Showing posts with label blogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogs. Show all posts
Monday, April 15, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
New Blogs I'm Reading
A couple additions to the old blogroll.
Diary of a Javanista - pretty good stuff with a lot of various content. Video games, books, sports, fashion. Check it out.
the bitchy waiter - having worked in the restaurant industry for many years, as both a server/bartender and manager, I can totally relate to the content here. I was searching for an old site I used to visit years ago, Bitter Waitress, and ran into this blog. Funny and true.
Diary of a Javanista - pretty good stuff with a lot of various content. Video games, books, sports, fashion. Check it out.
the bitchy waiter - having worked in the restaurant industry for many years, as both a server/bartender and manager, I can totally relate to the content here. I was searching for an old site I used to visit years ago, Bitter Waitress, and ran into this blog. Funny and true.
Animal Crossing Meme
I created an Animal Crossing meme over at Population Growing for anyone interested.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
This is a Test!
Downloaded the blogger application for my iPhone so I thought I would do a test post. Kinda nifty. Maybe this will encourage me to blog more often.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Seven Years and One Month
Yep, I totally missed my seven year blogiversery on the 24th last month. I'm a bad blogger these days and oddly enough I've had more time than ever for it not to be so. I just wanted to give a quick thanks to all the readers out there especially in what has been a pretty lean year of postings. Thanks again!
Click here to see how it all started...
Click here to see how it all started...
Saturday, September 17, 2011
New Blogs I'm Reading
So they're not all new, to me, but I'm adding them to my blog list just the same.
Apple & Mystery Snail Farming - I have not clue how I stumbled on this blog but it's an interesting look at snail farming! It just goes to show you that you can find just about anything on the Internet.
The Electronic Replicant - Another great blog/page on a variety of topics that I found through comments he's made here.
Good as Gay - I think I found this blog through a comments section on another blog. Great writing from a young perspective on a variety of LGBTQIA topics.
The Oxymoron Conundrum - I've known Mr. Happy for a long time now and I've been reading his blog almost since its inception. An interesting mix of topics, some I admit that aren't my cup of tea, but they're always well written and well thought out.
Apple & Mystery Snail Farming - I have not clue how I stumbled on this blog but it's an interesting look at snail farming! It just goes to show you that you can find just about anything on the Internet.
The Electronic Replicant - Another great blog/page on a variety of topics that I found through comments he's made here.
Good as Gay - I think I found this blog through a comments section on another blog. Great writing from a young perspective on a variety of LGBTQIA topics.
The Oxymoron Conundrum - I've known Mr. Happy for a long time now and I've been reading his blog almost since its inception. An interesting mix of topics, some I admit that aren't my cup of tea, but they're always well written and well thought out.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Happy Blogiversary!
This blog started out as a way to kill time at work six years ago today. I'm absolutely amazed that I'm still involved in this blog on an almost daily basis with 724 posts thus far. I visit Dave's World nearly daily to either upload a post, view comments, or view other blogs in my blog roll.
For some reason my visits have been increasing every month this year, even though I'm posting less lately. June looks to be my biggest month in terms of visits ever over the last six years with the 22nd being one of my biggest individual days for visits.
I guess I just wanted to say thanks to all the new and old readers out there for visiting my little piece of random life on the web.
Here's to another year blogging!
For some reason my visits have been increasing every month this year, even though I'm posting less lately. June looks to be my biggest month in terms of visits ever over the last six years with the 22nd being one of my biggest individual days for visits.
I guess I just wanted to say thanks to all the new and old readers out there for visiting my little piece of random life on the web.
Here's to another year blogging!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Love Bites When It's Wednesday
I may try to follow another meme site in addition to Sunday Stealing. A new one brought to my attention is W.T.F Weekly Meme. From the site:
"Welcome to the W.T.F. meme which features random questions from my totally random mind. W.T.F. stands for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (what the f#@* did you think it stood for?), which are the days when the meme will post. Yes, that's right... three days of questions every week. This meme will feature questions you may have never been asked before at least not on a public level. The questions will come from random current events or be personality quiz-type questions or will be based on the crazy conversations I have with people in my own life.
