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This is true and due to a fight the superstar rocker had in Georgia at a Waffle House last year, he will be spending his time working at a local Waffle House in Georgia. Kid Rock will go on stage in front of thousands tonight in Atlanta, but he will first have to make sure that everyone gets their hash browns scattered, covered and smothered. That’s Waffle House lingo for the different ways they prepare their hash browns. I really like the food at Waffle House, but it’s hard to find good cooks and good service. You always take a gamble on the service that Waffle House has on staff; when you do decide to go in for a good meal there. So Kid Rock won’t have high standards to live up to and I’m sure he will do just as well as any of the other workers they have at our Waffle Houses in Georgia.

I would really like to go there and see all the commotion that his appearance is causing. I’m sure many fans will be driving a long ways today, just to get a bite of food and see the talented Kid Rock. He’s a special talent that is out there today and so many of his songs are felt from the heart. He has an interesting blend of gospel, rock and rap music, but he has that magical ability to make it all sound right at the end of the day.

I’m sure Amen will be performed in Atlanta tonight as that is the latest tune Kid Rock has out right now. He has a lot of other great songs and he’s one artist that can really get a crowd going. So much energy in his music and the way he performs is what makes Kid Rock the hottest musical talent on the scene today. He has a wide-range of audience from young to old, women to men and people from all sorts of professions. Kid Rock’s popularity is still going up and I’m sure his sentence to do community service in Atlanta, for Waffle House, will make him that much more popular.

Amen by Kid Rock

So many little things we can do around the office that will make a big difference at the end of the day, week or month. Taking just a little time to look at ways to cut cost or save time can benefit any office looking to maximize their potential. Making the time to set up online stamps can save you or your employee’s time and money, by not having to make trips to the post office to pick them up. Once you have the stamp on your letter, you can save time with a preprinted label; rather than writing down your return address on each envelope.

DYMO is a great place to help look for those little office solutions to help you and your employees out. Desktop Labelmakers can range from $34 to $140 and be a cost that would reward it self time and time again. Handheld Labelmakers can also be a great buy for the office and would be convenient to use out of the office or on the road. You can buy one of these for less than $120 and would be a very useful tool for helping out around the office. Check out these different label makers at DYMO and see if you can find the one that best meets your company’s needs.

It just takes a little time and planning to get your offices working more efficiently. Your office probably has a lot of business conducted through emails, but you still have to use the snail mail too and something as minor as postage costs can add up each week. If your office doesn’t have a label maker yet, be sure to consider getting one of those too. It’s so much easier taking advantage of the modern conveniences we have today and printing things out is one of those! Also, gather your office workers together from time to time and ask for their ideas, opinions or suggestions, you will see they also can offer some valuable input for saving time and money around the office.

I am still getting good results when I choose to use the various PTC ad servcies available out there. Some of these websites have developed a bad name, because they don’t all pay their members on time or choose not to pay at all. If you want unique visitors to your website, give the PTC ad industry a chance. As long as your not there to earn money, they usually deliver on your advertising dollars you spend with them. The unique hits are so much more important than having someone visit your website a dozen times each day. You will find that your search engine listings get better rankings; when you find new ways to increase the unique hits and visitors to your website each day. I will continue to use the PTC websites, because they have proven to be a very effective marketing tool for all of my online promotions. If you haven’t gave them a try yet, you really are missing out on hundreds or thousdands of new visitors to your website. PTC simply means “paid to click” and usually the ones visiting your website is earning around 1 cent for paying a visit to your website. If you have something on there that they like or need, I’m sure they will return to your website in the future. 

Do you ask this question often or have people ask it to you? Most common answer to this question is “time to buy a watch”. Maybe there is some truth to that and if you don’t have a watch yet; perhaps now is a good time to get one. BlueDial.com has an excellent assortment of watches and brands to choose from. They are a BizRate.com certified website, so you can relax making online purchases with them.

You really don’t want to look at any other place, when you see this huge selection you have to choose from. You can find a Seiko Watch with no problems and choose from Dress Watches, Diving Watches, Chronograph Watches, Ladies Watches and a whole lot more of other fine Seiko watches. You really don’t see pocket watches around anymore, but you can find some really nice pocket watches at BlueDial.com. If there’s any watch you been looking for or maybe you would just like to buy a new watch for a gift. You will find at least a dozen different watches that you would be happy to wear around your wrist or give as a gift from the awesome selection at BlueDial.com!

