Snoskred - Life in the Country

Weekly wrap ups have gone on holidays for the month of November. They are likely sunning themselves on a beach somewhere. Fear not, because I am still keeping links, and there will be a monthly wrap up instead this month.

But Why?

Well in case you didn’t notice November is a busy month, and I haven’t been well so I missed last week. I’ve been feeling like the wrap up is a chore for a little while now and not as many people as I thought click on the links. Perhaps I need to change it up a bit, write better descriptions or things to interest people in the links. I’m trying a new, potentially easier way of keeping links which I’ll let everyone know about, if it works out.

Now What?

I’ll be back later today with something potentially interesting, so drop back then. In the meantime if you’re Australian and you have not seen LOLPOLs yet, you may want to check it out. Just be warned, don’t put the pics on slideshow and eat or drink anything during it. I almost covered my screen in water when I saw this one. My absolute favourite? This one. The look in that baby’s eyes!

Oh my god, I think I truly have lost my mind. Not only did I sign up for NaBloPoMo, but I have just signed up for NaNoWriMo as well.

I’ve had this story floating around in my head for about a month now, partly inspired by Stephen King’s book Insomnia, and partly inspired by a dream I had which contained the odd concept that we all have a set amount of time here on the planet when we arrive - it doesn’t matter what we do, what we eat etc because our time of death is pre-determined. So I’ll give writing the story a go, and see what happens.

Chani is holding Accentuate The Positive on November the 1st, make sure to get involved, I already have mine written.

Also, the NaBloPoMo Randomiser is up and running - get clicking and commenting ya’all!

Funny Search Terms This Week -

does someone want to give me 5 million dollars - I’d say the answer is no..

school teacherw upslirt - Maybe if you had concentrated better in school instead of trying to look up the teachers skirt, you would have been able to spell this search and find what you were looking for?

get me a site meter - For everyone who is looking for this, keep an eye out for a post from me this week - possibly on Tuesday as we don’t have a topic for the Tech Tuesday yet - about a fantastic new site meter I found that you can get for me, or you!

Now before we get into the links, I still have about 400 unread posts, so forgive me for the lack of linkage and apologies for the short wrap up.

Must Reads -

Post of the week
Strength and gentleness are not opposed. - Absolutely amazing photographs! If you click on no other link make sure to click on this one.

Top 50 Australian Women’s Blogs - And hey, I’m like number 7. I was number 2! Moving down in the world already hehe..

Well, it seemed like this year’s must-have, bad taste Hallowe’en gift for amputees, but sadly it isn’t even that cool. - I agree, it is in extremely poor taste and to add insult to injury it doesn’t do what it says it will do!

Deliverance on Coronation Street - A beautiful dream, Audrey.

To the NaBloPoMo virgins - some words of wisdom from a veteran - Ooh, I am one of the virgins! Yay!

Notes - Yes, come back Invader Zim!

Funnies -

Every week I look at this section and I realise I don’t have a lot of funny blogs - can anyone suggest a few more for me?

Photo Hunters #40: Pink - Wow that is such a pretty wig Daisy!
Fashion Friday: It’s almost Halloween! - practicing ringing the doorbell had me laughing so much the other half came in to see what was the matter with me. I love your blog Daisy!

The One with Naked Lis - Lis completes the Actors Studio meme, and bravely posts a picture of her naked self.

Foodies -

beet bread. - I will be trying this sometime in the next couple of weeks.

Chez Panisse’s Butternut Squash Risotto - Yum!

Blogs To Be Added To The Sidebar -

There’s only one on the list this week but it is an absolute corker - make sure you check it out!

Coming Up -

Julie has announced the Hump Day Hmmm topics for the next 3 weeks - Next Hump Day Hmm topics for 10-31, 11-7, and 11-14 - also don’t forget about Accentuate The Positive.

NaBloPoMo and NaNoWriMo begin Thursday. Have you signed up? If not, may I suggest doing so now, before the last minute rush?