Please visit the other participants' websites and comment on their answers. The meme's logos can be found below to the right. There's a general one in case you decide you want to do it on a day other than Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, which is totally cool with me. Then there are specific day logos."
1) My neighbor once asked me if I was pregnant after I had just gained some weight. She was so embarrassed about her mistake that she didn't speak to me for a year. Have you ever accidentally asked if a woman was pregnant when she wasn't?
I would never, ever presume to ask anyone this question because quite frankly it can be hard to tell sometime. In general I do have a big mouth but this is a question I can definitely keep to myself. I've found that if someone is pregnant they'll usually volunteer the information.
2) Several parents' organizations have spoken out about teenage "sexting." Do you think the members of the parents' organizations do it themselves? Do you think they text sexy messages or photos to their significant others? Are they just concerned parents or do you think they're hypocrites?
I'm sure a lot more people are "sexting" than is freely admitted, I'm looking at you Congressman Weiner. Isn't it always the parents role to teach their children to "do as I say not as I do." As an adult who has texted or emailed questionable information, I would still encourage my child, if I had one, to not engage in this kind of activity, you'll never know when or where those pictures will turn up.
3) Your phone rings, and it's your local newspaper calling to get an exclusive interview with you. What happened (or what did you do) to get them to want to interview you?
They probably want to know how it is that I can party so much without needing a liver transplant!
4) Do you follow recipes when you cook or are you an improviser in the kitchen? My boyfriend likes to throw random things into dishes, like the time he was cooking steak for us and put several packets of Taco Bell sauce into the marinade.
If it's something I know how to cook I just wing it. If I'm trying a new recipe I usually follow the directions faithfully.
5) Self-serve frozen yogurt places (Orange Leaf, Peach Wave, and Fresh Berry, just to name a few) have completely overtaken my area. They normally have about 10 types of frozen yogurt and up to 50 types of toppings. Pretend you're eating at one. What types of frozen yogurt and toppings do you get?
I have no clue. Those kinds of places aren't prevalent in Oklahoma City unfortunately, there's a reason we're the most unhealthy city in America! A better question would be what kind of gravy would you pick to smother over your chicken fried steak.
6) June is National Accordion Awareness Month. How crazy is it that they have an awareness month for accordions? What do you want people to be aware of?
That's just crazy! There seems to be an awareness month for everything these days. For me June is a celebration and awareness for LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) people since this is our gay pride month for the area.
7) I live across the street from drug dealers who scare the living hell out of me. If you were to decide you suddenly want to try an illegal drug, do you know where you would go to purchase the drug?
If I ever decided I wanted to try an illegal drug (wink, wink) I would have no problems finding several people who sell said items.
8) You've won a $500 gift card to Walmart, Target, KMart, or any other megastore of your choosing. What is the first thing you purchase?
A new TV if it's possible to find a good one in a megastore.
9) NBC's new show "Love Bites" talked about "the list" in its premiere episode. "The list" is a list of celebrities you're allowed to sleep with if you ever get a chance, and it does not count as cheating toward your significant other. Who would be your top 5 celebrities on your list?
I've actually discussed this with my friend Kim and her cousin recently. While they had no problem coming up with a top 5 I would really need to think about it. I can say without hesitation that Chris Pine would be near the top of the list.
10) OK, let's switch that around. Say you and your significant other have created lists of celebrities you're allowed to sleep with if you get the chance. Your partner spots the #1 person on his/her list and sleeps with the person, which is totally OK by the rules of "the list." Do you think you could actually handle it?
Since I don't have a significant other, at least in the sense of the word, I would say go for it! I'd never be worried making such an "arrangement" since the odds of winning the lottery or getting struck by lightening are better.
"Welcome to the W.T.F. meme which features random questions from my totally random mind. W.T.F. stands for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (what the f#@* did you think it stood for?), which are the days when the meme will post. Yes, that's right... three days of questions every week. This meme will feature questions you may have never been asked before at least not on a public level. The questions will come from random current events or be personality quiz-type questions or will be based on the crazy conversations I have with people in my own life.