While some speculation has came out recently about the Falcons passing on a quarterback and taking the sensational talent out of Arkansas Darren McFadden; it appears the Falcons extinguished all of those rumors and landed one of the top 5 running backs in the league. His name is Michael Turner and if you haven’t heard about him or heard much, there is good a good reason why. He was unfortunately playing on the team that has the top graded back in the league in Ladanian Tomlinson. So any running back is going to have a hard time getting carries if he has lightning bolts on his helmet. The only two running backs grading higher than Michael Turner is Adrian Peterson of the Vikings and the questionable Ricky Williams from South Florida. Ricky is also projected as a back up with the Dolphins, as Ronnie Brown will get the majority of carries right out of the gate, but the experts are banking that Ricky Williams has the best 2nd half of the season as anybody in the NFL for the 2008 year.

It’s been a long time since the Atlanta Falcons have enjoyed a top-notch-back. You can count a couple of Jamal Anderson and Gearld Riggs seasons in there, but even these two don’t compare to Michael Turner. He will be mentioned more in the company of William Andrews, who has been the greatest Atlanta Falcons running back ever.

Remembering William Andrews

Now if that brings back memories, just wait until you see him on Sundays in the dirty south. Going to high school in Illinois, then to North Illinois as his college choice and being the diamond in the rough for the San Diego Chargers as they landed him in the 5th round, there has only been one way to describe Mr. Turner. No matter where he goes everyone has said the same thing; that the 5′ 10″ running back is like trying to tackle a bowling ball. He will certainly have his chance now with the Atlanta Falcons not having a quarterback ready to play and having no wide receivers, means the 2008 season is riding on Turner’s shoulders and don’t be surprised if he delivers! If he stays healthy, he could very well be right there with Ricky Williams as the top two backs in the league going down the home stretch of the 2008 season.

Michael Turner on Sundays

It is now getting darker later on us with the time change over the weekend. It was that time of the year to spring forward and most people moved their clocks ahead 1 hour. This is also the time we are suppose to be checking our fire alarms and replacing the batteries in them. This is our first sign that the warmer days are just around the corner. Soon the kids will be getting out of school for their spring break vacations. It won’t be much longer until they are out for the summer. So you won’t have the school taking them off your hands anymore and will have to start spending those warm days watching them play on the swing sets and running around in the yard.

I’m not sure if I will plant a garden this year or not. I love eating fresh tomatoes and green beans from the garden. We just have a lack of water in our area right now and I’m afraid that it will continue this summer. I don’t want to invest time or money into a garden that might not ever produce due to the lack of rainfall. If I do plant one, it would probably be just a few tomatoe plants and maybe small enough I can water them with our grey water from inside the house. I just hope everyone remembered to set their clocks and didn’t show up late for work this morning.

Alyssa Milano has appeared on many different channels and in movies on the big screen and now you can catch her on Liftetime this Saturday (March 15th). Alyssa will be appearing in a new movie that is a true story. The movie is called Wisegal and it’s the true story of how a young woman was struggling to provide for her kids and she is forced to do anything she can to help them. So she makes a deal with the mob to start bringing in cash to her home and you will get to see all the things she has to go through during this experience.

Wisegal Trailer from Lifetime starring Alyssa Milano

This looks like it will be a good movie! I like the ones about true stories and I’m sure this movie is going to deliver. The executive producer is Joe Pistone and he is a real life FBI Agent who help to infiltrate the mob. Joe Pistone’s life story is told in the 1997 movie that was called Donnie Brasco. This movie featured Al Pacino and Johnny Depp. So it should offer a true look inside the events of this Lifetime Movie that is based on a true story.

Alyssa Milano will play Patty Montanari  who gets involved with a captain from the mob. His name is Frank Russo and he is tied to a Brooklyn Crime Family and he’s the one that persuades Patty to start making runs for the mob. Soon Alyssa’s character Patty will find out that Frank Russo had killed his own son and wonders just how safe her and her family might be.

