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My Favorite Albums Ever..

I always wanted to be a music critic or reviewer. I had a knack of picking out artists and songs that were destined to make history. However putting together a great album is a lost art. Nowadays people don't think in terms of "albums". They are able to go to Itunes or Rhapsody and just download a single song. The bad thing is, they don't even have to listen to it in real time, they can download it at megabit speed.

In my day (old fart) we had to listen to the whole cassette or 8 track tape to get to the song(s) we liked. It was a blessing in disguise as we would grow fond of songs that may have never gotten airplay. So then when we were burnt out on the "hit", we still had the rest of the album to enjoy.

Anyway, I have put together my favorite albums of all time, in no particular order:

• NRBQ - Grooves in Orbit
• Aerosmith - Rocks
• McCartney - McCartney
• The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
• Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!!
• Tom Petty - The Last DJ
• Nanci Griffith - Little Love Affairs
• Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
• Eric Clapton - Slowhand
• Supertramp - Crime of the Century
• Pink Floyd - The Wall
• Neil Young - Comes a Time
• Bread - Guitar Man
• Slobberbone - Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today
• Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
• Nicolette Larson - Say When (she passed away and I don't think this made it to CD)
• Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
• Iris Dement - My Life & Infamous Angel
• Steve Earle - I Feel Alright
• Robert Earl Keen - Picnic
• Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side: The Best of Lou Reed
• The Beatles - Rubber Soul
• Bob Seger - Night Moves
• John Mellencamp - John Cougar
• Timbuk 3 - Greetings from Timbuk 3
• Styx - The Grand Illusion
• Foreigner - Foreigner
  

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Joe And Sara Update.

Well Joe and Sara have been sitting together on their speakers for 2 weeks now. They are now getting down to business and are hard at work trying to make some money on the internet. Since Sara's arrival we have made the following progress.

• We have been implementing the Webstarts.com affiliate program. They offer free hosting and when someone upgrades to a paid plan, referrer gets either $12.50 or $25 depending which plan they choose. We have made $125 so far in July. Check out Webstarts HERE.
• Just launched (joined July 23, 2009) is the Spruz.com affiliate program. In the beta stages right now, they have just started offering a 10 cent referral for "giving away" each free website. A bit low but Jay has assured me they are working on ways to increase revenue. Spruz.com is a great place and they have been on board with us in 1 way or another for about 3 years. Check out Spruz HERE.
• We found a new attempt at monetizing a website at Scratchback.com. It is a unique widget that offers a website's visitors a way to support a site they like through donations and they also get a link to their site (or blog) right on the widget. I figured I would give it a shot - you can see an example of one below (or at http://websitefreebies.net/coolfreeaddons8.html.
  
  
  
• We also found a cool site to make banners, headers, etc at http://mybannermaker.com/. A handy tool and fun to play with.
• We are also looking into https://www.projectwonderful.com/ both as an advertiser and publisher.

So yes, we are still geeking - Me, Joe and Sara.

Governor Of Poker

I haven't been posting much because, like a good geek, I have been playing games on the computer. Actually one game; Governer Of Poker. I truly suck at card games, but I have a fascination for Texas Hold 'em. I like to watch the high rollers on TV win and lose a million dollars. Maybe it is due to the fact, a lot of the skill is in how good you can lie (bluff).

Well I am too cheap (and way too chicken) to really gamble, or for that matter, play against real opponents. So I found a place I can learn to play Texas Hold 'em poker playing against animated cartoon players. I can choos the difficulty from easy to expert and it costs nothing to play. It is "Governer of Poker". I have put it on one of my websites HERE.

It took me about 2 weeks of playing off and on but I have finally made it to the end of the free version. I made enough (play) money to buy all the properties in San Saba, Texas. I then played a one-on-one game and won a horse so I could leave town and play Texas Hold 'em in the other 13 Texas cities. That is where the free version ends, I guess I have to buy the full version...

Because by The Beatles

Beatles - Because