Please visit the other participants' websites and comment on their answers. The meme's logos can be found below to the right. There's a general one in case you decide you want to do it on a day other than Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, which is totally cool with me. Then there are specific day logos."
1) My neighbor once asked me if I was pregnant after I had just gained some weight. She was so embarrassed about her mistake that she didn't speak to me for a year. Have you ever accidentally asked if a woman was pregnant when she wasn't?
I would never, ever presume to ask anyone this question because quite frankly it can be hard to tell sometime. In general I do have a big mouth but this is a question I can definitely keep to myself. I've found that if someone is pregnant they'll usually volunteer the information.
2) Several parents' organizations have spoken out about teenage "sexting." Do you think the members of the parents' organizations do it themselves? Do you think they text sexy messages or photos to their significant others? Are they just concerned parents or do you think they're hypocrites?
I'm sure a lot more people are "sexting" than is freely admitted, I'm looking at you Congressman Weiner. Isn't it always the parents role to teach their children to "do as I say not as I do." As an adult who has texted or emailed questionable information, I would still encourage my child, if I had one, to not engage in this kind of activity, you'll never know when or where those pictures will turn up.
3) Your phone rings, and it's your local newspaper calling to get an exclusive interview with you. What happened (or what did you do) to get them to want to interview you?
They probably want to know how it is that I can party so much without needing a liver transplant!
4) Do you follow recipes when you cook or are you an improviser in the kitchen? My boyfriend likes to throw random things into dishes, like the time he was cooking steak for us and put several packets of Taco Bell sauce into the marinade.
If it's something I know how to cook I just wing it. If I'm trying a new recipe I usually follow the directions faithfully.
5) Self-serve frozen yogurt places (Orange Leaf, Peach Wave, and Fresh Berry, just to name a few) have completely overtaken my area. They normally have about 10 types of frozen yogurt and up to 50 types of toppings. Pretend you're eating at one. What types of frozen yogurt and toppings do you get?
I have no clue. Those kinds of places aren't prevalent in Oklahoma City unfortunately, there's a reason we're the most unhealthy city in America! A better question would be what kind of gravy would you pick to smother over your chicken fried steak.
6) June is National Accordion Awareness Month. How crazy is it that they have an awareness month for accordions? What do you want people to be aware of?
That's just crazy! There seems to be an awareness month for everything these days. For me June is a celebration and awareness for LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) people since this is our gay pride month for the area.
7) I live across the street from drug dealers who scare the living hell out of me. If you were to decide you suddenly want to try an illegal drug, do you know where you would go to purchase the drug?
If I ever decided I wanted to try an illegal drug (wink, wink) I would have no problems finding several people who sell said items.
8) You've won a $500 gift card to Walmart, Target, KMart, or any other megastore of your choosing. What is the first thing you purchase?
A new TV if it's possible to find a good one in a megastore.
9) NBC's new show "Love Bites" talked about "the list" in its premiere episode. "The list" is a list of celebrities you're allowed to sleep with if you ever get a chance, and it does not count as cheating toward your significant other. Who would be your top 5 celebrities on your list?
I've actually discussed this with my friend Kim and her cousin recently. While they had no problem coming up with a top 5 I would really need to think about it. I can say without hesitation that Chris Pine would be near the top of the list.
10) OK, let's switch that around. Say you and your significant other have created lists of celebrities you're allowed to sleep with if you get the chance. Your partner spots the #1 person on his/her list and sleeps with the person, which is totally OK by the rules of "the list." Do you think you could actually handle it?
Since I don't have a significant other, at least in the sense of the word, I would say go for it! I'd never be worried making such an "arrangement" since the odds of winning the lottery or getting struck by lightening are better.
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Yay May
I can't believe it's already May, this year certainly seems to be flying by! Usually April showers bring May flowers but I think we've had more rain three days in to May than we did all of April. A good thing too, my yard was starting to look like a scene from a Mad Max movie. Here's what's on tap for May:
May 8th: Your mom's day. I remember when I was very young asking my Grandmother why there wasn't a kid's day. She responded by saying that everyday was kid's day!