I think all the right people are in place to make this a really good movie. This is a long ways from the Italian role that Alyssa played with Tony Danza in Who’s the Boss. Alyssa’s biggest worries then was looking after her father and trying to handle Angela’s son Johnathan. The Bowers are a long ways from being compared to the Sopranos and in Alyssa’s new Lifetime movie Wisegal; she will be in a world much closer to Tony Soprano than Tony Micelli in Who’s the Boss.

If you get a chance on Saturday, March 15th at 9PM Eastern Time, try to check out the new movie Wisegal that will be shown on Lifetime. Please be sure to come back here and let me know your thoughts on the movie and what you liked or didn’t like about the movie.

My family doesn’t go to extremes trying to save energy in our home, but we did make a move in the right direction a few weeks back. My parents got a light in the kitchen and bathroom that is basically like a night light. They plug into the sockets in the wall and only generate a small amount of light. So we don’t have to turn on the main lights in these rooms; when we might need to find something. Our bathroom lights have 3 lights bulbs attached to them and just turning on the main lights in the bathroom, we use a lot of energy. These new night lights we have now, still allow you to go in there and see for the most part what you’re doing. Our kitchen lights have 2 bulbs, but I think they are full size bulbs and if we just use the new lights we have now, we can save even more energy in our kitchen. Saving energy like this is good for the environment and cheaper on our monthly utility bills too. So anything you can do to cut down on the usage of power in your home, is a win win situation!

There is no telling what new obstacles or global disasters we might have to face in the future. I think many changes are going to be in the near future for all of us, as global warming continues on record pace. Who knows where the next big hurricane, tsunami or earthquake might hit on our planet we call Earth. I’m sure new diseases will be discovered and we will all have to take measures to prevent the spread of them. We might also see new everyday hazards that our bodies will have to pay for, like the ones suffering from mesothelioma today. There is no doubt that the world is changing around us and it’s up to us to make changes now or learn to adapt to the future. Don’t think these changes are hundreds and hundreds of years away and we won’t see them in our lifetime. We are already seeing the changes take place now and who knows what new disaster or disease we will be trying to lend help to tomorrow.

If you’re lucky enough to have your family around you through the week and on weekends, be sure you don’t take that for granted and do things to increase the bond. You only get one family in life, so taking care of them is important. A Saturday night card game or a board game is a great way to spend time with those that we love.

You can always go get one of those 1,000 or 5,000 piece puzzles and gather the family around the dining room table to help complete a mission. It’s really fun when you try to do it one night or see if the whole family can get the puzzle put together in 1 week. I think a puzzle is great way to build that bond with other family members. You might even see your kids inviting their friends over to help put the puzzle together too! You can sleep easy at nights knowing your kids are putting together a puzzle, rather than having them out getting in trouble some where. You will be building memories with your family that last a lifetime and everyone will have their favorite stories of putting that puzzle together years and years down the road; when you reflect on those family night events.

So you started a company or business and now you have started to generate a profit for your self. Where do you go from here? Hopefully up and depending on what type of business you’re actually in, can determine the different ways to move forward. The important thing for all companies is not to rest or slow down on the accomplishments and strides you have made so far. Keep charging ahead and don’t let any days pass by, without trying to move your company to that next level.

Getting the most out of your employees is the key to any successful business. Taking the time to check employee performance evaluations and learning new ways to keep them motivated will go a long ways to moving your company to that next level. It’s important that you let each employee know what your company does, what you expect from them and how their work provides a valuable part to the company’s success. When an employee knows the service or product they are helping to make successful, gives them a chance to follow along in the company’s success and helps them to understand what needs to be done each and every day. Make sure that all your employees know if they make the sacrifices today of helping the company move to the next level, that you will be rewarding them tomorrow. It’s the relationship between the boss and the worker that determines the faith of most businesses. Make sure they understand you and you understand them and there’s no telling where you might go next, when team work is on your side!

I got to thinking about all the golf courses and wondered what type of restrictions they have when it comes to droughts? We are experiencing one of the worse droughts in our area over the last 50 years and every drop of water is precious to us. I see a lot of golf courses that still have that beautiful green grass. So they are obviously watering their courses and should they really be allowed to? I think it’s important to let businesses like car washes continue to use their water, because it is vital to the owners and their employees. I don’t think golf courses fall under those same rules and you can play golf on brown grass as easy as you can on the green grass fairways. I would hope my state gets involved and hold golf courses all over the state in the same restrictions as the home owners in our state.