Hopefully tomorrow we will be launching the new scam emails blog, fingers crossed. Now I to take a break and have some Lindt chocolate or this wicked new icecream I found. Aussies, keep an eye out for Gelativo Vanilla Bean, it rocks!

Tomorrow I am going to post what might be the most important blog post I ever write here on the blog. Some people may be insulted by it. Some people may feel guilty. Some people may shoot the messenger. The message is important and I am going to ask all of you to help me in getting the message out there by stumbling the post, digging it, posting about it on your blogs and anything else you can do to get the word out. Please don’t blame me for being the messenger or making you feel insulted or guilty. We all have a responsibility to our fellow humans to try and do the right thing but sometimes convenience and “what we’re used to” and “what seems easy” is what we do, instead of what is *right*.

I’m struggling with the wording of it right now because it is something I feel very strongly about and as it reads right now, it could be seen as.. well.. venomous. I’ll try to take the venom out, if ya’all promise you’ll read it with an open mind.

On Friday I posted about blog spam - when I posted there had been 91 spam comments in the Tan Tan Noodles spam filter. Would anyone like to take a guess at how many there are now, Sunday evening, just 2 days later? Not you Sephy, you have admin access and that would be cheating..

And now onto the wrap up!

Funny Search Terms This Week -

Britney Naked - Oh come on, we’ve all seen her meat purse already! Why are you still looking for this? Seriously!

western uniuon - Looks like I’ll be getting all the mis-spelt searches for this - and it might be a great idea to create a page for the search engines..

girl who made a million dollars with adsense - I don’t believe anyone did. I’m firmly anti-adsense. Bloggers and webmasters deserve to get paid more than adsense pays. It really is that simple. Google are making a shedload out of it, I’m sure - and they need to give more back to the people supporting it.

Must Reads -

Post of the week
You Own Your Thoughts, Now Control Them - I believe in what this post is talking about. I do what this post is talking about, daily. I believe it so much I sent this to my other half who is going through a negative patch right now - and I think if he reads it and embraces it things will improve.

BIG List of Disposable (Temporary) email services - This is really useful if you want to not get spam.

Seven Questions That Will Change Your Life - I’m adding this to my to do list!

Blog Stuff -

Zen and the Art of Blogging - This post is wonderful. Great work Patrick!

Seven Reasons Why Your Blog is Scary - Absolutely, I have gone to blogs and shut down the window within seconds.

69 Tools to Monitor, Measure, and Track Your Website - Handy!

Does Google have anything to fear from the blogosphere? - I think another question to ask is, does Google have anything to fear from the ACCC - if they go around penalising Aussie bloggers they might find out that they do, because something like that would be against the trade practices act. Plus, they’re already in trouble with the ACCC - ACCC Alleges misleading and deceptive conduct by Trading Post and Google - It will be interesting to see how that turns out.

Comments: How to Get and How to Give - Heather mentioned my guest post at One Man’s Goal and there are other great links here.

Move Your Blogspot Blog To Your Own Domain With Ease - Those of you on Blogger will want to read this.

Here On The Blog -

Tiffany Guest Posted and it was a moving read, so if you missed it check it out now.
I posted about the blogs of a fascinating man with an excellent about me page - Neerav Bhatt.
I spoke about things I am doing to stop Online Scammers

The Actors Studio Meme -

I memed people this week, and people responded which was cool -

A Meme in time…. by Kin
Meme by Lightening
10 Questions Meme by Colin
The Actors Studio 10 Questions Meme by Ian
The One Where I Do a Meme by Katie (and Puddy)
The James Lipton Meme by Andrew
The Actors Studio Meme by Snoskred
The Actors Studio 10 Questions Meme by John
The Actors Studio Meme by Kelly Marie
Awards And Memes by Magneto Bold Too
Meme by Frogdancer
Inside the Actors Studio… by Sephyroth

If I missed linking to anyone let me know.. it’s been a long day and I’m so tired.