May 11th: Kim's birthday. My bestie will be turing the ripe old age of 28. I hate that bitch...
May 28th - May 30th: 35th Annual Paseo Arts Festival! One of the best spring events in Oklahoma City! In fact the only piece of original art I've ever bought at an arts festival was at this one. Well, actually my mommy bought it for me but why haggle over semantics. The framed photograph has its place of honor on my fireplace mantle and has survived five moves throughout the Oklahoma City metro area, a feat that most of my possessions can't claim over the years.
May 30th: Memorial Day. A holiday for all you 9 to 5ers. I remember several Memorial Days accompanying my Grandmother to lay flowers on the graves of the long dead. Does anyone do this anymore? Is this a tradition lost to my generation?
I guess May must remind me of my Grandmother on my fathers side!
In site related news, for some reason last month saw the highest hit count ever in the almost six year history of this blog! I actually find this kind of sad since "Dave's World" has been limping along since the first of the year, unless all these readers are interested in memes and book impressions. In any event thanks to all the readers out there and the interest in my little corner of the web.
Finally I'm going to try to clean up the main page a little and add more blogs and links that I read daily and remove the ones that are dead or inactive.
Have a great May everyone! What is everyone else doing this glorious spring month?
May 8th: Your mom's day. I remember when I was very young asking my Grandmother why there wasn't a kid's day. She responded by saying that everyday was kid's day!
May 11th: Kim's birthday. My bestie will be turing the ripe old age of 28. I hate that bitch...
May 28th - May 30th: 35th Annual Paseo Arts Festival! One of the best spring events in Oklahoma City! In fact the only piece of original art I've ever bought at an arts festival was at this one. Well, actually my mommy bought it for me but why haggle over semantics. The framed photograph has its place of honor on my fireplace mantle and has survived five moves throughout the Oklahoma City metro area, a feat that most of my possessions can't claim over the years.
May 30th: Memorial Day. A holiday for all you 9 to 5ers. I remember several Memorial Days accompanying my Grandmother to lay flowers on the graves of the long dead. Does anyone do this anymore? Is this a tradition lost to my generation?
I guess May must remind me of my Grandmother on my fathers side!
In site related news, for some reason last month saw the highest hit count ever in the almost six year history of this blog! I actually find this kind of sad since "Dave's World" has been limping along since the first of the year, unless all these readers are interested in memes and book impressions. In any event thanks to all the readers out there and the interest in my little corner of the web.
Finally I'm going to try to clean up the main page a little and add more blogs and links that I read daily and remove the ones that are dead or inactive.
Have a great May everyone! What is everyone else doing this glorious spring month?
Monday, May 02, 2011
Fox Doing What it Does Best!
I ran across this image at I Should Be Laughing. Check out this blog, it's a great daily read on a variety of subjects. I only wish I could write half as well as the material found there.
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Keith is Back
Of course I'm speaking of "The Official Not-For-Profit Blog of Keith Olbermann" called FOK News Channel. Naturally I was a fan of Keith Olbermann before his sudden departure from MSNBC. I know he's a little over the top. Sue me, I'm a liberal/progressive. I didn't watch his show consistently but I did enjoy tuning in to see some of his commentaries and especially the worst persons in the world segment. Now I can see (or read) this same kind of information on the blog. Enjoy.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
New Blog I'm Reading
An old friend of mine recently started her own blog called Brilliantly Blonde. All I could think of when I saw the title was:
"I just want to say that being chosen as this month's Miss August is like a compliment I'll remember for as long as I can. Right now I'm a freshman in my fourth year at UCLA but my goal is to become a veterinarian cause I love children!"
Check it out.
"I just want to say that being chosen as this month's Miss August is like a compliment I'll remember for as long as I can. Right now I'm a freshman in my fourth year at UCLA but my goal is to become a veterinarian cause I love children!"
