a heart attack or stroking out while watching Lost, (though, I guess it could have happened…I dunno).

Since I’m only a few seasons in, last night, I thought I may have made a huge mistake by watching the Lost series finale, because I was totally LOST! But, then I found out afterwards (via Twitter) that even people who had watched the entire 6 seasons all the way through were asking, “WTF?” So I don’t feel like I ruined it for myself. Why did I watch it? Because I knew there would be spoilers all over the internet, TV, etc. for the next month (or three) and I’d never be able to escape it. So, I watched it with my husband, Charlie, who, by the way, had never seen a single episode! Afterwards, he posted this about it on his Facebook wall:

I’m officially lost! Probably, shouldn’t have picked the series finale as a starting place! LoL, I’ve decided I’m seriously going to watch the show in reverse! Instead of putting pieces together, I’m going to scatter them about!

LOL! Bless his heart.

In conclusion, I would like to say that when I’m done with Lost, I’ll be starting on Roswell, then Fringe, and then Carnivale. If you have any suggestions for me, please leave your feedback in the comments section below. I’d love to hear what you’re watching!

Are They Telling Us the Truth About the Gulf Oil Spill?

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May 202010

I’m really getting worried about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. I have very little trust in the powers that be in the first place, and I have been doing my own research into this and I feel that we are not being told everything about it. Not even close. I’m not going to get into it much today, as we have graduation festivities coming up this evening, but one thing I wanted to mention is from this article from The New York Times that states:

BP has resisted entreaties from scientists that they be allowed to use sophisticated instruments at the ocean floor that would give a far more accurate picture of how much oil is really gushing from the well.

“The answer is no to that,” a BP spokesman, Tom Mueller, said on Saturday. “We’re not going to take any extra efforts now to calculate flow there at this point. It’s not relevant to the response effort, and it might even detract from the response effort.”

Well, why not, Mr. BP Spokesman? That just seems a little fishy to me, and I believe they are trying to hide something. But what? And why? I will be doing much more research on this and reporting my findings here, so stay tuned.

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