Bloggerwave

There is a new pay you to blog service out there. Based in Copenhagen and beginning operations in March of 2007, Bloggerwave is paying bloggers for writing articles about their advertisers. There are three categories of opportunity, Review, Buzz, and Opinion.

It looks like Bloggerwave caters to new blogs as in their FAQ they talk about what a blog is and how to set one up. It only took a few days for them to approve my blog. I'm new and there were three opportunities for me on the first day. They had an opportunity for Coke Zero (though it required video), for Bloggerwave itself, and for a company that provides database information on different companies.

Hotel Reservations

I'm once again looking out my window from my jail cell and thinking that there must be a better place to be staying than here in the Arlington County "Hilton". I do have a private room. I've got a window with a view.

I live like a Queen. I'm awoken each morning as the sun rises and brought my breakfast in bed. All I have and need is within a few feet of where I sleep. I have dozens of uniformed servants who attend to my every need. But still, I long for something else. Maybe something with a bit more freedom.

I want to tell you what I found in my quest for more. I found this website that offers Hotel Reservations and much more. They have hotels, motels, resorts, and more. They also have flights, cars, vacation rentals, vacation packages, and cruises. They offer what you need for beach hotels, family fun, gambling, golf, and spa.

When it comes to beaches, they have Corpus Christi from $69. Jacksonville from $69. Monterey from $100.

They have the Best Western Beachcomber Beach resort and hotel in St. Pete Beach, Florida from $89. The Resort Is Situated On More Than Five Acres Of Lush, Tropically Landscaped Gardens And Has Its Own Private Beach. Guests Can Unwind At The On-site Player's Sports Bar & Grille And Watch Sports On Three Wide-screen Televisions. This Resort Features Two Crystalline Pools Nestled Among The Expansive Gardens. Music Lovers Flock To The Live Music On The Adjacent Beach. Other Convenient Amenities Include A Small Fitness Room, Game Room, Wireless Internet Access And Guest Laundry.

The website also has a activities search that lets me know that if I am in the area what I can do. For instance for St. Petersburg the site tells me I can also visit Universal theme park as well as Busch Gardens, Seaworld, and other places I have not heard of such as Nature's World, Captain Memo's Pirate Cruise, and Wild Waters Park.

Try out the site now.

Not the sharpest pencils in the box

Some of the people I have met here in the jail are, well to put it bluntly, not the sharpest pencils in the box. And I don't mean just the inmates. Things might have been different had they had an Innovative Tutor like can be found at SCORE! I know I don't want my kids to turn out that way, so I intend to take advantage of the programs SCORE! has.

There are special programs in reading, writing, math, and study skills that can help my kids out. I intend to sign my kids up for these innovative tutoring programs.

Jail Math

When will I get out? Jail time is a hard thing to add up in my head. It is as if we all need Math Tutors to help us figure out how much time we will spend in here.

I have a friend who spent 30 days in jail on the weekends, so he had 10 weekends to serve where he spent Friday and Saturday night in jail with each stay lasting 48 hours. At first glance I counted 10 times 2, or 20 days, but apparently I was wrong and it was 30 days. If I had a misdemeanor DUI and had six months to serve, then I would be out in three months.
As it is, I have 12 months to serve and I think I am supposed to serve every day of it. I just can't figure out the math.

My children will go to SCORE! so they can have a math tutor who can help them figure all of this out. I would not want them to be stuck and not know how to figure out the length of time for their sentence in jail.

Alzheimer's Walk Team Captains

Remember to sign up early as a Team Captain for the Alzheimer's Memory Walk for Charity.



I'm concerned about Alzheimer's disease not only because I know one day I too will be old, but because I know what it is like to have memory loss. As an alcoholic I have blackouts where I remember nothing. There are many gaps in my memory now, and I don't even have Alzheimer's.

Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder named for German physician Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906. More than 5 million Americans now have Alzheimer’s. Although symptoms can vary widely, the first problem many people notice is forgetfulness severe enough to affect their work, lifelong hobbies or social life.

It is a common and serious brain disease. It gets worse over time. It is the most common form of dementia. It has no current cure.

The Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk® is the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research – and it calls on volunteers of all ages to become champions in the fight against Alzheimer's. There are walks in more than 600 communities. A typical Memory Walk is a 2-3 mile walk held on a weekend morning in the fall.

By teaming up with the Alzheimer's Association, you can walk with a purpose – and move us closer to a world without Alzheimer's. Together, we can MOVE a nation.