Check it out.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
I'm not sure if my blogging schedule will ever return to normal. I've started training at a new job. It's so gratifying to know that I will never have to set foot in that wretched place again where I spent Monday through Fridays over the last couple of years. Cheers!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
New Blog I'm Reading
I've recently been reading Cowboys Ride for Free, self described as "a pretty decent Oklahoma State Cowboys blog." Check it out if you're an Oklahoma State fan. If not, you suck!
Friday, July 02, 2010
Top Chef: Just Desserts
I love the Top Chef series, obviously since I write a recap about it every week, or rather just a bunch of snarky comments making fun of the contests, judges, and the food! So I'm kind of on the fence about Top Chef: Just Desserts. I wonder how a show with the Top Chef format can be devoted to just one part of the meal. Maybe I'm not that well versed in what a pastry chef does. Can anyone enlighten me? In all the restaurants I worked in I don't think there was ever any desserts made in-house. Yeah, I worked in some swanky joints. I think the only reason to be excited about the show is the involvement of Gail Simmons, probably my favorite judge from the Top Chef series.
Here's some information about the show from Bravo's site:
"Bravo sweetens the deal as Top Chef: Just Desserts -- a spin-off of the popular Emmy-nominated and James Beard Award-winning 'Top Chef' -- adds celebrated pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini as Head Judge with critically acclaimed chef Hubert Keller and DailyCandy Editor-at-Large Dannielle Kyrillos rounding out the Judges’ Table. Top Chef judge Gail Simmons will serve as the host of Bravo’s newest delectable delight that airs on Bravo later this year.
Each episode of Top Chef: Just Desserts holds two challenges for the pastry chefs: the first is a Quickfire test of their basic abilities and the second is a more involved Elimination Challenge designed to test the versatility and inventiveness of the pastry chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic ingredients or catering for a range of demanding clients."
So what do we think Top Chef readers and bloggers? Are we even going to watch the show, let alone blog about it?
Speaking of Top Chef, here's a list of blogs you should be reading weekly about the show, especially with Top Chef: DC in full swing:
Tales from LaLa Land My favorite Top Chef reading. Hilarious commentary.
Dealing in Subterfuges Miss an episode? No problem, just go here for a super in-depth recap and analysis. This site is a great resource for me when I'm trying to remember who made what dishes in any given episode.
Please Pack Your Knives And Go Another funny site with great weekly power rankings.
All Top Chef A site that has it all, recaps, polls, and links to other sites that muse about Top Chef.
Blogging Top Chef Just as the title suggests, another site with lots of information and links to lots of Top Chef information.
If there's any must read Top Chef blogs out there that I'm missing, I'm all ears. Actually I have quite small ears that are in perfect proportion to my head!
Here's some information about the show from Bravo's site:
"Bravo sweetens the deal as Top Chef: Just Desserts -- a spin-off of the popular Emmy-nominated and James Beard Award-winning 'Top Chef' -- adds celebrated pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini as Head Judge with critically acclaimed chef Hubert Keller and DailyCandy Editor-at-Large Dannielle Kyrillos rounding out the Judges’ Table. Top Chef judge Gail Simmons will serve as the host of Bravo’s newest delectable delight that airs on Bravo later this year.
Each episode of Top Chef: Just Desserts holds two challenges for the pastry chefs: the first is a Quickfire test of their basic abilities and the second is a more involved Elimination Challenge designed to test the versatility and inventiveness of the pastry chefs as they take on unique culinary trials such as working with unusual and exotic ingredients or catering for a range of demanding clients."
So what do we think Top Chef readers and bloggers? Are we even going to watch the show, let alone blog about it?
Speaking of Top Chef, here's a list of blogs you should be reading weekly about the show, especially with Top Chef: DC in full swing:
Tales from LaLa Land My favorite Top Chef reading. Hilarious commentary.
Dealing in Subterfuges Miss an episode? No problem, just go here for a super in-depth recap and analysis. This site is a great resource for me when I'm trying to remember who made what dishes in any given episode.
Please Pack Your Knives And Go Another funny site with great weekly power rankings.
All Top Chef A site that has it all, recaps, polls, and links to other sites that muse about Top Chef.
Blogging Top Chef Just as the title suggests, another site with lots of information and links to lots of Top Chef information.