Golf courses can take measures to help trap the water when it does rain. Most golf courses have lakes and creeks on their property that they can pump water to different areas needing the extra moisture. Golfers help too and the ones that have the little spikes on their golf shoes are punching little holes all over the golf course and this helps the rain to soak in, when it is raining. We all need to pitch in and help conserve our precious water, but let’s make the same rules and restrictions for golf courses as the other residents in our area.

I have suffered from kidney stones over the last 10 years or so and during that time I have received all sorts of advice. When I had my first kidney stone in 1995, I was told at the emergency room that they didn’t really know what caused them. They said a lot of people in my area suffer from them and maybe there was something in our local water here. Since then, the medical staff has gave me all sorts of new information and to stay away from all the cokes and tea I drink everyday.

My latest advice was to drink cranberry juice and the man that told me this, said he hasn’t had a kidney stone in the last 20 years and he believes cranberry juice is the key. I knew cranberry juice was good for the kidneys and others have told me to drink more of it, so I think I will try to add a little more of it to my diet each week. I’m not really sure if it can prevent kidney stones, but I’m sure my kidneys can use all the help they can get in keeping my body running right. The kidneys filter so many things in the body and it’s important to take care of them the best you can. I know I haven’t did a good job with mine and I will have to pay for it in the near future, with more kidney stones or having to go to a hospital or doctor’s office everyday to have them filter by machines.

Your kidneys are very important and please be sure that you are eating and drinking everything that helps them to perform properly. Don’t make the same mistakes as I did and if you take care of them, they will last you a lifetime and that’s something I’m probably not going to be able to say 20 or 30 years down the road; when I am searching for a donor to have a kidney transplant. Drink that cranberry juice!

There is a place located just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin called Davians Banquet & Conference Center. This conference center Wisconsin is located in Menomonee Falls and is a short drive from the city of Milwaukee. This has been voted as the number 1 place in the area for weddings. Davians Banquet and Conference Center is also a great place to hold other meetings, business parties and other events that you might need a building for. If you’re a resident of Wisconsin looking for a venue like this; then you don’t have to look no further and you found the best place in town! Davians Banquet and Conference Center is always ready to hear your questions and give you a tour of their place in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

All the bride and grooms that have recently made the commitment to be joined as one, will want to take a tour of Davians. Your wedding day only comes around one time and you want to make sure that you choose the best venue possible. See why so many others have chose to have their weddings here and once you take the tour of Davians, I’m sure you will make the same decision as the couples before you.

The businesses of Milwaukee and the surrounding areas will also want to consider Davians as the place you hold your next company gathering. The atmosphere is great and you will also want to make sure that your employees see the scenic falls that is located in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. You won’t find a better place in Wisconsin for gathering all the troops together and sharing the success your company has had to this point and all the new and exciting things that your employees can expect in the future. Just watch them get back to work after your business party at Davians Banquet and Conference Center and put forth that extra effort! They will want to make sure they are still working for you, so they can take advantage of that next party you will be throwing for them at Davians, because I am sure you will want to return to Menomonee Falls again next year!

I know the feeling very well that all of us fisermen go through about this time. The air temperature is just now starting to feel a little warmer outside and it makes us want to get out and wet a hook. The water temperatures are still pretty cold and it takes them a little longer to warm up; than the air temperature does. The fish are still out there and they are swimming around some, but they don’t move too much when the water is too cold or too hot. So you might be able to catch a couple right now, but don’t look to bring a stringer full back home.

One thing that I like doing during the winter, is going along side all the rivers and lakes in my area and looking for fishing lures. A little bit of rust or wear on a fishing hook isn’t that bad. You can sharpen them up just a bit and they will be ready to land that next big catch for you. I have found a lot of good fishing lures over the years looking for them in the winter time. Some of these lures will be 5 and 10 dollar lures; that I normally wouldn’t buy for my self. You may find some other interesting things when you get out and troll up and down the banks of the water places around your community. We have had extreme drought conditions here in North Georgia and things that are normally under water, are just now sitting on top of the dry Georgia red clay. You might be lucky enough to find money, wallets, jewelry and other little valuables like that; while your out searching for all those fishing lures that the fishermen have lost. It’s also a good idea to keep your eyes open when you regularly go fishing too, because you will be surprised at some of the things that people just leave behind or lose. So until the weather gets a few degrees warmer and before you make your annual trip to the bait and tackle store; be sure to walk around the lake and rivers to see if you can save money on fishing supplies this year.

