Posted on 07 March 2011. Tags: bigotry, decentralization, disagreement, environmentalist, everything, opposition, opposition to affirmative action, Party, political labels, public education, rationalization, sense, support abortion rights, top of my head
I get a strong sense that most people in this section are dogmatists, automatically and mindlessly agreeing with everything their party or ideology says, with conclusions coming first and rationalization and debate being afterthoughts.
I’m curious how many of us can identify a major area of disagreement with our stated affiliated party or other political labels. Any conservatives support abortion rights, or gay rights? Any liberals in opposition to affirmative action, or back a flat tax? How many of us here aren’t dogmatists? 🙂
(For my own part, I consider myself left-leaning, and a staunch Democrat. Off the top of my head, I oppose the organics movement, I consider myself an environmentalist but reject conservationalism as a solution, I think public education could strongly benefit from decentralization, competition and vouchers, and I regard affirmative action as institutionalized bigotry.)
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Posted on 07 February 2011. Tags: budget, everything, Google, impressions, insight, limit, mail, niche, Pay, tens of thousands, Vouchers, Website
I own a website in a very competitive, highly searched niche. I have been getting these $105 adwords vouchers for about $7 but the catch is that it has to be used on a fairly new account. I got one in the mail from Google about 1 month ago and created my ad. Within about 3 hours, I got tens of thousands impressions and used up all of the credits. Today, I created a new account and used all of the same keywords. I started running it in the morning and made sure everything was set up properly. Tonight, when I checked my results I only had 28 impressions and 0 clicks. I don’t know what is going on, why my ad is hardly visible. Any suggestions or insight would be greatly appreciated. I didn’t set a limit for each click and my daily budget was set to $105.
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Posted on 27 January 2011. Tags: alcoholic drinks, allergens, Drinks, everything, malibu, Marketing, Morgan, nut allergy, peanuts, recipe, recipe type, secret spices, tree nuts
I have a very serious nut allergy (peanuts and tree nuts), and take great care with everything I eat, but I avoid drinks like Malibu and Morgan’s Spiced because of the ‘secret spices’ or ‘clever recipe’ type marketing. I know the obvious ones like Amaretto contain nuts, but others I’m not so sure. Does anyone know of any websites or anywhere to find information on what drinks do and don’t have nuts/allergens in them? It would be great to find out. Thanks a lot for your help.
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Posted on 14 January 2011. Tags: amp, child labour, clothes, compassion, dialogue, everything, free clothing, idea, retort, sentient, sentient beings, slave, slave child, slave labour
Somebody raised the point that i was in dialogue with. that i’m being hypocritical in being vegetarian yet the clothes & metal i’ve purchased more than likely has affiliates with child labour or slave labour.
That my idea of compassion to all sentient beings wasn’t fully sound.
My only retort was ”because i can’t do everything doesn’t mean i shouldn’t do something where possible, & vegetarian is an effective way where as finding a slave/child-labour free clothing or metal would be much more harder to find.”
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Posted on 02 January 2011. Tags: 25th wedding anniversary, anniversary, bed, black and decker, burst into tears, Diary, everything, picture of the washington monument, pig day, washington monument, wedding night, weed wacker, whip cream, whopper, yesterday
Diary of a Viagra Wife
Day 1.
Just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary with not much to celebrate. When it came time to re-enact our wedding night, he locked himself in the bathroom and cried.
Day 2.
Today, he says he has a big secret to tell me. He’s impotent, he says, and he wants me to be the first to know. Why doesn’t he tell me something I don’t know! I mean, he actually thinks I haven’t noticed.
Day 3.
This marriage is in trouble. A woman has needs. Yesterday, I saw a picture of the Washington Monument and burst into tears.
Day 4.
A miracle has happened! There’s a new drug on the market that will fix his problem. It’s called Viagra. I told him that if he takes Viagra things will be just like they were on our wedding night. I think this will work. I replaced his Prozac with the Viagra, hoping to lift something other than his mood.
Day 5.
What absolute bliss!!.
Day 6.
Isn’t life wonderful but it’s difficult to write while he’s doing that.
Day 7.
This Viagra thing has gone to his head. No pun intended! Yesterday, at Burger King, the manager asked me if I’d like a Whopper. He thought they were talking about him. But, I have to admit it’s very nice – I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy.
Day 8.
I think he took too many over the weekend. Yesterday, instead of mowing the lawn, he was using his new friend as a weed wacker. I’m also getting a bit sore down there.