You want to sign up early as a Team Captain so that you have time to complete your fundraising. This year more than 200,000 people will be participating in the Alzheimer's Memory Walk. There are walks in more than 600 communities. A typical Memory Walk is a 2-3 mile walk held on a weekend morning in the fall.

Reading Tutors

Have you ever thought your child needed help from Reading Tutors?

I would not know how to live if my child did not have the ability to read fast with great comprehension of the material. I read all the time. Here in jail I sometimes read four books a day. I could not live without being able to read. I want my child to have good reading skills as well.

Score uses fiction and non fiction materials to promote reading skills. They have a multi-level program that starts with their Advantage program, and if needed moves to the SCORE! Personal Academic Tutoring.

Even though my child has a basic grasp of reading fundamentals, the tutors at Score can help my child exceed the basic levels and achieve academic success.

Cheap Flights to Canada

If I were to beak out of jail here, where could I go? How about Canada? It worked for the folks who wanted to avoid Vietnam. I've only got a DUI. Surely the good folks in Canada can be forgiving of my crime.

There is a company called DialAFlight that offers Flights to Canada, apparently cheaply. They commonly have flights to Toronto from London. All I have to do is figure out how to get from Washington, DC to London and soon I will have my freedom and enjoy the first of many Holidays to Canada.

Even if I can't break out of the jail here, I can still use flights to Canada to avoid my probation. DailAFlight offers Cheap Flights that will allow me to not only visit Toronto, but also see the
nearby Niagara Falls. And the Arlington probation office will not supervise me if I am living out of state. So I am looking forward to using Toronto Flights as a way to escape my legal difficulties here.

If I get lucky, they will have good Holiday Offers available the month I get out, (that means vacation offers to those of you who don't speak British.) Since I am from Georgia, I can visit Calgary, the home of the Atlanta Flames Hockey team. It will be new and exciting and maybe they will even let me have a driver's license since I can't get one here.

Help with starting a corporation

My online business is starting to take off. I think I made around $36 last month from PayPerPost, LOL. Maybe I made a little more. I have PayperPost and Google ads as my primary sources of income. I think I got 28 cents from Google last month. I do have one poker affiliate program, but I have not made anything off of it. I did sign up for a online checking account from Wachovia and they gave me $25 as I recall. I tried to sign up with ReviewMe, but they would not accept my blog; I'm not sure why.

But what if my little jail cell based business started to really take off and I need to incorporate? How would I do it? I could use a company like IncParadise.com to create a corporation in Texas, Nevada, Florida, or even for Arizona incorporations. They can take care of all the paperwork for me and I never even have to get a pass to visit the law library.

Since I obviously cannot have clients come and meet me here at the jail, I could use their virtual office. Not only can they help with all the paperwork, but they can also provide a space to start a business. They have a program for virtual offices and executive suites. I can basically use their office with free phones and Internet. I could use their conference room (well, I could if I was not in jail.) And it all starts at $45 per month. Great for start ups like me. http://www.incparadise.com/tn/virtual-office.htm

I could use this service to have a virtual office in Arizona and they would forward all of my mail to me here in the jail. Their receptionist would answer my office number and take messages for me, much better than someone calling the jail here and being told by the deputy that I am not allowed to have phone calls.

A little tongue in cheek humor in this article, but obviously it is something to think about when I get out of jail for my DUI and have to live in the world and make money. This company might be a thing for me to look into.

Lab Band by JourneyLite

And now word from our sponsor....

Journey Lite specializes in Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding which is also known as LAGB or the LAP BAND System procedure. The LAPBAND Adjustable Gastric Band is designed to help you lose excess body weight, improve weight-related health conditions and enhance quality of life. It reduces the stomach capacity and restricts the amount of food that can be consumed at one time.

During the procedure your Journey Lite surgeon will use laparoscopic techniques. This means that he or she will be making tiny incisions (rather than a large incision) and inserting special long-shafted instruments through these tiny incisions in order to wrap the inflatable silicone band around the upper part of your stomach. A narrow camera is passed through one of the incisions so your Journey Lite surgeon can view the operative site on a nearby video monitor. Like a wristwatch, the LAP-BAND ® is fastened around the upper stomach to create the new stomach pouch that limits and controls the amount of food you eat. The band is then locked securely in a ring around the stomach.

This creates a small stomach pouch that can hold a smaller amount of food so food storage in the stomach is reduced. The gastric band also controls the size of the stomach outlet between the new upper pouch and the lower part of the stomach. When the outlet is smaller, you feel full faster, while the food moves more slowly between your upper and lower stomach as it is digested. This procedure will allow you to feel full and satisfied while you actually eat less and lose weight.