No matter what you do, where you go or what you buy, I don’t think there is anything better than knowing you have a good customer support operation in control. In so many areas of our day to day lives, things can go wrong and we will need some assistance from a customer support service. If you ever had the pleasure of dealing with some of these so called customer support places, I can only imagine the frustration and anger you have received from them not being able to help or assist you properly in a timely manner.

If you’re a webmaster it can be extremely important for you to have a well-trained and helpful support team that is right there ready to help you in case of a problem, question or downtime to your website. This is where host monster can step in and fill the void that so many other hosting companies and companies in general can’t provide. Host Monster takes pride in its customer support team and they are ready to help you via phone or email 24 hours a day; 7 days a week! They do provide easy-to-use tutorials, guides, forums and FAQ’s that can help you with all your questions or concerns. If you can’t find the information there, you can rest assure that a real person will be there to step in and answer all of your questions and get you and your website back on the same page again.

You can take advantage of their great customer support and tons of features for a very low price. You will have plenty of disk space, unlimited sub domains, POP accounts, high monthly transfer rate, 100 MySQL databases and lifetime domain name and domain privacy. Host Monster has also recently announced the addition of blogs, forums, b2evolution and Wordpress to their web hosting plan. You will also get to take advantage of cPanel; which is one of the best controls in the industry.

Just knowing that you can pay $5.95 a month for 15000 GB of bandwidth and having that great 24/7 support in place is enough to make me want to use Host Monster as my hosting service! It makes it even better when you know that there is a 30 day money back guarantee and they guarantee that your website will have maximum uptime with High Performance Quad Opteron servers. Go ahead and compare Host Monster with the other guys and I’m sure you will see just how good of a value this is for webmasters every where! It’s always easy to compare all of the other hosting services available out there with Web Hosting Bluebook.

I’m not sure who is awake in Atlanta anymore. As I watched the Atlanta Hawks play last year, it was like watching television in a bad thunderstorm. Sometimes the picture would come in clear and I could see what the Hawks were doing wrong. Other times the picture would get all fuzzy and I wasn’t sure what the problem was in Atlanta and what the best route might be for them to have help.

Now comes the 2007/2008 season for the Atlanta Hawks and my picture has been crisp all year long. It’s like I have been watching them in high definition and I see everything crystal clear. The only problem with the Atlanta Hawks right now, is that they continue to give the keys to Mr. Joe Johnson and  he isn’t going to be driving no team in the NBA to the playoffs this year or any time in the near future. The Joe Johnson experiment in Atlanta is over and it’s been like that for some time now. It doesn’t appear the coaching staff, the GM or the owners have the same high definition picture as me.

Joe Johnson for two number 1 draft picks and Boris Diaw was a bad trade. The situation with the owners group splitting up was a bad situation and their disagreements with the Joe Johnson trade. So you made a bad trade; what’s the big deal? It’s time to move on and the players and fans in Atlanta can still have playoff basketball this year, but only when they admit the trade for Joe Johnson was a mistake and cut their losses. Joe Johnson doesn’t deserve to be on the court for 40+ minutes a game. He gives you some great long range scoring and has become a little bit better driving the ball to the hoop and scoring. That’s it! Nothing more and when your “star” only shows up for 1 out of every 8 ball games, that isn’t going to be enough to get you into the post season. Joe Johnson is tied with Marvin Williams as the 8th best player on the team. Joe Johnson is the 3rd best shooting guard on the team. Joe shoots technical free throws when he’s not even the best free throw shooter on the team, does any of this make sense? I guess it does if your trying to save face from recently departed owners and the admission you made a bad trade. The Atlanta Hawks play Joe Johnson for 40 plus minutes a game and he doesn’t rank no where near the top in any stat category (other than minutes played).