Day 9.
No time to write. He might catch me.
Day 10.
Okay, I admit it. I’m hiding. I mean, a girl can only take so much. And to make matters worse, he’s washing the Viagra down with whip cream and whisky! What am I going to do? I feel tacky all over….
Day 11.
I’m basically being scr£wed to death. It’s like living with a Black and Decker drill. I woke up this morning hot-glued to the bed. Even my armpits hurt. He’s a complete pig.
Day 12.
I wish he was gay. I’ve stopped wearing make-up, cleaning my teeth or even washing but he still keeps coming after me! Even yawning has become dangerous …
Day 13.
Every time I shut my eyes, there’s a sneak attack! It’s like going to bed with a scud missile. I can hardly walk and if he tries that Oops, sorry, thing again, I’ll kill the *******.
Day 14.
I’ve done everything to turn him off. Nothing is working. I even started dressing like a nun but this just seems to make him h-o-r-n-i-e-r. Help me.
Day 15.
I think I’ll have to kill him. The cat and dog won’t go near him and our friends don’t come over any more. Last night I told him to go and f… himself and he did.
Day 16.
The ******* has started to complain about headaches. I hope the bloody thing explodes. I did suggest he might try stopping the Viagra and going back on Prozac.
Day 17.
Switched the pills but it doesn’t seem to have made any difference… Christ! Here he comes again!
Day 18.
He’s back on Prozac. The lazy sod just sits there in front of the telly all day with that remote control in his hand and expects me to do everything for him. What absolute bliss!
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Posted on 02 January 2011. Tags: 25th wedding anniversary, anniversary, armpits, bed, black and decker, burst into tears, everything, happy day, Housewife..., pig day, private diary, wedding night, weed wacker, whopper, yesterday
Day 1
Just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary with not much to celebrate. When it came time to re-enact our wedding night, he locked himself in the bathroom and cried.
Day 2
Today, he says he has a big secret to tell me. He’s impotent, he says, and he wants me to be the first to know. Why doesn’t he tell me something I don’t know! I mean, he actually thinks I haven’t noticed.
Day 3
This marriage is in trouble. A woman has needs. Yesterday, I saw a picture of Nelson’s Column and burst into tears.
Day 4
A miracle has happened! There’s a new drug on the market that will fix his ‘problem’. It’s called Viagra. I told him that if he takes Viagra, things will be just like they were on our wedding night. I think this will work. I replaced his Prozac with the Viagra, hoping to lift something other than his mood.
Day 5
What absolute bliss!!.
Day 6
Isn’t life wonderful but it’s difficult to write while he’s doing that.
Day 7
This Viagra thing has gone to his head. No pun intended! Yesterday, at Burger King, the manager asked me if I’d like a Whopper. He thought they were talking about him. But, have to admit it’s very nice – I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy.
Day 8
I think he took too many over the weekend. Yesterday, instead of mowing the lawn, he was using his new friend as a weed wacker. I’m also getting a bit sore down there.
Day 9
No time to write. He might catch me.
Day 10
Okay, I admit it. I’m hiding. I mean, a girl can only take so much. And to make matters worse, he’s washing the Viagra down with neat whisky! What am I going to do? I feel tacky all over….
Day 11
I’m basically being screwed to death. It’s like living with a Black and Decker drill. I woke up this morning hot-glued to the bed. Even my armpits hurt. He’s a complete pig.
Day 12
I wish he was gay. I’ve stopped wearing make-up, cleaning my teeth or even washing but he still keeps coming after me! Even yawning has
become dangerous…
Day 13
Every time I shut my eyes, there’s a sneak attack! It’s like going to bed with a scud missile. I can hardly walk and if he tries that Oops, sorry thing again, I’ll kill the bastard.
Day 14
I’ve done everything to turn him off. Nothing is working. I even started dressing like a nun but this just seems to make him more horny. Help me!
Day 15
I think I’ll have to kill him. I’m starting to stick to everything I sit on. The cat and dog won’t go near him and our friends don’t come over any more. Last night I told him to go and **** himself and he did.
Day 16
The bastard has started to complain about headaches. I hope the bloody thing explodes. I did suggest he might try stopping the Viagra and going back on Prozac.
Day 17
Switched the pills but it doesn’t seem to have made any difference…Christ! Here he comes again!
Day 18
He’s back on Prozac. The lazy sod just sits there in front of the TV all day with that remote control in his hand and expects me to do everything for him. What absolute bliss!
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