JourneyLite is a nationwide network of lap band surgical facilities and surgeons who specialize in the lap band procedure for the surgical treatment of obesity. Facilities conveniently located in Los Angeles LA, Houston Texas and Tampa Florida.

Paintball Guns

Over ten million people play paintball annually in the US alone. Paintball is a sport where participants eliminate opponents with paintballs from a compressed gas gun, called a marker. Games can be played indoors or outdoors and the various versions of the game go by names such as woodsball, scenario, and speedball.

I found this company, Ultimate Paintball, that sells paintball products. They sell Tippmann, Spyder, Smart Parts, Dye, and Draxxus paintball gear plus many more brands which you can find on their website.

Their top selling paintball guns are Tippmann A-5, Tippmann 98 Custom, Smart Parts Ion, and Spyder Pilot ACS.

Tipmann A-5

The Tipmann A-5 is a high performance paintball marker with a patented feed system that feeds paintballs faster as you shoot faster. The marker is easy to clean and maintain with it's no tool strip feature. The gun has options to shoot fully automatic, 3 round burst, turbo, or semi. With the WAS board installed on the Egrip the A5 is capable of firing 25+ Balls Per Second.

Included in the box is

• New Tippmann A5 Marker
• Cyclone Ammo Hopper
• A5 Flatline Barrel and Standard Barrel
• A5 WAS Board Egrip
• Tippmann A5 Double Trigger
• A5 Tactical 6 position Adjustable Stock
• UFD Heavy Duty Coiled Remote with Quick Disconnect On/Off
• Padded Gun Case
• JT Elite Goggles with Anti Fog Lens and Visor
• New Premium 20 oz CO2 Tank with pin valve
• Aluminum Thread Protector for Tank
• Black 6+1 Deluxe Paintball Harness
• 6 - 140 Round Heavy Duty Pods
• Premium 1oz Oil
• PhyscoBallistics Heavy Duty Jerk Squeegee
• Allen Wrenches
• Standard Gun Oil
• Tippmann Barrel Condom
• 2 Cleaning Cables for Flatline and for Standard
• Operators Manual
• Full One Year Warranty From Tippmann

My Daily Veggies

As an alcoholic I never get all the vitamins I need. I'd like to be able to eat more vegetables, but the truth is I'm more into drinking my lunch than chewing it. That is why My Daily Veggies drink mix from Lane Labs is great for those like me in recovery who tend to relapse. Just one packet mixed with six ounces of room temperature water gives my body the boost it needs and relishes what the alcohol takes out of me. I can keep a few packets of this next to my bedside and I never even have to go into the kitchen to cook.

Now I can Drink My Daily Veggies and avoid the mess of preparing vegetables, or the mess of cleaning up a juicer. This will be great for camping which I intend to do once I get out of Jail for my DUI. It's a great camping food and much better than lugging real vegetables around in my backpack.

My Daily Veggies is mad from whole dried vegetables, not juice, with only 35 calories per serving. My Daily Veggies contains no added sugar, salt, or preservatives. You get the same fiber, the same vitamins, the same minerals, enzymes and phytonutrients as real fresh (or canned or frozen) vegetables. The only things missing are the salt and sugar that many manufacturers add when they process foods.

The ingredients include: Dried whole carrot powder, dried whole pumpkin concentrate (seedless), dried green and white whole cabbage powder, dried zucchini powder, dried red bell pepper powder, freeze-dried cucumber powder, standardized freeze-dried whole vegetable and vegetable extract blend (broccoli, broccoli sprout extract, tomato, carrot, spinach, kale, onion extract, sulforaphane, lycopene, beta-carotene, lutein, glucosinolates, onion flavonoids)

Try My Daily Veggies for Free
You can try a seven day supply of My Daily Veggies for free. Details are on the website. http://www.drinkyourveggies.com/

Perfume deals

I found another site, Keep Cash, with promo codes for all sorts of products. They have deals and coupons for stores like buy.com, shop4tech, Dell, NewEgg, 1-800-Flowers.com, The Shade store, Brookstone, World of Watches, and more.

For instance, there are Fragrance.net coupons. FragranceNet.com offers the largest inventory of genuine, brand name fragrances, skincare, candles, aromatherapy and more at the lowest possible prices. The coupon codes on the site allow for 10% off a purchase, or free shipping, or other savings.