If you would like to see more teams like the San Antonio Spurs that only scored 5 points in the first quarter against the Hawks; then find someone else to start in his place. Joe takes breaks out on the court, uses his fouls to grab players so he doesn’t have to run as much, the ball comes to a halt everytime they pass it to him on offense and he doesn’t have the hustle on defense needed to keep opposing NBA teams from getting open looks at the basket.

Joe Johnson has never been a star. He never will be a star. Joe Johnson can be a valuable role player, but nothing more than that. I can’t believe no one in Atlanta has woke up and smelled the Joe Johnson coffee that is very weak. No playoffs for the Atlanta Hawks with Joe Johnson playing 40 minutes a game, nuff said!

Searching for extra cash can be hard and sometimes it can just be stressful. If you see a new stereo system or a big screen television that you would like to have, but just don’t have the money for it right now, can be one of those hard times. You really would like to see that television in your living room, but the money just isn’t there. You might even be willing to look around for a loan that you could get before pay day. Now if you’re behind on the cell phone and credit card bill; this is what we call a stressful situation. If your phone gets turned off or you have to pay extra fees to your credit card company; this is affecting your everyday life and finding the right cash loan now is a must. Your next payday is just too far away and you have to find other ways to bring in money and fast too!

There are lenders out there that can help you in these difficult situations. They are ready to assist you for the extra funds you need now. Don’t worry if you have bad credit or your credit history is not sparkling clean. These lenders have become so competitive with each other; they have lowered their standards so they can attract new customers. You can benefit from this and some lenders will give you the money with no credit check! It’s true; they will help you get your bills paid on time and never run a credit check. Sometimes finding the extra money isn’t too hard and you just need to do a little research!

If you enjoy seafood as much as I do, then you probably like getting as much as possible. I’m not one of those people that can really get their money’s worth at a seafood buffet. I do love going to the seafood buffets and it gives you the chance to sample everything the seafood restaurant has to offer. There is actually a lot of seafood that I don’t really like, but when you find good seafood, it is some of the best eating you can do!

Fresh fish is my main choice at any seafood restaurant. I love amberjack, halibit, tialapi and mahi mahi the best. They are several others that I like too, but usually when I see one of those 4 on the menu, I will order them. Mahi mahi comes from dolphin fish and it’s not the same dolphin like Flipper. The dolphin fish is a great seafood item to put on the menu and is one of the best tasting fish from the oceans. If sharks eat the dolphin fish in their daily diets; then I am highly jealous of them. Once you have a nice piece of fresh fish, you can just throw me a little bread and some french fries with it and I am happy. I do prefer to get a seafood combo platter where I can add in shrimp for a few bucks more. Grilled shrimp is really good and I like shrimp scampi too; which is basically the same thing. Popcorn shrimp that is fried is also an excellent choice to go with a nice piece of fish. If you’re the owner of a seafood restaurant and have fresh fish and shrimp on the menu, please offer a combination of the two for a good price! If there is any seafood restaurants in my state of Georgia, please invite me out for a nice seafood meal and I would be happy to blog about my experience in your establishment. Maybe I could attract other customers from the state of Georgia and you could be receiving new customers; while I would get a good seafood meal out of the experience.

What is your favorite fish from the ocean? Nothing against trout or catfish, I do like them, but I am always willing to try a new fish that I haven’t ate in the past. Please pass along your favorite catch from the ocean and maybe I will give it a try and find a new type of fish I love.

I know many of us comb Wall Street everyday and try to find the best investments that will make us the most money. Sometimes just not having to spend money is a way to make money. I know that might sound strange, but the older you get, the more wise you become to just how valuable it is to not spend money. That is where insurance can come in and insurance these days can cover so many costs of our daily lives.

It’s nice knowing that a car accident that might total our cars or a severe storm from Mother Nature that causes our homes to be damaged; can all be replaced just by having insurance. We all complain about paying for monthly payments each month, but when we need our insurance to cover the cost of life’s unexpected dangers, we are glad we have it then.

It’s good to see that people now can buy flood insurance and other types like Commercial Insurance for the things we want to protect or keep intact. You might not think of insurance as an investment, but it really is an investment into our futures. We can rest easier at night knowing that we have certain types of insurance to cover us in times of emergencies. Just remember that the next time you’re complaining about having to pay that monthly payment or when you just found out that your insurance went up a little bit. I hope nobody ever needs their insurance, but it’s good to know it’s there if we do need it.