If there's any must read Top Chef blogs out there that I'm missing, I'm all ears. Actually I have quite small ears that are in perfect proportion to my head!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Happy Birthday Blog!
Five years ago on Friday, June 24th, 2005 I created this blog and made my first post. I just wanted to take a moment to thank all the people out there, my friends, family, and lurkers who continue to read and to comment on occasion. What started as an exercise to cure my boredom at work has really grown, especially over the last year with the bulk of my posts coming from 2009/2010. I plan to continue to create posts as long as I'm interested, which means more useless information or opinions about video games, politics, or random things my friends and I do.
Mostly I write for my friends and usually it involves something they were a part of! In no particular order I want to thank the following people for their support and for the craziness they involve me in, which is my biggest inspiration:
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Thanks for all the memories of the past five years! Here's to five more!
Mostly I write for my friends and usually it involves something they were a part of! In no particular order I want to thank the following people for their support and for the craziness they involve me in, which is my biggest inspiration:
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Thanks for all the memories of the past five years! Here's to five more!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
New (and Old) Blog I'm Reading
It's been a while since I added a new site to the "Blogs I Follow" list. Look to your right. ------->
First up is Grape Seed, a blog I actually had on the list before. Since Casey has a new computer and is in the mood for blogging again, I though I would add her back on the blog roll. Normally I wouldn't be linking to a "mommie blog" but she's family, whatcha gonna do?
The next site I recently started reading is Things Republicans Hate. I know that Republicans pretty much hate everything so look for the site to be update frequently! Filed under "Links of Interest" to the right and down a bit. ------->
First up is Grape Seed, a blog I actually had on the list before. Since Casey has a new computer and is in the mood for blogging again, I though I would add her back on the blog roll. Normally I wouldn't be linking to a "mommie blog" but she's family, whatcha gonna do?
The next site I recently started reading is Things Republicans Hate. I know that Republicans pretty much hate everything so look for the site to be update frequently! Filed under "Links of Interest" to the right and down a bit. ------->
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Qur'an Verse of the Day
I've been thinking for some time about changing the format of my blog. For nearly the last five years I've added random postings on just about every conceivable subject. I've come to the realization that I should focus on one subject to comment on daily. Since I've already started an Animal Crossing blog (that I never update), my second choice would be the teachings of the Qur'an, as I have recently come to know Allah. So without further ado, the first Qur'an Verse of the Day:
Say: "O My servants who have transgressed against your own souls: do not despair of God's mercy, for God forgives all sins. It is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
Qur'an (39:53)
I'm still working on a new template and a new name for the blog so please be patient and check back everyday for more goodness from the Qur'an.
Any suggestions for a new name for the blog would be greatly appreciated, just post them in the comments section. So far all I've come up with is "Muhammad's World: Bitter Party of One Your Jihād is Ready" but I don't want to turn off Christians, after all we have so much in common, we worship the same God and many of the same prophets!
Many thanks for the support!
Dave
Say: "O My servants who have transgressed against your own souls: do not despair of God's mercy, for God forgives all sins. It is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful."
Qur'an (39:53)
I'm still working on a new template and a new name for the blog so please be patient and check back everyday for more goodness from the Qur'an.
Any suggestions for a new name for the blog would be greatly appreciated, just post them in the comments section. So far all I've come up with is "Muhammad's World: Bitter Party of One Your Jihād is Ready" but I don't want to turn off Christians, after all we have so much in common, we worship the same God and many of the same prophets!
Many thanks for the support!
Dave
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Bill Maher
"New Rule: Stop calling 'The Tea Party' phenomenon a 'Movement'. To be a real political movement, you have to, well, move toward some specific legislative goal. The Suffrage Movement, for example, gained voting rights for women, the Civil Rights Movement outlawed discrimination against blacks, and the Gay Rights Movement brought us the Winter Olympics."
I think Bill Maher is one of the funniest satirist of our time. Check out his blog here and his website here.
I think Bill Maher is one of the funniest satirist of our time. Check out his blog here and his website here.
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