I used to sell perfumes on eBay. Back then I sold unused bottles that I had received as gifts. I needed money and was trying to get rid of some stuff I had. I notice that Fragrance.net has a wholesale program where they drop ship perfume. Maybe I should get back into the perfume business again. They also have an affiliate program. Either way I could start up an online perfume business.

But as far as perfumes for now, they sell all brands including White Diamonds, Fendi, Casual, Sung, Jessica McClintock, Euphoria, L'air Due Temps, Tommy Bahama, Exceptional, Noa Perle.

They also have a full selection of minis, like the mini Paloma Picasso in the .16 oz size. This fragrance was introduced in 1984 and has many florals along with citrus, woods, and greens. This is an intense scent for evening use and you can expect it to last about 16 or more hours.

Innovative Tutor

If you want an innovative tutor for your child, try SCORE! Educational Centers. I have one just down the street from me in the Giant Shopping Center in West Falls Church.

Score has a 16 session study skills class that teaches

• Time Management
• Different types of Learning Styles
• Test Preparation
• Processing Information

When I have children, I plan to send them to Score to build their confidence and to do homework in a timely manner.

Peapod - Free Groceries

I found a new website with online coupons.

CouponChief.com provides coupons for over 1,500 online stores, inclding some of the largest and best. For instance, Peapod provides $10 in free groceries to first time customers.

In my area, Peapod is serviced by Giant Foods. Peapod has grown to be one of America's leading Internet grocers. Peapod is a wholly owned subsidiary of international food provider Royal Ahold, and works in partnership with Ahold USA supermarket companies including Stop & Shop and Giant Food.

Math Tutors

I have a friend who had trouble with math when he was 11 and in sixth grade. I wonder if he could have been helped by math tutors.

The poor child just didn't know how to take a test. He isn't dumb. In fact he is one of the smartest people I know. But he did really, really bad on this standardized test, so in 6th grade they put him into remedial math classes. Two years later he taught himself Calculus and became a wiz at higher math.

I see it as a failing of our educational system that no teacher could take the time to realize how brilliant this guy was, but just understand he did not know how to take a test. Learning how to take a test can be as important as knowing how to do the work.

When I have children, I'll find a place like Score, and get them a math tutor.

Hotel Reservations

I recently found this great website that has Cheap Hotels.

They have different offerings like hotels, motels, resorts, vacations rentals etc. The pricing is very competative as the rates have great discounts on world wide destinations.

A friend of mine likes to stay in Atlantic City. On the weekends not only are the casino rooms not available, but they are very expensive. You have to have another place to stay if you are going to Atlantic City. Nearby Absecon is just up the road. The hotel sites claim it is five miles from the casino, but they are counting from the Marina casinos. Absecon is about eight miles form the Boardwalk casinos. You can' t walk, but this is a very short drive.

They have a Friday night rate of $99 for the Deluxe Inn (in Absecon). My friend has stayed at the Superlodge before, they rate listed there is $100 for Friday night. The city of Absecon is just 8 miles up the road from the Showboat casino. Just drive straight out of the entrance to Showboat and all the cheap hotels are on that road. It is easy to stay at a cheap room in Absecaon and drive each day to the casino to play.

The Deluxe Inn has

• Complimentary coffee in the lobby
• Complimentary parking
• Complimentary wireless Internet access
• Microwave ovens
• Refrigerators

The SuperLodge has

• Complimentary continental breakfasts
• Complimentary wireless Internet access
• Complimentary parking
• DVD players
• Microwave ovens
• Refrigerators

This website, HotelReservations.com, has special Internet rates. What are special Internet rates? Special Internet Rates save you money. Because of the large number of lodging reservations they process, HotelReservations.com is able to negotiate special rates with the properties. They guarantee their Special Internet Rates are the lowest you can find. To secure your reservation at this low rate, they require up-front payment with your credit card. Booking a room marked as a Special Internet Rate gives you both savings and security. You can't beat that!

Don't forget to book your reservation with HotelReservations.com when you travel next time. Maybe I will see you in Atlantic City one day.

I Love Pay Per Post

After about two weeks of waiting, I finally got approved for Pay Per Post (PPP) marketplace assignments. This means I can choose from posted opportunities that I will be paid to write about. I get paid $10 just for writing this blog entry. On the first page of the opportunities page there are $52 worth of assignments I qualify for.


Now I am a postie who writes ads on blogs. It is an interesting way to make money. I don' t have to have transportation or leave where I am, just post blog entries here. I can do up to three assignments per day. think I am going to like this.