Snoskred In The BlogOSphere -
I guest posted at Grammology - Mothers - Teach Your Daughters Well. And Your Sons

I guest posted at One Man’s Goal - Successful Commenting Starts Here

The site with the cutest Aliens on the web reviewed my site - A scam baiter’s life in the country

Tiffany’s Guest Post inspired JohBlogs to write this post - Reflecting on Communities

Blogs Added To The Sidebar -

Blogs which will be added to the New Reads sidebar tomorrow when I am awake again -

New Australian Blogs Community Blogs -

Coming Up -

As I said at the top of the post, tomorrow a post I’m a little worried about posting - but it is important information. So I’ll grit my teeth and do it. The tech topic for this Tuesday is Skype and I’m going to show you how it can save you money - and Sephy will tell you how it works. The rest of the week may come to you as a surprise.

It has been a HUGE week with a new redesign and moving to wordpress. This week’s wrap up is a little shorter than usual because I have been too busy to keep up with my reader. Sorry about that everyone!

I got the $100 voucher I mentioned in last week’s wrap up, and bought a few sponsored reviews. I asked the bloggers to make any links to the blog no follow - I did not want to pay for links, I was paying for the opinions of people who are not biased. Two reviews have been completed and I link to them below.

The process of paying bloggers was very eye opening, I will talk about it later in the week but if you are someone who does sponsored reviews I highly recommend you get your own voucher - you have till the end of October - and try it for yourself. Trust me on that one, ok? You can find out more about the voucher here - $100 SponsoredReviews.com Coupon : Exclusive for Search Engine Journal Readers.

Just before we get into the wrap up, I got an email from Neerav about the election being announced. If you’re in Australia you will want to read this post - Enrol and Register To Vote: You Can Make A Difference

Funny Search Terms This Week -

ways to get back at my sister - Now this is just sad. You don’t need to get back at her - it is bad karma for yourself. Take the high road. Be the better person, build a bridge and walk over it.

what country does romeo and juliet born - Now I have to search to find out. I don’t think Shakespeare said a particular country.

picture of big jersey cows milk under - Do you mean udder? Is this some new weird kind of pr0n?

Must Reads -

Post of the week
The Computer Junkie’s Guide to Fitness. - We can all use this, a simple and easy way to keep fit while blogging.

10 Ways to Discover New Blogs - Great post Katie!

77 Arrests. $2.1B in Fake Checks Yay, scammers arrested, that’s what we like to see.

7 Tips To Overcome Your Fear Of Failure - I know a blogger who needs to read this but they shall remain nameless. They know who they are!

Rethinking our Stinking Thinking. - We all need to change those tapes in our head from time to time. What sentences do you hear daily in your head that start “you can’t…” “you’re not…” etc? Change those tapes - because you can, and you are.

Link Frenzy: Google Related Articles - There’s a lot of good links here if you’re looking for more to read about Google.

The Best of the Blogosphere: October 13, 2007 - More good reading.

Blog Stuff -

9 Grammar Rules all Bloggers Need to Know - This is a fantastic post and all bloggers should run, not walk, to read it.

Policy Galore - Do you have a comments policy? A disclosure policy? If not, it is time to seriously consider getting one.

10 Great Bloggers Tell What Mistakes They Made As Beginners - Tay’s had a blog redesign too - goodbye to my favourite green theme but hello to a lovely new one. And *I* am one of the bloggers who is telling what mistakes I made so be sure to check it out!

Paid Links Simply Aren’t Going Anywhere - Amen. And I think certain search engines better get used to the fact they’re not going anywhere.

Sponsored Reviews -

De’moments Reviews Snoskred
Spilt Milk Reviews Snoskred

Blogs Added To The Sidebar -

Coming Up -

This Tuesday we’re wrapping up some Blogger stuff on the Think Tank, I’m going to tell you a bit about the house as well as my plans for a housewarming party and hopefully we’ll have a men we love to watch this week, just for fun.

I’m so exhausted after a long day of chores so I’m off to bed, be good ya’all!